ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 951, 6 May 1879, Page 2

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

OUR EXPORT GRAIN TRADE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE OA3IARU MAIL. Sir, depression, would it not be a wise measure on our part to endeavour to secure a market for our bread-stuffs within as easy a distance as possible I We have before us the whole west ■ coast of South America, from the Straits of Magellan to Panama a distance of 3000 miles wherein to find a market. It is true that Chili grows sufficient grain for her own consumption, and a surplus for the foreign market, but it is equally true that the Chilian merchants are always ready to do a barter trade, and would willingly exchange their native productions for ours. AVe eould take beans, for instance, together with pulse, tobacco, corn sacks, linseed oil, etc., from Chili, while from Peru we could take coffee and sugar. Any reliable navigator who was well acquainted with the trade done in the South Sea Islands, could do a fairly profitable trade on the return trip to New Zealand, which would necessarily carry his vessel on that route. He then might finish the voyage at Sydney, and afterwards load up with coal at Newcastle for Oamaru. It is a matter of fact that the west coust of South America is rich trading ground, and that it has been monopolised for years by large commercial companies. I have before referred to beans and pulse being one of the chief staples of Chilian production. I learn that beans are worth 4s (3d sv bushel in the New Zealand market. Ido not think it requires a Vast stretch of the ordinary comprehension to see a good profit out of barter in this commodity alone, at any rate the matter is worth consideration. —I am, &c. j Trader.

Hollgvay's Ointment an > Pilt.s Rowol Complaints, Diarrhoea.—When these diseases prevail immediate recourse should Ointment, be had to this which should be well rubbed two or thre-'i times ds.y upon a the abdomen, and the intestinal irritation will gradually subside. All inflammation will be subdued and excessive action restrained. This treatment, assisted by judi cious doses of Holloway's Pills, is applicable to all forms of diarrhtea and dysentery attended by heart sickness, griping, flatulence, and other distressing and dangerous symptoms. After rubbing in the Otut;nens flannel binder should be worn, and' tha patient should be restricted to a farinaceous diet for a few days till the urgency of the, disease has been diminished by the preserving employment of these remedies.—l"Advt.