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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1206, 12 April 1895, Page 18

At the City Assessment Court on Friday Mr T. K. Macdonald mentioned as a curious fact that 18 years ago land in many parts of Wellington brought more money than it would to-day. This, he said, he could prove from his own books. Only the other day land opposite" the Supreme Court was sold at .£lB per foot, yet in 1879 it was bought at .£SO a foot. That very day it was reported that the A.M.P. Society had only paid £IOO per foot for_7o feet frontage to Hunter street, adjoining their present premises, and the land was certainly worth £2O per foot more to them than anyone else. We notice that Mr A. Smith, of tho Belle Vue Kennels, has decided to sell off his stock of well bred Irish terriers. The lots include Belle Vue Monkey, who secured first prize against a. large class, at the last Wellington Show, Belle Vue Vic, a beautifully bred bitch which has never been exhibited, and is now in pup to Champion Con Cregan and three four-months'-old puppies by Champion Con Cregan out of BeUe Vue Monkey. This sale offers a first-rate chance for any breeders desirous of adding some highclass animals to their kennels. Our excellent musical contemporary The Triad appears this month inenlarged and generally improved form The contents are crisp, newsy and readable, and with the -paper is given away three valuable pieces. , of music—Chopin's renowned "Marche"* Funebre," the well-known song -To Anthea," and a composition by Greig. The magazine contains eight pages of music and... 20 pages of reading matter, and is a capital publication, ' ]

may have of value. Leftwich, the rider of Killarney, while lying stunned on the ground during the progress of the last steeplechase, was robbed of his cap, spurs, and whip, and I am told this is a common occurrence. Such conduct as this I consider to be a disgrace to civilisation, and the V.R.C. are deserving of censure for not taking steps to prevent these diabolical outrages. The disposal of the bodies of the horses killed at Flemington is the only ether subject I will refer to, as I fear I have already trespassed too much on your space. Mr Watson ordered that the dead bodies of Circingle and Killarney should be given to the hounds. Would he give the dead body of his own favourite hunter to the hounds? I hope not. The mere thought is repulsive to the owner or lover of a good horse, and Mr Watson should have consideration for other people's feelings."