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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 134, 15 September 1910, Page 4

At Kumar a, the "silver-eyes," which have been driven from the 'back country iby severe weather, are to be met with in thousands and in all manner of places, and they even invade the inside of dwellings, and at slaughter yards are a nuisance owing to alighting on the meat andi eating the fat. In a letter from England Mr. W. D. Lysnar (Mayor of Oisborne), mentions that whilst in New York he had an interview with Mr. Edison, the inventor. "The immediate object of my visit," writes Mr. Lysnar, "was. regarding the self-contained electrical battery for street tram purposes, the problem of which, I believe, Mr. Edison has solved. He 'has now a reliable article on the market, and I hope to see it running in our Gisborne streets with satisfaction to the borough and credit to its inventor." The last shipment of oranges from tihe iCook Islands, which reached New Zealand a few days ago, was badly affected Iby the fly pest. In consequence the whole shipment was condemned and destroyed. Indications point to a considerable hardening in the price of. oranges tiiis scaiirg season.