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Taranaki Daily News, 2 October 1915, Page 2

Tin' operations of the Hax grub in ionic of the green blade areas ill the .Uanawutu district, anil particularly those in the vicinity oi liangitaue, are ".iiisiiiff alarm to nil interested in the hemp industry. The- rapidity >vit!i which ; lit- pest i- working through soiw l areas is alarming. and if jimii' method of ehrvking the pest is not .I'ounil the lrsult will be very serious to the industry. In portions of the Uiverikle swamp, near Kangituiie, and some of the adjoining lias areas, (lie <rnib is playing liivoc. ' At the beginning of the season tne leaf was in fairly good condition, although the presence of the grub was quite evident, but in the last few weeks an alarming change has taken place, portions of the area now being infested with the pest. Recognising the seriousness of the position, the Department arranged with Mr. A. H. Cockayne, biologist to the Department of Agriculture, to visit and inspect the area and observe the grub at work, and to ascertain if something could not be done 10 exterminate the pest. Mr. Cockayne, accompanied by Mr. W. H. Ferris, chief hemp grader, and Mr. Hooper, editor of the .Journal of the Department of Agriculture, visited the swamps the other day and took specimens of tlie grub (which resembles a, caterpillar) and the green leaf after the pest had been at work, and no doubt a report on the subject will be furnished to the Department at a later date. ALL WOOL VERSUS SHODDY. For some time past, especially since the outbreak of war and consequent high prices of wool, there has been a persistent effort on the part of wholesale houses and certain retail firms to foist shoddy clothing on tlie public at very much inflated prices. That there is no justification for this beyond a predatory desire to exploit the public is evidenced by the fact that the Melbourne .Clothing Company is still Belling the following all pure wool colonial clothings at antewar prices. For instance: Men's Kaiapoi suits, 29s 6d; boys' Petone Norfolk suits, size 7, 15s 6d, to size 14, 18s 9d; men's Petone tweed suits, 37s 6d; men's P-tonc Kddle tweed suits, 39s fid; men's Roslyn boxed suits, 355; boys' Roslyn sport suitf, size 6, flu (id up to size 16 22b id. It was the steamer Hesperus