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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 846, 20 October 1870, Page 3

Farmers generally say that there is no remedy for the attacks of the grub, but rolling when the ground is dry enough kills many of the grubs, which work near tlie surface. Wheat and other cereals, except maize, required for seed, should be procured froui a colder climate, such as Scotland, Norway, Canada, or Nova Scotia. This fact, if rightly understood and acted upon, would save farmers from many disappointments. Many of the colonials at home gloomily prophesy that, if England is dragged into the war, several of the colonies will refuse to suffer for a state of things in which they have no voice, and will demand separation j and especial reference is made to the ominous threats on the point held out in recent despatches from the New Zealand Government. The Southern Oops, Evening Post, and several other New Zealand papers have determined to charge for extras in fu'ure, in consequence of the cost involved in thi ir publication. The Sydney Morning Herald and other leading Australian papers have always made it their oustom to charge twopence each for extras. According to the Berlin correspondent of the Florence Nazione, the Prussian police have discovered that the French Government for the last twelve months has had a thoroughly organised corps of spies in Germany.