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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 3 May 1907, Page 4

Illustrations and descriptions of the eatik* in Great Britain a century ago show that stock-breeding lias made wonderful progress during the last century. Xot only have the various distinjiil'Woeds been lirnjly established, '<mt there has been a general levelling up of the non-pedigree, or-what we may call the merely commercial cattle. Since 15ih December, the quantity of wheat exported from New South Wales, South Australia, and West Australia, to countries beyond the Commonwealth, amounts to approximately 1-1,903,057 bushels. The quantity of Hour for tile, same period totals 450,415 sacks. Their total value may be put at £2,540,00. The School Council of King Williamstown, Cape Colony, lias forbidden teachers to accept presents of money, as previously made them by the German Government through the Consul. Mr Goldwin Smith believes that if his friend Mr Carnegie had endowed popular theatres instead ol endowing libraries, which multiply fast enough of themselves, his bounty would have been better bestowed. A Wellington seagull got a big surprise a few days ago. it swooped down on an oyster in one of tile beds at Kvan's l!ay. It eonu'ive.l to get- its beak info the oyster before 11i■ ■ .-hell closed, but tli" oyster seized its opportunity and seized the gull's beak like a vice. A batli-r noticed the bird's struggle and i. was released. Mr G. \Y. DavieS of Ilnseneatb. relates the incident to the Wellington I'o-l. ''Had (lute been 110,

interference." says the Po-t. "there can lie little douht 'tli.it tlie oys\er would have retained its liol.l until the liird \":i. drowned 1 »>" the rising" tide.' There U ■' I'ii.ltiiliilily Hiit a -lrt)iaii-ese-Aust raiiau oil Mild si eel industry will l.e 1,1-.>n-jl!t into e\i.,|en,v very soon. The li)Ve.-'ter> Re'- ie-.v Mated ill :l recent i-H|e: - 'A Sarue ■ I eel |d;:ni. to fits! sitme del la r~. is reported In lie i.hollt !o lie ei-e!-;ed ill Japan. alld all lire machinery has heen contracted for in the I'uiled States hy Japanese agents, '['he "jrealer part of ii. is to hi' delivered k'fore (lip end of the present year." I'roni another source the A;;o (Melbourne! loarns that recently the Japanese fJovernment sent einissaries to Australia to report oil (he iron deposits, villi a view to their ufilisalion in .lupan. The Aee is informed that these agents are now ne^rotintjiij; for supplies with the Jilyth liiver iron mines in Tasi'or Children's Hacking Couj;h at inelii Wood's fJrnit Peppermint Cure. Is !id and 2s 6d.