WANTED A SPARROW
SEARCH IN WESt AUSTRALIA TO AVERT A~GREAT PEST. By Telegraph’.—Press Assn.—Copyright. PERTH, January 19. Up to the present West Australia has been kept free of the sparrow pest, strict precautions on the part of the authorities having prevented their introduction. Last week a boy caught a sparrow in Fremantle which the Agricultural Department immediately destroyed. Inquiries disclosed that two sparrows sheltered aboard the American tourist steamer Garinthia crossing the Australian Bight. They were caught and released by a passenger when the vessel 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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New Zealand Times, Volume LIV, Issue 12659, 20 January 1927, Page 6
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113WANTED A SPARROW New Zealand Times, Volume LIV, Issue 12659, 20 January 1927, Page 6
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