The Ashburton Gusrdian.

Vol xxi. no. 5305

Ashbubton .' Saturday, February 23, 1901

Price : One Penny

Lord Robert's Despatches

The War Office has doit famed » couple of volumes of despatches cover ing the period of Lord Roberts'com mand m South Africa, and the cable inforffia us that these reveal some of the difficulties which beset the British army at the outset of the campaign, Lord Roberts b»d, after his pa4i«ge of the Mod dor j to choose between diking his lines of communication and neglect ing that rapidity of movement which was necessary m order to seize the Boer capitals. The safety of the linei of communication is vital to any cam* paign, and never was an army more dependent upon the railway behind it than that led by Lord Roberts upon Bloemfontein and Pretoria. Had the disloyal Dutch risen m his rear and seized the railway, he would have bten compelled instantly to awing bis columns back m defence of his com munications, instead of pushing for ward his rapid march. And the further he penetrated the enemy'i country the greater the danger became. Yet with that marvellous instinct which seems to charac terise the great leader, Lord Rob erts took the risk, and by the sheer rapidity of his movement so thoroughly paralysed the Boers that they offered but little resistance, while the disloyal Dutch were deterred by fear f §ja rising; m the rear, The despatch** show that the transport organisation was disintegrated at the first contact with the enemy; and this we can easily understand, as instead of dis* putiog the advance" of the British armyate\ery position of advantage, as was expected, the Boers simply raced the British all the way to Pre toria. The tremendous and unexpected call upon the transport corps was mote than it could adequately respond to, and m consequence the troops on the march had to suffer no end of pri vations. That General Forestier-Wal kw put forth a supreme f fforfc to keep pace with the advancing army is evi denced by the fact that the army was enabled to continue its ad< vance at all, but under the circum stances novae departments of the trans port service bad to suffer. Jiverjthing bad to be subordinated to feeding the troops and the horses, and that is the chief reason why the hospital arrange ments of the ctmpaign came m for so much adverse criticism, It was simply impossible to Bend to the front anything but the barest necessaries. The effect upon men and horse of insufficient sup plies w»s terrible, and we need not marvel at learcing from the despatches that the subsequent condition of the mounted forces prevented any opera tions demanding rapidity of movement. It is all the more regrettable that sttch should have been the case, as could Lord Kobertsy phenomenal success have been followed up after Pretoria, the Boer war might have been brought to an early close, instead of dragging its weary length on for months afterwards.— Otago Daily Times.

How to Dwarf Trees

In a New York paper a somewhat curious but successful manner of dwarfing trees is mentioned : Take mv orange, and having cut a small hole m the pee!, remove all the pulp and jjuiae, fill the skin thus emptied with some cocoannt fibre, fine moss, and charcoal, just stiffened with a little loam, la the centre of this put an acorn, date stone, or the seed of any trea that it is proposed to obtain a dwarf from. Place the orange peel m a tumbler or vase m a window, and moisten the content* occasionally with a little water through the hole m the peel, and sprinkle the surface with fine wood ashes. In due time the tree will push up its stem through the compost and ite root* through the orange peel. The roots must then be cut flash with the peel, and the process repeated frequently for some time. The stem of the tree will assume a stunted, gnarled appearance, ! making it look like an old tree, i V* hen the ends of the roots are cut for the last time, the orange peel, wuich, curiously enough, does not rot, may be painted black and varnished

Did Hi Really Mkan It.—A gentleman has recently expressed ad miration for the delicacy and ski 1 with which a lady dentist m New York treated him. He believes that lady I dentists will m future be nnuvrous, for timid people, he surmises, will mor« 1 readily consent to be operated on by a ! pretty, tasteful, and expert woman ■' than any awe inspiring individual such aa are many male specialists. Her touch was exquisitely soft, he relates, and I was more than sorry when the operation was completed,. Lady den tists are springing up like mushrooms m America.



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ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING * AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. T OANS GRANTED FROM and upwards, at current rates. Full Particulars on application* WORKING EXPENSES on all Sh»res are now duo and payable* Office — Tancred Street* Office Hours—9.'So a m till 4pm Firsb Tuesday ins(fonth— 9 30 am till p tv j and 7 till 9 pt» ALBERT ROBERTS, Manager AN IMPORTANT LETTER FROM A WELL KNOWN SALVATION ARMY OFFICER. Salvation Army Officers' Quarters, Je6sia Street, Wellington, 15th January, J9OO To Proprietors, " Plantekoa " Remedies. Dear Sirs,—l would like to inform you that when I arrived m Wellington, a little over twelve menths ago, I was terribly rnn down m health. For two or three weeks I was unable to take any Retire part m any meetings, I was com pletely worn oat), and always had th-t tired, languid feeling we hair bo much about, and neither sleep nor food seemed to refresh me, or do me any good. Someone advised me to fcry "PLANTE KOA," which I did, and after I had taken HALF THE CONTENTS OF THE BOTTLE I felt much better, and I am delighted to tell yon that from that date till the time of writing this note (over twelve months) I have enjoyed the best of health, and my work Is a pleasure. If these few lines are of service to yon, make u?e of them. Yours sincerely, Mbs Gaptaist Lock. The testimonial of Mrs Lock should be of interest to .A&hburton residents, the having spent some considerable time !n fchis district. Before taking ' Plantekoa Mrs Lock had tried almost every remedy Mends conld suggest. The shelves m the scullery of her house were fall of bottles, hoses, and tins, she remarking * It'g like a chemist's shop.' However, m ' PLANTKKOA' she found a Sovereign Remedy, and strongly recommends others to try the same. From Chemists and Grocers everywhere, Correspondence Invited. PLANTEKOA PROPRIETARY, Wellington. fon'tmeaiectaeouab To do so is a cordial invitation to Consumption. A Cough m its first stage is more easily cured tKan Consumption. Continued coughing irritates and inflames the lining ! membranes'of the throat and lungs. It gradually but surely lowers the strength of the whole body. This means debility, less power to ward of! the deadly Consumption germs. There are many good reasons why jLane's-—- I # (Eteasoteb I Emulsion I of Cob fcfver ©it I Is the best medicine. It stops the ■ Cough, and prevents the tissues, of the throat and lungs from becoming so weak that the germs Of Con sumption can attatek them. • It is till fo6d, and ittakes rich, red blood, and through the blood strengthens every organ m the body. It imparts I life and vigor to every tissue, every nerve, every muscle, and every fibre. $li Cbemfsts Sell ♦ ♦ ! fcane'o Ceeagotefc jemulsfon* # PRICE 3s. * Old Harnes Machine Belting, Etc* SET with a Hammer, From all Iron mongers and Btorekeepere. ! BIFURCATED RIVET CO., Ltd., London, England. i Foil pwticulari from Harrison k Webb, j Auokland. (Cafe thii out and (mow your I Ironmonger. J



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