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New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 284, 1 December 1944, Page 18

LIFE STORY OF A Vl ~ BORER ~My ancestors came from the de- cayed wood of the forests burnt out by the eatly settlers. Then our family moved into the built up areas: They found plenty of com- fortable, damp wood in the houses themselves: My own clan has grown into millions by feeding on houses built from timber and con- structed low to the ground with- out proper ventilation Or drainage: We hatch out in the wood crevices, bore our way deeply into the timber and then emerge to lay more eggs. Every wooden house offers uS food and lodging; and our future seemed assured until these wicked Boracure people came along with their Pentachloro- phenol. They inject this poison into the timber itself; and in every house where they are admitted we shall be wiped out ! 99 Boracure Service preserves old timber protects the new In addition to the Boracure Service for already infected property we now offer a House Maintenance Service: Experts building treatment of new timber will examine your house yearly, is another Boracure develop- remove Or treat infected timber ment. Get full particulars: and report on faulty drainage, Attack by fungus Or insects can ventilation, etc , 80 that con- cost you hundreds of pounds. ditions leading to decay are not Save your property by acting allowed to develop: The pre- now: Write for details of the Boracure Service, stating whether you aro interested in property already infected with Borer or Termite, House Maintenance Service; or pre-building treatment of timbere BORACURE (NZ) LTD , Po: BOX 632, WELLINGTON: BI3.4 With ONE AII-Steel Concrete Block Mould ONE MAN in ONE DAY can make 150 Blocks 18" X 8" X 6" at a material cost CHTNINGI of 6d each: LI And can build his own cottage, sheds, farm buildings, garage, ornamental walls; tanks, etc:, at half the usual cost. Enquire from your Hardware Merchant, Or direct to H E. NAPIER Ltd:, Box 1555, WELLINGTON: