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Local Intelligence.

The weather has improved. For a week past we hare had a good deal of sunshine, and if every day has not been, brilliant, it has at least been dry. _ Fresh breezes, and some of that warm description which habitually blow in spring, have contributed to make the high roads more passable and put the fields into arable condition ; but we regret to say that the rivers are still almost closed against traffic by the prevalence of easterly winds, bringing a heavy sea from the same quarter. It seems as if now in the time of our pecuniary prosperity the elements thought it their duty to urge us into activity in the construction of certain great public works. We are requested by the Honorary Secretary to the Committee for the Indian Relief Fund to state that the account has been closed ; that several _ small sums have been paid into the bank since'the report was published j and that the full amount remitted to England after defraying all expenses is £955 6s. lid. The Maori shore whaling party at Ikoraki caught another whale on the Ist instant, mating the sixth this season. At the same time the Corsair, lying in Piraki, close by, has had no success, and the French ship Tour dv Pin has quitted that part of the coast, not having caught a whale all the season. The annual conversazione of the Lyttelton Colonists' Society, postponed from the regular annirersary in July from various causes, is now fixed for Monday, the 20th instant. A discussion class is in course of formation as a branch of the society, one in our opinion likely to lead to intellectual benefit to its members, if conducted in a right spirit. We perceive from late English papers that at the late sale of the yearling blood stock of the Queen's stud at Hampton Court, a bay colt by Melbourne (sire of Towton, just imported into this province by Mr. Newton,) realised 610 guineas. Blight nsr Apple Tkees and Cabbage.— As the removal of Blight, that destructive scourge to apple trees in New Zealand, is a matter of vital importance to the community, we do not hesitate in publishing any probable remedies that may occasionally come under our notice. A correspondent (Mr. B. F. Laurie) in the * Adelaide Observer', writes on the subject as follows :— "All the acknowledged remedies for these maladies are based upon the destructive effects of ammonia to insect life, and the powerful stimulant afforded by that agent as a manure. To apply this agent cheaply and effectively is still a desideratum. Four years since I dug in quick lime round the roots of some apple trees, carefully mixing the soil with the lime. I then watered them with a solution of sal ammoniac in water twice a week for a month. The ammonia thus disengaged destroyed the insect at the roots, while a dressing of hartshorn and oil quite removed it on one application from the branches. Last year I dug them up, and was glad to find not a semblance of blight. A cheaper and equally effectual remedy for cabbage so affected, and also for apple trees, will be found in the use of liquid manure instead of' solution of sal ammoniac, digging, in the quick lime as [ before, or dusting the cabbages and the surface of the ground with the lime and watering with weaker liquid manure than that employed for apple trees, which may be strong. The advantago of this method is that ammonia is disengaged gradually and to some extent continually ; the increased growth is astonishing."

Nelson.—We have received by the Rosebud only one paper from Nelson, the ' Examiner' of the 28th, which is almost wholly occupied with the latest legislation and prorogation of the General Assembly. A public ball was held for the benefit of the'sufferers by the Auckland (ho,

Taut in consequence of information received, to the effect that no assistance was required, the object of the ball was made simply an evening's entertainment.

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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 610, 11 September 1858, Page 4

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Local Intelligence. Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 610, 11 September 1858, Page 4

Local Intelligence. Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 610, 11 September 1858, Page 4

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