THE Waihi Daily Telegraph WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1904

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1152, 23 November 1904, Page 2

THE Waihi Daily Telegraph WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1904

HoroalialJ tlio I'rosH llio I'ooplo's Higlit mamtnia Uirawoil by mlliioiioo ami iiiibriborl \>j n»in • Horo ji.-.triot Truth lior gloruniß prooopts draft I'ljilmil to Rolfrioß Libert?, and Law

The colony still keeps tip the frequency of deaths under chloroform, Not long ago a life was eacrified in I the endeavour to save a limb; then a girl" died who was having somo teeth extracted ; later, a boy with a trouble in his throat became a

victim. Theso cases, and rnany others, have come 7under notice within tho last two years. The last caso is that of George Smith, who died under chloroform at the Wellington hospital a few days ago. We learn by the that "none of the medical mefi could account for (he mishap." This is the first time' wh remember that doctors could not account for doath undor chloroform. In any case," mishap" is a feeble word to use in the connection. It is a word that is mostly used in less diro occurrences. The Health Department clii'bob every germ known to science until the germ is lulled. It warns people about this, that, and the other, and

explains everything that might prove deleterious to the people, and writes paraplots on the subject, but on the questions of death under chloroform it is studionsly silent. There have been more deaths from this cause in Now Zealand than from plague or smsill-pox, and yet none of the doctors or the Health Department are inquiring into the matter and issuing phamplets about it. To the ordinary mind the subject is thus wrapped in mystery. It is of course admitted that deaths under anesthetics are not anticipated by the doctors, but they occur so frequently that people are wondering whether operation under them are worth the risk, 'hero was no perceivable reason for the death of George Smith except "misadventure," the public has a right to expect that the causes of the misadventure shall be explained with a view, if possible, of ascer- ' taining with reasonable certainty who is and who is not a fit subject ■ for the anesthetic. The price we are paying for it in the toll of human j life is too costly altogether.

! Tenders are invited by tho Grand Junction Company for the supply of 100 feet of split puriri or totara, , Tho pouudkoeper notifies tho impounding of«light bay maro, Particulars nuy bo seen in the advercisoment. Tho Y.M.1.0. special genorol meeting Just night was very well attended. After a considerable amount of explanation and discussion tho Executive's proposed amenndmonls and extensions of the con--1 stitution woro adopted by au overwhelming majority. At tho International Congress hold by the Salvation Army at Home, a New Zealand delegate said one of the grandest sights was the massed bands demonstration, There ware no loss than 5700 bandsmen and iioo baaa drums. People held ' themselves in susponso for a do'ifoning outburst, but the strains oi tho grand old hymn " All hail the power" rose as if from a distance and'tho harmony was said to be remarkable. A bullock killed in Masterton the other day had an extraordinary largo kidney, though the animal was perfectly healthy, and meat in primo condition, Tho kidney, with the fat, weighed no loss than'lSOlb, None of tho exports who saw it weighed had evor mot with anything approaching • auoh a large and heavy bullock's kidnoy in j all their previous experience, nor can the 3 abnormnl growth in an absolutely sound aDimal be accounted for in any way, Our Tauranga correspondent writes : Constable John Kennedy died hero suddenly on Monday, Duriug tbo forenoon while in town, ho saw a doctor, to whom ho complained of violent pains in tho chest. At mid-day he went home to dinner, aftor which he lay on a sofa, intending to got up in about an hour, Shortly afterwards his wife entered the ' room, and wos horrified to find bim oppavently lifeless, and Dr- Brown, on arrival, pronounced life to be extinct, the cause of doath being agina pectoris, At the Warden's Court this morning, in the course of tho hearing of an application for a section on the ground of abandon' '' ment, tho question was raised by Mr, Bush as to whether tho owner had uot taken out or rouowedhis minor's light in another Court, as the Waihi Court bad no record of it. Mr Jackßon remarked that they woro anxious to do away with miners'righte, as they wore not required and were a source of trouble. In tho. course of his reply the Warden's said that 1 the custom of taking oat miners' rights i was a feudal systoin of goldfiold law. , A New Zealand Timos representative, 3 interviewing Wellington tradespeople with respect to the effeot of tho new Shops and ] Oflices Act, called upon ono almond eyed ] fruitorer and asked the alien behind tho counter if ho had to shut at six, "No foahl" was tho roply, "How's that?" " Oh, me Baok-um mates, On me own ' now, so koop op«2 long time, Act welly ni." Later on a second'visit was paid to the place, but this time it was another 1 Chineso who queried," What you want P' 1 1 This one was asked the ever recurring quostion if he shut at six ? No, he didn't. Why? "Oh, mesacktuui mates. Aot welly ni," Wolly-ni, indood I How well this colony has done out of i tho gold industry may be gauged by tho fact that from lit April, 1857, to 80th September last 16,510'171 ouncos of gold have been ontored for duty for t-xponn-tion, the value thereof being £64,693,650, During July, August, and September last Auckland's gold export hoadod tho list with 61,542 ounces, valued at 1216,866, - Otifio and the West Coast following with 46,335 ani 27,624 ounces respectfully The total exportation during those throe months was 137,045 ounoes, valued at £520,418, as against 148,9920un0e5, valued at £552,454, during tbo corresponding months of 1903, Tho West Coast shows a remorkablo falling off, its export being 27,624 ounoes against 40,233 in the same quarter last year. The following are tho handicaps in the Riflo match to be firod by the No, 8 Obinemuris on Saturday next, attbe local range, for tho flallonstein trophy, The ranges are 500 and 600 yards, ten shots at oach:— Captain Jockson, Lieutenant Ready, Lieutenant Gilmour, Corporal Comes, Privates Parslow, Morrison, Clark, Sanson, Weir, soratoh; Colour-Sergeant Gardiner, Sorgoant Gardiner, Corporal Comor, Lance-Corporal Magoe, 4; Privato W. Comes, 5: Lanoo Corporal Green, Privates Dratlin, Benner, 6; Privates Sharltoy, Jzzard, Laoky Mooro, Thorburn, Davis, Saunders, Sergoants MoGough, Brown, 8; Privates Evans, Hunter, Toe, Ireson, 10: Sergeants Dundas, Morgan, Privates Honnaford, Fcaron, Hondorson, Skinnor, McKeown, Dunstan, Brennan, Butler, Irwin, Blackwood, Williams, Broad, Soobbio, Slovin, Lockier, Rico, { Newdiok, Morpeth, Johns, McDonald, 14; \ Privates J, Evans, o, Bamson, Horrenson, T. S. Howarth, L, Oomor, Muokin, 0, Howarth, Maxwell, 16, ' In tho London Times Ihoro is published a tho following letter from our former Governor, Lord Onslow: 'i obsorvo in Q youvartioleon New Zealand a statement reflecting on the hospitality of my old {, friends tbo Maoris, it is said that the \ Uroworas only a dozen years ogo doolinod to weloome a British Govornor, and ibat their territory has nover boforo been travorsed by a roproaentativo of the Crown. I was Govornor of Now Zealand in 1892, and visited tho Urowora Country in com« pany with ono of ray Ministers, Sir Alfrod Cndman, the late Lord Ancrum and Mr. John Fullor, MP. Tho Governor was then invariably welcomed with the greatest cordiality by tho Mnoris in every part of New Ziuiand, and speoially bo by the Ureweras on that occasion. They looked T with suspicion only on tin gold prospector," TJ . —_ ! fl,