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At the last meeting of the South Canterbury Board of Education, there was a somewhat interesting discus?ion on the subject of University Degrees. Mr B. A. Barker, a Member of the Board, appeared to be much exercised m his mind as to the manner m which these distinctions were to be obtained. He expressed his opinion that " there was a tremendous lot of dodging about it ; " and he further vouchsafed the information that "he knew young fellows go Home regular duffers, and come out again m a few months Mastert; of Arts. He did not understand it at all." If Mr Barker's assertion is strictly accurate m point of fact, there will probably be a good many other people as much puzzled U3 he is to make out how these " regular duffers " got their degrees m so short a npace of time. No one will bo more puzzled, indeed, than those who have theoisel yes undergone the labors of a successful University career, ; and complied with the conditions proscribed for taking th<i Master's degree. In order<to show how bold a statement Mr Barker made, unless he had been prepared with proofs, we venture to quote tho following passage ; from the Statutes of the University of Oxford : — "TitulusV. Section 11. Betempore et exercityis requisites ad gradum ,Magistri m Artibus. Quot anni m bonanim Uterarum studio poneiidi requirantur ad gradum Magidri m Artibus. Baccalaureia ,m Artibus lioebit termino a matriculalione vicesitno septimo (iis vero quibus indulget academia vicesitno tertio) gratiam auatn petaread incipiendumineadem facilitate, modo per omne id tempus collegio vel aulss cuipiam ascripti, vel m registro penes delegate!, scholarium non ascrip^orum asservato insoripti fuerint." But, perhaps Mr Barker and those who h«ld similar ideas to his will say, these fellows need not really belong to the University all that timo. They may go for a little while, then leave, and return just before the end of the period, so as nominally to comply with the Statutes, and that is where snch a tremendous, lon ,of dodging comes m. But ia it s<« ? The section goes on to provide :—" Quod si alien jus nomen per aliquod tempus a regestia sive collegii vel aulra jive delegator v m acholarium non ascriptorum abfuerit, id tempus pro nihilo habebitur." It thus appears that, duffers or not duffers, the young fellows Mr ' Barker spoke of must have previously taken the degree of Bachelor of Arl<.i, and must have hud their name on - the Books of some College or Hall, or on. the Register of " Soliolares non asoripti " (what may be called unattached, though resident, students) for at least twenty-three terms, or noarly six years, from tho date of their matriculation. We need not mention that ; before obtaining the preliminary degree of 8.A., they muslvhave passed three examinations, any ono of which is commonly considered quite stiff enpugh to floor all the duffers amoug the candidates. With reference to a recent article of ours on the slavo trade io the Soudan, Mr .Btwer has kindly sent ns a oopy of a most interesting new book, "The gun' and its development " by Mr Greenor, the faraous gunmaker and inventor of the chokebore, m which the following curious passage occurs, aprojyos nf elephant hunting': — "The philanthropist is interested m the elephant, because it is to carry the tusks that the whole of Central Africa is demoralized, and its inhabitimts seized as slaves and used as beasts of burden. It is the Government of Egypt 'that is to blame for this, and, notwithstanding their promises to our Government, and the appointment of Sir Samuel Baker, and ' Chinese ' Gordon afterwards, to whom nominal powers, were granted to abolish slavery, the tradei* and 'backflheosir (bribery) have carried the day, and slavery flourishes as of old." It is quite true, as Mr Greener state's^ that immense numbers of slaves are employed m carrying the heavy elephant tusks from tho equatorial forests to the nearest market 'or place of shipment ; but (he same may be said of every othe:v branch of Central African commerce. Only negroes can work m such a olimate, and negroes will not work except und.>r compulsion. Those features of the slavo trade of the Soudan which were most shocking to European sensibilities, however, were of a somewhat different character from this. The Soudan was virtually nho cntrep6t of the slave trade, from whenue the Arabian States on the shores of th* Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, as well as Persia and more remote parts, were supplied ; and it was mp.inly to pat a stop to the export of Blares through that channel, that the British Government brought pressure to bear on the Khedive, with the results whioh have now become historical. Sporting. — A mooting of Stewards of the Fairiie Crcok Encing Club is to be hold nt the Fairiie Crock Hotel, on S iturday next., at 7.30 p.m. • HimrtKG. — A public meeting will bo hold at the :?airlie Creek Hotel, on Saturday evoning, at 8 o'clock, to arrange matters tor tho forthcoming hunting season. The BBRAKWiTKR. — Tho contractors were bus.T yiuterday laying down foundation blooks at tho Breakwater. Tho_ direr had to be sent down to sling somo pioc(« broken off one of the blocks, and those boicg removed, the bottom is all clear ahead. /Mready a very percept iblo doviation from tho right line is porceptiblo m the carrying out of the ourro, and about three more monoliths will bring thoouter rail of. the crane tr»ok to the Tory edgsof the work.

