'Hopper Plague in Papua
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From Our Own Correspondent
Samarai, May 1.
A PLAGUE of grasshoppers contributed a worry to the Catholic community in the Sagarai Valley recently when 40 acres of sweet potatoes fell victim to the insects’ masticating powers. It is rare that trouble of this nature occurs and it means a heavy temporary set back. As prevention is better than cure, the settlement is busily engaged in try ing: means to combat a repetition of this misfortune.
Miss E. E. Safstrom, of the Melanesian Mission, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, was in Victoria recently on furlough.