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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume IV, Issue 189, 26 August 1864, Page 1 (Supplement)

Australian Rifle Shots.— By a Sydney telegram, the Southland Times learns that intelligence has been received there of the matches between the Sydney and English Rifle Corps. Ten men of No. 1 Company beat ten chosen men from the Southampton rides, by twenty-one points, at the usual distance ; and twenty-two men chosen from the Sydney battalion beat twenty picked-men from the 2nd Hants battalion, by IGS points The Next General Census. —By a proclamation in the General Government Gazelle , his Excellency the Governor has altered the time for taking the general census of the colony to a period between the 14th November and the 2nd December next. Put it through the Keyhole. —A halfjfamished fellow in the Southern States tells of a baker (whose loaves had been growing “small by degrees and beautifully less”) who then going his rounds to serve his customers, stopped at the door of one and knocked, when the lady within exclaimed, “ Who’s there?” and was answered “the baker.” “What do you want.” “To leave your bread” “Well,you needn’t make such a fuss about it —put it through the keyhole. Pleuko-Pneumonia. —Mr. Edward Esdall, of Brighton, has sent the following instances of successful treatment of pleuro-pneumonia to the Farmers Journal :—“ Having been successful in treating several cases of pleuro-pneumouia— two being my own cattle—l send you particulars of the same for the benefit of your readers. In the first case I used 20 drops aconitine in about a wine-glass of water, twice a day ; this was continued for a fortnight, when, thinking the beast better, the medicine was discontinued for several days, but, as she then appeared to relapse, the doses were resumed and continued for another week, which completed the cure. This was four months ago ; the beast has since been fattened and killed this week. On opening her we found the liver healthy, but there were two small tumors' which had healed up ; indeed the traces of the disease were very slight. The second cow, which was far advanced in disease -when treated, received a dose consisting of 4ozs. common salt and loz. black pepper, mixed in water. Half-doses were given twice a day for the three following days, and the cow thoroughly recovered, taking to her feed, and he? milk returning. Several of my neighbors have been successful with the latter cure, on a considerable number of stock. Wo have noticed in this neighborhood, that cattle which ore allowed salt to their food, are not subject to the disease, though running with others that are affected.”