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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XX, Issue 144, 18 June 1886, Page 3

Sir William Harcourt drifted one evening, in the House of Commons, into nnother awkward predicament over bis love of comic business. " There are bad revolutions and there are good revolutions— which nobody can deny," said he. That unfortunate phrase, v which nobody can deny," seemed like something which the House had heard before, somewhere or other, in its festive moments, associated with the other half of the couplet, "for he's a jolly good fellow." Members tried to keep their countenances . for a few moments, but it was all to no purpose. That " which nobody can deny " tickled everybody into a good honest burst iof laughter, and the House was fairly convulsed. Id is pleasant, no doubt, to find yourself a star in the comic business— but fame is sometimes very dearly purchased. "The Sydney Morning Herald thus sums _p the result of its special commissioner's inquiries into the depression in South Australia. Last year births exceeded the deaths in number by 8000, and 12,226 people arrived in the colony. But there were no fewer than 18,800 emigrants. The colony did not retain a number equal to the proportion of the natural increase retained by even an old country like Great Britain, and the exodus continues on an increasing scale. Trade has fallen off 25 to 30 per cent. Property in Adelaide has depreciated in value to an equal extent. There is a heavy burden of public and private indebtedness. Many failures have occurred, destitution has increased, and the Government has had to give a greater measure of assistance to the helpless poor. In addition there have been many unemployed, for over 1400 of whom, however, the Government has provided work. The depression affects all public charitable institutions, and churches, and is seen in the diminished purchasing power of the people in every direction. The colony will this year have less than half of its ordinary income An exceptional yield of something less than a half crop, or scarcely three bushels per acre, this year haß been the main cause of the depression. The moat hopeful sign of the future of South Australia is tbe fact that, although there baa been a considerable exodus from Adelaide, there has been no decliine in the number of people engaged in agricultural enterprise. There ia reason to believe that, notwithstanding the very small yields of wheat, more land will be sown this year than in any previous year. A Fact Worth Knowing.— Are you suffer. ing with Consumption, Coughs, Severe Colds settled on the Breast, Pneumonia, or any disease of the throat and Lungs? If so, go to your Druggist and get a bottle of Boschee's German Syrup. The people are going wild over its success, and Druggists all-over our country are [writing us of its wonderful cure among theit jeustomers. It has by far the largest sale of any remedy, simply because it is of so much value in all affections of this kind. .Chronic cases quickly yield to it. Druggists recommend it and physicians prescribe it. If you wish to try its superior virtue, get a Sample Bottle for 6d. Large size bottles 3s 6d. Three doses will relieve any case. Try it. Skinny Men. — "Wells' Health Renewer" restores health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia impotence, Debility. At druggists. Kemp■thoroe, Prosser & Co., Agents, Christchurch,