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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XX, Issue 55, 6 March 1886, Page 4

Wellington seems to have been affected by. the.Cardinal, to judge by the following fashionable items from an exchange : — " Everything is "cardinal" here just now. Ladies wear "cardinal " colours and children wear cardinal sashes. Even jewellry m shop windows assumed cardinal forms, and one would not really be surprised to see a cardinal's hat on a young lady of the period going along Lambfcon Quay. Lady Jervois' garden party was a grand affair. Everything was cardinal. A striking instance of the depreciation m the value of land m England is afforded by the sale of the Minting park estate, Lincolnshire, which comprises 540 acres, and which had. a -mortgage upon it «.f £15,000. The mortgagees worked it at a heavy loss for some time, and have finally sold the estate for £3000. Out of 29,000 tons of fencing wire sbipped to the Australian Colonies last year, fully twothirds was German wire, which is offered at prices below tbat at which British manufacturers can produce it. In its review of Mr Froude's new book, " Oceana," The Times has the following remarks :— " If Mr Froude was delighted with Australia, he goes into raptures over New Zealand. ,- ' Even the Maoris, a mere Colony of Polynesian savages, grew to a stature of mind and body m New Zealand which no branch of that race has approached elsewhere. If it lies written m the book of destiny that the English nation has still within it great men who wiil take a place among the demi-gods, I can well believe that it will be m the unexhausted soil and spiritual capabilities of New Zealand that the great English poets, artists, philosophers, statesmen, and soldiers of the future will be born and nurtured. There are magnificent mountain ranges and unlimited sheep-walks, and there are stupendous glaciers and waterfalls, with unrivalled resources m the forests. Above all, m the way of picturesque novelties to fascinate the visitor there are the marvels resulting from the freaks of volcanic forces, and the wonderful baths and. boiling springs, said to be so many Pools of Bethesda.' Mr Froude found that communications were slow and uncertain and the coasting distances immense, so he had to bring his ambitious plans within the time at his disposal ; but he saw much of all that was best worth seeing, and we only wish iwe had space to follow him. He was S struck .by the enormity of the State and municipal debts under which the youthful community begins to stagger. He remarked that some of the most thriving industries are destructive, such as the felling of the famous kauri pines, said to be the best timber m the world, but which takes 800 years to attain maturity. He spent an enjoyable: time with Sir George Gray m the Island of Kawau, where Sir George lords it m a benevolent feudalism among devoted dependants who are handsomely remunerated." t Decline of man.— Nervous Weakness Dyspepsia, Impotence, Sexual Debility, cured by "Wells' Health Renewer." Druggists. Kempthorne, Prosser & Co., Agents Christchurch "You Don't Know thje Value." — "They cured me of billiousness and kidney complaint, as reccommended. I had a half-Bottle left, which I used for my two little girls, who the -doctors and neighbours said they could not be cured. lam confident I should have lost both of them one night if I had not had the American Co's Hop Bitters m my house to use. Tbat is wby I say you do not know hall the value of American Hop Bitters, and do not recommencl them highly enough," See.