Nowra Skies Set To Buzz

THE skies above Nowra will be alive with hornets, hawks and squirrels on Sunday, but not of the animal variety.

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Today's fact Squirrels accidentally plant millions of trees because they forget where they bury their nuts.

No Licence For Palm Squirrels

A FORMER Maitland pet shop owner was ordered to pay more than $6000 in Maitland Local Court yesterday after he was found to have kept squirrels at his home without a licence.

Sweet Treat Is A Depp In The Right Direction

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Rated: PG Starring: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor. Critic's warning: Scary squirrels, cows being whipped to make whipped cream. Critic's rating: 8/10

Cherry Ripe And No Holds Barred

IT'S THE most seductive, treacled siren call: "Come with me and you'll be in a world of pure imagination." Rivers of chocolate, nut-cracking squirrels, and cocoa-addicted Oompa Loompas. Satisfying vengeance on brats, gluttons, and know-alls. Sweet.

Randy Squirrels Protected

A BRIDGE has been opened in England to help ``courting" red squirrels cross the road safely.

Secret `squirrels' Join Desperate Hunt For Weapons

An overhaul of the search for Saddam Hussein's elusive weapons of mass destruction is creating an operation strikingly similar to the United Nations inspection system that Bush Administration officials derided before the war, military and intelligence officials say.

Commission's Account Of Those Blamed In Hih Collapse Starts With Secret Squirrels' Business

The HIH Royal Commission documents, at 2000 pages, will be made public tomorrow.

Lotto: A Winner After 500 Years

LORENZO LOTTO Rediscovered Master of the Renaissance National Gallery of Art, Washington DC Until March 1 Accademia Carrara di Belli Arti, Bergamo, Italy April 2 to June 28 Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris October 12 to January 11, 1999 Saints carrying squirrels, sq

It's A Vine Spell, But Not For Consumers

Wine production this year is going to be low, woefully low, so wine- drinking squirrels should start stockpiling now. Drought, frost and hail are being blamed for production that is down as much as 50 per cent in some areas but the thing no one really understands is the vines are having a spell.

Squirky Gets Ready

AS RARE and difficult as it was for squirrels to be exceptional in any way at all, Squirky was, none the less, an exceptional squirrel. All the other squirrels in the woods stored enough nuts to get them through winter, but most of the time they just lived on whatever nuts they came across from

Dawkins Has Limited Options In Getting Us To Save

John Dawkins wants to change Australia from a nation of binge consumers into a nation of squirrels. His priority is to find ways of making us save more. But regardless of what Mr Dawkins may plan for us, he has to come to terms with what actually motivates us to save. Any plan

Doctors Turn To Squirrels

RESEARCHERS are studying squirrels and their reduced blood flow during hibernation to find ways to prevent brain damage in stroke victims. This novel approach may help researchers discover new methods of stroke therapy, said Kai Frerich of the National Institute of Neural Diseases in Beth

'bye, George, And Thanks For Everything

Unemployment: When Bush came to power in 1988 it was 6.7 million. Now it's edging towards nine million. Animal welfare: The first American leader to be censured by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for setting his springer spaniel, Millie, onto the squirrels on the Wh

Four Seasons, Via The Dial

IT'S BEEN said that Australia is a country without clearly signposted seasons. Rare are the autumnal strolls through parks carpetted with red leaves, avoiding nut-collecting squirrels. Just last week it was spring in Sydney, with several audacious buds sticking out of the ground to get a b

Goodbye Jamison As Squirrels Get Backing

Chris Corrigan would not have enjoyed reading on his Reuters screen yesterday the news that the AMP Society and National Mutual Life were supporting in principle the Australian Independent Newspaper group in its proposed bid for the Fairfax group. Rival bidder Tony O'Reilly will not be o

Ain Keeps Its Powder Dry As Others Take Pot Shots

MELBOURNE: They've been dubbed the Melbourne squirrels and are the butt of many a joke in the rough-and-tumble race for the John Fairfax Group. They also have a fair chance of having the last laugh. Australian Independent Newspapers has been quietly gathering support while its highe

The Four Secret Squirrels

If the ALP is fair dinkum about a leadership vote, surely Bill Kelty and Sir Peter Abeles should be voted on as well. It's now plain that for years we have had a collective national leadership of four, rather like Yugoslavia's, holding secrets not even the rest of the Cabinet was allowed

Soldier's Amazing 3 Year Jungle Ordeal

HE lived on cats, dogs, snakes, rats, squirrels and once tasted the heart and liver of a human. Wounded, and with recurring bouts of fever, he was befriended by Chinese-Malay communist guerillas. He joined their force as they kept one step ahead of the Japanese troops who were constantly s

Squirrels Away

SIR: We have legislation designed to protect our native fauna by licensing those who can keep or sell it. Yet, it seems, we have no such strictures on foreign species. It is possible for any member of the public to buy Indian palm squirrels as pets, singly or in breeding pairs, from petsho