TIMBER BORERS.
4VHITE PINE CONDEMNED. By Cable—Press Association —Copynfc tt. SYDNEY, June 24. Mr Froggart, Government Forest Entomologist, in an official report on timber pests, recommends that the importation of New Zealand white pine should be prohibited, and its use for building purposes discontinued on the ground that it is said to be badly infested with the larvae of the European furniture beetle. He warns the public against wasting money on some reputed pest remedies now being offered. Mr Froggart says, regarding hardwood, that except where sapwood has been used, there is little or no danger uf serious damage from the powder pest beetle. He recommends the application of a mixture of kerosene and crude creosote, and considers that with ordinary precaution there is little danger of foreign timber borers gaining a foothold in Australian forests.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 25 June 1924, Page 8
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