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South Canterbury Times, Issue 6345, 13 October 1890, Page 3

Mr Penrose, the premier bootmaker, is now opening bis first shipment of boots and shoes. Mr Huddleston has made arrangements for continuing in charge of the Mount Cook Hermitage, and goes up this week to prepare for the season’s business. His Excellency the Governor intends to visit Mount Cook this summer, and Lady Onslow will probably also do so. Sir Julius Vogel, writing as to a lease of the sea beach for ironsand which Mr T. Oakfield holds'and wishes to dispose of, sajs ; I * I have come to the conclusion we can do best by waiting until the Oil and Petroleum Company gets more advanced. They are sending out a good plant and man, and probably by the end of the year their shares will [ be more or less buoyant.’ Hew Zealand is likely to have a plethora lof amusements during the ensuing season. Arrangements are being made in Australia for the visit of a large number of companies and stars, including the following Marian Burton’s concert company, Madame Patey, Mrs Potter, Mies Janet Achmet, Miss Jennie Lee, and Brough and Boucicault’s comedy company. A somewhat novel invitation card was recently issued by Bishop Suter for an “ at home ”at his pleasant retreat at Nelson. It read thus " Bishop and Mrs Suter request the pleasure of receiving Mr ” ; and then comes the programme— Tenakoe, 730 to 8 ; music and korero, 8 to 8.40 ; address cf the bishop, 8.40 to 9 ; kai, 9 to 930 ; korero and music, 9.30 to 10 ; final waiata. 10.10 ; haere atn, 10 15. Kindly leave repl/ at bishop’s cottage. Bring this card with you. Morning dress. An incident of a rather unpleasant character occurred at the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club’s course last week. After the conclusion of ths race for the Corinthian stakes a country settler remarked to a well-known gentleman rider as he came in to get weighed that, ‘if he hadn’t strong reins he would have won,’ or something to that effect. The horseman immediately turned round and struck him on the head with his riding whip. A small crowd at once gathered round, and a challenge was issued to have a few minutes’ fistic exercise. The officials interfered 5 they would have no such talk on their premises. A couple of lads werebrought before His Worship the Mayor and Major Bamfield, J.P.’s, to-day charged with stealing 141bs of coal, value 6d, the property of the Railway ' Commissioners, from the line. The lads admitted .picking up the coal, but their mother pleaded (that it was the first time they bad ever done such a thing, and as soon as she had learned they had brought homo some coal she spoke to Mr Terdoa about it, Mr Verdou, a railway officer, stated that he did not wish the boys to be punished, but a good deal of coal had been stolen and it was neccessary to put a check upon it. The bench warned the lads and the parent and dismissed them. A Queenstown (Lake Wakatipu) letter says:—"We are, now entering upon a third year of drought, without any sign of the end of it being at hand. During the past winter next to no snow fell upon the ranges, so that the miners will have but little, water for their sluicing operations. Many shrubs, patches of fern, swamp, grass, reeds, and other native growth that cannot do without a certain amount of moisture are drying up and dying for want of it. Grass for stock is scarce and the greater portion ot the meat supply we have to draw from Southland,’’ What have the records or traditions of the short past of the settlement of the South Island to say about droughts ? Has such a long spell of comparative rainlessness been experienced within the memory of the oldest whaler ? Ask your grocer for Warburton’s “ Can’t be boat Baking Powder.” It makes delicious scones, bread, cakes and pastry. Guaranteed absolutely pure, and proved to he the most wholesome powder in the market. Ask for Warburton’s, and take no other. From all grocers in 6d, Is and 2a tins. N.B. Does not colour; everything made with it remains perfectly white.—lAdvt."| Mr R. Allan Wight, an entomologist of Nelson, informs the local Press that he has discovered a “ natural enemy ” to the codlin moth. He says : “The announcement is as yet prematura, but some of the writer’s friends in Nelson will be glad to bear that after so many years search for what he felt sure existed, viz, a native parasite of the codlin moth, a mere accident has revealed an insect which he feels sure boars suoh a character. There is very little room to doubt that such is the case. The parasite is there certainly, and its action is complete and satisfactory, the only question is whether it is native to New Zealand or has been imported with the pest, and a groat deal of its future usefulness depends upon the answer. Mr Maskell, than whom there is no better authority in New Zealand, is of opinion that when a pest enters a country foreign to it it is only a matter of time when the parasitical, or predatory native insects, will take it up and restore the balance of nature. The writer is now engaged in trying some further experiments, and has also sent specimens of the parasite and its work to Professor G. WRiley, the U.S. States Entomologist, to see if the insect (which is an utter stranger to himself) is known in America. When more light has been obtained farther particulars on this (to apple growers and apple eaters) most interesting subject will be given.” i JU3T WHAT IS WANTED. Whenever any article has stood the crucial test of public use and opinion for any lengthened period of time, and the public demand for such is continuously sustained, you may bo sure that it fills a public need—that is just what is wanted. When, in the cose of that article being a proprietary medicine, the demand is not only steadily sustained, but continually increasing, you may be absolutely certain that there is some extraordinary merit in it, and in the case of Bt. Jacob’s oil this is borne out by the testimony of the press and of thousands of reputable citizens in all parts of the civilised world. Apropos, Messrs Francis Newbery and Sous, London, one of the oldest drug houses in Great Britain (established nearly a century and a half) write : “We have sold St. Jacob’s oil for years; demand continually increasing on its extraordinary merits.” [4]

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