RICHMOND AFFAIRS.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18548, 25 November 1925, Page 12

RICHMOND AFFAIRS.

MEETING OF BURGESSES. Members of the Richmond Burgesses' Association met last night, Mr G. Morrow presiding. Speaking of the triangle reserve at the corner of Medway street, the chairman said it was at present an eyesore. Once the City Council had cleaned it up and raked it over, but since then they had neglected it. The rcsutt was that it was full of twitch. Eventually it was decided to write the Reserves Committee drawing its attention to the state of the triangle. Along North Parade road, the chairman said, pot-holes were to be found beside the tram tracks inches deep. Several members said they had also seen the pot-holes. It was resolved that the Tramway Board be written to pointing out the condition of the road. The meeting expressed itself dissatisfied with the small nnmber of letter-boxes in the district, and it was decided that the Post maaler-General be written to asking him to place a post-box and slot telephone at the corner of Medway street and North Parade road. In the event of an unfavourable reply it was agreed that a petition be taken up and presented to Mr D. G. Sullivan, M.P.

HORSES AND DOGS. INTERESTING IMPORTATIONS. I WELSH COBS FOR OTAGO. (SPECIAL. TO "THE PRESS.") AUCKLAND, November 24. There iv.is quite a farm-like look about parts of the Mahana when she drew alongside the wharf this afternoon. Mr J. Carnithers. of Middlemarcli. Central Oiago, the noted horse breeder, was on board with an important and valuable consignment of horses, which have arrived in the pink of condition, thanks to the good trip and careful attendance. This shipment is interesting from the fact that it is the iirst time the Welsh cob lias been imported into the Dominion. Mr who has been away since last June, went Home with the intention in the first place of picking up some suitable cobs, his idea being: to provide New Zealand witli .something suitable for stock and li'll work on the big stations of the South Island. Owing to the prevalence of the trotting and the thoroughbred strains in New Zealand, the hacks of the country have deteriorated, and a wood animal was very hard to get. The Welsh cob is just the sort of thing wanted. Built not too high, with a strong constitution, plenty of bone, _and a short back, the cob is very suitable for the job. There are two mares, both in foal fo Ceitho Welsh Comet, said to be the best cob in Wales. The mares are Hawthorn Lille and Noyaddwilvmgwen. Tlicv are both seven years old. The stallion is (irove Welsh Dragon, eight years old. and he, like the mares, is of the old Welsh type, now so hard to secure. Tho mares stand 14 hands high and the stallion* is 14.3. Clydesdales. While he was picking up the Welsh cobs Mr Carnithers came across -two very likely Clydesdale colts, yearlings, which are named First Mate, bredjpy his father. Mr Andrew Carruthersi~"bf Netherton, Auchenheath, Lanark, and the other is Seamer. bred by Mr E. Bainbridge, of Lolield Seamer, Yorkshire. Both colts are very attractive, and true to the Clydesdale type. Both have been shown but once, and each carried off valuable prizes. First Mate is bv Earleton Footprint out of Pansy of Knockinlaw, by the celebrated Sir Hugo. Within the last few dn.vs this. colt was sold to Mr Tocker. of Featlierston. Seamer is by Elfort. the horse that is setting all the leading prizewinners in the North of England at the present time. His dam is Flower Seamer by Royal Fern. Jtfr Carnithers also has with him a two-year-old Clydesdale stallion, Hay of Hope, for Mr Alex. Cullen, of Goodwood. Otago. AVhile he was in Wales Mr Carruthers purchased a collie of a splendid working strain of the Welsh Hill dogs, and still another passenger is an Alsatian Wolf Hound, which is the property of Miss Stewart, who is travelling with Mr and Mrs Carnithers. But even this does not complete the list of stock, as there are two thoroughbreds under Mr Carnithers' care —a two-vear-old filly named White Bird, for Mr J. Hislop, of Auckland, and an unnamed filly, also a two-year-old, for Mr Donald, of'Westmere, Wanganui.