POTATO PESTS.
'* N.S.W. PROHIBITION OF TASMANIAN ; IMPORTS.' (By Tolcffrapb.—Press. Association.—OoDjrlcbt.) . (Rec. August 11, 10.40 p.m;) , 1 ■ SyUnay, August 11. Tho Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Perry, i declined to' entertain a, request by a deputation of wholesale produce dealers not to enforce the total'prohibition of. Tasmanian' potatoes. •'
' !Tho deputation urged .that stringent inspection would meet the case, and contended that .many of the condemned potatoes were suffering from other diseases, not. "-Irish blight. : '. ■ The Minister declared that ho was determined to adopt measures, no matter how drastic,, to. protect the growers .of ; the State. Ho was" also considering . the question of pro-, hibiting other , root crops grown in diseased fields. *• PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES • Meibourno, August 11. Tlio Government Pathologist reports the discovery of Irish blight among potatoes in the Kish Creek district, Gippsland, Victoria.
[It was cabled from Melbourne'yesterday that .the Victorian. Government was to give immediate notice to prohibit tho entry'of Tnsmaninnpotatoes—a step that requires three weeks' notico .under tho Victorian Act,!
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 584, 12 August 1909, Page 5
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163POTATO PESTS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 584, 12 August 1909, Page 5
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