AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 24 June 1924, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

[by TELEGRAPIT—PER PRESS ASSOCIATION,

THE BORER PEST

(Received this day at 10.25 a.m.)

SYDNEY, June 2-1

Froggart, Government forest entomologist, in an official report oil timber pests, recommended that the importation pf New Zealand white pine should he prohibited and its use for building purposes discontinued, on the ground that it is said to he badly inlestcj with larvae of the European furniture lieetle. lie warns the public

against wasting money on some reput ed pesl remedies now being offered, Froggart says regarding hardwood; that except where sapwood has heel used there is little or no daanger of serious damage truiii the powder pest beetle, lie recommends the applicntiou ol a mixture oi kerosene and crude creosote and considers that with ordinary precaution there is little danger id loreign timber borers gaining a foothold in Australian forests. SHIP DETAINED. SYDNEY, June 21. A hill o! detainment was served on the steamer Port Lyttelton'; cabled on !Uh June, by the Department of Navigation and the vessel is unable to leave Sydney till this is lifted. Dining the past fortnight the ship has been undergoing a minute examination by divers.

ARMED ROBBERY. SYDNEY. .June 21. Armed masked men gained admittance to a bouse at Ratidwick, and held up two women occupants at the point of a revolver, and robbed them of jewellery valued at C 155 sterling. They then decamped. INGA OVERDUE. I MELBOURNE, June 21. Violent weather is being experienced around the (oast, and anxiety is felt for the safety of the steamer Inga, which is timber-laden from New Zealand. Coming across the Tasman Sea she would meet the full force of tlicstonn. Although due on Saturday, there was no sign of her last evening. The ship is not fitted with wireless, and it is thought, that possibly s|>e will lie sheltering. SEAMEN DIFFER. PERTH. June 21. Representatives ol the Seamen’s Union visited the Commonwealth lighthouse steamer, Kyngle, which was recently held tip ill Sydney for some weeks, and requested the firemen and seamen to leave the vessel. They refused the request, slating they were paid tile award rates.