BOTTLE OF ANTS
PROBLEM FOR AN OFFICIAL. s Vf AS ONCE GOLDFISH FOOD. By Telegraph—Press Association. ■ Palmerston N., Laid Night. There was a worried on th e countenance of 'a departmental official at Palmerston North to-day when h?. was presented with a glass tube containing ants that were not indigenous to the Dominion. They were large ants, several times bigger than the common New Zealand specimen anfl. had hatched from eggs brought to the country to serve as food for pet goldfish and effier specimens, of th? finny tribe that are kept in glass bowls- •. What was puzzling the departmental official was how they - were allowed to enter New Zealand- Usually a permit is need d from ffie Department of Internal Affairs for such importations, and a permit is not easy to get in view pf the policy tq keep ffie Dominion free from foreign pests,’ Jt is understood the matter will not he left whefe it is.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 July 1935, Page 4
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