THE LATE MRS. COLVILE.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 February 1919, Page 5

THE LATE MRS. COLVILE.

HER BODY WASHED ASHORE. By Telsgrajh.—Pre*s Association. Auckland, Last Night. _ -The body, of Ali'b, Olive Col' ile, who disappeared fro>ii the transport Oxfordshire at, midnight on Saturday, was washed ashore on t)io -i.akuj.-una beach to-day. At the inquest the third officer of the Oxfordshire .stated that Mrs. Coi,vile was extremely depressed during thai voyage, and was continuitlly talking of her husband, the late Rev. A. H. Col,vile, whose remains alio hiwl to&en to " England for burial. The inquest was .idjourned. Thus the Sydney Telegraph:— It »a ' strrkuig prooi o; Nature's uniiormity ■' * tiiat it is oiiiy tiie female mosquito that . bites fhu inal*> ia quite inott'emive. He ha« big-lie,- idea is than making sting- * ing retorts and men making a 80ui ■ about iu It is true iiiat he maJse* a low drone; but ha wou... never aspire to be a soprano. The female that makes the nigiits melodious siiigs by driving the air through holes in her rapidly moving wings The male, it is important to ■ note, hae feathars on his antennae. Why, is not quite clear. Perhaps the explanation why the male is so seldom seen—the only way to got them is to toeed them—ia that he is ashamed of the feathers on his antennae. Of the females, however only a very small pro portion ever taste blood, human or animat That explaina the female's ferocity. But there is a disgraceful epi* sodo in the history ot the mosquito which must be tftlceh into account. Ia the Garden of Eden the mosquitorwas a harmless insect, feeding only on the juices of-plants. Blood as a beverage wa" abhorrent to the gentle mosquitu of Genesis. To this day the mosquito relishes a vegetable diet. Trv her with a plftte of fresWy-cut cucumber. Aim the male haa never fallen from his fir-t innocence. During tig irief adult lilo °f ,™ ur or five days he seldom eats auvMWffi tad thafew macks he may to'*am purely vegetarian. " jf