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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 11, Issue 865, 10 August 1867, Page 4

Fluke in Sheep. — We regret to learn with alarming rapidity, and they threaten to decimate some flocks. We hear that on one run upwards of 4^oo sheep have died since last shearing. The entozoon here referred to is the common " flounderfluke," which infests the liver generally, but is found more thickly located along the great bile duct ; but we are informed that a new species has made its appearance on some of the runs south of Oatlands, which appears to be even more formidable than the other. As it has been described to us (for we have not seen a specimen) this new entozoon is about the

same size of a large pin's head, of a yellowish colour, and on exposure for a few minutes to the sun its body becomes elongated, and it wriggles away to seek concealment. This parasite seems to give ■riteference to the alimentary canal, and hundreds are ejected in the sheep's droppings. As they hide under anything, retaining vitality in that condition for a considerable time, and even passing throguh the various stages of propagation, a run may soon become absolutely saturated with the creatures, and be rendered totally unfit for pastoral purposes until it has been purified by fire. We have heard of a gentleman whose station is on the Jordan, who in the course of a few days lost 1300 sheep from these flukes. This is a very serious matter, and our flookmasters would do well to take combined action if possible to arrest the evil.--" Launceston TSxaminer." • .

The PuneHal of Abohdeacon Williams was very numerously attended by both races, and would have been even more so, but for the state of the roads. Wi Eateni's party were afraid to go, as they suspected an ambush on Piripi's part. lam sorry to say that death has been busy among. our little community here, three deaths having occurred in four days among us.— Correspondent of • Southern Cross."

Meetings of Cbeditobs continue veryfrequent, and the results almost invariably are most unsatisfactory. The rule appears to be, that the debtor calls his creditors together when he has made away with all his property either by bill of sale or preferred payments. It is time the merchants stirred themselves to check this state of affairs,' or there will soon be but little chance for an honest man. Great complaints are made of the little protection given by the law to trade from fraud, and it is hoped that some measures of reform may be brought forward in the House of Representatives this session. The propagation of false rumours affecting the position and credit of respectable firms appears to have become very prevalent, and in some instances has evidently been done from malicious motives. — " Canterbury Times," July 13. Angoba Goats. — The " Argus" of June 21, says : — On Tuesday arrived, per ship Midas, from the Cape of Good Hope, a very interesting shipment, consisting of thirty-six Angora goats. They are sent by Mr. Charles Barry, and consigned to Messrs Dalgety, Blackwood, & Co. For many years past a great deal attention has "been paid in the Cape colony to the breeding of Angora goats ; and many large shipments have been made from Asia Minor, via England, to Cape Town. The climate of the South African colonies being very similar to our own, the goats succeeded admirably; and Mr. Barry writes as follows of the prospects of this animal at the Cape : — ln my own mind there is not the shadow of a doubt as to the' ultimate value of these animals to the colony. They are more profitable than merino sheep ; they yield an equal quantity of the wool of a higher market value, and require much less care and attention than sheep. They are not so subject to disease, and breed at least fifty per cent., faster than sheep. The flock, as originally shipped, consists of twenty-five ewes and twelve rams.