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Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 86, 12 April 1894, Page 2

In view of the evidence given at the inquest at Petone yesterday, the Me.lical Association would certainly be doing good service to the profession and lo the public if it would give an authoritative ruling on some of the points of medical etiquette which there cropped up. We know that medical etiquette is a strange and woudcrfnl thing. Dootors, for instance, may not advertise themselves in a straightforward business-like way, but they may do it indirectly, to their hearts' content, without violating any of the canons of professional honour. But what the public want to know authoritatively is, how far etiquette may be balanced against hum^n life r Is it allowable to sacrifice or seriously endanger hfo on mero professional punctilio? Is it professional to refuse to at end without prepayment of fees in a case where a life— it may be lives— is at stake? We do not know that a medical man is legally oompellablo to give the benefit of his professional aid to a person who may die for luck of it, any more than a baker ia bound to give a loaf of bread to a man who may otherwise dm of starvation." His skill la his stock-in-trade, and he has to live by hia foes, but at the same time it would be very desirable to know precisely what the profession, as a body, 4^ems it the duty of its individual members to do under such circumstances, and alsotho extent to which tho sound principlo of non - interference with another practitioner's case may properly and legitimately be carried. Those are questions which arise at loast indirectly out of yesterday^ proceedings, and after the verdict of the jury exonerating th 9 medical men directly concerned in the case from all blame in connection therewith they may be considered without any personal application, and simn'y as matters of general principle in the settlement and understanding of which tho public has a vital interest. We are quite unable to follow tho vagaries of the Ministerial organ, and cannot imagine whore it finds any inconsistency or oontradiction in what we have said regarding Mr. Warburton's cheap money scheme When it was origiually Fhown to us it was represented as in entiroly new proposal which bad just been submitted to Mr. Bnllance. That was som o time subsequent to Mr. Warburton's appointment as Public Trustee. All that we have said on tho subject has been perfectly con&i-tent. We are rather ainu-ed at our contemporary's expression of astonishment at a nowspapor being privatoly Conbultpd Influential newspapers whose opinions aro regarded as of value very frequently have proposals of one kind or another, political and otherwise, laid before them, in order that it may be ascertained what view they would be likely to take if the matter became one for public comment. Wo can quite understand, however, that consultation of this kind is entirely outside our contemporary's experience. Nobody would bo likely to attach any valuo to its opinion, whether given publicly or privately. Sporting news, the annual report of the Committee of tho New Zealand Kugby Union, news letters from Te Horo and Shannon, a report of tho Hutt Connty Council meeting, and a lotter to the Editor, will be found on tho fourth page. The Wellington special correspondent of the New Zealand Herald is a literary pirate of tho iir.-t water. He constantly appropriates items from cur columns' and sends them as his own. The latest instance is in regard to the article which rocently appeared in our columns exposing a certain adventurer, and giving details of his careor. Other papers and correspondents in copying the interesting record had the decency to acknowledge the source from whioh it was taken. The sanio correspondent also, in referring to Mr. Duthio's recent letter to us enclosing correspondence with the llailway Commissioners, appears to have cone out of his way to avoid honoatly admitting that ho was clipping from us. He puts it vaguely but incorrectly that Mr. Dnthio w.oto '' to the newspapers." The Premier and the Hon. Mr. Carroll are to-day at Gisborne, where they are to attend a banquet. The Premier may be expected in Wellington on Saturday. Hard gales from the northward may (Capt. ! Edwin predicts) be expected in most parts of the country between noon on the lGth and midnight on the 18th inst. We understand that Councillor H. B. Vogel has resigned his seatintho City Council for Thorndon Ward, od the ground of pressure of private butiness. That the net of tho law is so constructed that littlo fish aro caught in its meshes while tho larger ones tnffur no intorccplioa, has long been known. The fact is Btrongly omphasised by a recent official pros "cut on of a clerk for embezzling from his employers a few hundreds out of tho many thousands of other people's mouoy which tho said employers had, to pnt it euphemistically, failed to account for. Waa tie money taken by the clerk the property of his imnicdiato employers, or that of the clients who had trusted them ? Tho point is a nice one, but prosecuting the clerk while the piiucipala go free is surely a grim jest. The Eyttelton Times refers to " a table which has been p: epared showing the population and number of liconaed houses in each of the large City licensing districts." We hive not seen tho table, but the figures, as quoted by the Lvttolton Times, are quite incorrect as regards Wellington. The population of this city is, according to the Kegis-trar-Goneral, 35,013, not 31,600, as stated in the table, and the number of licensed houses is 53, not 54. No criminal business