THE MOUNTED CONTINGENT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10761, 27 March 1897, Page 3

THE MOUNTED CONTINGENT.

TO THE KDIfOR. Sib,—ln connection with the Record Reign and the visit to England of some of our mounted infantry I am astonished to find that the press are so silent .on the question. I refer more especially to Captain Robin's icvitation to accompany the team. He is a youn^ New Zealander who through sheer merit has j.laced himself second to none amongst our volnuteers in the colony, and, in spite of other influeuces which were at work to secure another man, we find him selected as the best man to be got, and he really is. He is goiug with the others to represent the colony, and his success will be ours, and his failure likewise; still no word of commendation or approval from our press, and the only notice taken of his departure wa3 a short report of the proceedings at the railway station on his departure. Do you not think, Sir, that some prominence should have been given to Captain Robin* selection and his departure, and an effort made to give him a fitting send-off, accompanied by a suitable sum of money to enable him to fill the position of honour—to whicb he has been justly called—in a manner creditable to all ? It is not too late yet foi the press to give publicity to a suggestion that a fund ba organised and a good round sum subscribed, and forwarded to Captain Robin and his team. True it is that^ur men will have a free passage Home and be provided with free accommodation ; but, Sir, is the acceptance of any hospitality which may be accorded -to our men all that will be expected of them ? I understand that in Southland and Canterbury the public spontaneously raised a considerable sum towards what maybe called the necessary expenses of their representatives, while we in Otago have allowed our men to go as public paupers or pay their own expenses.— I am, &c., Duaediu, March 24. Fiat Justitia. P.S. —I may mention that lam not in any way connected with our volunteer force, and will be williDg to subscribe my mite to the fund. F.J.

, BE ON GUARD AGAINST THE VILE AND INJURIOUS IMITATIONS OF CLKMENTS TONIC SOLD BY MANY DEALERS CLEMENTS TONIC IS THE BEST. ORIGINAL, AND ONLY GENUINE. Don't be deceived or misled into baying any other, or your pains, time, and money are only thrown away. CLEMENTS TONIC POSITIVELY CURES ALL CASES ARISING FROM ANEMIA, LIVER COMPLAINT AND INDIGESTION. Mr D M'Naught, Gr&fton, N.S.W., writes on May 23, 1896 r—" In recognition of the great benefit I obtained from the use of Clements Tonic, I derive a great deal of pleasure in sending this testimonal. I suffered tor 19 years with a diseased liv«r, and iv consequence was unfit for any active occupation The complaint was contracted in India, and I went to Southampton, England, where I placed myself under Dr -. I sometimes got slight relief from this treatment. Fifteen mouths ago I commenced using Clements Tonic and Dr Fletcher's Pills; I must have taken fourteen or fifteen bottles, improving with each one. Now it is fully ten months since I have dad auy of the symptoms of liver complaint, and I feel in good health and vigour—With many thanks, I remain, yours truly D I'Naught, Gr&fton, N.S.W." I

