South Africa.

London, Jan 11 A patrol of Westralians, while breaking a wire fence near Eiohmond, came under close fire, but Bkilfully evaded capture. A patrol of Brabant's Horse was ambushed at Bichmond "Five were captured, stripped, and released. Another patrol of Brabant's Horse avenged the incident by defeat log the Boer patrol, killing the leader and capturing a number of horses. Recruiting and other defensive move 1 tnents m Cape Colony and Natal are astonishingly rapid and complete. The Boers invading the western districts of Cape Colony divided into two columns, advancing on Olanwiliiam and Worcester, The British occupied all the intervening strategical points. All British soldiers stationed m j Cairo capable of acting as mounted troops have been warned to hold them selves In readiness for despatch to South Africa, Dating a general attack on the Belagoa Bay line Boers penetrated the British lines at Belfast^ and engaged io hand to hand fighting. The Gordon Highlanders and Royal Irish finally expelled them. Lord Kitchener's proclamation is gradually proving effective. There are Indications that it has been determined to denude the districts unable to pro tect themselves, and evacuate all towns outside the British lines of communi cation, and abolish convoys. The Naauwpoort losses were due to Boers concealed m the grass allowing the Hussars to scout uphill only, firing when the Imperial Light Horse ascended m close formation. The numbers of the Light Horse alighted and responded to the Boer fire briskly, bub as they were suffeiing considerably from the enemy's fire they werß recailpd, and having re formed, carried the position, by assault The Boer tactics at Lindley, where Lang fell, were similar. Both® and Viljqenj whenever pressed retire north to recruit Lyttelton is at Belfast, bot unable to follow the en«;my m force The Boers, who have surrendered have been placed m refuge camps and are ch'erfully assisting the British to recapture stock and punish marauders Commandant Her!zug, with 700 men and two guns, crossed the Roggeveld mountains, Western Cape Colony, travelling a distance t£ fifty miles, have been lost to pursuit, to the Clan williatn country, m which extremely difficult passes are easily defended. The cruiser Sybil's blue jacketSj with guns, landed at Lambert Bay entrenching to prevent Hertzog from advancing along the Sandveldt. A second column, five hundred strong, belonging to the western invading commando reached Doom river, seventy miles south of Oalvina. The eastern invading commando under Kruitzinger, was within fifteen miles of Richmond on the 9th. Several thousand Boers- are m B chuanaland, and supposed to be trekking to German East African ter ritory, lurried south and occupied Griquatown.

Wbllin«t n, Jm 11 Trooper Grr.y, of the Onterbnry action, received a contused noaip wound, through being struck by a horse's forefoot while working m the camp lines. The wound 8 whfch was dressed by the camp surgeon, is not a serious ona.

The Federal Rifle Meeting.

United Preen Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright Sydney, January 11 The shooting today was very m and ont. Owing to the high wind it was difficult to hold on to the target. Robinson and loveday of New Zea lani obtained £3 each m the Qaem Victoria ma'ch, and Ingpen, Tobin, Oox, J Wi'son, and Robinson £1 each In the Hopetoun match Robinson, who stood pretty wpII m the Queen "Victoria aggregate, h«d a bit of bad luck at 900 yards. Ilia stock worked loose, and he did not notice it, with the result that he got only nine points toveday mistook his range m the Roberts match, and broke up; In the New Sooth Wales match, Scott, of New South Wales, and Carter, of Victoria, tied with 49. .Dodda won £2 with 46 Robinson fired well m the Roberts match, putting on 30 and 81 at 700 and 800 yards. Sydney, Jan 12 Compiling the rifle scores of the Oom mon wealth aggregate was not completed till a late hour. Sergeant Harker, of Victoria, who scored consistently m all the matches, was first with 378, £50 ; Howitt, Adelaide, second, 375, £40 ; Whitehead, Victoria, third, 874, £30 , Winetode, thirteenth, 363, £5 ; Robinson, thirty-firs*-, 352, J Wilson, thirty-fifth, 350, win £4 each.

Commonwealth Affairs

United Proas Asßoolafcion~By Electric Telegraph—Copyright Fydney, Jan. 11 Sir William Lyne states that an additions! High Commissioner for New South Wales will be appointed who will retain the Agent-General and appoint a emmercial agent m London. Sydney, January 12 Mr Barton disclosed the Federal policy at Maitland on Thursday. The Minister of Works, m the course of his speech, said he was afraid to say the cost of the Commonwealth celebra tions might be a little over £100,000, but claimed it had been spent m re productive work. , The Governor of Few Zealand has cabled to Lord Hopetoun thq colony's rpgret and sjmpathy with the Com monwealth, on the loss of Sir R J l>ickson. Melbourne, January 12 Sir George Turner has returned. He resigns the State Premiership at the end of the month. London, January 11 The War Office is favourable to the Imperial troops visiting New Zealand, probably after their visit to Melbourne. Lord Brassny presided at a Gonamon wnalth banquet held at the City Liberal Club. Universal rpgret was expressed at Sir J B Dickson's death, and satisfaction at the manifesto by Mr Deakin, which expressed a desire to encourage the colonies to enter into Imperial trade. Lord Braasey wished United Australia " God speed, Esto Perpetua." lord Strathcona voiced Canada's greetiogs to the Common* wealth

New Ferry Service Across Cook's Straits.

