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PLAGUE OF WEEVILS

The establishment of the wheat reservoirs at Goulburn has (says a .Sydney paper) brought a curse to that city in tho shape of weevils—both the black fly and the flea-like parasite—and citizens aro beginning ti> sit up and take notice to a considerable extent. Tho huge stacks of rejected wheat _at South Goulburn are simply crawling with tho pests, and the graded grain is in many instances little better, and the insect's/arc now beginning to seek , fresh' fields'for their repulsive,energies. The first noteworthy instance occurred at the races last week, when a westerly breeze brought the weevils to the course in myriads, and racegoers found them inside* their clothes, crawling on their faces, and oven rendering the horses restive:

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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 139, 1 March 1918, Page 8

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PLAGUE OF WEEVILS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 139, 1 March 1918, Page 8

PLAGUE OF WEEVILS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 139, 1 March 1918, Page 8

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