NEWS BY MAIL

Hokitika Guardian, 26 October 1922, Page 3

NEWS BY MAIL

3,000-GALLONS cow. LONDON, Sejt. 5,

Then 1 arc 56 cows ill Great Britain which have given 2,000 gallons of milkin a year. Two are Dairy Shorthorns, one an Avrshire, one a lied Poll, and tlie rest British Fricsiniis. Now a phenomenal British Friesian gives ereiy promise of being the first 3,000 gallons cow on record. This is a Brookside Colantlia, belongj„,r to the Hache herd, Worthing, Sussex. In 284 days Colantlia has produced 2,615 gallons, and she is still giving 8 gallons a day. The cow has a remarkable record. «l Jt » is, 8 years old and lias had 5 calves. In her whole milking career she has yielded 0.015 gallons, or about 00,4500) —something like 50 times her own ' C fn 1010 there was only one 2,000 gallons cow, a British Friesian, in . tins country. Of the 56 which now exist 4 have exceeded 2.500 gallons m the year. BOY shot on a fence. LONDON. September 5. An 11-years-old hoy. Alfred Wilks, of 05, Summerstowii, was sitting on an iron fence watching a game of football on Sundav morning when he fell fatoily wounded in the head by a bullet. Spectators thought it was an ordinary fall and expected to see the hoyget up. Instead they saw blood rush from his head. Wilks was taken to hospital where he died the s-me evening. , . Xo sound of shooting was heard, and the police are inquiring if anyone was he"rd shooting on a sewage farm which adj.lints the football field It. is believed that the bullet "as tired from an air gun. Mrs Wilks told a reporter yesterday that “Alfred had not left home verylong when lie was inrvicd back dying. We do not think tint he was wilfully shot, hut thought it best to notify the police.” OSTKND MEMORIAL OSTEND. Sept. 4. In beautiful sunshine this morning the Ostond War Memorial to 73 French and 39 British Service men who were buried at Ostend, in-liiding memhers of the ere" of the Vindictive "as unveiled here. There was a large British contingent present which included representatives of the sea, land and air forces, the Corporations of London. Dover, and Folkestone. » After the reception in the Town Hall Requiem Mass was celebrated in Ostein! Church, the interior of which was draped with black. The Allied flags were hung over the black drapery. Representatives of the French, Italian, and Belgian Governments weie present. The Belgian Alinister of Justice made a speech oil the magnificent exploit of the Vindictive and the bravery of the men concerned in the blockade operations. A wreatli of white and red roses and palm from the King and Queen of the Belgians was laid at the foot of the monument. Representatives of the British sea, land and air forces and ethers also laid wreaths. .School children and wounded defiled in front of the monument. Some of Tlie wounded' were wearing Waterloo costumes which were specially taken from the museum for that purpose. 251,568 EGGS. BENTLEY, (Suffolk). Sept 5. The high average of production which has been a feature of tin* Daily Mail Two Years’ International Laying Test of hens, now being held on the Great Eastern Railway Farm near Bentley, Suffolk, since it started on November 23rd last lias been splendidly maintained during the tenth month. The 190 pens of 8 birds each—l.s2o birds in all—have laid in this month a total of 22.569 eggs, an average of 15.27 per bird. In the whole 10 months the production now well exceeds a quarter of a million eggs, the total being 251,508, or 167.40 per bird. This is a remarkably high figure, and if the present rate of progress continues the birds may easily set up a new record. Ail interesting point is that the only two pens which have tailed to lay 100 eggs per bird in 10 months consist respectively of Black Leghorns and Anemias which are not true to type. These breeds are single-comb breeds, hut the birds entered in the test m both eases have rose combs. Ibis raises the question whether utility qualities are lost by introducing a variation of type. The Daily Mail has ottered £I.OOO "> prizes for the pens making the best records. The first prize of £500; 2nd £IOO ; 3rd £SO; with ten prizes of £-’•> and ten of £lO each.