The company promoted their buildings as being white ant proof, fire proof, hygienic, long lasting and easily dismantled and erected on another site.
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On Westmoreland No . 3 the roof structure to the stone homestead had been eaten by white ants and the kitchen had collapsed.
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Xi'an, on China's central plains, has been plagued by white ants for centuries, but the problem has grown in recent years, the China Daily said.
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The posts are founded on bedlogs, and the floor joists rest on the ground; this contact with the earth has created a white ant problem.
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In my early days of study, the gloss of Isfahani more than half of which had been eaten by white ants, came under my observation.
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The first house had been built directly on the ground and suffered extensive white ant damage, so that it was moved and rebuilt in 1901.
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Praised by the Sheriff for accommodating the harsh climate of the Gulf, the concrete structure also deterred white ants that plagued timber buildings at this time.
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In the mid-1970s, he served as dramaturge to the Royal Shakespeare Company and produced one of his best-regarded plays, " The Soul of the White Ant ".
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This timber building was ready for use by the end of 1868, but lasted only four years due to the damaging effects of weathering and white ants.
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In the following years, much of the verandah flooring and almost all of the stumps were replaced due to deterioration inflicted by the weather and white ants.
