Interprovincial

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 22, 4 June 1908, Page 17

Interprovincial

Quick work un the Pacific cable (remarks the 'Otago Daily Times '). The special representative of the 'Australian Star,' with the British football team, cabled the result of the Otago-British match on Saturday to his, paper in Sydney in a fraction over a minute. The result was known in Sydney before the players left the ground. The chamois presented by the Emperor of Austria, and liberated at Mount Cook, are said to be thriving. Mr. Steffan, an employee of the Tourist Department, saw a fine buck and doe feeding together, and a plump, strong-looking kid by them. He learned that other people had seen chamois, which, when- .'-first scenting human beings, stood quite still, but- the'" slightest movement ■ startled them, and they bolted '20 'feet at "a bound. Mr. Steffan does not think t -the .rivers will be' any hindrance to the spread of the chamois, as although they are not fond of the water, • they are not afraid to swim a river. Those seen by Mr. Steffan were on the south-cast of Mount Kirisey. A peculiar clarsc .was contained in the will of; the late Mr. ; Donald W'llia'rnson (says "the ' Asfrburton

Guardian'). It provided that— should . the, property be sold— all the aged . horses- in his^Tjossessibn'.'at. the time of his death should •be destroyed. As Mr. Williamson was known to be a man of kindly disposition, who would discountenance'- any ill-treatment of dumb animals, it is probable that the strange clause contained in the will was* dictated b_y his humanity .-and a fear lest his old servants might, through falling into bad hands, be subjected 'to rough treatment -if. .sold under the hammer. A few days ago the requirements of the will were carried out, and several of these horses were driven to the Ashburton abattoir, where they ended their existence.