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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 64, 18 June 1863, Page 6 (Supplement)

CLYDE-STREET, INVERCARGILL And, GEORGE-STREET, DUNEDIN. TAMES KEIR AND CO., Importers of, am t) Wholesale uiid Retail Dealers in — BRITISH PLATE, CROWN, SHEET, ENAMEL, GROUND, OBSCDRE, STAINED AND ORNAMENTAL WINDOW GLASS. PAPER HANGINGS IN EVERY VARIETY. WHITE LEAD, OILS, AND COLORS. Every other necessary connected with THE TRADE.

T. K. FORD RAM', LIGHTERMAN AND BOATMAN, Bltjpp Habboe. TR. F. being under Contract to carry H. M . Mails to and from the Melbourne and Inter Colonial Mail Steamers, and the Post-office, Bluf Harbour, in connection with Cobb and Co.'s In. vereargill Line of Coaches, will convey Passenger and Luggage to and from the said Steamers, witt comfort aud safety, and at moderate charges Passengers wi 11 embark and land (weather permitting) at the Boat Jetty, opposite the old Custoa House. Ladies and Children will receive everj attention. "INVEROAEGILL TIMES" JOB PRINTING OFFICI (NEXT UNION BANK), KELVIN -STREET INVERCARGILL. EVERY DESCRIPTION or LITHOGRAPHIC AND LETTER-PRESS PRINTING Posters Circulars Bill Heads Show Cards Cheque Books KELVIN-STREET, O.NE DOOR FROM TAY-STREET.

The North West.— The settlement o: the North West portion uf Australia is £ topic which has lute y been prominentlj brought before the public. Several applications have heen made from parties ir Victoria, for permission to proceed for tht purpose of occupying lands toNichol Bay tie Fitzroy, and Oienelg Rivers, and by the last mail we hear their preparations for moving thither are so far advanced that a ship, the Jeanie Oswald, was to sail for Camden Harbor this month, with settlers and stock. Camden Sound, and Brecknock Harbor within it. abut on the fine country described by Sir George Grey as existing upon the Glenelg River disco vered hy him, and upon that river six hundred thousand acres of land in six blocks, have been applied for by parties in Victoria ; of course such an application without giving any guarantee of the im mediate occupation of the runs, could not be granted, but it is not improbable tin applicants are by this time either on then way thither or have arrived there. Further south, in the country explored by Mi F. Gregory, comprising the De Grey, Fortescue, and other rivers, a lodgement will be immediately effected by Mr Padbury, who with his party sails this day or tomorrow in the barque Tientsin, having previously sent on the cutter Mystery tc make an examination of the coast for the discovery of the mouth of the^ De Grey and a convenient anchorage to it. Applications to proceed to the same country have also been received from some Victorian squatter?, so that there is now nc doubt as to the immediate occupation ir some strength of much of the country abutting on the north-west coast. Of th« value of the nonhern district for pastora occupation there is considerable difference of opinion among our stockowners heie There seems to be no doubt entertained as to the richniss of the soil, and of its suit ability for the growth of cotton, tobacco and all kinds rf tropical produce, but foi wool many believe the mean temperature of climate to be too great for the profiiablt production of fine wool ; that grown ir Queensland on the table lands in the sam< latitude is stated to be very light ir weigh', although we do not hear of its deteriorating in quality- The views of the Victorian Association appear to be directed in a gieat measure to the cultivation of tropical produce, but great stress is also laid upon the advantages of th< situation for becoming an extensive mer cantile depot for developing the trade oj the Indian Archipelago, to which its clos< proximity and its splendid harbor offers incontestable opportunities. To whatevei objects the adventurers may turn thei; attention, the settlement of the north coun try cannot but be of benefit to this portior of the colony, from which much ot its supplies for some years will doubtless b< obtained. — Perth independent. To Preserve Potatoes prom Rot. — A. correspondent of the Scientific America 1 ! says that he has tried the following methot of keeping potatoes for four years wit! complete success, though in some instance! a portion of the tubers were diseased wher taken out of the ground: — " Dust over tin floor of the bin with lime, and put in abou six or seven inches deep with potatoes, an< dust with lime as before. Put in six o seven inches of potatoes, and lime again repeat the operation till all are Btorei away. One bushel of lime will do fo forty bushels of potatoes, though more wil not hurt them — the lime rather improvinj the flavor than otherwise." Youno Jones says that if anything wi! make a man feel "juicy about the heart, it is to talk velvet to a pair of sky colore< eyes in a clover field. Time— a moonshin; evening in July.