EDITORIAL.

Peoples Vice, 17 May 1943, Page 1

EDITORIAL.

An { appeal be made to the? Army ; and Civil author- > ities with a vie •- to settling the mosquito ; menace .When we volunteered for army service and later applied to be transferred to Eew. Caledonia we were told' that we were heroes;Of 'what are heroes made? Achilles was a herobut had a fatal weakness, his hoel.So bit is with us v We have our heels,excluding-'for the " moment:the 7 rark and file, ar,d 'tn these heels our evidence rests*. There are two. methods by which' the question can be "settled • firstly*•Treat the mosquito with cold disdain.Be completely oblivious of his advances and z show by your -actionsthat his presence is not wanted .The mosquito is sensitive to ridicule ©nd unoharitableness and if his rushes and best efforts are replied to by comments of not even-having noticed them he ■•will- ’ eventually .retire looking very red and uncomfortable .If however you find he is the small . pin pricking type that eventually gets under your skin the next schema is suggested .This .is the education of the mosquito ..Text bocks tell us that ' the mosquito is active only between the hours from sunset to . sunrise ♦Eow< • the 7 average mosquito is net aware of this .but continues through the daylight hours .Could net a school ;be Set up for the education of the -mbboPair play and social, ethics could be of necessity be drilled into him and defin&te ' hours of activity ;■ arranged »A splendid suggestion would be -perhaps to make the school a night school;Say from 6pm to 11pm by which time we could" all ■be ’■ safely under• our . nets... ;■ ; .< ’ . ~.•.; ;