HORSE-BREEDING IN AUSTRALIA. (Anglo-New Zealander.)

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1954, 15 January 1885, Page 4

HORSE-BREEDING IN AUSTRALIA. (Anglo-New Zealander.)

Colon Xl; Wiu,HM\ Director of Army Remonnt Opeiations m India, has just completed a tour of inspection throughout the Austsalasian colonies. The object tli.it the Government of India had before them in delegating him to visit the colonies was that lie should acquaint himself with the source of supply, present and future, of remount horsea for India, ai.d should likewise afford information to thobe interested in tho trade, either companies or shipper, of the exact lequircments of the Government in regard to the supply of horses. His obberv.itions forced hi-n to thi conclusion that the bi ceding of horses was confiu<.il chiefly to two classes — the thoroughhied and the heavy cult liorso. The medium kind ot horse he found sadly wanting He had \isiteil stations whete the block l»ed was presumably intended for the Indian inaiket, but owing to the marea being too light, and the stud horses thoroughbred al»o-- though, perhaps, with undeniable pedigiecs and of running families — the pioduce was light and weedy, and could not, and did not, command a price that could pay the breeder. The medium cUsb of horse was the one that would supply the wants of those put chasing for India, as well as meet the large local demands of the large towns ami cities in the colonies. Colonel Williams advocates the presentation of prizes at all local shows, agi iciiltural and otheru ibe, for the best btillions suited to got horses for the Indian artillery, and light di aught hoists ; also for stallions suited for hunters and weight-carrying tiding horse 1 !. He argnc>l th.it since o\cr £'200,000 worth of Australian horseflesh was annually disposed of in India, it would well repay the colonies to cultivate such a market. *'rum returns for the last ten years he found that the number of horses had increased, or otherwise, in the various colonies as follows : — In 1873 ». In 18*2 3. In South Austi alia from 57,r»."» to Ki2,400 In Victoria from 1X0,311! to 2<50,*74 In Queensland !>!>,243 to 212'»,12t In New Zeal.md fioin iW,H.V.» to 1b1,731> In New South Wales from 328,014 toa decrease to 32<V)!H

A bird-cm. E has been patented in Aineiica, the feature of which consists in making an enclosure of any suitable materiul, suspended within or attached to the inside of the cat*e in such a way as to afifoid quick and easy ac<ess theieto for the bird in case the latter be attacked by cats or other birds or unimals. Tiik vill.ige of Nogent sur-Mainc, near Pans, lia* lieen the scene of a aingnlailj audacious cimu-. Five Italians biokc into a wine stole kept by Mdllc. Cunisaet, and, after stablung to death a yontli employed then, ull^d a, di.iwci of 15,000 francs. The propuctress came clow nstairs, when the burgulara tiied to strangle her, but on the approach of the neighbours they made off. HoMi, inoi bid joker in England put sheep-bones into a cotfin, laid it down by a railway line, und gave rise to excited yells of '• ot fill murder !" Upon seeing tlie ie nains, the loenlnicdic.il oHieer oi health gave it as Ins opinion that the} were those of a child between ele\eu and tw eh c years of age ! A ni.w clock has been invented, and is coining into use in Europe, which i« wan anted by its mnnuf.icturuid to inn for five jeais without either winding 01 regulation. Tho Belgian Government placed one in a railway station in 1861, scaled with the government seal, and it has kept pci feet time ever since. A \ FK\ old newspaper, the St. James' Chronicle and Press, has stopped. It has an eventful history. Started in 1760, there was a period when the St James' Chronicle was in such demand that the newsboys had to be kept in oidei by the police on the day of publication. Oliver (joldsmith was a contributor to, and Dr. Johnson once- edited, the Chronicle. It is also alluded to by Dickens in " Barnaby Rudge." The fiist editor was fined £100 for reporting debutes in Parliament. Mr New debate, M. P., lias for many } card been the pi o pi letor.

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