Stock Quarantine.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3036, 24 October 1888, Page 2

Stock Quarantine.

(Canterbury Times)^

Some timeagfo, wliila ; advocating: the opening of ourports to the importation of stook from Great Britain, we tool: occasion, to point out tho anomoly of allowing animals from Britain to tho Australian Coflj nies to enter our ports from Auatrs-'' lia under almost nominal quarautwe requirements, while the direct exportation of tho same stock from'. England to New Zealand, was forbidden. Sinco then the New Zealand Government have relaxed the akiiig-. ency of their. regulations -in this connection,; and have removed veto on the importation of EngMr stock. They require, however, tho' observation of quarantine rules of a sufficiently stringent nature to provide for the certain discovery, in tho animals' imported, ot any diseaeo likely to b'ocome contagious' and a soraco of danger to tie flocks and herdsof ; . the. colony. .• (Government • issued these" orders in" deference to tho expressed wishes' of most of tho Agricultural; and]Pastoral/Associations, ■ and i : Farmers'-Clubs , in the Colony, and breeders who meditated • proouring^fresh;-blood; • from jHomo ; tii)g:. re'gulatipnß^coipes'i Aaatralia^ Ip&g tlie'jyorld ,are of lhe>.very>itjff§st. those dealings with 'our neighbors',

Stock arc oomparitivoly light. Ah tlio colonista of this colony; have no -desire whatever to sea plouro intro- ■ duced among tlicir beof sources, tlioy jjftp' naturally anxious to sco a oullijjfent proteotion accorded .thorn in tlio shape of; quarantine laws, and the 'farmer's Clubs throughout . tlio Colony aro now agitating for either a complete oxclusion of Australian aniliiala from our porta, or a quarantine ■ probation of equal duration with that required for liHtish. It is a pity to . be too precipitate in any case and perhaps the cry after all of Austin lian pleiiro may only bo so much blank cartridge, with more -of fear than fact in it. But whilo tlio disease is oven suspected to exist, it ifl our duty to ourselvoa to tako care that, bylax quarantine laws, 'it has , not even the Sftpicion of achunco to ) bo insinuated into this colony.

A Child Charged With Murder.

A mysterous tragedy occurred in road, Birmingham, on Satnrwpight, September Ist, Mrs Ada Fereday, the wife of a working man, went out marketing about six o'clock in the evening, leaving lior infant, six months old, lying in the bassinette perambulator in front of tho firo, She also left ia the houso two other children, her cousin, a boy aged twelve, and a girl aged ten. ' Mr'a Fereday's father was alsojyiiig drunk and asleep on a sofa. On her return the boy had gone out, but the little girl said, " Oh, look at the blood on the floor." Sho then found tha| the infant had been badly cut near its anklo, and that a tablo knifo was lying in the perambulator.' The

girl Alice Forester stated at first that J|Bbe had dono it, as a buy in tbe street told hev it would bring her' good luck. The mother took tbe baby to the Butey, whero an assistant sowod up tjpie wound in tho foot tlmt was shown to bim. Boon after, while nursing tbe infant, tho mother found that the other foot was also, bleeding, and on examining that found that it was nearly cutoff, Tho infant was taken to tho General Hospital, where it died about tea minutes after. 'J he police at iirsl suspected the mother and grandfather, but woro satisfied they both wuro innoand that the iatal injuries were in flictcd by one or both the children, whom they retained in custody. The boy states that ho wont out and knew nothing about it, and tho girl, rovokiug the statement first made to the mother, also professes ignorance. Mr Harris, the airmen of the Cieiioral Hospital, who examined the child, B'iys it is hardly likely that a

girl ten years of age, or even a boy, , aged eleven, could have inflicted tho injuries on deceased—certainly not ' . jwith the knife that was found in tho perambulator, which was an ordinary table knife, not very sharp. Pie oould hardly have performed the work tiolf with such an instrument, his theory he has instructed the police to look out for another knife with a sharper blade. The time in which suoh injuries woro inflicted . would not bo long, Thoy seem to have been made with a razor, so olean ari tho outs, and two sweops Of such an instrument would bo auQicient to sever tt child's foot—tho "work of a fiw seconds—and the child might not cry on account of tho force ot tho shook. At the time the child .was brought to tho hospital tho people had no notion, apparently, , that it was dying; they brought it just to have the wounds dressed, but he saw the serious state of the case, and caused them to be detained,

