ACCIDENTS AND AMBULANCE.

Evening Post, Volume XLIX, Issue 101, 30 April 1895, Page 3

ACCIDENTS AND AMBULANCE.

TO THE EDITOR. Sib— ln this evening's supplement of the Post I notice a letter written by Mr. J. Ilott retnai king on tho circumstances snr- * — amtZ the d&ith of Mr. 6. Wad""^Hßfton, and deploring the non-existence of proper surgical treatment and transportation at tho tin.o of the accident. I entirely agree with Mr. Ilott that there should have been prompt and skilful treatment accorded at the time, and it is most singular there was not. To prevent a ny misapprehension, however, I beg to point out that there is a St. John's Ambn. fauce stretcher, with all appliances, located at the Brand6n-street Fire Brigade Station, and which 13 always available for uso ir case o£ accidant. When the Wellington Branch of the Ambulance Association has more funds at its disposal there will probablj be an additional etretoher obtiitied _ Iron England and located at another centre in the city. 'I hat there should not have been anj qualified member of the Ambnlanoe Corpi present at the time of tho deplorabl< accident io Mr. Waddington is mucl to be regretted. Had there been one preeen there is little donbt but what Mr. Wadding ton's life would have been saved, as th( limb would have been properly set in the firs instance. It is to be hoped that such ai exceptional circuinstaneo will not oocu again in onr city. I am, &<;.. Harry Y. Edmonds. 27th April, 1895. HOTEL SERVANTS. • TO IHE EDITOR. Sib— Through the medium of your valt able paper I wonld like to call the attentio of the public to the long hours that servant in hoteU have to work for a very small ri numeration, and no half-holiday, Sunday c any other day (barmaid's and barmen cj cepted). In" our so-palled first-class hotel we fee servants working trom 5 o'clock in tb morning till 8 and 9 o'clook at night for wagt that are vory low compared to the long houri in fact it ia white slavery, you can't call anything else. Trusting that an abler pc than mine will take up this subject for 11 benefit of the poor ill-used servants, lam, &0., Fair Play. 26th April, 1895. [From the tane of our correspondent letter it would seem that the servants we: dompelled to seek employment in hotel instead of taking it voluntarily to earn tl higher wages. To talk of white slavery ai poor ill-uaed servants under the oircui stances is nonsense.— Ed. X.P.] BEAUTIFYING OUR CITY BE3ERVE ♦ TO THI EDITOR. Sib— Your correspondent " Mihi Cv Futuri" Bays, "Beautify your city wi recreation ground!,." Whit thinking pi son does not eonour t but when may 1 begin? Both the young, and those x young, who have no love for the beautifi bnt an inherent love for destroying ovei - t hing that is beautiful or otherwise, seem take delight in nullifying any care taken the trees in our city reserves. I Rupposi sohoolmasters were to flog children : behaving brutally tho loving mothi would howl at the ill-treatment of their di ones, and the schoolmaster would be su moned. And I enppoao no politician woi have the courage of his opinion to advoc; flogging tboso of maturer years v will ill-treat trees and shrubs in the serves and smash or cut up spats. might lose votes. Conld not this qu tion be referred to from time to ti till there is suffioient supervision 1 vigilance shown in the case of onr rosen and thus to compel people to behave cently, snd give some encouragement those -who wish our city reserves to further beautified. I am, *0., , Young New Zkahndei * Laery and Co. (Limited) will sell to-mon pp.redeeined pledges. Now that the reduction of fire inaura rates ia agitating the minds of all our < Hens, I would call attention to another f< of insurance, which is of even more imp anoe — that is, to insure boys and girls agaj colds and chills, by buying them nice wi blotbing at C. Smith's, the Cash Drft] BBta^. Cuba-street. He can show you one of H^^felargest and belt stocks of boys' suits, 01 H^^^Kwats, and reefers in the oolony ; and cloaks, capes, ulaters and maol H^^R^^^^^ta^no can ebow a better ass

