SWATTING THE FLY.
MILITARY METHODS EFFECTIVE.
The birth of some tJiotisamls'_ of stlii'iu nic-r flies was summarily ended jrt nil offetivo manner by -Major O'Stillivaii, Director of Stores, Defenco J).cirari:iio»f, during tie rccent oncampment of mounted "sjjecials" .at tho Biicklo Street- barracks. Witli bo maiiy horses housed by tbe barracks and the hot," Immtd neativer prevailing owr some weeks, it was - anticipated 'that, dies would swarm in tile vicinity about Christmas lime. .Such lias not ken tbe case, however, and tin. reason for their scarcity is that Major O'Sullivaii made a free Mso of feroseno oil during tlie stay of the ''specials. All refuse and stfigitout Water was UMrttlly snrirtklofl With tfo oil, Bt> that on 60®j6 days the vards resraiblerl the summulhlbs <if an oil veil. Forty eases of kerosene oil were iistd ill this way, a»<S well usiV). Thero is »■ marked scarcity of jiies now in tbe vicinity of Bucklo, ana Tararmki Streets.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1944, 30 December 1913, Page 4
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155SWATTING THE FLY. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1944, 30 December 1913, Page 4
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