MEDICAL CONFERENCE

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 444, 1 March 1909, Page 5

MEDICAL CONFERENCE

DR. PURDY'S OPINION OF NAPIER. (si TELEGUAril—srncrAL COItfIRSPOS'DEN'T.I • Napier, February 28. ; The recent medical conference in Napier was favoured with splendid weather, and the visitors were enabled to seo the town at its best. In the course of an interview with a "Daily Telegraph" reporter, the persi-dent-elect, Dr. J. It. Purdy, of Hutt, paid a flattering compliment to the town. "Medical men from every part of tho Dominion," Dr. .Purdy stated, "have been delighted with their visit to Napier. Not only have we received tho utmost hospitality • from our colleagues in tho medical profession, but also from tho Mayor and citi- ! zens." 5 . And how does Napier impress you generally? the reporter asked. "Well, I have only been in Napier once before, and that was about ten years ago," Dr. Purdy replied, "and I am acquainted with the progress that has been made 111 many centres of tho Dominion, and I can certainly say that Napier has made as much progress as any other town I know of in New Zealand. The surf bathing you have on the beach here is unique, and the Borough Council has' shown itself to be fully alive to this asset in. building the municipal barths, which are now in process of erection. On every side, in fact, tbero is evidence of the'affairs of the town being in capable hands. Mr. J. Vigor 13rowu, I may say, is my ideal of a Mayor, and his sole object appears to bo to forward tho interests of tho town and district. The town is clean, and in this respect is a pattern to many other cities." All exciting sceno followed the football match Southend v. Now Brompton at Southend. While leaving the field a Chatham supporter of the visitors slipped on the greasy surface and appeared to kick tho referee. This incensed the crowd, who set upon tho visitor and gave him rough handling. Ho was rescued by the police, who escorted him to tho railway station, followed by a fierce crowd, numbering some thousands. At the station lie was looked in the collectors' room and tho door guarded by the police till the departure of his train. Embrocations and lin : "nents won't enre Rheumatism, Gout, Lumbt'o, or Sciatica. _The cause of the trouble is in tho blood—urio acid—and the only possible cure is to eradicate this poison. RHEUMO does this, and does it' thoroughly. Thousands who onco suffere-, have been restored to hoaltli by HHEUAIO. All Ckemiistß and Stores, 2s. Gd. and is. 6d. 2