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WEDNESDAY,
MARCH
1035:
THREE GOOD. POINTS
Ready for anything that this strangs new world may bring them, the bright syes of the Dionae quintuplets gaze expectantly, Except for Emelie, who modestly duck. od her hand as the camera snappad. Marie, left and Annetta, Yvonne and Cecile saam to enjoy the proceedings.
An accepted authority on sava) maitars, Dr. Oscar Parkes, sur geon of London, whose book, "Jane's Fighting Ships," is con- aulted on countries all over the world for information on naval subjects.
AN INVASION OF BRITAIN
JAPANESE DEER RUN WILD
SQUIRRELS A MENACE
than 200 miles of grey squirrel country across England in extend- ing on its eastern side into Enst Anglia via Suffolk and northwards) through Leicestershire towards Nottinghamshire; In the west it la approaching the South Wales colony, and on its southern border in extended from Kent to the region of Southampton. There are al. ready soparate colonies around Bournemouth and Plymouth. Though the progress of the grey aquirrel is slow through Lancashire, and while beyond isolated examples nt Liverpool, Hale, Warrington, and Manchester it has yet made no serious entry. in Yorkshire it is spreading into the North Riding, and it seems as if the pest may overrun England and Wales by 1950.
DANGEROUS ENEMY
On most country estates theso alien squirrels have been persistent- ly shot at and trapped for the past 10 years, and there is a National Anti-Grey Squirrel organization to further this end, for the grey squirrel is a proven enemy to bird life, ground game, and woodland, destroying most eggs, nestlings. bark, shoots, fruits, and speda, though there has been some.aver. lemphasis of its effect on song birds, particularly nightingales, which have actually increased a little since the grey squirrel became numer
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It is, however, very serious where gratu in stored and a danger ous enemy to gamercarers and owners of bird sanctuaries; but it is doubtful whether it carries | epidemien.
Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George, who celebrated his 72nd. birthday anniversary in January and marked the occasion with an epoch-making speech in which he advocated a new and radical policy for Britain somewhat along the fines of the "New Deal plan put into force by President F. D. Roosevelt of United States, was photographed on his estates at Churi, Surrey, a few days before the occasion. He ls shown spending a few Jelaura moments with Jas, his pet St. Bernard.
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It was in 1931 that the Oxford University Bureau of Animal Popu-. lation received many specimens of grey
equirrels from Yorkshire.. Cheshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire. Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Kent, all showing a chronic intestinal infection; and as this was the dirget cause of the reduc- tion in numbers of the pest, it was ngsumed that the grey squirrel had reached the limit of its colonization and
was beginning to decline. How orroneous that assumption was has now been proved by the Oxford Bureau's investigations in various parts, and work must again go a national scale. The ahead on new areas invaded must be tabulat- of, and the co-operation must be Animal Population in various parts sought of all gamekeepers, land of the country have again become owners, farmers, and officials. A busy in estimating the extent of humane trap is on the market and the range of the American grey information may be had from the
A new plastic fastener which | same colour were on view, and leave aboard, the P. and O. liner squirrel throughout Britain. Mr. secretary of the Natlonal Anti-took four years to perfect
there were also fancy goods in Chitral on Saturday. શ Imperial Chemicals which it was used for closing!
During his absence, Mr. D. Milbank,
Burlingham, Deputy pockets. recently, It
Inspector General of Police, will be in com- the sume principle as Models fitted with the plastic mand of the Force,
FROM A CORRESPONDENT The 300 Investigators of the Oxford University.
Bureau
A. D. Middleton, a member of the bureau, informs his fellow inves- tigators that the American grey squirrel, after a severe setback in
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Grey Squirrel Campaign, Moor shown lands," Box Moor, Hertfordshire.
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The Oxford Bureau has just be- gun to Investigate the status of an- Works on
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HON. MR. T. H. KING LEAVES ON SATURDAY
plastic fasteners are in 13 different shades, some transparent and some translucent. The new zipp widens who succeeded Mr. L. D. C. Wolfe, The Hon. Mr. T. H. King, the sphere of usefulness of the C.M.O., as Inspector General of lightning fastener. Knitted gar- Police on the latter's retirement re- ments with the plastle zipp in the cently, is proceeding on Home
er allen invader which is spread previous types of lightning zipp fastener will be included in the Sub-Inspector D. J. Dredge is 1931 due mainly to disease, was in over the country-the little fasteners, but is made in a plastic mannequin parades at the British also proceeding Home on leave. comparatively low numbora during 10 years numbers of these little vantages are that it is very light goods and fancy leather goods and Divisional Inspector F. floare, and Japancae deer. During, the past material instead of metal. Its ad- Industries Fair. It is being chiefly Travelling on the same vessel 1932 and 1933, but there are now deer have escaped from parks, in weight and is smooth in action for domestic uses and clothing that Mrs. Fraser, wife of Sub-Inspector recommended for use on faney will be Mrs. F. Hoare, wife of many indications that a period of mostly in the Home Counties. increase is well on the way. It has where they were kept as pets, and without any possibility of rough is not subjected to heavy launder II, W. Fraser, of the Secretariat greatly extended its range, spread-they have taken to living wild.
ing outwards from the main areas
previously occupied, and several specimens have been found in a new Isolated arca near Woodbridge, Suffolk. Should the numbers in- crense greatly over this large area it seems probable that the grey squirrels may become of more Borious economic importance than hitherto.
The areas where the grey squirrel ia again on the increase aro: Cheshire, North Wales, Central Yorkshire, the Midland and Home. Counties, the neighbourhood of Bournemouth, Exeter and Edin- burgh, Dumbartonshire, and Fife. Fortunately the native red squirrel has also increased in the last few years, and is now commonly seen In many districts where the Ameri- can grey squirrel is not present. Evan within the area occupied by the grey squirrel, red squirrels. have frequently been seen during the past two years.
There is now almost a continuous grey squirrel area from Cheshire and Flintshire to Kent, but the great Yorkshiro' grey squirrel-aren! remains isolated, nor have the two Scottish haunts at the east and west of the lowland valley yet Joined. The great area of more
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