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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 244, 6 December 1880, Page 4

; i- v jr* r> >'■■ i -..'"v -^V" ,' , .'' . The rabbit v plague (says the NJS, Times) is proving to be not -inucfi much of a plague after all, inasmuch that the suppreeeionof the pest is developing into aVpfofitable indußtry. For some time past the price of the pelts Gas been steadily i ncr eas iog, and Has ind uced Atnany 7°f l^f^ fyj?j^p'°y e^ to take fo rabbit killing as a spr&m&anß of Bubsißten.pe.;; trabbitß a'bouhd tiiei^^wpr. hea| : pf . ■ th ! e of workers' :%np»^^^!bil^B,^s^i^ bonny in^inpj^^^ pho'sphoroui^^ nitud^a^-!plte|lj|c^ ' by t^ j l^jin|tfl|b|diß^ time ago a line M^frSHip , ekinff from the Wairarapa was dißpoe'ed of id town

a t over 2d eapb, and npyy w r e hear of; 50,000 ekins frona the Huangaroa run, having changed bends at 3d. Whilst i this wholesale slaughter has had i appreciable effect upon the condition of i the Hon Jobn Martin's property, other j i parts of tbe Wairarapa still teem with i the furry pest, and sfford iacapiT4l6p?n- '■ ing for work for men and"bpys who can , find nothing better to do.' In fact, so 7 long as rabbits are plentiful and the price of skins so high no man out of employment need lower himself by appealing to charitable institutions for aid. In the case of the Huangaroa run Mr Martin assures us tbat although the rabbits held possession fora time and devoured every blade of pasture they did tbe land good by.heavily manuring it. One soction of 16,000 acres that a short time since looked as if it bad been blasted, is now, since tbe rabbits have been killed eff, a foot thick in luxuriant pasture, and, of course, carries numbers of sheep. There, are still a few rabbits about the run, but they are easily kept under, phosphorus \ proving a most potent means of sup: pressicm. The " Glpbe " of October 9, a Tory '' organ, has an excellent satire on tbe naval demonstration and the condition of Ireland. Ife says: "The Sultan is deeply moved ,,; by the social disorder nbw prevailing in Ireland, ahd the paralysis which has overtaken the Government, so that' human life is insecure and property hoionger protected. His Majesty, as one of the European Powers, cannot, without a disregard of bir responsibility as a sovereign prince, continue to view with unconcern a condition of affairs unparalleled inEurope, ''which, by its continuance, threatens to destroy ; all r&specij for authority and loosen tbe v6ry bonds of civilisation. His ambassador, at the |Cp,nrfe of St. r James.;.will be instructed ,to press, .upon her.' Majesty's Government the expediency . of adoptingjwith- , out 1 a^elay siieh measures, as may put an end to theftate of things.which cannot ibe prplrapted without dang^^to.itbe common weal of. Europe, and, failing an attention to theße^ remonstrailceß, . ;a division o^the'Turkm-jfle^^U^pi!^-; ceed tip., visit the p'oasfj) ' to r^hdep. such assisiancp as may be, necessary to prp|tect life and property. ! * ; A khort time ago a Eeuter*s tele : grao^ repo.rtpd "Consols at par." \ A quarter of a century and more (says the South'Austfalian Tlegisier) has elapsed. since a similar; event, occurred, md the instances are rare in which the ,3 per cents, in the course of theincessant fluctuations in value to whioh tbey are subjected, have stood at co bigh a figure. History records that as f^r r . back as June, 1739, the price rpse to §105% btjtlthis yyas und^Vexceptional ciroumStances. It war not long before it sank, as lpw,as£76, and although in 1749 it. again ; touched £100, it was but momentarilW : Durijjg the faext 25 years conWls experienced many ups andiidpwns,. andi; fib ally,' towards ; the close pf ;the war wj^b America, they (ejl'tp £54< Byeo tbis rate* however, ; redu.Cpd.as i.t,wi»fl. does ..= hot, repjreient the jp^sfe depth l in -ihe of the^ marfefety fdr"*ia^Sept(9miyer> ! 11797, 't^4OPMoPM|clo|^'7at, :0$;:y ;|since then>tbe mother.; country hps. passed thro|igh ma.nyt- .tro.q^les^ png^ h^s.-been -raen'afe'ed by (langerß; p^\ the J Most;; formidable chara6"terp 'but tie?' national cfcdi? jias.'jijelvef^de^ttd^A toisuch grievous d«pvftß» ; r^^Gjtt»|tto^j^: more modern times,;'we find that m 184' i ' consols were ' Saleable 1 at "' above par. IFwailioTFoY IpDg 1 ; however, aud nine ' yeals elapsed before a like level waß reached* ..Almost on, the eve^of tie Grimelin ,yeW tlie :3 per cents rose to " iJIOJi the was put. they bacl ßeceded tb ftO^p and- during the succeeding, 12 months the price fell :as low as"!Eß'o|r Tlie iT years that Eave^ oTapsexTiiuce T8"54" have" not urtil now witnessed^' an advance of consols ip £100, and it is easy t© understand wl ftfc a sensation willbe caused in tbe Lou- ■ don Stock Exchange by the unwonte^d lirbumatahce that has been noted. Tbo . eiccumStanoe.) iai. gratifying, as botp Home and foreign, relations, must be in ■ii" "* J Yin ' i -— ggg -ii 1 i" I'l'iifi-wi".

j a , gpps,. position, tp. jn|ti,fy. it ; andj ; furtblermore, it is pleasing to note that '. the lost traces of the terrible straiOj upon the monetary resources of the; : country, which existed some three years j ago, have been effectually removed. j Why is the money you are in the habit of , giving to the poor iikeV'newly-born babe ? | Because it's precious little. An, extract from an Australian, paper y-fiis published some time ago giving an account of an; alleged cure\by;Stephens,l;he spiritualistic" healing medium,-' oh V. man named Oram, who suffered from lung disease, Oram had formerly been a patient in the Auckland Provincial Hospital, from which he was discharged as incurable ; hut recently he passed through, en route for Sa,n Francisco, and took the opportunity of calling upon his oldfellow-iumates at the hospital. He told tbem that he was in as bad a state as ever, and when , asked why he gave a testimonial to Mr Stephens said he had been . under the belief thai; his complaint was temporarily relieved, and. he gave the testimonial on being pressed to do so by a friend of the ■ Spiritualist He was asked why he did. not now contradict it, and replied that lie was ashamed to do so.- The above statements are vouched for in a private letter by a correspondent" who prof esses' to be well acquainted, with .the facts.— -Auckland Star.