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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 85, 9 January 1928, Page 3

Some two years ago a Hawke’s Bay resident, Mr. Welch, came upon a nest of Paradise duck eggs (says the "Hawkes Hay Herald”). These lie took home, and liatclied out eight Lttle ducklings under a hen. The little strangers aroused ouite a lot of curiosity by their stranger manner of making a great fuss when people called, and escorting them to the house. Eventually the authorities of the Wellington zoo got to hear of these ducks, and sent an urgent request that five be sent to them, which was accordingly done. The three others flew away to their native haunts, but after a period of several months. Mr. Welch was surprised one dav recently to see one of these three returning with eight more little ducklings following her. These she left at the house and immediately flew away, and lias not since been scon. Hie little ones, like their mother before them, ara nowfollowing a hen. Probably one of the oldest horses in North Auckland is a bay gelding by Conviction, one of tho first thoroughbred sires brought to the Northern Wairoa. This gelding, which is nearly 40 years of nge is owned by Mr. Bert Woods, and in .-it present in camp with his owner at Maule’s Gorge (says an exchange). The old horse, who still carries a good deal of condition despite the fact that lie has only four teeth, is still able to do a good day’s work, and carried Mr. Woods brother, who is well over 15 stone in weight, over 40 miles on a fishing excursion’ and came homo as fresh as a daisy.