Air-Borne Attack
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New Caledonia has been suf fering from what the old hands insist is the heaviest mosquito invasion on record.
Reports from the west coast say life there has been “almost unliveable”. The east coast gets some relief because of prevail ing winds.
Shops have made record sales of repellants, and in Noumea “the odour ts of citronella”, says a correspondent.
The Territorials Assembly has been discussing the ques tion, and there is a suggestion that aircraft should spray the country to rid it of the in vaders, who arrived following the recent drought-breaking rains.