AUCKLAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 323, 9 October 1908, Page 8

AUCKLAND NEWS.

(BX TBLEaB.MH.—SrSCIAL COBBESrONDENT.J October 8. On board the Indravelli, • which arrived-at Auckland on Tuesday from Vancouver, thero wore two interesting specimens of the canine breed, neither of which, however, is to be landed in the Dominion. For that matterj they cannot be allowed to wander from the ship, a heavy penalty being incurred .other-' wise, as dogs have to bo • quarantined for some time before they become . "desirable; immigrants." One of the visitors is a Canadian sleigh dog, in reality not-a dog at all, but a, domesticated wolf. It has no wolfish tendencies, however 'and, on the contrary, is playful to a. marked degree, except where fowls aro conoerned, arid towards them it shows a great antipathy. The other dog is a cross between a Chinese-dog and a Canadian fox. Tho Escaped Prisoner. ' The search for John Bishop, the prisoner who escaped from custody while on tho s.s. Takapuna when that vessel was making her way up tho Manukau Harbour on Friday last, is still being continued. Ever since th« man made his bid for liberty mounted troopers have kept a constant patrol of tho shores of the Manukau, in case ho might have got ashoro, but so far without. ..success." In view of the fact that-the escapee was not found on the Takapuna after a'.careful search and strict watch, the theory that lie jumped overboard at a' favourable spot is now being more generally accepted, and the fact- that a lady passenger on board states that she noticed an object in_ tho vessel's wake like a man swimming in the water lends additional colour to it.