— — — i— — ■ ■——^— — — Scholaetio Konobs.— We are glad to see the name of William Griffin at the head of . the list of successful candidates for the Somes Scholarships at the Christ's College Grammar School, Christchurch. Griffin ib a Timaru boy, who having gained a scholarship two years m succession whilit attending the pnblic Bchool here, was allowed by the Board of Education to apply tlie joint scholarship money to pursuing his higher studies at Christ's College. He has now completely justified this somewhat exceptional proceeding on the part of the Board, and done credit to his early training here, by taking ft Soniea scholarship of the value of £40. Opihi School. — A meeting of householders m the Opihi school district was held on the 23rd mat., when the following were elected a School Committee for the current year, viz., Messrs Collett, Hatfield, Croueer, Aitkin, Capp&, Simpson and Mitchell. It was resolved to carry on the school under the : aided system, the attendance having fallen below the minimum fixed for the schools under the ordinary system. Mr J. E. Capps was elected Chairman of the Committee. Two applications wero received for the post of Mistress, and it was decided to recommend the Board to appoint Mrs Worthington. The Committee ro3olved to record their vote for Mr Jas. Bruce for the extraordinary vacancy on the Board of Education, and for Messrs Steward, Barker and Gordon for the ordinary vacancies. Land Salb.— The sale of Crown lands on Tuesday was considered a very successful one, taking into account thnt people are very busy just now. The reserve 640 on the Pareora river-bed was all sold, on cash terms, except three- lots, m most cases the upset prices being considerably exceeded. Beserve 641 on the south bank of the Otaio, most of which was offered on deferred payment terms, sold renitjkably well, the lowest price being £8 per acre and the highest £16. A couple of sections m the river-bed, offered for cash, did not find a purchaser, nor did a small section on which the old accommodation houae had stood. The latter was offered "with the house," but the house had 'disappeared. The Bangitata land also sold fairly well. The cosh sales amounted to over £1500, and the deferred payment sales to about £1100. A Nob'-wbsTeb. — On Tuesday afternoon. a dark and rugged bant of clauds capping the western hills betokened a- coming nor-wester, and the expected wind reached the plains about dusk. Commencing moderately, it gradually increased m violence through the night, until at 3 a.m. it was. a pretty strong gale. An hour later the wind brought over a thick bonk of cloud, from which a very heavy shower of rain fell, which continued ever an hour, the wind blowing strongly all the time. It is seldom that a Bhower from tnut quarter lasts co long. The nor'-westor continued to blow throughout yesterday, a good breeze, and speedily removed all signs of the early morning's shower. The wind still^continues as we write, and if it does not blow so hard an to shake the ripe crops, it will do an immense deal of good by drying the ground soaked by the rains of Saturday ' and Sunday. REsrDBKT THaoibthatb's Couot.— -At the B.^l. Court, Timaru, yesterday, E. Watefleld anil B. Acton, Esqs., J.P.s, dealt with the following cases: — A wan named James McCarthy, who had been convicted several times before, was fined £1 for being drnnk, m default 40 hours' imprisonment. A first offender was fined ss. George Parkes, who had been remanded froua Waamate*' a fortnight ago, as of unsound mind, woa BOW committed to the lunatic asylum, Drs Hogg and Drew certifying: as to his insanity. W. Griffiths Lafau was also charged with being a lunatic. Constable Daly said that he arrested him the previous, evening, when he showed • symptoms of decided madness, imagining himself pursued by people : who wanted to take his 'life*. - Drs Drew and Hogg certified to the man's insanity, and he also was committed to the Sunny side Asylum. • ■ " .'"' St. Mast's Chubch, Tniiau.