HERE AND THERE

Hokitika Guardian, 8 April 1933, Page 3

HERE AND THERE

SOME GLEANINGS FROM ~OVERSEAS. ...

HORSE FOR A CAP

Hard times in Poland are forcing the. farmers’ to soil their livestock ntiwhat are losing prices. 1 Especially’ are they compelled, for lacl> of fodder, to get rid of their horses at any cost. News comes from one district of a horse having been sold for a little ovc- . two .shillings, and in another place one was given in exchange for a man’s cap. Sometimes horses which their owners h.av4ftjs£ai!ed«wtoy;ecet -s-iwjoff •• ;• -t-I are ■li.'ft standing in the market-place for J.any one who chooses to pick pp. .

OPERATION ON PYTHON. A .successful operation for the removal of a cyst was. recentiy-perforinecl on a. Malayan python, - in Londo.n. Last July this snake went on hunger strike, and during the- following months he..-ap-peared to he in doubtful health. lic< e.ifliy he began to develop a large evst ill li is neek.-apd some days ago- Ke was removed to .the reptiles’ hospital, where the growth was removed. When the wound python returned to Ids exhibition den. He promptly colei,rated his recovery hy devouring a chicken. He is now feeding so well that his body frequently resembles a scenic railway.- ' •

PREHISTORIC TOYS. Excavators working in an old graveyard near Oaxaca City, Mexico, nave made a most important discovery—the tomb of a little girl dweller of ancient America. The tomb '-contained her toys and other possessions, consisting of a reel tiger with a ruffled collar, a .lifelike figure of a baby red owl, a .whistle which still “toots”, and an animal-shaped vessel with a human head. This is apparently the most ancient tomb found in the graveyard, and its contents shed light on the early Mexican prehistoric period.