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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 156, 27 November 1914, Page 4

Tho depredations of weasels have militated against tho success of tlio South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society's efforts to rear ducks this season. Tho ranger at Temuka (Mr Leekie) reports that he would have had mora young ducks but for the damage done by tho weasels, which have been robbing the ducks' nests in a wholesale, manner. If weasels are as destructive elsewhere as they have been at Temuka reserve this season native or imported frame will have very little chance of multiplying. There is already sufficient evidence against the weasel to justify the most stringent steps for its eradication. Mr. Leekie has trapped fourteen weasels on the. Temuka reserve already, though they are shy ami difficult to catch. • s8 Rnsscth Cdcrs like that. The puFo apple-juice fiom which it is made ia pood for (he system—most beneficial for llheumatics ar.d Gout. Try it. Ask for Ktissptta Cider every time. 2J In a letter to a friend in Auckland, the head of J. H. Smyth, Ltd., the wellknown stamp-dealing firm of Sydney, writes warding the Samoan provisional stamps: "These are causing some worry, for there, has apparently been a good deal of speculating for them in Apia, and the holders want such tall prices that business is out of the question altogether. I am afraid that some of them 'will burn their fingers very badly, and never get their money back.' Nono of the collectors here will touch them at the prices asked. In fact, we got small supplies of tho denominations from (t, private source, which wo are able^'-to'