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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 311, 29 September 1875, Page 2

i The Sydney Morning f£erai<iiia.s raised Elrancisco Mail Service, the necessity or either ippeintinfe sofiio ■ hgefft *-io > taka ’charge of the raitils.in tranyitu to see that they are landed add forwarded per rail the Atlantic.qnd of the line to see that they are again shipped for Europe; or otherwise, ; tq ,-anppint. agents m San Francisco and Nety "Ybrlt to Urfderiakd Jthese duties." Of ifdttrto; ode great objeJt of tile service is tto secure the utmost possible, despatch ;for.. tfip ,and unless soflae.pi'qvijsiqn p£ this\ kind Is made, unless the mail? fire taken quickly aferbsre" the Continent df America there is always the posssibility 6f delay! or exeu loss i«. part, if not of toe whole. -Such agents Would, Jbljpogysey/ nepdr tq; bp acqrpdited ftp the American Government. 'Whilst oh the >subjeof of.toe, l)Iail Com-, qiany's" service, we* may mentidn tnat during toefiiketissibn CoiitrAct in the New South Wales Assembly it was elicited; ill that the 'vessels employed this line wppld npt/be the old wooden paddle steamers that had been engaged in carrying Chinamen Tor the last eight or ten ye.ars, but that, the company will place bn the iirfe'Mle'last three 'steamers built for them at Rouche’s works, Chester, and that Mr. Elder is to complete and supply the two steamers ordered from him, by Forbes and De Buqsche, under the Hall contract. These it will be remembered, were to be built upon desigus specially prepared to meet the requirements of the service.’’ < 1

Scab has made its appearance iu tvfo flocks on the coast runs thiP side of Castle Pcunjtk. Thq clean certificates of Mr. M. V. Smith’s Mataikuna River lloek, and of Mr. M. S. Grace’s Ohunga flock, have been cancelled.—Napier Telegraph. In a paper by a New Zealand stockowner upon toe principles that should guide breeders or sheep for long wool and mutton, the following directions are given “1. Dp not..cross any Leicester or Lincoln swe with another br'eed. If commencing a longwool flock with Merino ewes, select large, sound four-year-old sheep, anfl keep them, healthy with salt. 3. Having obtained a good cross, 34 gfi to pjo thm* breed again. 4. Do not use a cross bred fam because he is to be had cheap from a neighbor,. if you Wfmt to save time and, money. 5. Do not sell your best ewelambs because they are the first fat for* the butcher, if you want to continue breeding a good noek. 6. Shelter from drenching winter rai«s*and kmgwoolled sheep will repay you for all the comfort they -enjoy as well or better than any stock you can keep.”