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ee. EE -- - | FLYING FUX, OR Grape of Australia Suffer < bo op ha to biology " ttala" by scientific means, few ap- THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, OCTOBIR 12, 1928 SPECIES OF BAT FEASTS ON FRUIT Great Damage--Efforts Made to Destroy Them Sydney, N. 8. W. Oet. 12--Ak 'though an engagement 'of two years at $3000 a year, with an ad- 1500 for expemses is op- ts willing to study the of the "fying fox" with a view to its extermination im Aus- plications have so far been received by the government. cody pha helio which is & a feasts on Truit, has been realized for years but only a few months ago did the government decide to campaign the animal, "Many obvious methods of des- truction have been tried," said an officer of the Council of Selentific and Industrial Research. "Shooting is ex ive, Strychanin is success- [January 1, this year, has expended $4,000 in destroying 72,226 of these pests, and there are literally hundreds of millions ravaging the fruit areas of the north during the season." There are five species of these bats in Australia, the commonest and most destructive being the grey-headed flying fox. The mame is given on account of the dog-like head and reddish color. They are actually tropical amd sub-tropleal animals, but they oceur as far south as Gippsland, : They are nocturnal and gregar- fous, living in camps of hundreds of thousands, and migrating ac cording to season and good supply, but they usually return to the same ful to an extent, Polson gases are not effective, because of the timid- camps in successive seasons. In the day time they cling up- DODDS KIDNEY PILLS side down to the branches of troes, but are restless and alert and a single shot will put the whole camp to flight. At night they do ap- palling damage to fruit trees. BRAIN UNAFFECTED BY SPINAL DISEASES Glasgow, Scotland, Oct. 12.-- The powers of thinking are affect- ed only temporarily by some forms of disease, but permanent effects are caused by alcohol, various drugs, fatigue, certain bodily injur- fes and some diseases, said Dr. 8S. Dawson in a paper on "Dullness and Di " read before the psy- It's really mars a room, but to replace an old soft wood floor with new oak flooring used to have two big draw- backs--the long delay and the une bearable muss, SATIN FINISH HARDWOOD necessary with you, comes to you fully machined and absolutely' uniform, are contractors in Oshawa whe do this without muss or bother to you. The cost is surprisingly small and we will be Oshawa Lumber | - Co., Limited 28 Ritson Road North Phone 2821 the floor that makes or FLOORING All that is is the sanding and there pleased to go into it -- a chology section of the British As- sociation for the Advancement of Science. Tests that had been made on children showed that diseases of the nervous systemr, limited to the spinal cord, apparently did not interfere with intellectual perfor- mences, for the average intelli gence ratio of this group was well up to normal. In some allusions to sleeping sickness, Dr. Dawson, said that the most striking of the extraordinary after effects of this disease was a change of character and emotional disposition. Children who were pre- viously quite normal, became quar- relsome, destruckive, cruel, irrit- able, subject to fits of anger and rage, in which they were a danger to themselves and to others. Some of them took to stealing, swearing, and lying, sometimes of a very stu- pid kind, In some cases the after effect was more obviously intellec- tual, normality giving place to feeh- lemindedness, The tests made confirmed the suggestion that sleeping sickness adversly affected the intelligence 'His enquiries indicated that while in a few cases sleéping sickness seemed to leave no serfous afters effects, yet it did on the whole ar- rest or retard mental development to such an extent that it appreciab- '{ents, the deterioration being great- est in young children, CROSSING ACOIDENT Perth, Oct, 12.--John Patterson retired farmer, aged 70 years, was instantly killed when his hugey was struck by a Canadian Pacific freight at a level crossing last night, If you're planning to build a new home insulate the oly dor the vag with INSUL-BOARD, Buildings insulated with INSUL-BOARD are to heat. For INSUL-BOARD shuts out winter seals the interior tight against draughts, dampness and moisture, rids the home forever of the chilly floor zone, INSUL-BOARD will cut down your fuel half on expense, And it will shield the home t, shut out noise, effectively, giving from summer y pay for itself, It will , save you to one- you restful, healthful comfort the whole year through, BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED "MONTREAL = PORTNEUF PONT ROUGE HAMILTON TORONTO WINNIPEG The Carew Lumber Co,. Limited 74 Athol St. W, Oshawa + Phones 12 and 1113 ly reduced the intelligence of pat- |i ALSATIAN BECOME MENACE IN AUSTRALIA Many Imported Animals Have "Gone Bush" and Peril Sheep Industry Sydney, N. 8. W. Oct. 12.--Pas- toralists are wondering what they should do about the menace of the Alsatian wolf dogs that have been imported to Australia in large num- bers during the past year. Many of the animals were taken to sheep stations and trained for sheep handling with indifferent results. Some of them have 'gone bush" and are a positive peril to the shaep industry in some sections due to the ravages on flocks. : The chief fear of the sheep men is that when the vogue of the Alsa- tian runs its course stray dogs will mate with dingoes and produce a breed with the sagacity of the Al- satian and the marauding instincts of the wolf. The Australian government has apopinted Dr. W. A. N. Robertson, federal director of veterinary hy- giene, to make enquiries into the behaviour of the breed in this coun- try. Opponents of the breed who claim that Australia has already suffered from too many pests are citing examples of alleged ferocity against human beings in various parts of the world, SHABBY PICTURE BOUGHT CHEAPLY - WORTH A FORTUNE Furniture Dealer Bought A Van Dyck for Sum of $25 London, Oct. 12.--A shabby old picture, badly gashed, and very dirty which James O'Grady, a furn- iture dealer, of Haverstock Hill, N. W., hought for $25 a few months ago has been examined by an ex- pert who believes it to be a Van Dyck worth thousands of pounds. The work represents the Harl of Arundel with his eldest grandson, afterwards the fifth Duke of Nor- folk. The old Earl is in steel armor and the boy is wearing a pink tun- c "Some 'months ago," sald Mr. O'Grady, who is an exgunner of the Royal Field Artillery, "I bought the picture in an old furniture shop near St, Albans, and hung it in my shop covered with an old army blanket. A dealer, who called upon me, happened to pull aside the blanket, and, after a hurried glance at the picture said he wanted to buy ft, "But he seemed so eager that I refused his offer for a fortnight, I was beseiged by dealers. There are several bad gashes in the picture, and my brother and I found that the varnish seemed to rub off eas- y. "Eventually I decided to have it restored and repaired and it has cost me about $100." Alexander Marks, a Notingham expert expressed the opinion that the picture was a fine example of Van Dyck's work ranking possible, pieces." "For technique and quality," he sald, "it might be placed in the same category as the Arundel ver- sion, and the one also of Charles I. on Horseback in the National Galleries. 'Less than three years ago,'r added Mr, Marks, "a London agent was prepared to offer $450,000 for the Arundel Castle Portrait of the Earl of Arurddel and his eldest grandson, afterwards the fifth Duke of Norfolk, An offer was also mage of $20, 000 for a well-known A collector for another version, I believe the one at Arundel is an heirloom. This being the case, the value of Mr. O'Grady's pleture is materially increased." 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