An Intoxicating Plant. - tclip the following from tho r News:—Sonio yearc ago Tt mun living at Kopua, imported of plants from India. In tlio process of time tho seeds of it grow and have spread so rapidly that tho Indian weed as it is called, has now reaobed the railway lino nearly to Orraondville, and also down towards Takapou iu tho opposito direotion, It very much resembles Lucerile iu appearanoe. The pigs, sheep, and. cattle will oat it, and ' becomo intoxicated from its oSecis. They will then' tumble and roll about I in a strange fashion, but they will not die from it. Tho butler made from the cream of cows that have eaten of it has a peculiar, sourish, bitter flavour that does not improve its saleability. Figs that eat it got tipsy, and it has the effect of causing Boabs to break out all over them which aro very difficult to heal, "Working bullocks under its in- , fluehce will nol pay attention to the wlikand remain for a considerable timKwi a seuiisoranolent condition, bat after that is over they seem to be as well as ever. The Indian hawkers who have seen it growing know tho halftnt well, and say that it is very /flWonous. Nover-the-less they collect it as a medicine, and they aay that it is a euro or preventative of •".hydrophobia and other diseases. We have a sample of it left at our' office, and Bhould bo glad to know its botanical name, if any of our readers would kindly enlighten us on the subject It may<po'ssibly be worth reporting on, for tho plants seem to grow as . ' rank and rapidly as sorrel, and tho roots are oven more numerous.

might almost us ivoll be in my grava as to bo laid on my buck in a hospital unablo to lift a hand fur months, oiGod knows lio* long, lliglit nt this piiint I had a tlmuglit fluli across my mind liko a streak of sunshino on li cloudy day. I had hoard mid read a Rood deal about Mother Seigol'a Curntivo Syrup, and I readvoil, before consenting to bo takon to tlio hospital, I tVnuld try that well-known teinedy. On this I gavo up tlio doctors medicine and began taking tlio Syrup, Mark the wonderful riaulb I 1 had takon but tlirco dosea within twenty-four lioura when I was seized with a fit of couching, and threw off tlio phlegm mid mucus off my chest by tlio mouthful. The Syrup hud oosuiied and broken it up, Continuing with the syrup, tlio rucking pain winch I buliuvo came fiom tlio bittoralid poison humours in my blood nnd joints, soon lult me entirely, and I felt liko going to sloop, mid I did sleep round and quiet. Then I felt hungry with a natural appotito, and as 1 atu I soon <m;, strong and well. ■; Ifdt I (/iv.hl lenplhivmhthe uir wit\ ddbjhtl In a week I wiw alio to go to my work again, It doesn't seem possible, yet it is true, and the neighbors know it. Tliero are plenty of witnesses to prove it, And therefore when I say 1 preach the good nous of the great power of Seigol's ■-yrup to euro pain and diseaso fur nnd wide, nobudy will tvoiidor at mo. Tuos'us Canning. 1?5, Military-road Canterbury, Kent. Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup is for f alo by all chemists and medicine vendors and by tlio proprietors. A. J. White Limited, 35, Furringdnii road, London, E, 0., England. . Downright Cruelty To permit yourself nnd family to " Sutler 1. Willi sickness when it can be prevented and cured 6o e.inily with Dr Senile's American Hop liittMß 111 Having experienced a great of "Troublel" from indigestion, bo much so that I came near losing my lu'Bl My trouble always came after eating any food However light And digestible

For two or thiou hours at a time I had to go tlirough .tho most kxcruciulm,' piinn, " And the only way I ovor gut "Reiefl" Was by throwing up all my stomach contained. No olio can Conceive tno pains that I had to go through until " I was token 1" "So that lor three weeks I lay in led and Could eat nothing 1 My sufferings wero so bad that I called two doctors to givo mo soinetliiug that would 6*op Hio pain, their Efforts were no good to mo. I heard a good dual "About your Dr. Soulo's American Hop Bitters I and determined to try them." Got a hottle-m four hours I took tho contents of One I Next day I was out of bed, and have not seen a "Sick 1" Hour, from the samo cause since. I have recommondrd it to hundred.) of others. ' You lmve no sucli •' Advocate as I am."—Geo, Kendall. Allston, Boston, Mass,

Columbus "Advocate," Texas, April 21, /83. Doar Editor!—l have tried your Dr. Soulo's American Hop Bitters, and find they are good forany complaint, The bestmedioino 1 ever used in ray family. H. Talener,

BStNono tjonuiiie without a bunch J green hops on the white label, and Dr Soulo's natno blown in tho buttle. Bewake of all tho vilo poisonous stuff made to imitate tho ahovo 2012 Skinny Men "Well's health renewer" restores health and vigor, cures, Dyspepsia, Impotence, Sexual Debility. At chemists and druggists. Kempthorno Pressor & Co, -ieeiits, Wellington. " Ronon on Corns. Ask for Well's '-Rough on Corns," A complete, permanent cure. Quick relio or corns and bunions, At all ohomiaD and Druggist.