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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 13, Issue 5, 21 January 1902, Page 2

Obituary. —Mr Edward O'Hara Canavan's friends in this district will regret to hear that he died at Nelson on Thursday last. Mr Canavan will be more particularly remembered as a prominent member of the goldfield community at, Cullensville, where he was connected with the British Empire claim in its inception, and in other ventures on that field. The deceased took also a deep interest in oyster culture, having been one of the original promoters of the beds at Porirua, near Wellington, and subsequently visited the Queen Charlotte and Pelorus Sounds in the same connection. For the last few years Mr Canavan has resided in the Nelson province, and passed away at the age of 72 years.

Vital Statistics. —The vital statistics at the local Registrar's office for the year 1901 were :—Births, 29; marriages, 17; and deaths, 14.

Dentistry.—lntending patients are reminded that Mr Johnstone, representing the Medical Hall, Blenheim, will be in Havelock to-morrow, and may be consulted at Mrs W. Pickering's. As evidence of the popularity of the mineral baths at Rotorua, it may be mentioned that the revenue from tickets issued during the four weeks ending 4th January amounted to just under £196. In addition to this the baths were freely used by returned troopers sent to Rotorua to recuperate, and patients at the Government Sanatorium, neither of whom are charged fees. The new " Duchess" bath, opened by the Duchess of Cornwall when she visited Rotorua, is one of the most popular, over 500 baths having been taken in it during the month named.

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Saved His Boy's Life. —"I believe I saved my (nine year old) boy's life this winter with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy," says A. M. Hoppe, Rio Creek, Wis., U.S.A. "He was so choked up with croup that he could not speak. I gave it to him freely until he vomited and in a short time he was all right. For sale by .Browixlee s.q<J Co.

Okaramio.—Mr Young, general manager of the New Zealand Dairy Union, accompanied by Mr Geo. Edwards, of Blenheim, paid a visit to Okaramio on Saturday evening, in connection with the proposed erection of a Dairy Factory in that locality. At a meeting of the settlers, presided over by Mr Edward Hart, after listening to an interesting address by Mr Young, the settlers decided to supply milk to a creamery, to be established by the Marlborough Dairy Company, on the property until recently occupied by Mr Inman, at Okaromio, the Company paying suppliers threepence per gallon for milk delivered at the creamery. After separation, the milk will be carted to the Spring Creek butter factory for manufacture. —Messrs Young and Edwards paid a visit to Havelock on Sunday, and were conducted through the works of the Havelock Cooperative Dairy Factory Company.

Commercial. Messrs G. Thomas and Co., produce merchants and auctioneers, report as follows on the Wellington produce market: —Wheat, 3/6 per bushel; oats, 2/11 to 3/- per bushel ; barley (fowl), 2/6 per bushel ; maize, 3/- per bushel; flour, 5/per ton ; pollard, £5 per ton; bran, £.\ 10/per ton ; oatmeal, io/- per ton ; chaff, £} 15/- per ton ; potatoes, new round 90/-, kidneys 100/- to no/- per ton ; onions, £y per ton ; ryegrass seed, 3/- t 0 4/G per bushel; cocksfoot seed, -/3 to -/3J per lb; butter, dairy, -\y to -/8 per lb, pastry, -/6 to -\y per lb ; cheese, factory, medium weights, -/5 per lb; bacon, factory, -/o.f per lb ; hams, -jy\ per lb ; fowls, 3/- per pair ; roosters, 3/6 per pair ; ducks, 4/- to 5/- pair ; turkeys, hens, 7/- per pair, gobblers 9/- to 13/- per pair; geese, 5/- to 5/6 per pair ; hen eggs, -/8J to -jg per dozen.--At Auckland, last week, 400 bales of wool were auctioned, most being disposed of. The tone of the market is healthier, especially for better qualities, which showed an advance of a farthing to a half-penny per lb. Mediums advanced about a farthing; inferior sorts showed no improvement. Merinos and Shropshires sold up to -/s|; half-breds, hoggets, -/5J ; Hampshires, -/4I ; lambs' wool, -/4J. Tenders.—The Public Works Department invites tenders for the supply and delivery of timber and joinery at the Seddon railway station.

