SNAKES AND SNAKE-BITES
QUEENSLAND WORST STATE
Thirteen is an unlucky numbei?, and in the case ol snake-bite it ic-. present* the average number of persons fatally bitten every year in Australia. Statistics also sliow that more deaths from snake-bite occur in Queensland than in any other State. Western Australia is the healthiest State, as far as the snake
menace goes
Snakes are almost the only Australian pest that were not introduced by the white man in his wis-. dom(?) Sparrows, starlings, prickly pear, rabbits, thistles, dingoes, and foxes were all brought into Australia to challenge the snake's claim to be the great Australian pest.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BPB19431116.2.10
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 24, 16 November 1943, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
104SNAKES AND SNAKE-BITES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 24, 16 November 1943, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Beacon Printing and Publishing Company is the copyright owner for the Bay of Plenty Beacon. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Beacon Printing and Publishing Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in