— Tenders arc) now being invited for the construction of a further portion of St. Mary's Chinch, Timaru. The plans show that it is intended to complete the main part of the building, leaving the chancel . and tower to be erected later. The northern and southern walls, and the western wall to the springing of the roof were completed some time ago. The contract now to be let will include the completion of the western, gable, the erection of the columns and arches supporting the .main roof, over the nave, and the construction of this roof and. the lighter ones over the 'north and south aides. Tho columns, of which there are ten, are of polished Aberdeen granite, the gift of Mrs Iraxnioore. These were received some time ajo, and are lying m store ready for erection. The 'northern! and southern walk will present no remarkable features, but the western gable will contain a large and handsome light, outlined by * gothic arch over a circular base. This will be 16ft m height and. 16ft wide, and will have what may be called a compound rose light m stone work, m tho conlro. This window is the gift of thel/adieii Working Guild of the church. The interior will show numerous arches of Oamaru stone, and tlio roof timbers will be disposed to givo a very good effect. The interior promises to be very handsome. Tne Frozen Meat Teade. — A statement published m London by one of the great Agency Companies, shows' that New Zealand, m the years 1882 and 1883, sent Home nearly as muny sheep as Australia m the four years 1880 to 1883. In 1880 Australia sent 400 caresses ; m 1881, 17,275 ; m 1882, 67,856 ; aud m 1883, 63,733. In 1882 New ZesJabd sent '3B39, and m 1883 no less than 120,893, or nearly twice as many as Australia. These figures show that New Zealand has not been very backward m taking advantage of the opportunity of disposing of her surplus sheep. Last year 728 carcases of beef also were sent from New Zealand, and 753 from Australia. The Timei says that "The value of prim') sheep m New Zealand is' 2d per pound; thj carriage here costs another id, and supplementary charges bring the price to something between 5d and 6d; at whioh - price- tb» -meat U handed to, the salesman. The retailer buys what he believes to be home-grown mutto:i a,t an average of lOd per pound." Another Jjondon journal adds to this : — "'The retail<r knows perfectly wtill what he is baying, and rarely gives more than" 6d_jjer pound for tb.o carcases. The consumer, too, begirts to itio c what, he is buying, and to appreciate it. Le(|s of New Zealand mutton can be bought retail m Loadenhull market at lOd per poand,M&d other joints m proportion." : '■■ '■.. i G3KAiDiirE Countt. —Notice is given m our advertising columns this morning of a poll of the ratepayers of the Ger*'dine County to decido whether a special rate Bbill bo struck by th,o County Oouncirto'etasu:.*e the repayment of a sum of £2933, prpposod to bo borrowed from the Government undsr the Roads and Bridges Construction Act, for the purpose of reconstructing the old portion of the Opihi bridge. It is necessary, m ord>»r that the money may be obtained, that the ratepayers express, by voting affirmatively ut this poll, their willingness to be rated if it should bo necessary j but it does not follow that the rate will ever bo collected, and the Chairman of the Council states tbat the rate will not be collected, but that the annual instalments m repayment of the loan will !