Grasshopper Pests.
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Entomologist to Combat Grasshopper Pests.
From Our Own Correspondent.
RABAUL, August 26.
AN entomologist, Mr. Bernard O’Connor, was an arrival by the last “Montoro,” and proceeded on to the Manus district, where much damage has been done at times by the sexava (coco nut grasshopper).
This work of exterminating the pest was previously carried on by Mr. Cald well. Mr. O’Connor is a graduate of Sydney University.
The Department of Agriculture is doing all in its power to combat the ravages occasioned by the ’hoppers.