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Hokitika Guardian, 24 October 1925, Page 4

Appreciation of tile cardial welcome to the men of the .American destroyer s(|iiailroo in Dunedin in August last is slant'll in a letter received bv a Dunedin resident from a member of tile crew of the mother ship .Melville (says l lie “Olago Daily Times’'), The letter is dale. Honolulu, September 111. Tile writer says: "We would like to be <|noted iii the Dunedin newspapers expressing our appreciation of llio hospitality and the v, ay in which the people of Dunedin received die men of the Melville and ihe destroyers. Nothing hut words of praise tan he heard for tin- citizens of Dunedin. We have emne and gone, '(is true, lint the pleasant memories remain. and stall memories will always remain. Our visit to Dunedin wax one of die most pleasant experiences of the entire cruise. The parting was iin-xpressably sad. I never witnessed anything quite so sail, or saw men take it so hard on leaving a port before. This only proved the sincerity of the friendships made. And again I wish to make it evident that in our absence, we are thinking of and recalling all the pleasant things that the citizens did to make our stay enjoyable. It was beyond our anlieipnt ion."

The psychology of the dog i- apparently undergoing a rcvolutionai \ change with the increasing use of motor vehicles (remarks the "Auckland Star"). In the days of ii'ir-e-dlawn traffic the stray canines of the streets were evidently partners t i a vendetta against, till equities, and used to dash out at the horses’ heels and hark the patient steeds into a display of speed. Some times this annoying pot- > foi'inaneo v. as the cause of serious ac- « ident. and only the lleetness of tindog saved hint from sttmmaiy punishment. Nowadays, after one or two ineffectual contests of speed with a living motor car, the wayside dog learns the futility of his attack ami desists. There is at Stanley Hay. however, a big black retriever who hafound ;t new zest in life, l’erpeninlly on the watch for any cars, he watts his chance for vehicles at rest and then mounts the footl ton rib. comfortably ensconces himself on the top "1 the front mudguard, and then dumbly pleads with the owner (or a joy-ride. Not many can resist his appeal, and he gets carried off on excursions that take him far afield. Last week he went on a non-stop run to Milford, and trips into Devonport are of frequent occurrence, lie scans the road ahead like a traffic inspector, riding the footboard like an American "hobo." and when chance offers lie either picks up a ride hack or comes hack afoot, when on his home ground near the Stanley Bay wharf he awaits fresh adventures. lie provides an example of complete reversal of canine street tactics, brought about Ity alteration of conditions and environment.