LAND AND WATER.
Mr D. Ru^cll, -ecretary of the Otago Acclimatisation Society, has received notification from tho Colonial Secretary that a proclamation has been issued that paradise ducks arc not to be shot during tho v.-e\t 12 months.
The nati\es on the East Coast of the North Inland are busily engaged preparing for tho whaling <sea=on, which commences next month.
Notice, in the Gazette pro\ides for protection of Paradise ducks.
A London message says that at billiards Stc^nsou with IS.OOO beat Dawson with. 10.036
DUXEDIX HOMING PIGEON CLUB
The Dunedin Homing Pigeon Club held a rare on Saturday from Maheno, confined to novice members*. The times cut up were exceptionally good, being better than the club has. had for some yeais. The winning bud was Mr Esqinl ant's bird Ripple, flying 52 miles 160 yards in lhr, a velocity of 152Syds per minute. Messrs Jones and Michie's bird Oera'd secured second place, flying 51 miles 700 yards in ihi 2imin a velocity of 1447 yds lft per minute; and Messrs Crawford and Fuller's bird V&ude-.ille came thud, flying 51 miles in lhr 3mm, a velocity o£ 1421 yd? 2ft per reunite.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2667, 26 April 1905, Page 56
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191LAND AND WATER. Otago Witness, Issue 2667, 26 April 1905, Page 56
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