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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 13 September 1909, Page 4

* In the proface to the new Bulletin on Bee Culture issued by the Agriculture Department, Mr Hoskins, the well-known apiarist, observes that the economic importance of ccmmercial bee-farming is now univer sally recognised, and nowhere lias this been more fully demonstrated than in the United States of America, (Where, according to the latest official report, there are 700,000 beokeepers, producing annually 20,000,--000 dollars' worth of honey, and 2,000,000 dollnrs' worth of beeswax, In British coin this means an aggregate value" annually of '. nearly £4,500,000. Further, the report states that the honey-bee probably docs '. more good- to American agriculture ; as a polleuising agent than as., -"a. honey-producer. Tho extraordinary . progress made since the New Zealand Department of Agriculture considered bee-culture worthy of recognitionhas fully warranted tho assistance it has received. Nothing has contributed more to this advancement than the passing of the Apiaries Act. It ' has put new life into the industry. X . "When the Jessie Nichol arrived at Invercargill from Macquario Island last Saturday, Captain M'Brydo' re * ported that thch vessel had rather a (trying experience. She left : New Diver for the Macquaries on ' July 29, and on August 27 she met a hard" gale from the, west, tho vessel shipping a great deal of water. At 4' p.m. the same day she was hove-to under close-reefed topsails, when a huge sea struck her bow and carried away the starboard bulwarks. At 4.30 p.m. anothor sea broke on the quarter, and washed the compass overboard, and oil bags had to be used to calm the waters. On August 8 they sighted the Macquaries rounded tho south end of the island and came to anchor at 2 p.m. on the following day. The sea having gone down, tho lifeboat was launched, and she put off in charge of tho hoa'd man. Here M'Kibbiu, the hermit, was found a picture of health. The beach being unworkable, no communication was held with the boat's crew on tbe island till August 12, when island stores, etc., were landed. After they j had put all the cargo out, together .1 with men, dogs, and baggage, the wind came in from the eastward at.!? ' p.m., and .it was thought best to slip the anchor and chain and put to sea. , The paid labour agitator was the subject of some pointed remarks by the President of the Auckland Employer.'* 1 Association (Mr David Goldie). at it> annual meeting;. last week (says the New Zenland 'Herald"). The tariff," bt snid, "is fixed by the Legislature at'si *ate which makes tho importation of certain article§,that cannot be manufactured to advantage in the DomirJ*on al-' most an impossibility. For a time everyone engaged in the production of .-' these articles is fully employed, ifutthen the agitator comes along, who' knows that, his only chance of retainincr; '■'. the soft job he has. is by endeayourinc: £ to obtain some farther concessions for ; the men who maintain him. The latter H foolishly fall into this trap,/ any. Ihronpli the effort of the . gentleman, in ,j question, gain in part what they seek' for. This is repeated from timo 'to .fl time, until it is found by the employer . that it is to his advantage to cease ' the busines of manufacturing (which has been to him a perennial source -'of' irritation and worry), and return again to the importation of those goods which, - under other circumstances, would have '» been made here, and which'would have found employment possibly for thourands of workers in their manufacture. Some, evidence of this state of things," added Mr fiddle, "is found in the fact that, our imports have increased from I £12.701-833 in 1903-04 to £17,484,*669 in 1907-08." Laxo-Tonic's the best kind of pill, To he taken whenever you're ill; It's sidicine such Ax don't cost overmuch, While it saves you a big dootor's bill. LAXO-TONIC PILLS, lOJdandls 6d.r