wa3 transacted in the Magistrate's Court this morning. The funeral of Mrs. IJobortson, who died so suddenly when on a visit to Master-ton, took place yesterday afternoon. Tho pall was borne from tho house to the heareo by the elders of the Kent-torraco Presbyterian Church, to which the deceased bad belonged. Wreaths wero very numerous, and the attondance was very large. From the hearse to tho gravo the body was cari'iod by young mc-n employed in tho Phco-iix Foundry. The burial sorvice was conducted by the Rev. Jamos Paterson at.d the Key. J. Kennedy Elliott, tho latter giving an address in which ho spoke feelingly of the departed lady as a personal friend, of the work she had dono as a membor of his church, and of her excellent and unselfish character. Since her last visit to New Zealand there havo been great changes in the staff of the s.s. Coptic, consequent on tho transfer of several of the old officers to the Doric. Captain H. S. G. Lindsay, late of the Ennic, is in command, and the officers associated with him are Chief officer, Mr. J. A. Whistler (late of the Teutonic) ; second officer, Mr. F. H. Clarke (late of the Adriatic) ; third officer, Mr. Neish (lite of the Teutonic)'; fourth officer, Mr. Evans, who has recently joined tho service. Mr. W. N. Purvis, late chief engineer of the Tonic, and well known throughout the colony in connection with acclimatisation matters, is in oharge of the machinery, his assistants being— Second engineer, Mr. Wilson (formerly of the lonic) ; third, Mr. Floyd : fourth, Mr. Phinn; fifth, Mr. Eobertson ; ohief refrigerator, Mr. Scoullar ; second, Mr. Lewis; boilermaker, Mr. Helton; chief electrician, Mr. F.Wilson. The medical officer is Dr. Whichells, and tho chief steward Mr. J. Chapman Mr. Ernest Morgan, formerly connected with tho Orient Service, and who has lately joined the White Star Lino, is parser. Mr. Bell, formerly chief engineer of the Coptic, has been transferred to the lonic. Mr. Keif, late chief engineer of the Otaramn, has been prompted to a similar po9it : on on the T ongariro, ivhilo Mr. Brown, who was seconl engineer of the Tongarito, lias been appointed to the position on the Otarama vacated by Mr. Keif's transfer. The amounts of the tenders for tho annnal supplies aocepted by tho City Council are as follow :— Coals, Thompson Bros. & Co., disj, count of 4s per ton off sohedulo prices ; firewood, W. J. Gaudin, 27s 6d (2ft lengths) and 24s (4f6 lengths) ; bricks, W. Murphy, 42s plain, 453 radiated ; shoeing horses, A. V. Knapp, 4s 6d per horse per month. ; timber, 5 per cent, discount for No. 1 schedule, and 3 per cent, discount for No. 2 schedule; cement, J. Duthie & Co , lls B£d per cask ; forago, Townsend <S Paul, 8 per cent, dis count; sand and gravel, J. J. K. Powell, Is 5Jd and 4s lid respectively ; brass aud zino work, 17£ per cent, and 2J per cent, discount; iron and foundry work, A . * T. Bnrt, 5 per cent, discount : waterworks supplies, J. Dntbio & Co., 17+ per cent, discount; general supplies, B"riscoe, Mao Noil and Co., 16^ per cent, discount ; cartage for general purposes. J. J K. Powell, 7s IOJd per day ; cartage for Drainage Department U. Lamberg, 10a (one horse) and 12s 6d (two horses). A meeting of creditors in the estate of J. H. Cate, butoher, was called for this morning, but as only tho bankrupt and his solicitor (Mr. Wilford) were present, no business oould-be transacted. Judgment was given to-day in the Magistrate's Court by Mr J. C. Martin, S M , in tne case of De Bo»e v. Wylio, heard last Monday. The suit was ono in which the plaintiff sued for the recovery of a sum paid for a horse sold by auction on behalf of the defendant. The plaintiff's cisc was that the horse had beon guaranteed as a four-year-old, whereas it turned out to be a five-year-old. His Worship said that the horse was sold on the condition that it was four years old, whioh was found not to be the case. Judgment would be for the plaintiffs for £16 108 and £i odd costs, being the amount paid for the horsa, whioh died a few days after the sale. Mr. Young (for tho defendant) gave notice of appeal. Tho City Counoil has accepted the tender of Fraser and Morley, at .£978 6s, for the construction of a culvert between Murphy and Moturoa streets, Thorndon. The unsuccessful tenderers were : — D. Gillon, .£989" 15s; Oughton and Ohote, .£1115; C. Lamberg, .£1152 15s; R. Carmiomvel and Son, .£1166 ; G. H. Baylis, .£1722 10s. The Good Templar entertainment at the Hutt last evoning was a success in every way. Dr. Newman, M.H.R., was in the chair. Short speeches wero made by Mossr3. Bnrridgo and King, who returned tlianks for their return as members of the Licensing Committee. The following ladies and gentlemen contributed item3 — Mrs. I 'ayi>h. Mrs. Gould, Missos Smith (2), Fiuoh (3), M'Kaia (3), Payne (2), Key. Mr. Carr, Messrs. Gamble, Jones, Glover, Pyke, Daysh, Savieri Buok, M'Kain, and Finch (4). Capital selections were played by the lodge band, under Mr. F. Fiuoh. In reference to the removal of telegraph operators from Blenheim, the local Times understands that it ir contemplated to give marching orders to about 30 men, leaving tho staff at about 15. It laments that this is rather an unfortunate thing for the town from a business point of view alone, as putting the average spending power of each operator at £9 per month it totals £270, or .£3240 per year. Whilst on tolegraphio matters, the paper mentions that Mr. R. M. Baird has initiated a new system of duplex working, which when reoontly tried proved remarkably successful. The Karori Martini-Henry Rifle Club will hold a competition on Saturday for trophy and ammunition prizes.

