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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 938, 28 April 1868, Page 3

Sketch phom Fashionable Life. — Morning Call : Saturday. — Ist Lady : Do you intend going to Church to-mor-row, dear ? — 2nd Lady : Well, dear, that entirely depends upon ray bonnet. Oamabu Stone. — "We," says the Oama.ru Times, "have been shown by Mr. Thomas King a mortuary monument, worked by him in Oamaru stone, and intended to be erected in the Bendigo Cemetery, to the memory of the late father of the Messrs. Newey of this town. It-is iv the form of a Greek cross, and is richly ornamented with blossoms of the lily very evenly and beautifully cut. The cross, and the pedestal upon which it rests, weigh about three quarters of a ton, and when placed upon the bluestone basement intended to receive it, will be about 9ft. 6in. in height. This work has been executed in a manner which reflects great credit upon the sculptor." Attack by Wili> Houses. — An incident occurred last summer on the Lachlan plains, N.S.W., to two well known squatters of E-iverina. They were travelling in a light four-wheeled buggy with a pair of Cobb and Co.'s coach horses, and when well out on the plain a large herd of wild horses were startled by their approach. One mob bore down towards them headed by a large black stallion, and this animal charged madly to within a hundred yards of the vehicle, raising his head and roaring savagely as only such creatures can. roar, the mob meanwhile thundering around in wild career. The buggy horses, much startled, were difficult to control. One of the gentlemen alighted, and with a branch of stunted scrub kept the brute at bay. Fortunately a wire fence which runs across the plain was within a quarter of a mile, and towards this the party retreated until the gate was gained, when it was hastily passed and banged in the face of the wild horsej which was attempting to follow, and so perplexed him that he retired to the mob. His object seemed to be to attack the harness horses, and to the travellers the position was one of extreme danger. These wild horses on the plains of the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee are becoming a perfect scourge, and though naturally shy, are at certain seasons of the year dangerous to approach. The squatters lose many stock horses and brood mares by these joining the mobs of wild animals, which come down at night to the streams.