The Ashburton Guardian.

V^ol xxi. no. 5238

Ashburton ; Thursday, Ootober 18, 1900

price : One Penny

CECIL RHODES' BRIBE.

Mr Cecil Rhodes (writes the London correspondent of the Age) has offtred to 100 troopers from Canada, Australia and the , City Imperial Volunteers farms In 1 Rhodesia of 3000 acres each, together with a ecfilcent number of lire stock to work them. In addition the new ■ettlew are to receive & sum of £25 a year m a retainer for their future services In defence lof the country. This offer Is regarded by 1 the colonial residents in the United King dom as a clever plan to obtain the services of the number of men who can ill b« spared from the colonies, and as a very ungratefnl return for the chivalrous loyalty which induced so many volunteers from all parts of the fmplre to offer their services at a time when the Mother conn try was sorely pressed, The Morning Post regards the offer as a bribe, a bribe in circumstances which are uncommonly like a breach of faith. Some 15,003 British soldiers! have expressed their w Hingnesß to settle at the Cape, and to this step there can bo ne possible cbjeo* ion bat it is a very different thing, when men who went as soldiers are asked to stop as settlers,

Shearing Weights

♦ Lana, in the Sydney Mail, says :—* When the shearing season is well on those interested in the weight of fleece clipped from some of the beat known stud sheep get, as a rule, fall informa tion on the subject; in fact, they see particulars of weights that most some times make them think that. Baroa Munchausen has come to life again. But when the yearly clippings of well known flocks are carefully noted they make some of the most interesting pages of our wool history, Bearing this in mind, we will from time to time publish the weights of fleeces as given us by owners whose testimony can be relied upon. The first I have received are from the Fpringfi«ld Estate, near Orange. The weights sent me are for a twelve months 1 growth. Fifteen rams averaged 221b 10^ z per head, ranging from 281b to 42ib. The last weight was slipped from V over 84, grand champion at Issfc Orange fchow. Twenty-four stud ewes made the fine average of 211b 2|-oz per head, indivi dual weights from 171b to 26|lb. One of the ewes, clipping 24|lb, was one of those thrown out at the last JBathurst Show for being too fine in her wool for the class she was entered in. The majority of the weights are from pure Americans, and station bred; two from imported Americans. The rest are high American grades: In perusing these weights one gets only a certain grasp on the real gist of the question, tine net return per sheep. A fleece may weigh very well, but when thoroughly scoured it may loee perheps 75 per cent, or the quality of the wool may be so low that with even the extra weight it will not realise as much as a fleece scaling half the amount, These have all to be taken into coniideration. The Spring. field merinos are mostly of a medium quality wool, verging towards fine. 1 his is caused by the climate, which ii very favorable to the growth of fine quality. When I saw the sheep the condition of the wool was such as any breeder likes to see. It was bright and not too heavy. Even if the fleeces lose 50 per cent by scouring the net return must still be heavy. The test competition at shows generally give* us a true insight into the value of fleece. Unfortunately, there are only a few of these, and the number of sheep required for each test is too small to constitute a fair average of a lock. Unless scouring prizes are con* ducted on a basis that; will command unstinted support, those that have been made public during the last 10 yean or more will soon lose all their practi cal value. The New South Walea Sheepbreeders 1 Association could take the matter in hand and formulate a scheme for next season that would en sure the entries of most of our leading studbreeders, But it ia no use calling it a test price unless the number of sheep from each flock entered are at least 100 or more.

THE ENGLISH ELECTIONS

__ ■♦ • United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright (Received October 17,740 pm) London, Oct 16 The surprising feature of the elec tion is that the Unionists hold half the seats for Scotland, The following has been elected :~* Velbourne Hogg, re elected for Ohes terfield,



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