The Rabbit Problem in New South Wales Debates Rodier Plan
The piece discusses the rabbit destruction debate in New South Wales, weighing Rodier's method against trapping and poisoning. It cites landholders, officials, and scientists, including Dr Philip L. Sclater, endorsing a test of Rodier's enclosed trap concept while noting practical and ethical concerns. It argues for real trials on suitable land and questions current empirical failures of existing systems.
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William Destruction
Kocher
Melbourne
Hases
Roster
Rodier
Mr Rochett
New South Wales
Philip L. Sclater
M.A
F.R
Zool Don
Lonier
Nature
Sclater
Neces
Eady
Ghosts of Venice in War Time
A vivid meditation on wartime Venice as its canals and palaces become a quiet, haunted stage. The author contrasts the beauty and stillness with the presence of war as a distant churn of engines and ferries, calling up spirits of the city’s past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for Bronchial Coughs
An advertisement directs readers to take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for bronchial coughs priced at 1s 6d and 2s 3d. The notice presents a medical remedy with its cost in predecimal currency and emphasizes relief.
Money in Pigs in Victorian Irrigation Areas
In Melbourne's Weekly Times the pig breeding boom is urged for Victoria's irrigation districts around Rochester. A 50 acre block could yield 200 to 300 pigs, but industry decline contrasts with rising meat demand. Marketing and middlemen squeeze farmer profits, urging cooperative bacon factories and Water Commission action to boost local pig production.
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Rochester
Melbourne
Australia
Robert Crowe
Victorian Agricultural Department
Great Britain
Canada
United States
Professor Perkins
South Australia
Britain
Perkins
Victoria
Water Commission
Martin's Female Pills Sold Across Australia
Advert from a London doctor promotes Martin's Female Pills sold by chemists and storekeepers in Australia. It urges ladies to use them for female ailments and claims the genuine product comes with Martin Phaeaneutical Chemist of Southampton England.
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Australia
Martin
Southhampton
England
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