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Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 50, 4 February 1902, Page 4

Pigs are subject to several complaints, amongst the rest rheumatism, paralysis, scours, etc. And as a general remedy for, sickness amongst the porcine family there is perhaps nothing to "beat turpentine. , It is a simple remedy, easily administered, and not expensive. A writer in Hoard's Dairyman states as follows : There are many remedies prescribed for the ailments of pigs, but I have only one. My cureall or panacea is nothing more than turpentine mixed with fresh new milk! For a sick pig of say six weeks old I give a teaspoonful Jof turpentine in half a pint of milk, and unless the pig is very bad it will readily drink this. An older pig will seldom refuse new milk ;when a tablespoonful of turpentine is mixed in about a quart. I always keep a supply of turpentine on hand and it is the best reme ly I know of for all the. ills that pigs are heir to. This should be valuable.news to owneis of pigs.

A medical officer of one of the New Zealand contingents, who is at present undergoing a course of instruction in public health, tropical diseases, bacteriology and ambulance, work at the large military hospital at Netley, England, writing to a friend in Wellington, says :—"The Imperial Contingent that visited New Zealand give you people a great name, and those of them that I have met have simply, showered hospitality on xae. New Zealand is in great favour here, and a large part of ione's time is taken up answering questions regarding it." ..,.'

It is said that the silver-grey rabbit is slowly, but surely, taking possession, of the country between Rotorua and the Waikato river. A rabbit-poisoner official has been sent out by the Government to the district, and is now camped between Atiamuri and OrakeiKorako. Mr Tom Mann's ambition to enter politics in New Zealand will have to wait a bit, as owing to next general election taking place in less than a yeai", from his arrival in the colony,, he will not be eligible for election..

As the result of two audiences recently granted by the King to Lord Mr Brodiick, LieutenantCeheral Kelly" Kenny, and MajorGeneral Veitcb, it has been definitely decided (pays the' Daily'Mail) to di'-i----penne toith the khaki wearing apparel in the" Army on the termination of the campaign in South -'Africa. Instead of khaki the intention is to adopt, a drab mixture for the, working costume of the soldier. Thc'rfew "colour, it is aigued,-is of a more neutral' character than the khaki serge now in use, besides being more suitable in other respects.

We (Dunedin Star)have good authority for saying that the Premier, accompanied by Mrs Seddon and other members of the family, will leave the colon}' early in April for the purpose of attending the King's Coronation. Mr Seddon has not yet decided by what route he will journey to London. The far-reaching effect of the licenlaw sometimes catches the holder of a publican's license in an unexpected manner, In an instance brought under the notice of the Otago Daily Times the landlord of a popular rural hostelry, who devotes his spare time to art, has got into trouble in this way : —He desired the services of a confirmed toper (against whom a prohibition order had been issued) as a model. The-studio was about 50 yards away t'roni the bar, and the painter licensee thought he was quite safe in taking his model there. The picture was making good progress, when the sittings came ty an abrugt termination owing to the local constable appearing on the scene with a summons, and the artist has now to face a prosecution for allowing a prohibited person to be on his licensed piemises! The purchase of mounts for the Eighth Contingent in xhe Manawatu district has disclosed one or two interest, ng facts. In the first place, of all the horses purchased in the North loland, those obtained in the Palmerston district were the most suitable. It is stated that of sixty horses offered in Wellington only two or three were considered satisfactory. The maximum price given was .£"l9, and the average price was =£l 7. The giant White Star line! Runic which arrived at Sydney lately from Liverpool, via the Cape of Good Hope, was approaching tne equator, oft* the North African coast, when she came across the Cape Union and Castle line steamer Dunottar Castle showing signals of distress. On making up to the Dunottar Castle Captain Thomas found her shaft broken and the propellor was rendered useless. In responce to a request made he took the vessel in towto the nearest port of safety—Dukar, West Africa—which involved a tow of 300 miles. It took about thirty hours to do the distance at an average rate of knots an hour.

On the five great inland seas, Lakes Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Ontario, that separate Canada from the United States, there are more than three thousand five hundred vessels and two hundred thousand men employed for eight months of the year. During j£ie other four months the presence of ice impedes navigation. Sea-going steamers, have their engines in the middle, which makes them more steady in a rough sea, But the lake steamer will sacrifice everything for speed in handling the cargo. Therefore her engines are" placed at the end. giving, a tremendous clear sweep of hold to take freight. And very mixed is the cargo carried, flour and oilcake, for instance, pork bullion, rugs, bricks vinegar, nails, paper, ice furniture, boots undishoes. A good-si zed, boat will be ninety yards long ; and laden with carigot,.and towing..- behind, two big barges sba.- willi transport... no . fe>yer than

twenty thousand tons of freight a* once. Mr C..-W, McMurran, of New York City U.S.A., is overwhelmed with the wonders of Rotorua, says the correspondent of the New Zealand Times. His- adjeetives tumble over one another like a crowd stampeding from a fire.

In the space of five years the tonnage of vessels visiting New Plymouth has doubled. The passenger traffic has also doubled, while the imports have increased 71 per cent, and the exports .43 per- cent.

The Christchurch Theatre Royal was offered for sale at auction last week, and was passed in at LI 350. At Ormondville on Sunday afternoon a monument to the late Trooper Beck was unveiled. Among the addresses given was one by Pastor Topholm, who told his hearers that though not a Britisher by birth he was a loyal British subject. He had lived in several different countries and knew their different laws, but he had never lived in any land so free as that o'er which flies the British flag.

London's youngest editor is MrRalph Caine, son of the famous novelist. He is barely 17 years of age, and is editing Household Words, the weekly paper-founded by Charles Dickens.

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