ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 567, 23 July 1909, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

ALLEGED SUICIDE

. '(By Telegraph.-PressAssociation.) '"" '.-';' ; -.v. Palmerston North, July '22.',': ,'•; Mrs.'. Quaylo;, aged Ufty-twpj wife v of .'ail' ex : Soiithland farmer, committed .suicide-by drinking.'lysbl. Her husband is am invalid, and-there is:a- v..''■•'''■ '',■:';.[■' y -:^'; : -^SUDDENvDEATH.^:..; ■:', ;'"o':. ':''. :'■':■'■■■■ waipawa, July 22/ ' :'Edward-Raynor, : aged 1 76, dropped dead while:fen'oing at: Waipukuraui'yosterday.'• : NEW ZEALAND TO THE sbIENTIST; :-'; : [| i : :. : ;.:- -■:■————*■ .' '■,:'",'. i Almost a model lecture on; New' Zealand, as its rivers, mountains, lakesl and;..plains appearto the discorning'eyo of the geologist, was given by Dr. J.- M. Bell, Director -~.6t -the Geological Survey,-at the Wellington Training College .last The advantage^which the; geologist' possesses ,w.hen he. .views - -the natural bf a locality is: that he : sees them; not "Only as they are, but also'.'aS ; they' Hvore'in.So'me dim past, afldrwith his mehtdl eye;can watch the ohanges and phenoinftnaby which ithey; have reached their presen' vformi' Thus Dr. Bell, whose lecture was ilUs:trated with- excellent lime-light, views,' explah'eti how l the best harbours were produced well dissected;by valleysand streanisihad been, depressed beneath the : se'a'' ; levcl. He showed where.: the shores; of "Auckland ■ Hatbour 'followed: the line 'nf ancient- streams,/ and stated that .there.was a'similan correspondence 'at .Picton."'-'-'ln';'other-';parts- there had been an .elevation:; of the coast-line, as was 'shown ;by; .the existence of raised beaches'Weirabove the sea level. He: pointed out, /also, how the Ushaped valleys of the Otago fiords were formed by anoient'glaciers whioh formerly filled these hollows almost to the height of the hill crests. ;He explained the' Action of geysers, and stated % that>the, reason;.'why -their activity was increased Hvhen soap was thrown into them was that the I soap,■'by; forming, bubbles,, lightened the water pressing on the uprising steam below, arid enabled the stream to overcome its resistance, -causing an The Waimangu; ; had been one of the wonders of tho world, and it was a real cause for regret that it had ceased -rlsiiig.-/The lecture lasted Jess -than;ah hour, so- that interest had :rio time to. flag, even if the manner and ■material had:been,;less:excellent.; A hearty vote, of thanks was given Dr. Bell, who will speak further on the sahie subject next Thursday.

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