THE MAN WHO KNOWS THE ROm^ He drives directly hctne, even in dark nights, does the maa who knows the road. The overhanging gloom, the deceptive shadows, the uncertain sounds don't bother him. He em feel the ground under his waggon wheels, and the "lay of the land" is open to him as ct clear noontide. It is the strangar in those parts who is confused and befaddied, who kneels people up to ask questions, who finally ledges'in the ditch. Where to go, and how to get tbire ; vjfcsfc ta do, and hov^to do it—why, the msn woo krto^s that comes to the front everywhere .and always, gut the opposite—the waste of time, mousy, power, health, Sc, id blind experiments— how disheartening acd disastrous ft is ! Taka an illustration of this sort, and yon will ssa how it fits in a minute. * "In the spring of 1892," says a lady who live 3 - down near the east coast, " I began to feel ill. I had a poor appetite, and after everything I ate,' no matter how simple it was, I was seized with great pain across the chest and around the sides. I was frequently sick, vomiting a sour, bitter fluid. I was almost afraid to eat, and my food gave cis no strength. In thi^rtate I continued, now a bit better and then worse, until December 1893, when I became vary ill. I get so weak I could hardly baar the vveight of mv body on my fe.it. / tried this and I tried that—all kinds of medicines I heard of, bvt -none of them' Save me any relief. ' . ' "In January 18941 read ia a little book about the cures done by Mother Seigei's Syrnp. The book contained letters from paoole who had hem cured, some of whom had suffered like ma. I got a bottle from &liss Caroline Foster, grocer and draper, High street, in this olace. After taking it I was much better. I had a new relish for food, and no more distress after eating. I continued taking Mother Seigel's Syrup, and vras soon ■ free from all pain and .sickness and fast gaining strength. Since then I have been in the best of health and ceadad no msdicine. (Signed) Mrs Eleanor Clay, Messingham, Brig?, Lines, April 30, 1895." "In the early part of 1853," writ.63 another, "my health began to fail m». I felt low and weak, and lost all "power snd disposition to exert myself. After every meal I had paia in. the chest and all over me. I felt so light around the waist that it seemed as though something was holding me. I was much troubled with & sickening wind coming up from my stomach; and now and then I belched up a. sour fluid that bit my throat and half choked me. Then, too, I had attacks of spasms, which gave me intense pain. I got about my pork slowly and in much distress, and grew g'rsdu- , i ally weaker and more despondent in mind. 1 "' tried all the various medicines I covld hear of that might possibly, he good for me, but none cf them were of any avail. "After five tedious years of suffering my daughter, who is in service in London, wrota me of the benefit her mistres3 had derived from the use of Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup Tihsn troubled much as I was. I replied, and my daughter sent ma two bottles of the Syrup, and after having taken it I felt quite like a new woman. I had no pain after eating, and was in better health than I h&d been in sicce'l was first taken ill. From that time onwards my health was good, and if I ail anything temporarily, a 5 the best of us will, a few doses ot Mother. Seigel's Syrup put me right. I have told many persons cf what this now celebrated ' remedy did for me, and am willing you should "- publish my statement if you desire to do so. (Signed) (Mrs) Ann Kuight, near the Church, Fenny Compion, Lesminrtou, September 27th, 1895." * By looking back to - the italicised words" in these letters the reader will catch my point on the-instant. Botjh these ladies, not "knowing the true remedy for their disease (indigestion and dyspepsia),.blindly experimented with anything they coald get hoid of. Under like circumstances we all do the same. "When one doesn't know the road he is almost certaia-to blunder and stumble, and he can't kuo« until he learns. Now, in all ailments Of the diges- ' tion, with the local symptomsi'whiehjKbeeed from it. Mother Seigel's Syrup^- so'fopnt it, the right road. Follow it faitfilully, end you - are fairly sure to bring up in the pleasant shelter of good health. Knowing this, direct your neighbours. CO-OPERATIVE INDUSTRIAL SE^TLSx ' MENTS. .TO THE EDITOE. -» Sib,—£ou nave recently admitted an interesting communication from the Hon. Mr Bolt regarding this, movement, and, with your permission, I wish to say a few words in continuation, do as to elicit discussion, if possible, and see whether there is at the present time any real desire, backed by suffieknS numbers, for the establishment of a. co-operative industrial settlement in New Zealand. If it cas be shown, that there is volume enough of the co-operative desire among the people, then by all means let it bs a matter for earness consideration how it csn be best nourished and milissd—Trhesaer on the line 3 advocated by Mr Bolt or otherwise ; but iE it cannot be s&own that there is an inclination, strong, earnest, and