SUPPOSED AEROLITE.

The Hawke'3 Bay Herald states that what has every appearance of being an aerolite was picked up on Tuesday by Mr J. Campbell, on one of the highest hills of Mr Chambers , Te Mata run. It weighs about 111b, and is unbroken. It is as round as a Dutch cheese, and about the same size.

AN " UGLY DUCKLING."

Some time ago, aays the Haicke's Bay Herald, Mr "Kiltie" Smith gave a bull calf—somewhat of a " waster" he thought— to a Woodville resident. At the Show, on Saturday, that identical animal, now grown into a mature and portly bea.se, obta ued a first prize, while one 'of •' KiltieV particular fancies had to be content with simply " commended."

THE REV. W. MORLEY.

The Wesleyan states that the Rev. W. Morley, President of the General (Weslojan) Conference, has suffered no much from overwork that he contemplates retiring from his position as Connexional Secretary. Mr Morley left Auckland for the South by the Mahinapua yesterday.

BULLOCKS ATTACKED BY SHARKS

The captain of the steamer Flinders reports that while swimming bullocks ashore from the vessel at Eaperance Bay, West Australia, two sharks, 20ft and 18ft long respectively, attacked a bullock each, taking hold of the hind quarters. An unsuccessful attempt was made to beat off the sharks by the crows of two boats, but the bullocks were soon killed and eaten by the voracious monsters.

DISEASES OF DAIRY CATTLE.

The Mayor of Dunedin, at a meeting on Tuesday night, made the following quota tion from a report which he had received from Mr Cameron, inspector under the provisions of the Public Health Act:—" With regard to the prevalence of disease, as is usual in all dairy cattle, the most common is tuberculosis (consumption;. Of 794 cattle examined, 23, or nearly 3 per cent., were suffering from this disease. Of these 23 nine, or over 1 per cent, of the whole cowa examined, were cases of generalised or systematic tuberculosis, in whioh the milk is especially dangerous. The remaining fourteen were cases in which the disease was apparently localised in the lungs. Four of the nine generalised cases had tuberculous udder (tubercular mammilis), and one of those was most disgusting two of the teats were discharging matter (pus, probably highly infectious) from broken down tuberculous abscesses in the quarters of the udder. In addition to these I met with three cases of cowpox (Variola vaccinia); three cases of tumours, at the present of » non-malignant character, but which may develop malignancy at any time; and one case of actinomycosis (commonly called • cancer')."