United PreßS Aasociation—By Electric Telegraph Wellington January 12 Mr MUIb, Minister for Trade and Customs, has under consideration and is favoutably disposed towards the establishment pf a ferry service across Cook's Rtrait.fromTetahi Bay to near Porirua to Piotors. The trip could, he estimates, be made m an hour and a half less than the present passage from Picton to Wellington and; vessels could cross 'm all weather m comparatively smooth water. Mr Mills pointed out that with this service, and both the North and South Island trunks com* plated, it would be possible to travel from Auckland to the Bluff with only about three hours' sea journey*

The Sydenham Case.

Christqbuhoh, Jan 12 An old man named John B;ohmond Jones was committed for trial today, for indeoently assaulting a girl of fifteen years. The girl had been enticed away to Jonas' bouse on Boxing Day, and stayed there for some days, Bail was allowed m one surety of £100.

Interprovincial.

I United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Napiek, January 12 A party consisting ot A McKay, Govern ment Geologist; W McKay, assistant Geologist j and R Yuill, commence a pros pecting survey of Kahnangaroa range early next week. The instructions of the Govern ment are to make a thorough survey of' the district) to be explored. Chbistohurch, Jan 12 Mr Bishop, S.M, strongly protested this morning against being compelled to send to gaol; o!d people who could not earn their own living. Wellington, Jan 12 The position with regard to the G»pe cable is that the Agents-General for Victoria and New South Wales have been instructed to B'gn an agreement with the Eastern Extension Company supplementary to that of April last, uuder which those colonies will gat the benefit} of the reduced rates from February 1, and a grant of £2,000 for the, Cape cable will be done away with. Ib is 'considered probable that) New Zealand will join m the arrangement. The museum authorities are of opinion that the sea monster found on the Wesbralia coast may turn out to be a porpoise whale, of which there are some skeletons m their j coUeotionE Local Bcientists suggest that the cause of the destiuction of fiih m Golden Bay may be Bulphurus exhalations from the bottom of th.c Bea, following up a seismic convulsion. Mr Donne, reporting to Mr Ward on the Rotorua baths grievances, recommends that the wishes of the majority concerned should ' be respected, and tine use of garment* when bathing m the public baths be prohibited. Those who object to nude bathing have the option of private baths. Mr Doane think it Inadvisable to make any Increase of charges without providing improved aceonv modatica or other compensating ad van 1 tagea. He recommends that the for* met- charges be In part again adopted. The charge for the use of towels jis abolished, but that private baths be charged for at an advance of 25 per cent on the charges for public baths. In all proba bility Mr T E Donne, who la to have charge of the tourist branoh of the Railway Department, will also be appointed Soere tary of the Department of Industries and Oommeroa Trooper Von Blaremberg, of Wanganui, an invalided trooper, presented himself at the camp this morning to pin the Sixth Con* tingent, but was found medically unfit, and is likely to be so for another couple of months Mr Burnett, the Inupectiog engineer, reports to the Railway Department, the huge embankment between Wedderburn and Ranfurly on ths Otago central line, is sub-iding aft the rate of two feet a day. The department does not anticipate an interruption of traffic, but believes In the near future it will be necessary to übb lighter engines than are now running Bir A Milner cables that Private Miller, of Raglan, who ws»B severely iojured at Pretoria on the 27th, as the result of an accident, also that Private Heywood has been discharged from the hospital at Pretoria.

The Hessian Fly.

The Agricultural Reporter of the Timaro Herald says:— Ih® season, taken as the whole, has not been favo urable for wheat, owing to the very wet spring and very warm weather immediately afterwards, had the effect of prematurely checking it from maturing properly. Another disturb ing element, and & most serious one for the grower, is the Hessian fly. There is no denying that; it is to be found in ■ most parts of the district. Farmers should be careful where they draw their seed wheat from, and be sure that the district where it is obtained is free of the Hessian fly aa ife is very widely believed that it was introduced here in imported seed. The Agricultural Department have been importing var ious kinds of wheat for the use of farmers, and no doubt the Department takes the necessary precaution to as certain that She seed is not infected. Kemedial measures have been tried for the eradication of this pest, but without avail. Burning the stubble has been tried, and other devices, bat the only successful means to adopt is a total cessation of wheat cropping on land infected for ft season or two. Bar ley is attacked even in a worße form than wheat s whilst oats are immune. If there is one variety of wheat which is legs likely than others to be attacked by the fly it is red chaff, and it is a more singular fact that seeing that the district is infected so generally very little red chaff wheat was met with during our tour of observation. It is to be regretted that Buch a grand yield ing winter wheat, and one that is superior to all others in withstanding ravages of the fly, Bhould be neglected. The greater bulk of the wheat growing this season is It would be almost impossible to gain anything 'ike an accurate estimate of what will be the average yields for the coming season. Ib will depend on the elements and the Hessian fly, because from now until the wheat ia harvested the damage done by this insect will be most severe; especially if we get strong winds from any quarter to throw down the straws weakened by the grabs, The small birds too are making great inroads upon the earlier crops, and it is impossible to estimate what amount of losa they will cause. One gratify ing fact ia the absence of rust among the wheat, but against this must be sot a prevalence of black head among oats, a result of neglect to pickle the seed.

