Many of the settlers in the Upper Waikato districts are complaining bitterly of the ravages which they suffer from the vast number of deer that now prowl around in that district. In the district including the Scotsman’s Valley, Kiclimond Downs, Matamata, Cambridge, and Tirau it is. estimated that quite 400,000 deer prey upon the industry of the settlers. This is probably an over-estimate, but the formation of such an estimate shows that the settlers are becoming impatient at the useless burden they- bear.
A remarkable coincidence in connection with the collapse of the bridge at Bendigo, Victoria, was that Mr G. S. Eeid, assistant city surveyor, who was watching the extensometer, so as to note any deflection in the bridge when the traction engine and steam roller were passing over -it, dreamt a few nights previous to the accident that the bridge would collapse,
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 123, 4 June 1901, Page 4
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