WHAT IS INTENDED.

Patea Mail, Volume III, Issue 271, 17 November 1877, Page 2

WHAT IS INTENDED.

(To the Editor of the Patea Mail.) Sir, —As there appears to be some misconception regarding the action and duties of the Provisional Directors of the Small Farm Association, perhaps a few explanations may be acceptable. Nothing decisive will be done, but by a general meeting of tjie shareholders ; all applicants upon the fist, before it is closed, will be on equal footing ; ; the promoters will not get one penny for their trouble, although, as a matter of course, they must expect innumerable kicks and growls for their otherwise gratuitous services, in bringing the scheme to an issue. All profits, from various sources, will be expended by the Association upon roads and other improvements. The question' regarding occupation, or a fair compulsory improvement clause,'will be left with the shareholders. As many of the questions above defined will be brought before the next general meeting (which! will be duly advertised) I trust every intending holder will endeavor to be present. For I regret to say that at present there arc certain dissaffected parties who seek, by ruinous restrictions and clauses, to ruin the prospects of an Association which promises to be a grand success, and -which will be the means of settling a large class of . healthy settlers in the at present uncorneatable dense forest inland of, Normanby. I have no doubt but that we shall get the land and on the very best of terms, but as the lowest price of land is one pound an acre, and the Association will be bound by the Board to make roads which, in the same proportion as that expended on Mr Fookes land, will amount to at least £B,OOO, it is not reasonable to suppose that the shareholders will be able to fix the price of all the land at that sum—they must add a certain sum per acre above the cost to cover the expenses of constructing such roads. When the scheme is properly floated, and the legitimate members have paid their first deposit, the Provisional Directors retire and a Permanent Directory will be elected by the shareholders properly enrolled,—l am, &c., MAX D. KING, Chairman Provisional Director.

Tho Canterbury Times quoting from a paper read by tho Chief Inspector of Stock in Victoria says Mr .Curr is strongly opposed to the importation of European stock, firstly because it endangers what he terms the national industry of the Continent, and secondly because, under existing circumstances, it is altogether unnecessary for maintaining the character, or breeding of the flocks and herds of Australia. . . As instances of tho extent to which the prosperity of the community is capable of being affected by disease, he points out that before scab was got rid of in Victoria the annual losses were estimated at half a million pounds ; and a commission of the House of Commons placed the losses from foot and mouth disease in Great Aaitain and Ireland during the year 1872 at nineteen millions and a half sterling. A correspondent in the Auckland Herald writes :—As the farmers hero do not seem to know of any grass that would succeed in wet or swampy ground, allow me, through the columns of your paper, to point out a grass that would prove, no doubt, successful here, it grows in Canada, in swampy land, and is perennial ; it is called “ Red top.” I do not know the Latin name. Cattle are very fond of it, and it makes good hay. The seed could, : no doubt, bo easily procured from Canada or S^^ppncisco. Ho'Uoicay's Ointment and Pills. —More precious than Gold.— Diarrhoea, Dysentery, and cholera arc, through the summer's heat, carrying off the young as the winter’s 'cold destroyed the aged. In the most acute cases, where internal medicines cannot be retained, the greatest relief will immediately result from rubbing Holloway’s soothing Ointment overthe abdomen. Tho friction should be frequent and brisk, to insure tho free penetration of the Unguent. Tldsjwil 1 calm the excited peristaltic action, and soothe the pain. Both vomiting and griping yield to it; when fruits or vegetables have originated the malady, it is proper to cleanse the bowels by a moderate dose of Holloway’s Pills before using the Ointment. Strangers and country settlers coming to Carlyle, are very often at a loss to know which is the best and cheapest General Drapery .and Clothing Establishment in the district. It. A. Adams’ Cardigan House, offers special advantages that can be met with nowhere else in the district. He keeps the largest and best assorted stock of every description of drapery goods, imported direct—and from tho best colonial houses ;-which, being bought on the most advantageous terms, and having thorough knowledge of the business, enables him to offer goods of sterling

quality at prices that cannot be improved on by any other house in New .Zealand. Every article is marked in plain figure;', from which there is no deviation ; so that inexperienced people are as well served as the best judges, the terms being net cash, without rebate or abatement of any kind. Note the address—R. A. Adams ; Cardigan House, nearly opposite Town Hall, Carlyle.— advt.