Forty-four entries have been received at Palmerston North for the sub-test race to decide on the representatives of the Manawatu Centre in the TimarnChristchurch road race, the entrants including Henderson, Coulter, and most of the best riders in the district. The sub-test will take place on October 20th, and the course will be from Palmerston North to Wanganui and back, a distance of about 126 miles. The* Mongolian pheasants and then* relatives with the Chinese cross, are making their presence felt at the Wellington Acclimatisation Society’s game farm at Paraparaumu. This also applies to the English mallard duck and the American black duck, of winch 170 were reared last year, according to the “Evening Post.” Over 400 pheasants e crgs were sold to various kindred societies, and 200 birds were .reared.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2626, 7 October 1909, Page 4
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131Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2626, 7 October 1909, Page 4
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