SALE OF RACEHORSE

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 57, 4 September 1926, Page 15

SALE OF RACEHORSE

(By Telegraph.)

(Special to "Tho Evoning Post.")

AUCKLAND, 3rd September.

In giving judgment for the defendant in a case of alleged broach of warranty in connection with the sale of a half-sister to Rose Bingon, the Magistrate, Mr. M'Kean, said the evidence satisfied him that at the time of the sale the filly was nicely broken in, and that defendant had every right to describe it in the way he had done on the catalogue.

4 feet through—the material consisting of native concrete made from coral. Several of the church, are really beautiful. ACQUIRING INDUSTRIOUS HABITS The native churches on Sunday are I exceedingly well attended. Tho sing- J ing,, which is a most striking feature of these services, is characterised by rich harmony. Usually a woman's voice takes "the main part, with a highpitched tone, and the other voices form an accompaniment, the whole effect being exceedingly rich and melodious. The natives of tho group are gradually acquiring most industrious habits, and are, as tiiey always have been,

in planting out hundreds of young tomato plants. Though the cultivtaion of tho soil may seem somewhat rough to the New Zcalander, the planting is carried out in an orderly fashion. In contrast with the orange, the cultivation of tho tomato involves continuous care and application on the part of tho native. The seed is sown in seed-boxes, and the plants are taken away from these boxes and placed in cultivated plots of ground. All this is dono in most orderly fashion. Every plant has a pole to which it is tied to ensure the development of the best wop. All the care so involved is tending

understand the scenes. The natives simply howl with joy -when comical scenes are presented, such, for instance, as those of the Charlie Chaplin type. The food of the whites on the island is derived in large measure from New Zealand. The only meat that is obtainable is frozen. It is imported from the, Dominion and kept in freezing chambers on the island, being disposed of daily as required. There are no animals on the island to kill for food, except the native pigs. To a New Zealander it is most interesting to observe that all the animals on the island from the cow and horse down to the hens and tho ducks

live on. coconuts and oranges. It is even said that the native hens do not know what wheat is and refuse to eat it if it is given to them. There are two poisonous creatures on the island —a centipede of from three to four inches in, r length; and a scorpion; but these are not common, and seem to do very little harm of any kind. There is no native bird on the island; the only birds that are common being tho niynah, introduced to deal with certain insect pests harmful to fruit crops, and they have proved effective in dealing -with these pests.