CATERPILLAR PLAGUE
(Press Assn.-
SWARMING SO THICKLY THAT OBSTRUCTED TRAIN
— By Telegraph— Copyrlght).
Melbourrie. Dec. 27. A train was stopped at Woolmai, in the Gippsland district, owing to caterpillars swarming over the lines. Sand had to be used on the rails. The district is suffering from a plague of caterpillars, and stacks bf pats haye been transformed into black masses of caterpillars.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 725, 28 December 1933, Page 5
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62CATERPILLAR PLAGUE Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 725, 28 December 1933, Page 5
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