MORE TROUBLE. —The advent of this large wood-boring insect, Sirex Juvencus, may be a serious thing for N.Z. timber growers. It has been proved to attack growing trees and its borings (sometimes 5-16ths of an inch in diameter) do great damage.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 48, 19 May 1927, Page 16
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41MORE TROUBLE.—The advent of this large wood-boring insect, Sirex Juvencus, may be a serious thing for N.Z. timber growers. It has been proved to attack growing trees and its borings (sometimes 5-16ths of an inch in diameter) do great damage. Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 48, 19 May 1927, Page 16
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