The Rabbit Menace in Australia and Its Wide Costs
An Army Education journal recalls the rabbit as a 2000 year old menace from Rome to Balearics and 150 years in Australia. Rabbits cost hundreds of millions, threaten grass and plants, and the industry paid by grazers. The report calls the rabbit Australia’s second greatest threat after a human invader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Education Journal
Spain
Balearic Islands
Australia
England
N.S.W
Army Journal
The Gallant Ninth and the Borneo Campaign
The Ninth Division and Seventh aim to secure Borneo as part of a broader Pacific campaign. Allied forces gain strategic bases at Tarakan Brunei Bay with Labuan Island and Victoria Harbour enabling stronger naval air actions against Japan as land operations continue in Borneo.
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Australia
Borneo
Tarakan
Brunei Bay
Pacific
Japan
British North Borneo
Labuan Island
Victoria Harbour
The Great Peppermint Cure Promises Winter Relief
A fragmented verse describes winter illness and rising doctor bills while praising Woods' Great Peppermint Cure as a remedy. The lines imply reliance on a patent remedy amid coughs, colds, and chilly weather, with a nostalgic tone about traditional springtime wellness.
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Suni
Soctor
Cherry's journey from Asia to Europe through Rome
The first cherry was moved from Asia to Europe by Lucullus around 68 B.C. It gained popularity in Rome and spread from there. Modern varieties descend from cherries brought to Sittingbourne during Henry V’s era.
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Asia
Europe
Lucullus
Rome
Sittingbourne
Henry Vu
Two Killed in Uralla Accident near Tamworth
A military car overturned on the Uralla Tamworth road after noon Sunday killing Lieut. Claude Dean and Sgt. Erwin Pfister. Warrant Officer John Turner and Dr. Bruce Beith were injured. Dean and Pfister were Armidale POW Centre staff. the group had left Armidale before noon and the crash left four people dead or injured. An inquest will be held by Uralla Coroner Mr. Ferris. Sgt. Pfister and Lieut. Dean were buried in Armidale after Catholic services.
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Uralla-Tamworth
Claude Dean
P.O.W
Armidale
Sergi
Erwin Henry Pfister
P.O.W. Control Centre
John Turner
Bruce McNeil Beith
Uraila
Dean
N.C.0
Lieut
Sgt
Pfster
Dr. Beith
W.O. Turner
Beith
New England
H. G. Armstrong
Kentucky
Liverpool
Pfister
Katoomba
St. Mary's Cathedral
Sergt. Pfister
St. Peter's Cathedral
Sergt
W. R. Purdue
Uralla
RAAF Casualties Report Through May Worldwide
The Minister for Air announced total World War II RAAF casualties from war start to end of May reached 13 842, with 6 566 in Europe, 4 745 in the South and South West Pacific, and 1 571 in the Middle East. May casualties were 133, including 20 in Europe, and ground battle losses suggest RAAF units were more actively engaged.
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R.A.A.F
Europe
South
South-West Pacific
Middle East
Drakeford
Japan
Food outlook grim for New South Wales dairy and meat
The Agricultural Gazette warns NSW winter dairy output will fall short due to weak stock and food supplies. It cites 1944 figures: beef and veal 164000 tons with a 6000 ton shortfall, mutton and lamb 146700 tons with a 13300 ton shortfall, and sets 1945 targets at 150000 and 155000 tons respectively.
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New South Wales
Gaz Tte
Islander in Armour Weds, Wearing Coat on Special Day
A Gilbert Island native, tying marriage knots on his wedding day, wears a coat of armour for the ceremony, the only occasion he has donned it.
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South Sea Island
Gilbert
Notice to Trespassers on Stonebrook Aberfoyle Waverley
Property owner warns that trespassers including robbers shooters and hunters will be prosecuted after this date on the estates Stonebrook Aberfoyle Waverley and Mr. Mitchell. F Grills signs off with 75 lb. weight.
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Stonebrook
Aberfoyle
Waverley
Mitchell
Property protection notice from Schaefer at Copnor Mountain
A public notice warns trespassers on property identified as Copnor Mountain to stay away and states prosecution without regard to persons. Previous permission, if any, is withdrawn. Rabbit poisoners or trappers are specifically warned. Dated 22 April 1944.
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Copnor
Schaefer
Trespass Notice for Paroo Tubbamurra Property
Notice states that trespassers on my property Paroo Tubbamurra will be prosecuted after this date 5.C. Looker.
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Paroo
Tubbamurra
C. Looker
Armidale Argus Publisher Credit and Address Note
Printed and published by Roy Leslie Blake for The Guyra Argus proprietors The Armidale News paper Co Ltd 113 Faulkner street Armidale.
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Roy
Leslie Blake
Guyra “Argus
The
Armidale Newspaper Co. Ltd
Faulkner-street
Armidale
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Sixth Armoured Division
Office of War Information
the Rabbit Menace
Invai
U.N.R
Ierraet
Roms Review
Iehatt
Claude Heagney
Jena
Guyra
J. Hill
F. Grills
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