SPARROW PEST.
WESTRALTA KEEPS FREE. SEARCH FOR MISSING BIRD. BY OAf!I,K—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received 1.50 p.m. to-day. PERTH, .January 19. Pp to the present Westralia'ha& kept free from the sparrow pest, strict precaution on the part of the authorities having prevented its introduction. Last week a boy caught a. sparrow' at Fremante. which the Agricultural Department jmmediate'y destroyed. Inquiries disclosed that two sparrow® sneltered aboard the American tourist steamer Carinthia when crossing the Australian v Bight. 'They were caught and released "V by a passenger when they reached Fremantle. The Agricultural Department is conducting, a wide search for the second bird. The introduction of the pest is regarded as a menace to the fruit industry.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 19 January 1927, Page 9
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114SPARROW PEST. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 19 January 1927, Page 9
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