>e paid out of ordinary rovenuo. The annual payments will only be £264 8s 6d, and a rate over the County to provide that sum, if it slioidd be collected m any year; would be very small— only one-tenth of a farthing m the £. M'edicac Examination op Supposjijd Luxatics. — Two men wero yesterday committed to the Sunnysido Asylum as lunatics, on tho certificates of Drs Hogg and Drew. Dr Hogg, after giving his evidence m one of these cases, represented to the Bench tho inconvenience and impropriety of a medical ,mwx being sent for, as he was, five minutes bofcro tho Court eat, and asked to "give a certificate :- as to the state of mind of an alleged lurmtie. In this case, it appeared, tlio police had sent a notice to Dr Maiuntyro,! some time 1 before the case was called, that his services were. required, but owing to hi» being absent from town, or some othor cause ho was not to be found, and foili ing Dr Maointyie, Dr Hogg had been sent for at tha last moment, and the hearing of the case was delayed for an hour on that noi count, The circumstances attending H - sudden call having been explained, Dr H<g( i rtatid thnt this was not the first timo tha,t lit had been culled upon to give a certificate m a ; caso of lunacy m such a short apace of 'tttno ' that it won impossible for him te'do iuttic* to himself ox his patient. Be"'yke <> oi > 'djg&ioq

that m the interesta of justicii Tery muo' greater care ought to be exercised m thes cases, and that medical men shoul be allowed "opportunities of seeing patient more than once beforo being rt quired tq- give a certificato as to hi ■iate of mind. The Bench quite concurra m Dr Hocg's remarks, and but for the fax that both the medical men present declare they wero quite satisfied thut the tw men charged with lunac)' were quite insane apart from any excitement . resulting fror drink, tho Bench would probably not hay given orders for their committal until f urthe enquiry hud been' made. Dr Hogg's remark are well worthy of the attention of th Magistracy and the Police, not only i Timaru but also m other parts of the colonj Chaxqhs m thb Police Forcb. — 8010 changes aiv being mode m the Police force s Timarn. Constable Latimer, vfho hns bee stationed here between three and four yeaw has beon transferred to Ashburton, his plac being", filled by Constable Field, from W*l lington. Constable Latimer has proved himtol a steady and efficient officer, -wtiile being die tinguished for a quiet and kindly mannui Constable Sullivan, who has been st-s tioned here about eight ycai« — ever sine lie joined the Constabulary - leaves the foTC altogether to-morrow. Ho has thought fc some tichj of doing so and going; to Si Francisco, and a proposal to transfer him t Ashburton decided the point for him, an he resigned his post. He was ten years ii the Irish Constabulary before doming to thi colony, and is a thoroughly capable am trustworthy officer. Fop the litst flvu ye&r or so he has been Inspector of Weights am Measures for South Canterbury, and keepe of the Government Magazine, and he ha acted as watchhouse-keeper for a long time He has always been well spoken of by hi superiors, ani extremely well liked by hi frequently changinecomrades.. His dutie as Inspector of Weights and Measure brought him into closer contact than othe: officers with tradesmen of the place, and i number of them intend to express their good will towards him by presenting him with m address before he leaves. We have always found him a courteous and obliging officer and wo cordially wish him good luck it California; Moscoobb. — A shipment of 10 mongoosi has just arrived at Nelson from India, to tin order of Mr F. H. Richmond, of Awatere Eleven were originally shipped, and all arrived saWy m Wellington, where one wiu stolen. The ten landed at 3"elson were m excellent condition, and Mr Richmond intendf breeding from 1 them on purpose to contend against tho rabbit nuisance with their assist- *• A MjUIY-SIDBD CITIXi SXRVAHT. — Tilt Minister of Education was listed by Mi Johnson m the South Australian Assembl] the number of offices Mr Knight holds ii the Korthern Territory. The reply was that he has' no fewer than seven. For all he receives the munificent salary of ;6535 a year ff An fll-paid pluralist," ejaculated Mi Symon. His soven ofiiees aie : — Clerk ffi Local Court, Deputjr Sheriff, QoTemineni