A PEST EXPERT
APPOINTED BY COMMONWEALTH
(UNHID PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPIBIG3I.)
(Received August 21, 1 p.m. )
MELBOURNE, 20th August. The Commonwealth Government has engaged Professor ' Lefroy, of the Imperial College ofi Science, London, to investigate the blowfly, grain-weevil, and other pests, and also the possibility of establishing the silk industry in Australia. The engagement covers a- year at a salary of £3060, plus travelling expenses, and £2000 for experimental work.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 45, 21 August 1918, Page 8
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68A PEST EXPERT Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 45, 21 August 1918, Page 8
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