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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 55, 28 November 1907, Page 6

A Karitane Maori named Epiha Maaka has in his possession (according to'Otago "Daily Times") a'pipi sbdl. which is a decided curiosity. At some period in the' life of tho shellfish another small fish must have made its way into the.' shell, and when, the rightful occupant closed up the intruder was trapped. Evidently tho visitor' hccanie and'so irritated the host that'the latter set to work to embalm the unwelcomo guest in what is usually termed mother-of-pearl. On tho shell in the. possession' of Maaka .may' bo seen tho result—tho shape of' the /intruder outlined .'quite plainly;'the eyo being quite distinguishable. iUaaka believes' tho shell arid the, figure on it is of considerable'value, but on : this point- opinions will doubtless dilfor: The' outlined figure is 'Sin. in length, and about lin. in breadth'at its'widest part. What appears to.bo a caso of malicious wounding of a..horse occurred at Riccarton during'last.'week. Tho inspector of-.tho Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was: asked to look at a horso that was in a. paddock near Clyde, Road, and on going out ho found tho animal, after some trouble, in a paddock opposito Clyde'ltoad, It was a half-draught bay mare ' (says "Lyttelton Times"),-in. fairly good condition, but it had a bad wound across tho forehead, just below the oars, and another wound ; neai the tail, both apparently deliberately inflicted. ..The horse appeared to he getting on well, arid it was left in the. paddock. Curiously, tho inspector could notdiscoyer tho owner of the animal. The following suggestion is offered ,by the Foilding "Star" as a means, presumably, of increasing 'the revenuo:—An expensive arid popular shell-fish in Now York,' callod "tho short-necked clam," is our despised friend the pipi. Mr. A. F. Kennedy, of Gisborno, snys so, and • ho has brought back a clam shell to prove it. Tho "short-nflckod" dainties cost about 4s. tho plate of six when ho was in the Amorican city tho other day. Should not the attention of our Department of Industries he called to tho possibility of the pipi as another product for exportation? Fancy tho profit, Mr. Donne, at two dollars the dozen for our short-necked, going-to-. waste pipi I As has boon, previously stated, says Dunedin "Star," tho shortage of wheat, is vory pronouncod, and the prospects aro not, promising for the coming season. In respect to the probable effect of tho Bill introduced by. tho Government with a-view to provont oxccssivo priccs being charged for articles of daily'use, thoro is a strong feeling that it will lend to still further lessen tho already much-rcduccd growth of wheat. Tho prosont position, it is pointed out, is brought about, ontirely by a world famine in the coroal., Australia, it is also argued, will always produce wheat and flour cheaper than Now' Zealand, because land, ■ labour, and railage is much lower there. The "Scottish Chorus and Orchestra,"inumbering some forty performers, under Mr. John M'Glashan entertained the inmates of the Ohiro Home at a conccrt on Tuesday evening. Mrs! Mueller rendered solos, Mr. J. H. M'Lenn contributed .several, comic items, and Miss Paul presided at the piona