Commercial.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 15000, 20 June 1900, Page 3

Commercial.

. ». MESSRS FREEAIAN R. JACKSON ANB CO.'S JOHNSONVILLE REPORT. (Special to Chronicle.) (By Telegraph,) JOHNSONVILLE, June 19. Messra Freeman -R. Jackson and Co., in conjunction with Messrs Abraham and Williams, report on the Johnsonville sal as follows : — An average entry of stock sold at prices equal to last week's. .Quotations: — Cattle — Best bullocks made £7 10s to ,£7 , 17s 6d, medium do. £6 17s 6d to £7 ss, light do. £6 to £6 15s, equal to about 17s per lOOlbs. Five prime heavy bullocks made £9 15s. Sheep — Medium wethers 16s 3d to 16s 4d, goi! ewes 14s 2d, medium- ewes 13s to 13s bd, light ewes 12s 6d to 12s id, forward ewes 9s 9d to 10s, light lambs 'Is 6d to . 7s 9d. Pigs— Porkers 17s 6d to £1 &> od. Air Henry Henderson, of Alarton, has reoeiyeji a letter from a relative in South Africa, in which he refers to the manner in which fanners are affected by the war. He says : "H this country was as fertile as New Zealand appears to be farmers could make money, with all the- troops in the countiy. But all fodder has to be imported, as last year a blight attacked alt our oat ci<ops. The only crop we can grow with any success in Indian com, or, as we call them, 'mealies,' and drought this year has made the crop veiy light. lam doing veiy well with my dairy just now. 1 milk 30 cows, and am getting from 2s 3d to • 2s 6d per lb for butter. Eggs, in Pieter- , maritzburg are from 3s to 5s per dozen." The comradeship, born on the battlefield, of tho colonial soldiers cannot be broken, says the Sydney Daily Telegraph, describl ing the adventure of the New Zealand in- ' valided soldiers from Sydney. To the last ' there were New South Welshmen to say good-bye to the five New Zealanders, who left for their colony by the Westralia. TheNew Zealanders had a distinctly hard battle to fight when the last "all ashore" was sounded. What with supplying comrades, , and comrades' sisters, and their own friends . with tokens, they scarcely got away with - a button on their coats or a shoulder strap. , Indeed so determind was the onslaught that ■ it was doubtful whether they would get f away with a coat at all. The feeling bei tween the soldiers of the island colony was f all summed up iv a few words. "Remem- • ber," shouted an Australian, as the steamf er glided away. 'We will never forget s our Australian mates," was the ready rei sponse of the Maorilanders, and acroes the water came the cry "Ake, ake, kia kaha."

According to the Soir, the bicycle poliw will judge the speed of automobiles by the simple method of following. If they can keep up with the machine, well and good; ■ if not, the automobile is going too fast. "Chauffeurs" had better come to a stop if a fat policeman is- anywhere near. —New York Herald. Corpora l. Symes, who returned from South Africa by the Paparoa last week, was interviewed by the Wellington correspondent of the Christcurch Press. Corporal Symes spoke of the British soldier in the highest terms. "He is a brick. He will share his pipe with you, he will share his meal with you, and to the New Zealanders ho has been in every way a comrade of the best class. You cannot speak in too high terms of 'Tommy Atkins.' In fact I would be delighted if you would say he is the best soldier on this earth, and the best man. In battle he is cool, and he is generally a good fellow to follow;' but from personal experience of him in camp, I should say he could not be better characterised than in Kipling's song as 'An Absent-Alinded Begglar." General Frtench, Corporal Smyes said, was a thorough soldier. He took a lot of notico of the New Zealanders, used them at every opportunity, ahd he blamed a.i well as praised them. He is a firstclass officer for looking after his men. The Corporal added that the New Zealand First Contingent was well officered, but did not think our men would take kindly to strange officers. They would like to sco some of the rankers receive commissions, as they.deserved to. The New Ziea-. landers got .on especially well with three sections of the Imperial troops—the Royal Horse. Artillery, the Carabineers (Sixth Dragoon Guards), and Inniskillings. These were the chums of the New Zealanders. ! , | ''