Departure.—Mr Wm. Jounnax, who, during the period he has been proprietor of the Masonic Hotel, Havelock, has made himself popular with the residents, was entertained, on Saturday evening, by a few friends, prior to his leaving for the North Island. The gathering was a representative one, including settlers from the various parts of the district, and Mr H. M. Reader, in proposing the toast of the evening, referred to the guest as having, notwithstanding his short stay in Havelock, proved himself to belong to the unregistered society of " Right Good Fellows," and one whom they would have liked tc have had longer amongst them. Mr Jounnax, in his reply expressed the opinion that in no other part of New Zealand was there such a spot where there was less class distinction than in Havelock, and he hoped that when he again visited the district, as he fully intended, that such a state of Utopia would still exist, and, if there were ambitions amongst any coterie to introduce such distinction, he hoped they would be nipped in the bud promptly and effectively, as his experience proved that in a small community such drawing of a social line created much bitterness and heartburning, and the bickerings were not productive of social pleasure or progress. The two hours devoted to what was termed " a little convivial ' were harmoniously spent, Mr A. Rutland acting as accompanist, and much good feeling being expressed towards the guest.

Farmers who desire to make dairying profitable in the winter will be interested in the experience of Mr T. J. Thorn is, of Poverty Bay. Last year Mr Thomas formed an ensilage stack with grass from tvventy acres. The cattle throve on the ensilage during the winter, and the cost of the feed was remarkably small. Mr Thomas says that ensilage is much more profitable than hay. In making hay ioolbs of grass only produces 25lbs of feed; in ensilage the position is changed, the loss being only 25 per cent, and the food produced 75 per cant. A further advantage is that in the case of ensilage all are utilised, one farmer in Poverty Bay actually cutting out all the weeds in his paddock and putting them into a silo. In the space of five years the tonnage of vessels visiting New Plymouth has doubled. The passenger traffic has also doubled, while the imports have increased 71 per cent, and the exports 43 per cent.

In order to further test the British market for raspberry pulp, the Government has agreed to pay the freight from Nelson to London for a ton of that product, the proceeds to go to the shipper. The Stock Department has decided not to insist upon the dipping of shsap until the end of April. After April, however, owners of undipped sheep will be compelled to dip them forthwith. The penalty for exposing sheep undipped and affected with lice is still in force.

A Masterton resident who bought 65 acres of land in the Balance (Forty Mile Bush) district a few years ago at £1 per acre has just sold out at £l6 per acre. As the result of a squabble between some lads at Norsewood recently (says the Dannevirke Advocite), three of whom were going to "give beans" to another lad, the one set upon fought with such vigour that one of his assailants is at present an inpatient of the Waipukurau Hospital, where lie is likely to remain some time. Professor Raymond, the well known botanical specialist and globs trotter, gives it as his opinion that Auckland is a city of half starved 'gnorant snobbery and mock gentility. Which city comes next in order of shoddy and snobbishness ? The number of grass-seed dressing mills in the Colony in 1900 was 25, and they employed 60 hands. The wages paid amounted to £5,310. The quantity of seed dressed was 1,062,221 bushels, valued at £241,239. The approximate value of the land was £9,700, of the buildings £24,930, and of the plant and machinery £13,565. The wonderful and rapid improvement that has taken place in some of our bush lands consequent on the establishment of dairy factories has been most marked. Some persons who pass through our northern lands and see so much fern and ti-tree growing unchecked run away with the idea that our lands are of no use, but practicas men, who have seen similarly covered land! turned into fine pastures, when looking upon our waste areas are able to picture to themselves the smiling homesteads and contented people who will inhabit them when a con tinuously remunerative industry has been established. — \\ airoa Bell.

Stricken With Paralysis. Henderson Grimett, of this place, was stricken with paralysis and completely lost the use of one arm side. After being treated by an eminent physician for quite a while without relief, my wife recommended Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and after using two bottles of it he is almost entirely cured. —Geo. R. McDonald, Man, Logan Co., W. Va., U.S A. Several very remarkable cures of partial paralysis have been effected by the use of this liniment. It is most widely known, however as a cure for rheumatism, sprains aud Sol4 by Browntee& Co.

