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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24959, 21 August 1946, Page 3

Auckland Power Consumption.—Because it has exceeded its quota of electricity, the Auckland Electric Power Board has been placed on the defaulters’ list. No increased cuts in supply have yet been decided on, but the position will be reviewed to-day.— (P.A.)

•pany ant. u of the August bleeding also convi In evldei. Robert Hec practitioners, examinations < there were ind. brain by blood this could be cun ment at the hospitt lO - ant and his wife U the suggestion of hospita. If the claimant’s press .rity was caused solely through px j on the brain by blood clot, it wl possible that his condition might be imniu'ved by a surgical operation, said Dr. Raymond Ward Bellringer. If, however, as the witness expected, there had been permanent damage to the brajr itself, an operation would not bring about any improvement. Any such operation, which involved opening the skux’l and some degree of interference with the brain itself, and the risk of hemorrhage, inevitably carried a considerable risk to the health and life of the patient. Dr. Bellringer said that in the circumstances he would not recommend the proposed operation, and that he ■ would prefer to -continue the treatment the patient had received for the last seven months.

th reserving his decision, his Honour said there were considerable procedural and practical difficulties due to the impaired mental condition of the claimant, and his consequent inability to understand the nature of the suggested operation.