Statist, Clerk of Licensing Bench, Crovrc Prosocutbr, Special Magistrate, and ChieJ Warden of Qoldfields. • Wobk Conrs. — A Iforthern i»ntemporaTj calls attention to the fact that much of the silver coin jge m circulation m. New Zealand ia so worn that no mark of the inint ib left on it, and it. is high time that it -was called m, and suggests that if proper representations were made by our Government to the English mint authorities, doubtless the latter would receive the silver coinage and m exchange give.noir coins to the nominal vslue of thoae called in.' The mint makes, a considerable profit on the coinage of silver, so that a good margin cno be allowed for depreciation. During the last few years the old coinage m England has been almost all called m fend raissued, thu btmkt acting as tho medium for collecting the old and distributing the new silver. If & sufficient supply sf new coins Trere imported the old coinage could he quickly ealleoted.by our banks. ' . ' JEiiaTlOTKlri ISXJJTD TSbXTCTE RAIMVAT.-f-A Taranaki journal say on this subject:— This HortiiErn Railway qaeatioii has been a great trouble to the Government. Auckland would prefer the railway by Tatanaii, but the Auckland members are not impparters of the present Government. Wellington wants it to branth off from the presoni; fine of railway between Wanganni and Fo:tton, and the Wellingtoa members are tuppcirters of the Government, which, explains what Sir W. Fox ia reported to have said hiire, that tho route of She Northern Bailwuy would be decided on "political considerations"-— when, of course, the merit* of the question, will be excluded. ' Considering lihat the Go vamment has taken every, means of hindering exploration, so as to delay it beyond the next stttrn^ of Parliament, TauEiato and ■■ his party, by thmr action, are os.wittingly assiaiing tho Government m its iraiting game on this question, as the meeting of Parliament is too near for the Government to commit the country to any decided ' action m the matter, . and then the winter will .arrive, " when nothing can be- done m the forest, &c., 4c.," and so en; until after the next goneral election. Bi& Wskds ik Attbtbaxu.— We learn tram the Sydney Mail that fie Hon. tho Minister for Mines is on the sv<i of making a second attempt to legislate so that the prickly pear itiay be kept from spreading over valuable pasture and other lands. The prickly pear was introducedabout forty years ago to the Scone district as a choice pot plant, and, being plirntqd gut, soon, "pnuuntmted" sateral ciwderu. ! Birds r^nied :furthsr afiekl ttio-Aecufl,'siiiu thfi-piaof spread itntrt ttio^pa/jLi doois^rfUented isniall *rf tii'e petr. FrpnivQfll ildee its progfe»» w« r^qarkably rapii. wiwh were not carefulfy cleMedfißecK^ie^prey to tie pear, thiry arolivf iuwiws, jßending the laliiflr aeoetsaiy to olsii^flieuti tSraei^^aro otbor plants cuxte as troulfltfnrib and^irtly an tlieprictly petie. Therfi is'fiße sweetbriar, the Bathurst burr, acd last, bat not least, tho lantana. A grazier who oesopies land on. the 'tomtit Plains writes : — " In very many parts of New South Wales, and especially m these districts, vehavo m our njidst a. nuisance equally its destructiTo to the land as the prickly pear— l allude to the sweetbriar. The briar is making rapid headway m this and the Adelonj; district, and m Tery munj dutricta thzonghout tho colony. The noiinne* m question is to be found m immenta quantities on , town commons, and some of tlte paddocks near Adelong are ooeipletely covered with it." The lantaas, now a very coTomtn plant, was introduced about, half a coatury ago to the Poit Macquarie (Ustrict. ,It has spread to such an extent that many thousands of acres on the northern coast, an» yen Sered almost useless for stockfeeding purposes by its presence . According to the estimate of stock inspectors, the cost of clearing the temporary commotis, police paddocks, travelling stock reserves, and dtpriag roads of ;tlre colony, from, tie prickly. pesr Blone,.