About 110 eu tries have been received for the leaping competition in tlie Manuwatu Show, 30 for the hunters' competition, 20 for the steeplechase and 25 for the pony leaping competition.
Large numbers of blackbirds, thrunhee, starlings, linnets goldfinches, and even pheasants, are doing much damage to the strawberry crops at Nortbcote and Birkenbead. Many of these birds are yearly shot poisoned, or trapped, and yet they seem more numerous than ever, and are a very heavy tax upon the fruitgrowers.
The Nelson Colonift hears that it is the intention of the authorities tc have all cattle kept for the supply of the several lunatic asylums tested in order to make sure that none are affected by tuberculosis, and in future no cuttle are to be purchased for such institutions unless they will stand the te;t.
The Nev Plymoutn Harbor Board hits ndujjted recommendations by its engineer and a committee which consulted with him, to erect a fixed liiid pumping plant for clearing rr.vay !be sand, at a cost of about £3000, and to postpone wharf extentiun for the present.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 3782, 2 December 1898, Page 2
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