TELEGRAMS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10973, 12 June 1903, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(Per United Press A^ociatioi.) THE SMALL-BIRD NUISANCE. INVERCARGILL, June 11. The delegates troin the local bodies met again to-day re small-birds nuisance, and passed a niotinu to leave the woik of destruction to the Stock Department. The representatives of the borough did not fall in with this, as the Act forbids the laying, of poison] within municipalities.^ Therefore they and the residents were powerless to aid in diminishing the pest. The meeting adjourned 'until a reply has been • received from the Stock Department. The intention is that the Department should do the, work and bill the district for the cost,- and that a rate be levied as for charitable aid to cover it. The Act provides that if local bodies do not take action the Government shall, and charge them with the cost, so that the proposal is equivalent to the local bodies saying they will not destroy the birds. THE COST OF FIRE BRIGADES. AUCKLAND, June 11. TThe City Council to-night dec-Led to asV the "Municipal Conference to request Parliament to legislate in the direction of the cost of fire brigades being borne in eqnal shares by local bodies, Government, and insurance companies. SIIEEP-BREEDE-ES' ASSOCIATION. PALMERSTON N., June 11. ' At the annual meeting ot the .North Island branch of the Sheep-breeders Association, to-day, the report *roi erred to certain practices at ram lairs. I'he dealers, it wa& said, were sometimes firms' of repute who either from indifference or carelessness' were sometimes made use of by unscrupulous persona to sell and to auction a much larger number of rams than a, registered flock could possibly produce. It had been brought to the Council's notice that attempts had been made to procure ear labclfc bearing' a name belonging' to some othei breeders. It was purposed to ask the Agricultural Department, when amending the Agriculruraj and Pastoral Act, to introtiiici a clause conferring the rights of trade-inark-upon a name registered by stud, herd and flock-book societies. The report wat adopted. The balance-sheet showed ,a credit of ,£217 lffs, the balance of assets being .£353 5s Bd. A motion was carried that the Association consider the advisability ol holding ram fairs in the North Island at such places us are considered suitab'o, under the management of the Association. I was also decided that this meeting is strongly opposed to tho proposal emanating from the South Island branch to allow the admission from time to time of flock& now unregistered. FOUND DEAD. DUNEDIN, Juno 11. An old-age pensioner named -Thomas; Jackson, 7& years, was found dead ift beet at N"a;seby. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? DUNRDIN, June 11. , Since a lady passenger by the Gracchut landed and developed symptoms which were afterwards pronounced smallpox, her Inggage had been detained by the Health Department in "V" shed. Last nyyht someone broke into the shed and went through this luggage. A good deal of personal, effects were thrown over the wharf, and letters photos, and articles of attire were floating about (his morning. Boxes edntaining the lady's jewellery were not touched. It ie supposed some boys must have broken into the shed. Whether thoy will develop smallpox' remains to' be seen. • THE SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE. WELINGTON, June 11. The Government commercial agent a< Capetown, writing to the Department of Industries and Commerce, states that the Railway Department .of Capo Colony has sent an 'order to New Zealand for a trial shipment of tliHber. He Js hopeful of a large trade in timber being done. He states -thojro is a good demand in v Capetown for New Zealand poultry, which bears a high reputation for excellence. This trade, with attention, could be made to assume large pronortions. He states that New Zealand butter has secured the reputation of being the best on the market. At one time it was impossible to persuade merchants to take butter from the colony. All this hjis now altered. The Argentine has. however., scoured the bulk of the orders* The rulin? price for Argentine butter is 10 5-8 d p?r pound, c.i.f., and the quality gives satisfaction.

What is a Cough? — A. spasmodic effort to erpel the mucus from the bronchial tubes. A cold causes a more abundant secretion of mucus, and when the lungs i\v\ bronchial tubes are inflamed, they ire extremely sensitive to the irritation. Unless care is taken, the cold may result in pneumonia, which is swift and deadly. Ff the cold is a lingering one, the more leisurely but equally fatal consumption may set in. Do not neglect a cold or •oujrh. Take Chamberlain's Cough Ttempdy. It always cures and cures quickly. — United Farmers' Co.-o->. Association sells it. . • „