Tho number of subscribers to the circudtlug blanch of tbe Tublic Library has inCreased during 1 the week from 7C to 11 1. Yosterday afternoon a meeting of the creditors ot Margaret jJorrison, Bettler, was to have been held, but as a quorum was not present, no busincs was done Mr. A. S. Pafc-rson, h«r solicitor, staled that she hud been compelled to file in consequence of pressure by the Empire Loan Company. The properly formerly occupied by Mr Beck as a timber yard, having a frontage of 72 feet to Taranaki-place, and lately offered for sale by auction, has now been sold by Messrs. Francis Sidey and Co. for .£l.OlO to Messrs. : armicbael and Son, contractors. The firrt meeting of the Ladies' Social and Political League was held at the Ballanco Hall, Maiiners-streot, yesterday afternooa, when it was docided to continue the meetings every "-Vednesday afternoon. A meeting of members of the Prohibition League is called for to-morrow evening in the Baptist Church, Vivian-street. Mr. Q. M. Yer<sx, who lately returned from the Prohibition States of America, will Le among the speakers. An important sale of properties by auction is to be held to-morrow at Harcourt &, C'o.'s rooms, Lambton-quay, commencing at 2.30 p.m. The lot 9 to be submitted are.— A valuable property in Timikori-read, section 6, Oruugi Kaupapa, consisting of 3 acres 0 perches, with a good six-roomed house erected thereon; ase\eu-roonied house in Taranaki-street, known as " Rosehall," having a frontage of 32ft by a depth of 132 ft, and occupied by Mrs. Boss j and two throe-roomed cottages iv King-street, with a frontage of 38ft by 81ft, each let at 8s 6d a week to irood tenants, This lot will ufford a good opportunity to investors, the upßet price being fixed ut the extremely low figure of £100 each. A splendid section in Palmerston North, consisting of 1 acre 8 perches, facing Cubastreet, and close to the railway station, will also be submitted. It is situated in one of the best parts of the township, and ns a building site is unsurpassed. Briscoe.MncNeil & Co., wholesale ironmongers and iron merchants, have an advertisement elsewhere setting out in detail some of the principal lines of their imports. John Solomon will sell to-morrow, at Noble Campbell &. Co.'s lato premises, liombtou-quay, drapery, crockery, &c. George Thomas & Co. will sell to-morrow, fruit, &c. A. G. Toiue & Co. will sell to-morrow, furniture, kc. W. P. Shortt will sell to-morrow, mmiirieß. James Smith did well for his customors at the great drapery sale held in Auokland tst week. His two special buyers managed to secure the vory cream of the lots out of he .£85,000 stock. These bargain lots are now offered for salo at To Aro House. James Smith "likes to do the thing -well, and in conjunction with thi-> bargain lot sale ho offers a bonus discount of 10 per cent, on all his now winter imports while the sale lasts at Te Aro House This week somo 8 ) cases of winter dresses, millinery, and mantles have been opened, so that customers at tbe tale can secure their new season's purchasos and roap the benefit of 2s in the £ discouut at Te Aro House." 1 - Adtt. Where has the money gone ? This certainly is a vrry pertinent question ; bul whenpeoplo find that they get value for their outlay, there is no uucertainty as to what brand they will buy nexttime. The " Matchless " Brand Teas are growing in public favour daily, and theinorease in the demand for them is notorious. Their fino flavour and exceptionally good qualities are unequalled. — Advt. Recognising the growing demand for a better class of gun in this market, Messrs. "Wilkias & Field have this season imported a few of W. \V. Greener's famous " Foresters' ' and " Dominion " guns The maker's certificate and paper targets showing the pattern and number of shots placed in a 30in circle by each barrel accompanies each gun. This maker's weapons are too well known to every sportsman to require any comment. They have also a few copies of W. W. Greener's lntos-tbook, " The Breechloader, aud How to Use It," price 2a 6d. As tho supply of the above is limited, wo would adviso our sporting readers to make an early call. Their s took of guns and sporting gooda is, a? usual, large and well selected. — Advt