*cttu r dl)enbtle»Bthan£li3O,(K'o. llitre aw jß:^Wjricts 'infested by '. Balhurat . brirty and of all'tlMi.dutricts o£;the«oi|pny only tta are ecnuidertj free from noxirus woefis of some kind... tt i» plain, thereflire, that tiia weeds,' lQcs'-lUie rabbiti, mart ;be bat^«d against, vigonrasiy. ' ',- ■■ ' -:- : ;.^vj!- ■.'■■ | t liAwxK»s Qumos* as Hbciabds Cowe, -T-Thoßalive* at Ohinemuto. hive petitioned the New .Zealand Parliament irith reference to their having been robbed of money undor the folloiring circumstances :— At the lost sitting- of the Native Land Court at Oliicemutn, the tribe principally interested sold a, block of land to the Government, and received an payment soinothing orer ££OGO. The land wag sold for the purpcrge of defray, ing liabilities both to the Govenunent and to private individuals; but after ' the »iimy, liens, anil Government adriini^s hod betm settled, there was a considerable balance left. An Enfoj«on had a sort of agreement with the natives to act as counsel for them m Court, but of course imder the Act of last session thit person was not allowed to appear. At the conclusion of the case one native, a half-caste, and the European proceeded to Tiitrrsnga to receive the money. After deducting the Government advances and othe)? expenses, £1050 remain<id. Of this sum 1 European mentioned above appropriated £400 for services rendered j the half-caste, .who had conducted tho case m Court, took £500 as his nhare ; tuid tho native appropriar.ed, the remaining JEI6O. .When the tribe henri of this, they were naturally very indignant, and numerous stormy meetings followed, vith, the result tliat they hare'petitioned Parliament ac aboro ■ttt.tiii. : r

•h Buying the Who'ii* Lot Up.— Th c se Nelson Mail has thit rich morceati at the Id oxpenße of the local lailway : — " We never a thought our railway a very' big concern, but c- scarcely expected to :Bnd it regarded as so ia paltry an affair as som« people appear to conjd sider it, that is if tie story told to us be true, ct It was during the holiday time that a well-to-xl do country eettler who had evidently been po wishing afew— perhaps several — of his friends c, a happy new year, drove up to the station, m His condition was nnndstakuable, and one of re the officials biking him on one side, softly rear marked, ' You had better not go out to-day, ks — -.' 'Me not go out;. Why?' 'Because be you've had too much beer,' replied the frank m official. ' Too much beer ! Me too much y. beer ! Here give me v blanlc cheque.' The ie official was startled, he could not Bee the const nection between the 'jeer and the blank jn cheque, and wonderingly asked, ' Blank ■s, cheque! What for?' 'Why 111 buy the cc whole lot up, and then I can travel just when il- I please.' Utter oollapee of railway official." llf MISADVBNTUBB O? TWO ADBLiXDB LOVEBS. s- — According to a Melbourne newspaper, an ir. amusing incident occurred on board the a- Royal mail steamer Carthage on her last Be trip here from Adelaide. During her stay :e at Adelaide a young couple amongst others, or came off to her anc'l leisurely proceeded m around the ship on a visit of inspection. to After surveying the siiloon and other parts id of the noble vessel, the time arrived when m they thought they would go ashore, but alas, is when thoy got on duck they found *hat they id were clear of Glenelj;, and bowling along rs with a full head of stem for Melbourne at d the rate of fifteen knots an hour. The sr feolings of the gallant gentleman can 13 be better imagined tnan described, when c. with ninepence m his pocket, and is his lady lore m his charge, he sought ia the advice of tho captain. The latter a seoing how matters stood found accom>3 modatioh for them is the second cabin. On ir the particulars becoming known to the a passengers they at once raised a subscription [. and