Public Meeting.—A public meeting of those interested in holding a Race Meeting in the Kaituna on Easter Monday will be held at Mrs Green's accommodation house on Saturday next at p.m. It is understood Messrs Maher Bros.' have been approached in the direction of granting permission for the meeting to be held on their property, at the junction of the Kaituna, North Bank, and Onamalutu roads, and that, permission having been granted, in all probability the course will be laid out thereon. Considerable support is promised, and the new Club will enter into existence under promising auspices.

Honour for Colonials. —Lord Kitchener's despatches of Bth December mentioned Lieutenant G. K. Shern for gallantry in attacking a laager at Pongolabosch and for good services; Sergeant J. Davidson and Lance-Corporal W. Rutherford for bringing in wounded under a heavy fire, all belonging to the New Zealand Seventh Contingent; and Sergeant J. Walker, of the Fourth New Zealand Contingent, for capturing unaided three armed Boers at a farm at Standerton. A number of Australians are also mentioned. Pianos. —We direct attention to the Dresden Piano Company's replace advertisement appearing on our fourth page. Bishop Grimes, of Christchurch, is promoting a scheme for the establishment of a home for the aged deserving poor, and infirm destitute children and incurables, irrespective of race or religion. It is a very rare thing to discover cancer in poultry (says the Bruce Herald), but Inspector Wright, of the Agricultural Department, but recently discovered it in a pair of ducks, and has now received word that they were of a very cancerous nature. Monster trout, taken from Lakes Rotorua and Rotoiti, are being sold at Rotorua daily at 2d per lb. Large quantities are sent to Auckland' They are taken in nets. Eight to twelve-pounders are quite common A " rainbow" weighing iß|lb was taken from Lake Rotorua recently. With 102 pupil teachers under notice, and only 48 positions on school staffs to fill, it appears inevitable that the services of many young people will have to be dispensed with by the Wellington Education Board. Last week Messrs Luxford (of Dannevirke) and Jensen (manager of the Hawke's Bay Timber Company) returned to Dannevirke from a visit to a timber forest between Taupo and Cambridge. The trip was made for the purpose of inspecting the forest on behalf of a Wellington syndicate which has secured the milling rights over an area of some 12,000 acres. There is, they report, a magnificent supply of totara and a large quantity of matai in this forest. It is understood that the syndicate intends to float a company to cut the timber.

In the course of a letter to a friend in Canterbury, M J. E. Lovelock, of Reefton,says :—" Money is very scarce on the West Coast now, so many poor beggars have been done up with dredging ventures; you would stare to see the places that have been pegged oft."

An enormous quantity of summer fruit is wasting on the Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, at present for want of hands to pick it, also owing to the low prices in the Sydney markets. One fruit-grower recently sent 40 odd cases to his agent, and the net return amounted to 145 4d. He estimated that 600 cases of fruit were going to waste on his orchard alone. Max O'Rell has been telling Paris journalists th it as they do not travel thev can know nothing about the affairs of the world. Their ignorance, he siys, is especially unfortunate in regard to England. If they had lived there, he said, they would know England to be the one absolutely free country in the world. A Typical South African Store.—o R. Larson, of Bay Villa, Sundary River, Cape Colony, conducts a store typical of South Africa, at which can be purchased anything from the proverbial " needle to an anchor." This store is situated in a valley nine miles from the nearest railway station and about twenty-five miles from the nearest town. Mr Larson says : "I am favoured with the custom of farmers within a raidius of thirty miles, to many of whom I have supplied Chamberlain's remedies. All testify to their value in a household where a doctor's advice is almost out of the question. Within one mile of my store the population is perhaps sixty." Of these, within the past twelve months, no less than fourteen have been absolutely cured by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This must surely be a record." For sale by Brownlee and Company.

A Word to Travellers.—The excitement incident to travelling and change of food and water often brings on diarrhoea, and for this reason no one should leave home w'thout a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by Brownlee and Co.