Show stones of odd shapes relics of bygone race three curvous pieces of stone which may possibly be relles relics of an ancient people form part of a ro tura new zealand collection two of the pieces one of which Is almost an exact miniature of the other are shaped almost like solid pitchers they are rounded ns as if turned on a potters wheel and although they cannot have been devised as vessels appear to have been fashioned by some human agency both pieces are a species of sandstone and were found by ar mr kenn kean in the district at the bottom of deep outcrops of river metal between 35 and 40 feet below the surface the third la Is pe petrified trIfled wood weighing several beveral pounds on both ends are cuts which have obviously been made with a species of ax as this piece was found with the larger of the two pestles and from the depth at which it was found must have been burled buried for a very long period of time |