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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 246, 10 July 1908, Page 8

- There -is-.iii-; Du'nedin-?at .least one boy who has 'the -"commercial: instinct, and 'some knowledge asywell. . Looking at the: pigeons in a dealer's window-a: Week or two ago, ho saw amongst the' miscellaneous: lot set apart for guii practice, a'.bird tbat'too'k his fancy. He ran-home,/picked'out one of his-own undesirables,-took"it 'to- the shop, traded off his'- reject; for -tho- new'. pigeon for: the , con-sideration-of-threepence, and promptly entered thp purchased bird at the show as a : show' h'omor•• > .This, ,was . a mistake, for. :tha bird.proved to be a working homer* but in its' riglltlclass.-as a. boy's: working' homer,: it gained' first., arid;-special -prizes 'and ' was awarded '.'another', prize as . the .bost of the boys',pigeons. .. >Vi ln.''cclnnection with' the .Maori Congress, an /.entertainment mil .be, given and"Saturday, July 15 and 18' By the Rotoriia-Maori Missjon Choir and Entertainers, assisted by East Coast Maoris, '(inde'r/the ,Ro;V. JP. A. /Bennett. The box, .plan ,is now' open at .the. Dresden. 'laery and 'Coi, Ltd.yare selling to-day, at the Truit' Exchange, plants, shrubs, and trees, on behalf of Mr W. B. Hardy, of the Lower Hutt. They..state that.'every lot has been specially selected. '/ " ... • At Messrs,,'.A. t.,(Wilson and Co.'s auctbn sale yesterday,'the,BJyt.he Street property was disposed of at the reserve figure. The Welling, ton Tfcrace and Haniey Street properties wete passed in,'ajid;are.now : open for private sale. :