NOTICE TO QUIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1846, 22 November 1884, Page 2

NOTICE TO QUIT.

"'■-.-The news from 805 th Africa is serious indeed. Encouraged by the impunity with which they annexed Northern Bechuaiialand.the Boers,havenowannexed the rest of the country. They have occupied Stellaland, hauled down the British flag at Vrybitrgh, and annexed it to the Transvaal "in the 1 interests of humanity," The loyal * settlers, with Major Lowe and the British police, have fled to Taungs, where they are to' be attacked in their entrenchments by the invading Boers. These gentlemen'are said to be so sure \ of theirstrength' that they do not intend to shoot. They will merely horsewhip the British" forces out of Tanngs and across the b'o'rder, Beyond At they do not intend to go-at least,TWt yet. Pending : tho horsewhipping operation, they and their allies are engaged in cow-stealing, so that by the time they " divide up" poor Mankoroane's lands they 'will be able to allege quite truthfully' that he has no live stock, and therefore can have no further necessity for-grazing land. It will be seized by the Boer raiders—" in the interestsbfhumanity," of course; the last rag of the Convention will he torn to shreds; our native proteges, whom we repeatedly promised to protect, will be killed; and the trade route north from the Oa'peftr the centre of Africa will be effectually' barred. The situation, therefore, is very simple but very > serious. A small force of Boer?, vari- far ously estimated at from four to nine hundred strong; with the active countenance and patronage of the Transvaal, have invaded British territory, killei British subjects, hauled down British flag, insulted British Commissioners, and are now threatening to

horsewhip the police, the last remnant ot.British authority, out. of a country placed under British protection only six months since. This small army is levying war upon us in violation of treaty iaith, and in cynical contempt of our warnings.' Look at it how we please, and make what excuses we please, nothing can explain away the solid and mpsfc unpleasant fact that these men, including among their nuniber'some'of the worst and most lawless fb\ ruffians to befonnd on the selvage of civilisation, are openly, and ■in the sight of nil Africa, levying war upon the British Empire. Now, we ybld to no' one in our recognition of the importance of establishing a modus vivendi ■ ■ between the-two European races in South Africa. Whether we like the Dutch or dislike them,' we are in tg& same boat with them, and we must p| on with them, as best we can, We have humored them, we have given in to them in.almost every way, in order to avoid a war between the two races. We have done and would do almost anything for a quiet life, but there is a limit to conaession, and it seems to us ; that limit has almost been reached. If A \ ■ we allow the Boers to harry us and our Vprotected allies out of a .territory which six months ago we declared must be kept out of the hands of the ■: „ Boers, in the double interests of the --•'■ Cape traders and the native inhabitants, then we may as well haul down the flag at Cape' Town, and leave one of our greatest,,colonies to be annexed to Luderitzland by the first German gunboat,that passes that way, " The British lion," said Mr Morley in one of his felicitous phrases, " is not a centipode. He cannot put his foot down simultaneously at a hundred places at once." That is very true, the, British lion is not a centipede. . But even Mr Morley will admit thaft ought to be a quadruped, and a lion that could not put his foot down any- • where but in the one place would be a one-legged brute indeed. Hence, although we are putting one foot down on the Mahdi, we are not incapable of Jr performing the same operation on the filibusters in Bechuanaland. We must support as energetically as need bo the action of our High Commissioner and of the Cape Government. If the Cape Government will not act, it will of course be very difficult for us. to do anything.. But if nothing is to be dene, let it at least be clear that the shame of such a betrayal ot our pledges lies, not at the door of England, but at that of the colonists at the Cape. At . . present the latter throw all the blame upon us, As a sootier in Tembnlaiid .. writes:^; "As,the Home Government won't baok up'the Imperial authorities here they are.simply powerless. As it hu the jovial Pondo still steals cattle all. works his own sweet will on the headT. ..- of his peaceable neighbors. 'Che Tern- ■ bus were recently running a Mahdi on their own account The' Eingoes bide their lime for having a slap at the weakiesfc side in the next war. Other tribes, as you know, aro . at it among themselves; the loyalBasutos feel distracted and deserted,. • while as for the general mess in Zulu- ■,. . • land,, it simply beggars description,!!-. Mark my words, if South Africa is tobe saved for the Union Jack, the Home •• Government—for it is the vacillating policy of the Home Government which is chiefly to blame-must boldly face the Boers instead of running away from them, and manfully grasp the nettle of the native question. If we were really loyal to the natives they would be loyal to us. As it is, theyhalf believe our promises, and then they find we are truckling to their determined toes, I really think that if I were a native I should prefer the & man-stealer to the shuffler." That is strong language, but it is nA. bo strong as that used by another SoutF" African, who writes to us to say:— " The natives think and firmly believe that they have been basely deserted by the power they trusted, the Boers that they have defied the power of England, and been victorious, and it is published throughout Africa that' tbje work'of England is a lie and a fraud, and cam only bring trouble on those who -trust it." These are bitter words; but who, in face of all that occurring in Bechuaua land can deny that they are true ?—• Pall Mall Budget."

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THE BAD AND WORTHLESS (ire never mutated or coimterjeited This ia especially true of a family medicine, and it is positive proof that the remedy imitated is of the highest value. As soon as it had been tested and proved by the whole world that flop Bitters was the purest, best and most valuable family medicine on earth, Jnany imitations sprung up and began •to steal the notices in which the press and the peoplo of the country hud expressed the merits of H. 8., and in every way trying to induce suffering invalids to use their stuff instead, ex■f peot-ing to make money on the credit fe> and good name of H. B. Many others started nostrums put up in similar styletoH. 8., with variously devised nan l in which the word "Hop" or " were used in a way to induce people to believe they were the same as Hop Bitters. All such pretended remedies or cures, no matter what their style or name is, and especially those with the word " Hop" or " Hops" in their name or in any way connected with them or their name, are imitations or counterfeits. Beware of them. Touch none of them. Use nothing but genuine American Hop Bitters, 'with a bunch or cluster of Green Hops on the white label, and Dr Soule's name blown in the ghiss. Trust nothing else. Druggists and Chemists are' warned against dealing in imitations or counterfeits, ■*. ~" : '---- ; A tragic chapt"r of natural history has recently been afforded by the experiences of a student belonging to a faaorite watering-place. While folrfthg the ordinary calling of a poulterer he has been in the habit of keeping several pets, of which a cockatoo, a couple of parrots, and a monkey were the chief. The birds possessed more than a fancy value, inasmuch as offers of £5 had been refused for (hem, Judge therefore of the owner's consternation when, on returning from Church on Sunday evening,- he found that the ape. which had been left secured as usual, had got loose and enjoyed his liberty'by following his master's calling. • The cockatoo which had escaped with J%fo loss of its tail: feathers, and presented an exceedingly .dilapidated appearance all round, was plaintively moaning, "we had if healthy time of it." But the necks of the parrots were wrung in.the most professional .way,. and they were Iplucked and ..duly laid upon the counter. •Imitation of this . kind was a form of flattery not at ■ all master's taste and the ingenious fell a victim to his .zeal-being ignorainously strangled ' behind the shop door,