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Taranaki Daily News, 5 February 1921, Page 10

There was one fresh case of infantile paralysis notified in the Wellington district last week. The case was at Halcombe. Another case from Lower Hutt was also reported, but it was an old case, which has been under observation for some weeks as suspected infantile paralysis. The Health Department considers the position in Wellington distinctly reassuring (says the Dominion). The officers of the horticultural division of the Department of Agriculture at Christ church are embarking on a crusade against neglected orchards in which they hope to obtain the co-operation of all fruit-growers, states the Christchurch Press. It is pointed out that if the dreaded fire blight gets a footing in the district it will be due, in some measure, to thd existence of neglected orchards, and, consequently, in the interests of all, it is highly important that, fruit trees should be kept clean. It is recommended that all dead and useless trees should be cut out at once and destroyed, and that codlin-moth infected fruit should be picked and destroyed im-