FRUIT FLY.
'Per Press Association.). WELLINGTON, Marcli 19. Referring to the Mediterranean fruit flj in New Zealand, there is not yet any great ground for a scare, but there Is sufficient to warn people that they must give notice of the pest as soon as they observe it. There is. a very good chance of stamping out the fly before it can get a grip of tho country, and the Department's officers witt* resort to all possible remedial means. "We will have to take very drastic measures," said Mr J. D. Ritchie, Secretary for Agriculture, this morning. "The destruction of all fruit from infected orchards is an imperative necessity,"
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13428, 20 March 1907, Page 5
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109FRUIT FLY. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13428, 20 March 1907, Page 5
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