MISCELLANEOUS.
A South African Boer has two racing ostriches. One of them has developed a, bpcud of 22 miles au hour nil i has a stride of 14 feet. Tho bleeding of ostriches for racing purposes has been seriously intorfcicd with by the passage of an auti betting law by the Itaghsh Government. In many districts of Galica wolvo? continuo to leave the forests and visit the villages), and even the suburbs of largo cities. At iLkol four persons were attacked in their courtyard and torn to pieces. At JStiunalau wolves havo been seen in the Lipowa street, near tho park. A pathetic incident of the froit occurred in Birmingham. A littlo pec dog wu missing one night, and as ho could not be found the doors wero locked. He found his Wdy back later, but wu unub c to obtain admittance*. Next morning he wm found on tho doorstop fri zeu to death, with nmike in tho snow where ho had en. deavouicd to scratch his way under the door. There is a likelihood of a famiuo of cod liver oil. Nearly the whole of this medicine is obtained from Norwtgian fisheries, and dining the last two years the cod caught havo been so le&n mid in such poor condition as to yield hardly any oil. The wholes )le price to hospitals has already men from L 3 a barrel of twenty-five gallon* to five guineas, and it will probably go much higher. A similar famine occurred « few years ago. Japanese nowspapera announce that a group of patriots wish to commemorato the war by rearing a sort of Eiffel lower in Tokio, ono thousand feet high. The basement will contain an exhibition of national products; tho upper storeys will be a sort of Walhalla of busts and portraits of Japanese who have made themselves illustious, not 01117 in war, but lv the arts of peace. Tho coat will be defrayed by national subscription. A vory fcQ&sonable present has just been made to the London Zoological Society in the shape of a anowy owl. It u one of tho fow Arctio crcaurea that preserro all tho year round tho snowy dre-s, whioh is by so many only assumed, ut tI)Q gvuv wejiooment of winter,
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North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8162, 17 April 1895, Page 1
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374MISCELLANEOUS. North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8162, 17 April 1895, Page 1
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