Chaff Cutting Case

At the kso sitting of the local S.M. Oourt we briefly reported a civil action of Russell v Burgees, and a counter claim, m which the ' decision was giver. In favour practically of plaintiff. The particulars were as follows: —Jas Russell* driver of oh&ff-cutticg machine, sued John Burgess, proprietor of I game, for balance of wages, £19 lls 8c!, , whilsb the counter claim by Burgee of £24 9a was a set-off through damage to chaff, breakages of machinery, and loss of certain parts of engine. Mr Wilding, for plaintiff, briefly stated his case The Magistrate decided to hear the counter claim first. Mr Watson opened defendant's caße for the counter claim, and called Moritz Friedlander, secretary of Fried lander Bros, Ltd, who stated he had purchased chaff from Harrison at 44s per too, and on receipt of same foujd it badly cut and crushed. They eventually agreed to take ft over at 40?, delivered at Ashbujr* ton, or £S 19j 3d la total less than original contract. He admitted having no practical expert) experience of chaff cutting- The main fault was that tho damage to chaff was due to extreme crushing John Burgess, called by Mr Watson, stated the knives of the chaff cutter had not been sharp, which accounted for the condition of the chaff. - On taking charge of the engine there were twelve shoes, end eight when the machine returned, two of whioh had since come back. Owing to the knives being overground the damage had occurred to the fly-wheel; Russell bad worked six months for him and he had found no fault with him until the fly wheel and knives were broken and other damage done. On complaining to Russell, told him to take another machine and be more careful. He also complained at the time the damage to the chaff was reported by Harrison. The chaff was dry and dusty, caused, lie deolared, by blunt knives, combined with the drynees of the crop cut To Mr Watson— The damage to the first machine was caused through, excessive driv ing, and m the second instance by Russell leaving the wheel loose. Geo, Harrison, farmer, Mayfield, save evidence, bearing oat that of Mr Fried lander, with respect to quantity and loss, and further implied the work wan done rather fast Had concluded the ohsff was damaged by being m some instances too much broken up, and was not properly cot, asd was dusty. To Mr Wilding—Had, however, many a time, stuff rejected by merchants to his sorrow. In some of the bags cut no fault oould ba found. Russell, to his mind, ap peared a competent man. The chaff had to be pressed rather tight, as he wanted twentyeix to twentyeighb bags per ton. A hail storm had occurred In the district, and he admitted would break up the straw to a certain extent. If a spring broke loose from a reaper and binder and gob amongst the straw whiht m the chaffcutter, it would break the knives. J C Chrisfcenßen, employed by Burgess, said Russell's machine itself was a good one. He stated that the damage was done to the machine when he took over the charge of it. The machine had been seb to go too faifri Mr Wilding called his client, Russell, who stated he was a certificated driver, and had been specially requested by Burgess to go with his employ. Burgess had frequently inspected the work done on the various : farms. Had ultimately left him because he got a better job, and on telling Burgess, he i seemed annoyed at his leaving, and at Bur gpßi>' a special rf quest and pressing him, he remained to finish the run, and payment for balance of his work was to be eetsb to his father. Could nob account for damage to knives and wheel; when the breakage occurred the engine was poicg slow. Had m one instance found m tha machine a por tion of a steel spring from a binder, and m another instance a foreign body had betn found m the crop. In resprc v. to Harrison's crop a hail Btorm had affected the straw, making ib dry and hard. Harrison first wanted 26 bags.to the ton, but this pressure was too much, and it was made to run 28 to the ton, although this was too much. Only admitted having had one accident to the ensr'na To His Worship—He would only admit that two shoes were missing, but he had at the time I old Burgess the farms at which they were to be found Rush, the feeder and sewer of tho machine, stated where the shoes were—m all four shoes oould be obtained if only enquired for His Worship said the missing shces should be returned and Russell agreed to find them After consideration, the Magistrate gave judgment for the oriaiua! claim £19 0s 8d and costs. The counter claim of £24 9s sob being allowed

THB ASH ORTON MAIL s TOiiSDA 15, 1901

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THE BEST REMEDY FOR STOMACH AND BOWEL TBOUBLES 111 have been m the drag business for 20 years, and have aold most all of the proprietary medicines of any note; Among the entire list I have never found anything to equal Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for all stomach and bowel troubles," Bays O W Wakefield, of Oolombußi G». •' This remedy cured two uevere cases of cholera morbau m my family, and I have recommended and sold hundreds of bottles of it to my customers to their entire satisfac tion. It affords a quick and sure cure m a pleasant form.' For sale by Aahburton, • Drug Company