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| Garden of Tubas Police Station, 1947 |
This morning I went as escort to Inspector Coles on an inspection of
Tubas Police Post.
On the return journey we conversed on many subjects & I asked him
what chances there were of getting “I” (investigation) Branch. He said there was a vacancy in Urban &
that if I wrote an application he would speak to the A.S.P.
Sunday, 2oth April 1947
A lovely day today.
I was not called out for duty today so this afternoon Barclay,
Bicknell, & Roe & I went for a hike which was more like mountaineering
as we climbed the mountain behind the Station.
I went as escort to a taxi this morning with us went the paymaster to a series of teams of men scattered between Tulkarm & Jenin who are destroying Locusts. They told me a little of their work which I should think was very interesting.
A locust’s life can be split into 6 distinct parts.
The eggs are laid in a hole excavated by the parent 12 cms deep & 2 wide. She deposits about 100 eggs which are long and thin, about 1 cm in length. These hatch in about 20 days time. The newly born locust is wingless. After a few hours these turn black & continue to shrink in size. They then in the third stage get yellowish stripes & begin hopping about after food. During the following stagesthe locust gains colouring, wings & size. They are destroyed, by Gammaine poisoned bran as bait, in the first three stages.
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