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Golden Bay Argus, Volume 1, Issue 8, 17 July 1891, Page 3

T H A N K S. i , / DESIREto 'THANK all those'" who ' kindly rendered their valuable assise ance on Monday last, in saving portion of my sheep from drowning; also Messrs Elus and Williams, for placing their boats at my disposal on that occasion. RABY P. RILEY.. .\ Collingwood, 10th July, 1891. New Zealand is not such a desperate Colony to reside in when all things are taken into consideration. Although the :present month is about the middle of our "winter, new potatoes from the Auckland "province have been on sale in the "Wellington shops during tho week. . According to Mr R. Thompson, the experience of every settler on the land is that he must work from sunrise, or sooner to sunset; therefore, when the hon. gentleman hears agitators talking about strikes and tight hours, he concludes that they haVe no intention of going on the land. Mr O'Conor, member "for the Buller, has recovered from his recent illness. The attack was caused by t a,shock to tho system, supervening on a sudden change from hot to cold water in a bath he was taking. It is reported that Mr O'Conor intends to take a trip Ho me'immediately after the session. c , " In the colonylast year oite grVl under 15, four under 16, and twenty-four under 17 were married. Nine males under 19 were married, fifteen under 20', forty;eight under 21, 1057 under 25, and 1333 under 30 years of age. ; r ■_• . ; , ... A labor dispute is proceeding in Marton, where a wealthy saddler has discharged two of his employes because they would not live at a, boarding-house routed from him, and allow him to stop the " tuckerhill" from their wages.... A Victorian orchardist has succeeded in stemming-the blight aniongfkorchard trees. The experiment was made on an old tree nearly dead from-blight, with the result that the,tree yielded the largest crop of any in the orchard. The mode of treatment was to dissolve loz. of bluestone in a- gallon of water, loosen the earth around the roots, then to pour the bluestone water on tho lodse earth close to the base of the tree about the time when the saprrises. F The blueitone is thus equally distributed through all parts of the tree. About six gallons of the bluestone water is sufficient for one tree. It should be applied about three times in diy weathfcr if possible. A very angry feeling exists' on the West Coast at tho break-fdown of local bodies, especially of the County system, attributable to the taking away of sources of revenue year by year by the Legisla - ture. The immediate cause of the feeling was the resignation in a body of the Charitable Aid Board, owing to the failof the Government to provide for charitable matters, which are now in a thoroughly disorganised condition, -accounts being several months in arrean. Mrs Jinks (musingly) : "I asked Dr Aquapura if whisky was good for cold, and he said ',No.' " Mr Jinks : " Well, I don't believe I've got a cold, anyhow. It's something v else. Did the doctor mention what diseases whisky was good for?" ~.v 'Barber:. "How would you like your hair cut, sir?" Customer: "With scissors, sir! Did ye s'pbse I wanted it done with a table knife ?"