The Best of the
Northern Territory
23 January 2000
Mere coincidence or deadly plot?
'Alice invaded by venomous snakes' - Sunday Territorian page 4
Following on only two days after the theft of a large number of snakes from Humpty Doo, it has been reported that Alice Springs has been invaded by snakes.�
Disease mozzie found in NT
Will the threats to well being ever cease for Territorians.� The most villainous dengue-fever carrying mosquito Aedes aegypti has been found in Darwin.� Page 3 of the Sunday Territorian has informed us that it was found in a tyre on board a vessel returning from Timor.
Competition mania
How can 'Match the headline to the story' compete with these two chances of getting a large amount of cash.� Pick your own.
A.� Sunday Pools.� This competition invites you to choose 6 numbers from 30� to win an amazing $17,000 or part thereof if there is more than one winner. For just $1, the cost of the paper you have a one in 593,775 chance of scooping the pool.�
B. Dob in a car crook for $10,000 (page 1 headline).� Offered by an insurance company in return for information about the mysterious torching of a $73,000 car.� With 200,000 residents in the NT, the odds are better than Sunday Pool.
Sports
The most unexpected news of the day.� Wanderers lost to Waratahs by over 100 points.� Who would have guessed.
'Fine Sunday tipped' - NT News headline 21 Jan 2000.
Cloudy, wet and downright miserable at a chilly 28C.