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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 115, 14 May 1912, Page 2

The East-street Mission Band and Choir gave an enjoyable entertainment to the inmates of the Costley Home on Sunday afternoon. •Monkey shooting was indulged in at Rotorua last Sunday morning, and the fact that it was deemed necessary should act as a warning to those who have such animals as pets or in captiv- I I ity. No doubt many visitors to Rotorua j will remember the big pair of monkeys in one of the cages. On Friday an attendant entered the cage to clean it out, when he was savagely attacked by the male monkey, and could not be rescued until . 'the, ■■ animal was killed, he, being meanwhile badly bitten. ■Meanwhile the female monkey escaped from the cage, and was at large until Sunday morning, when two attendants, who had been hunting for her, succeeded in shooting the fugitive. The Tinakori wireless station will shortly be opened. It will possess a normal range of 600 mijes at night time, but it is. probable that it will have a range of about-; 1200 • -miles under favourable conditions. Later on it is proposed ,to make the station a five-kilowatt one, ! with a daylight range of 500 miles and ! 1000 at night, normally, but 1200 or 1500 ■ with good "statics." It is interesting to note that the Hotel Australia Station, Sydney, has heard Wellington's signals several times lately. An award in connection with the Hotel j : and Restaurant Employers' Union came j I into force yesterday. I