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Waikato Times, Volume XI, Issue 879, 9 February 1878, Page 2

Spabbows and Tbee Lkkches.— lt is a . juueriul and oeneri.ent diapensation m . a.ure chat one oot 01 auimuL should eat ■.aocher set up. This eharacteribtic .ccends even to uisect lite, and the tree c-eoh which was doing so much mischief _ cue orcnards about Auckland i» m its im being exrermmaced uy a small beetle, jj-cribed oy Mr Firth at tbe late meeting _ the Acciamilisation Society a., bemg t.ghtly larger than a large bird, with v*mte bars on its back. At thp same neeting, held on J_ue~day last, Mr Firth -ut m a good word for the sparrows, and ...aiuly the absence of catorpillers has jen most remarkable here m Waikato, Here the sparrows are most prevalent, .r Firth is reported to have &aid " that . had been informed by several fanners id,t owing to the increase of the sparrows _ the country districts, they were now .le to grow wheat m large quantities, acre m previous years the ground had en useless m consequence of the large . .nber of caterpillars always to be f ouud ac sparrows were now carrying on a __• of extermination against the oaterilars.

.* A ill iTORY-i'LLufiß WIF.:. IN iNUMfc. ONLY. Bi/ the author of \j.»Rk 'InOhNB" 'ON -lER W_".Dli*G MOi.f ," i.X. UEMKE'i. BY LOVB," " A WOMAN'S vVah' &c, &t>. Conthiued from our \ssue of the 2nd inst.) CHAPTER VII. _ : — ++ How fatally, wondrously lovely ie was, this siren who sang to him >t love until overy sense was full of ent ecs-acy, until his face flushed, id hi. heart beat fast. Suddenly lis eves met hers ; the scarlet lips rembled, the white fingers givw j usteady ; her eyelids dropped, and be sweet music stopped. She tried to hide her confusion by 'iniliug. ' You should not look at me, i iovmao,' she avid, * when I sing; it u harasses me.' ' You should contrive to look a 'tie less beau i if ul then, JPlnlippa/ ••Homed. ' What was that last song f . is a new one,' she replied, • oniled ' My Queen.' ' 'I should like to rend the words/ said Lord Arleigh. \ (Continued on $ih page,) ./ tt