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Oamaru Mail, Volume XVIII, Issue 5826, 23 December 1893, Page 4

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In the Mildura Cultivator the following remedy is highly recommended for aphides and red spider: Dissolve a quarter ounce of sulphide of potassium in lgal. of water, and apply with a spraying pump. This substance is cheap. The effect of the solution on the above-named enemies of the fruit and vegetable grower is said to be magical. Grape vines, cucumbers, melons, plum, and peach trees—in short, every plant attacked — require only one of these sprinklings to be completely rid of the foes. There is one person (says Mr Labouchere in Truth), at any rate, who has nothing to fear from Disestablishment. tion has reached him concerning a vicar in North Wales who supplements his more sacred duties of a parish priesl by taking part, in partnership with various relatives, in the following businesses :—Hotel proprietor, cab proprietor, furniture remover, proprietor of sawmills, joiner, blacksmith, wheelwright, painter, paperhanger, miller, grocer, baker, miner, and tollkeeper. He also runs brakes, and is the manager of some mineral springs. It would be interesting to know how much of his valuable time this ecclesiastical Whiteley finds himself able to devote to the cure of souls.