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The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), Thursday 11 October 1877, p

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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Evasion of the Stock Tax-Attemptsare already being mado .to ovado tho stock tax,

and last week (says tho Wahgunyah News') tho

feat was successfully accomplished. A loo al

owner of a stud horso boin g desirous of bringing

mares from the Now South Wales sido of thoriver, and not wishing to

pay tho tax, hitupon

the experiment of oouvorting them into saddle

hooka Itappears that about twenty-five hoad

had been sent from tho Urana district, and

wore duly paddooked at Corowa. With the

view before mentioned, a number of boys were

engaged, and mountod on tho mares, whioh wore

ridden across the bridge, so that- thoy arrived

at their destination at a ooafc of Is per head to

the owner of the toll, and an additional shilling

to the inspeotor of stock.

A BuKiOGK Bitten by a Snake -On

Saturday last the Kiama Reporter states a valu-

able working bullock, the property of Mr.

Ulriok, of Brogor's Creek, was bitten by one of

the spcoies known as tho brown snake, but hap-

pily noill effects followed. It

appears that

whilst Mr. Ulrich was driving the bullook in

question, yoked with another one, ho observed

the reptile, whioh was about five feet in length,

just in front of his team, too close to avoid

contaot, and immediately upon the animalplaoing its foot

upon his snakeabip, itsprang up

and seized the ox hy the nose, and so firmly didit keop its hold that it only released it after the

bullook had given a violent shake of the headto get rid of its assailant. Every preparation

was mado to onro the bite, but " Redman" suf-

fered only a little drowsiness.

An Extraordinary Animal-The Goul-

burn correspondent of tho Evening News writes

to that journal, on Oot 4, as follows :-Mr.

Prosser,manager at Mossrs Amos and Co.'s

sawmills at Amos's Siding, near Sutton Forest,

has just informed me that a most peculiar ani-

mal has been seen by two men, Patrick Jones'

and Patrick Doyle, residents of Sutton Forost,

in the bush between Cable's Siding and Jor-:

dan's Crossing. Mr. Prossor himself has soon

the footprints; thoy are three feet apart, and.

theimpression made by the feet is similar to

that of an elephant. The animal is desoribed

as being Bevon foet high, with a face like

a man, and long shaggy hair, and makes a

tremendoos noise. Fourteen of the men from .

the mill, fully armed, intend starting on Satur

day next to endeavour to- capture this "wild

man of the woods," and moat probably yoorcorrespondent will

accompany them. Mr. Breeser aseares me that there is a» oxaggorasien

about this affair, and ever; one at the mill

believes io the existence of this strange «rea-

«rea-

tare.