NOTABLE MISSION
Of Leading Entomologist
HAS SAILED FOR CHILE
INSECT AIDS FOR FARMERS
(Per Press AUCKLAND, This Day. The chief entomologist of the Cawthorn Institute, Dr. David Miller, sailed last night by the Tamaroa for Panama en route for southern Chile.
His purpose is to bring back live specimens of two insects, one of which attacks piri piri (bidi-bidi), and the other the grass grub, and to search tor other useful insects.
Both insects were studied by Dr. Miller in Chile in 1930, but owing to the absence of a direct shipping service from South America the Institute has had difficulty in obtaining live specimens as they were killed by the heat in the tropics. Dr. Miller, by special measures, hopes to bring them back alive to breed at the Institute.
“I am of the opinion that the New Zealand Meat Board, the Dairy Board, Farmers’ Union, and a group of Wanganui farmers, who have contributed to the cost of this expedition have set an excellent example of self-held,” Dr. .Miller remarked. "The Cawthorn Institute has served the Dominion since 1920 without costing the Dominion a penny. The action of farmers in assisting to finance this expedition shows that they fully appreciate the work that the Institute is doing, and are choosing to help themselves through the Institute.”
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXX, Issue 188, 17 August 1935, Page 5
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