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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 68, Issue 143, 30 March 1948, Page 4

Thousands of Australians, men and boys, have volunteered to man the four-masted barques, Lawhill and Viking. now loading wheat at Port Victoria, South Australia. Only two so far have been signed on, a 25-year-old radio script, writer, Gordon Stacey, as a seaman, and 19-year-old shop assistant, John Tribe, as a galley boy. The few passenger cabins on the ships wore long ago booked out. While droving sheep last month, a valuable kelpie dog owned by Mr N. Parsons, of Warracknabeal, Australia, was bitten by a snake and collapsed. Having no antidote, Mr Parsons cut off a portion of one or his dog’s ears with a knife. The animal revived, but shortly after collapsed again. The other ear was them lopped and the dog revived once more and lias shown no further ill-effects. This is said to be an old surgical practice, which has been previously successful when no other attention was available.