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Otago Witness, Issue 3853, 17 January 1928, Page 14

In order to keep picnickers off his property, a farmer hit upon a bright scheme, and in a conspicuous spot on the border of his territory there appears a bold notice, intimating to the public that it would be well to beware of the bull (says the Napier Telegraph). That the farmer in question does not own a bull and that there is. no ferocious creature of that denomination within shouting distance of the place in question makes little difference to the would-be wanderers over that particular property, for as s oon as that notice is observed they do not wait to make investigations, but rather abandon their project and seek a spot where there is no chance of wild creatures menacing them. Flocks of screaming seagulls wheeling close above the surface of the water created a good deal of interest amongst passengers on tho Auckland-Devonport ferry boats the other evening (says the Star). The reason for the birds’ excitement was that small fish were shoaling in countless thousands. The larger gull took their feast afloat, whilst the kittaw’kes and lesser species plunged into the tide. Rarely did they fail to emerge with a ” prize.”