WHITE ANT MENACE
POWER BOARDS CONCERNED The concern that is being felt by electric-power boards over the depredations of the Australian white ant in New Zealand was mentioned at this week’s meeting of the ManawatuOroua Power Board by Mr. J. A. Nash, who produced photographs of destruction that had been wrought in power poles as well as buildings in Auckland. Mr. Nash stated that the Power Boards’ Association had been asked to appoint representatives to an investigating committee which was being set up to make recommendations. It was possible that the compulsory inspection of all poles would be ordered. He suggested that the board’s chief engineer, Mr. W. A. Waters, be one of the power boards’ representatives on the committee because of his experience with the ant in Australia. The board agreed to this suggestion and also decided to get a report on the construction of concrete poles.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 191, 15 August 1940, Page 10
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148WHITE ANT MENACE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 191, 15 August 1940, Page 10
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