ardent ia character, then must the social reformer in •" this direction submit to the inevitable delay until the seeds that were sown by" hia predecessors in bygone yexM have ripened for his purpose, disclosing, perhaps, ia appropriate form and season, some of those secrets of progress that wera buried in their keeping, and which he, a path6tie figure to my imagination, is patiently and laboriously endeavqpring to solve. It may be harder here than in the older countries to meet people prepred for Mr Bolt's-yenture, because the squeeziDg process has not yet reached the destroying stxge with which the parent communities have so long been familiar; but the enthusiasm for hamanity, with its infinite possibilities of progress onward and upward, is rising as a. factor in the social life of New Zealand, and if the call were sent forth for volunteers and sympathisers it would .not be surprising if it were responded to heartily and received considerable countenance, and not a little of active support. Sooisdism, as I understand it, is in the air; and judging from a variety of circumstances, which it is unnecessary to burden these remarks with, I fesl that he would be a bold person indeed who would assert that out of the 245.670 comprising the" employers, independent workers, and wageearners of our population, 30 families numbering, say, 120 souls, could not be found who had imbibed or inherited the spirit sufficiently ta satisfy the requirements in the ssttlers sought for by Mr Boh. Doubtless they would reflect that.the worst features of the. old country's present is destined to be reproduced in New ■ Zealand's future should the untoward in'fluencfe at work not be checked or undermined in tima. Now let us suppose that Mr Bolt has got his settlement ready for occupation. How is he to choose the 30 families from the probable 100 that have made application for admission? Neither by balloting nor giving priority according to the order of application would he smooth over certain difficulties he would bs apt to encounter. Ido not think the people should be placed on the settlement right away in tha belief that all things would work harmoniously henceforward. Past experience forbids the assumption Before they would be finally chosen and placed, it *vould be very desirable that these pioneer families should be given the" opportunity of becoming wdl acquainted with each other-Mhat, in short, a preliminary teat or fitness for mutual association ia industrial life should be provided for, in order to minimise those dangers of after dissension which have so ■ often marred the efforts of former attempts, and given the conservative individualist an excuse for scoff, while they have also tended to dishearten the socialistically inclined, and induced the feeling that there is no way of escane from the ills which beset the industrial community Not having read Ur Bolt's address given in November last it is possible that in this I am going ovsr what he has already touched ; even so, there can, be no harm in the repetition, for this sifting process iv the initial stage seems to me to be of significant importance, and one % of the essentials to success. It is not mentioned in the account given of the colony of Ruskin, in Tennessee, how the religious aspirations of the settlers are satisfied. The State could not but look with approval on a co-operative industrial colony ia Ne;r Zea- ■ land. There are no land regulations to block the way, I believe ; and though the evil* under which we live have not gained the terrific force they exert in the motherland, there is already a vigour in them that should arrest the thoughtful, and bespeak further attention to Mr BoItV~~. ideas on the subject. When he entered the Council I ventured to defend, his appointment, and his labours since in the cause of progress show that the confidence vras not misplaced.— I am, &c, March 20. L. Rhenotet,

SUNDAY EXCURSION TO OWAK&. TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—Who rightly cacsed last Sunaaj'i weather to prevent the desecration of the da; by an excursion trahi and its attendant frivolities ? Let us hope Mr Paulin will bn equal to the occasion •on Sunday next and any other Sunday, and I would fnrtfeer sug- _ gest that all the good ministers of whatever denomination exercise their utmost efforts to assfst Mr Paulin with sneh a. dcse of yind asd ' moisture that will clearly indicate tEefolly of such, an innovation. Surely Father O'Neill and his fellow-workers are not apathetic to other denominations ? Neither can they be ignorant of the force of esampls to the risingeneration, who, I am of opinion, require r-" — cru£. ni.s? eECOnraging to respset; the Sabbath. And further, « O ur railways win not pay by the legitimate work of ordinary days they will never do so by running Sucda"^ excursions.—l am, &c Dunedin, March 2*. Sranir.

NIMMO AND BLATH'S Hanet J r . Garden j Farm Implements are in use on hundreds >-J farms in t,ew Zealand. They are considered great savers of labour, and no farmer should be without one of their Horse. Hoes. Dnnedin— A.<vtt. "o