We learn from British statistics that two thousand and thirty-nine shipwrecks took place throughout the world in 1881, or on an average six per day. A Shakespeare Dramatic Club is being formed at Dunedin.
It is said that upwards of 176,000 persons have visited the Christchurch Exhibition since the opening. Mr Walter Perry a Masterton butcher, has had for a long time a decoy bullock, which ia in the habit of leading the way to the yards when beasts have to be slaughtered, and then," jumping over the backs of his dupes as soon as they are speared. The animal fromhia calfhood has been trained to the work, and seems to take a delight in it.
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Patea Mail, 28 June 1882, Page 3
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