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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 416, 22 November 1911, Page 6

A Travelled Cow.—Some people who can afford all sorts of luxuries for their children insist on each child having her own special cow, and taking no milk but hers. When the little Grand Duchess Olga of Russia was a baby, her cow accompanied her on all her travels. The animal went to Denmark, and then on to Leith in 189b, after which she journeyed to Portsmouth, and crossed the Channel to France. Then, in the Imperial train she travelled regually from Cherbourg to Montkarnesse, and finally was driven to the Russian Embassy. When it is said "driven," it is not meant that she walked through the street with a man behind her, urging her on —no, she had a special conveyance sent for her. If the size of their cheques is any criterion (says the Manawatu Standard) some of the dairy farmers in the district are doing remarkably well, notwithstanding the fact that the season has not been too good. A supplier at Tokomaru last month drew the very respectable sum of £l7l 9s Bd. This, however, was beaten by a Dannevirke supplier, who sends his cream to the New Zealand Dairy Union's factory at Eketahuna, his cheque for the month being £ll7 17s. The member for Lyttelton was asked a few evenings ago if he was in favour of young boys and girls not being allowed to go about the streets after 9 p.m. without being under proper control. Mr Laurenson, in reply told a tale of the missionary laws of the Cook Islands, which set out that the young natives walking at night should carry torches. He was afraid that if that law were applied at Lyttelton the Sumner road would look like a torchlicht procession at night.