A Good Word For General Gataore

A Iftter signed s Boys of His Bri gade ' appeared in the Daily News a few weeks ago. It was written by a private soldier to his father, and was as follows : —

Bloemfontein, Orange River Colony South Africa, August 11, 1900 From those serving with Sir William Gatacre before his being recalled to England - (Sir, —We wish to see a good word published for one of our best generals?, who haa been criticised (more or Ifss) by all. If be had only had fair pUy from the first there is no doubt he would have been the fir^t general in the Free State. Wherein thfere another general who had forty milea of line fo guard, and over thirty miles of front fo watch, with barely 5,000 men, do cavalry, and hardly any artillery ? The part he was as was obeoftbe worst spots in the country, full of rebels, who pretended to be loyalists, but who carried all sorts of news to the Boers, who were about twenty miles from our camp. The Boers were j ateo supplied with the lateat newspapers for Borne of the Mounted Infantry, ■while scouting, found a paper only two days old, containing an account of the movenn-nts of our general and oth< rs. If General Bullor had taken into consideration the hardships that Gene ra! Gatacre had to put up with aod given him the troops he needed to have enabled him to take Stormberg, he would never have been defeated. Not having the o-eoj, and not knowing defeat, he tried to take the Boers position, and failed. But after his reverse where was there a harder work ing man in Africa 1 Up between two and three o'clock in the morning, visiting the different pointß of his divided troops at the front, returning for dinner, changing horses, and away again until dark st night. Then when he get some artillery the Boers knew, and cleared out of Stormberg, But where was theie a finer bit of general ship than that of Sir William's f om Stormherg to Springfontein 1 One of the most brilliarit movements of the war —was made by Sir William. After ho got to Springfontein, owing to leav Ing men cii the line of communication, he had next to no troops with him, otherwise the Rojal Irish would never have been compelled to surrender at Beddersberg, which we all think was the cause of his recall to England."

FARM NOTES.

[By Cockatoo] Work on the land proceeds, but slowly, the wet weather being very Hnfauourable for ploughing and sowing. It is time that land intended for tur nips waa got ready. The sowing of turnips broadcast, and in fact all root crops should be avoided. The seed should be sown in drills, so as to allow cf the ground being worked, acd weeds kept down. The little extra cost will be nothing, compared to (he results following from crop grown on land, which has been worked in a practical manner. 3he succeeding crops will also givo a far greater yield, through the freedom of the land from weeds,

Derwent potatoes, which were sown oo low land before the heavy rain came, will, in moafc cases, ■ have to be sown again, the seed having rotted.

The heavy frost, following so soon after the rain, has had th<3 effect of cutting ofi the advanced crops of early potatoes level with the ground, all over the district".

The Tasnianian Government has im ported for the ase of breeders in that colony, several stud cattle. The service foe is to be fixed at a most reasonable figure. The breed imported is com posed chiefly tf ihe Devons/ The Agricultural Board, which is composed of reprcsentativea from all parts of the color y, who advise the Government through the Agricultural Department, has been discussing the question of a license fee on stallions, and the opinions expressed seem to favour something being done in that direction. The example of the most conserva tive of the colonies in admitting representatives of all classes of agricul ture to assist by advice this industry, is one which our own democratic Government might well follow. An ounce of practical knowledge its usually worth more than a pound of theory.

Shearing operations have been much hampered by the heavy rains,

The scarcity o£ cattle and the high, price ruling for beef should be suiUcient/ to warn farmers not to destroy thei-r calves. Octfe oas well as all classes of stock show a falling off, and* breedfers would do well to keep this, in mind. The troab'e entai'ec! in rearing calves ib sufficiently recompense at present, priceß to warrant farmers in devoting tbeir attention to the m.

The crops throughout the district are looking very green and are growing rapidly. The chances are that if the rapid growth continues we will j?efc coarse, Saggy straw, with little grain, and aa the year advances we may expect to see rust make its appearahce. The advent of fine weather would, however, check this

Speaking of rust reminds me that while wheat in this island seems to suffer taost ia this respect, in the North Island it is the oat crops only that are aSected.

Conciliation Board.

Wblunqton, Not 7 The Conciliation Board announced to day it 3 recommendations as to the plastering trade dispute, viz, a week to consißt of 45 honrs, joarneyraen to be paid not less than £3 12s per week or Is 7d per hour. Provision is made for fixkg the wage for men whe admit they are Incapable of earning the full rate. Of those, only one to every four full rate raea to be employed. Overtime to be from time and a quarter to double time, the latter being for Saturday afternoore, Sundays, and holidays; preference to unionists, with same provision as in other recent awards j penalty from £100 to £600 for breach of award. Tha settle ment la to apply for two years from Ist Janaary, a difference of opinion to be submitted to a committee of two representatives from the Union and t»> o from employers, with the Ohairnjj» n 0 « the Board as referee.

THE ASflfiOftiUN GtIARDIAN: fIHURSJAX, NOTEMBIfIK 8, 1900

Printed and published.by Am» Jts Tybrkllßaxtw, of Buraett ■**•«*MMt. ior th«= jprppri«tow, ; BoßiW.ltaut m 4 Henby Adam Maokat, »t t4McJfrtntlag Offioa, Baraett Street, Athbnrbott. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8,19QQ



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