presented the unfortunate couple with n £16 to tide over their enforced trip. But '3 there was some trouble m store for them, for r, the vessel took a sea. ov;r the side (about the n only one on the [voyage round) which completely drenched thorn. This was far from agreeable, as they had no change of raiment, c but tho passengers again came nobly to the c front and supplied them with enough clothing 5_ to Btart a small draper'ii Bhop. They return .. to Adelaide with the bei.t wishes of the pasa sengers, and a Btrong impression of their .. romantic visit to Melbourne, which, we g hope they will be enabled to look back upon j m after years as a pUasent reminiscence. ■ r The Habvbst is Victoria. — The Federal Australian, m a recent issue says : — The oiB traordinary rainfall with which Victoria has r recently been visited is unprecedented for the „ month of January since the settlement of the n colony. Somewhere about five inches has £ fallen, and, consequently, the ground has got f. a thorough soaking, and such a one as it has f _ never got before at this time of the year. As a matter of course oarv sating operations have $ been greatly interfere i -with by the wet ,t weather, and a considerable amount of a damage has been done i» the grain crops. In $ many districts proTioos to the rain, a considerable quantity of grain was cut and stooked, and the sheaves have been so satu- ' rated with wet that serious losses have ? occurred. - Grain m f tacks has also suffered m many caaes from the long-eon--1 tinued wet weathor. Many farmers who • usually use the stripper have found it useless, and are obliged to cut their crops with J tho reaping machine. In many districts the crops hare also beon bid by tho heavy rain, which makes the work of harvesting somewhat difficult. The earning of the grain has , bean materially interfei«d with by the long continued wet weather. The rain has been of ' great service m checking the spread of bush fires, which a few we<lks ago were causing ; much trouble m various districts. Great . good has also been done to the pastures, and the supply of grass during the remainder of the [summer is likely 1» be unusually good. Root, tobacco, and hop crops w.ll be greatly benefited by the late tains, as also will the - vineyards. . j •■" Bucaro-PiißA."— Qoiok, complete cure, j. all, annoying Kidney, Bladder and Urinary , Diseases. Druggists. Mosen, Moes and Co., J Bjdney, General Agenbi.— -TAbvt.] „ ' Catabbah or twi Bliddeb — Stinging ' irritation, inflammation, all kidney and similar • complaints cured by " liuohu-paiba." Moses, i Hogs and Co., Sydney, General Agents. — j Advt. A LoVmr CHAPtBT.— A late fashion rei port says : — " Nothing can be prettier than a ! chnplet of hop vino:i m blosnom." A recent . medical review says :— •" Nothing can be a t better nmovstor of. . tJm health than Hop Bitters. They aid m nil tba operations of | nature ; toning up the irtomoah, assistiar the ■ food to become properlj assuuilatod, and pro- ' mote healthy action m all the organs. The dictates of fashion, as well as the laws of health, alike favor a right application of i hops." Road.— {Adtt.'i ; Mothers Don't Know.— How many ohil- _ dren are pnuiahedfor lteing uncouth, -wilful or indifferent to insteuctions or reward simply became they are out of health ! An intelligent ' lady said of achld of this kind, " Mother don't > know that she Bhoultljrive the littlo one model rate doses of Hop Bittars for two or three weeks, aiid the abild vrould be all a parent j could desire." Look fc<r. — (Adtt.) 5 BTNOPSIB OK W3W ADVEBTWEJCKNTa v Ifsclean and Stewnrt— fWI sheep »t Studholme j Junction At aa early date. . . Wm. Collln* »Dd Oc..— Sell leasehold and freehold property on Ist March. ' 0.C.0.- Notice of Inter Uon to nuke a< special i rate. Pairlie Creek Hacej— Meelng of Stewards on SaturPriert and Heldgate- Notice of binder trial at In--1 vercargill. ! W. Ackland— Bosinns notice.