The following are tho vitil statisti for Wellinqtin for tho month pndii to-day :— Bittha, 98; deaths, 3o; marriage 31. The case of Eccles and others v. Mills ai others is still being argued in the Court Appeal. A start was made this morning to pla the beef for chilli tig purposes on board tl ss. Gothic. Tho me it, which has be« specially chosen for the purposo, is of o cellont quality, and consists ot 60!) quarto from the AVellin»ton Meat Kxport Company works and 4C3 quarters supplied by the Oei Meat Company. A trial shipment of V carcases mutton and 50 of lamb, from tl Islington works, Uhristchurch, has also be< placed in the chilled chamber. • After the 16th pros, ont-pationts' ticke for the Hospital will bo issued only by tl Steward (Mr. Wilkea). The Trustees wil however, retain the privilege of issuing ii patients' tickets. The Benovolent Society Trustees mot th afternoon. Present— Messrs. G. H Bayl (in the chair), J. Collins, F. Bradoy, ai T. W. M'Kenzie A number of cases we; disposed of. Mr. Lancaster was grantc leave of absenco from tho meoting. was reported that the man Robinson, wl had been granted a passage to Auckland I the last meeting, was now in gaol charge with the Museum robbery, and would not t in a position to utilise his order. Judgments for plaintiffs were entered t by the Stipendiary Magistrate in tho follov ingcaEes:-G. W. Dalton v. W. W. Boi mm, £i 10s Id ; same v. E. Johansen, i 11s 9d; Thomas Gottv. W. Leigh, jun., .4 7s ; Grace, Clark and Co. v H. Veal, .£3 18s R. Woodman v. W. Amos, £3; Staplt Brewery Co. v. J. Sheehey, £i Is ; F. i Tanner v. Alfred Fisher, £1 4s 7d ; Wollinj ton Lo .n Co. v. W. Kebblo, W. Neill, an John KelHher, .£35 3s Cd ; E Birnbaui and Son v. James Colvillo. £10 9a 2d ; M . I Medley v. 1) Dnnbar, J613 10a; Cook an Gray v. W. It. Wilson, £2 0a Cl; B C Empsou v. C. A. Durio, .£l3 6= GJ ; Cuninf hum, iiadham and Co. v. W. H. Speikmat JSIB 11s 6d ; same v. W. Arthur, .£l5 0s 10c Messrs. F De Kose and W, Burbide have been appointed by the Wellington Mil Vendors' Association to interview the sul urban dairy farmers with a view to arriv ut an amicable understanding; as to the prie to be charged to -vendors for milk durin the winter months. Tha Oamam Mail of Tneaday last ai tempted to prophesy, and this is bow it di it : — " Amongst the canards that are bein circulated as to the intentions of the Go\ ernment is one to the effect that a largnumber of eligible applications for loan under tho chc^p money schema are bein; refused because fnnds have run short, am that the Govtrnment intend to overcom this difficulty by floating a loan for a millioi and a half What we want to say now is that the state ment regarding the Government's intentioi to borrow is hardly nccmatc. If the Gov ernment cannot realise a sufficient sum ii some other wav to meet the dpmands madi upon tbem for lo^ns which are approved b; the valuers, they will turn their attention ti some novel means of raising tho wind. Ai ordinary loin negotiated in tho hnmdrnn fasbiou is too common a thing for a Govern ment having any claim to originality o idea. If they can help it, the Governmen will not raise a loan at all— tho Conserva tive papers may accept this assnrance ii implicit faith. But, if a. loan must bi raised, they will have no compunction ii raising it, and they will raieo it, too, at i lower cost and at a smaller rate of interos than have hitherto over signalised any colo vial loin. That is why Mr. Ward has gon< to London. The cat is out of the bag. Thi Colonial Treasurer wants to prepare thi London money market for a gigantic bor rowing Eoheme, which involves not a million but many millions. It is merely a questioi of price, and New Zealand has rison so higl in tho estimation of the British money grubber that the Colonial Treasurer has n< need to ask him to lend— he rushes after hia and begs of him to borrow." We are asked to state that as the Benevo lent Institution will not receive any monej from the United District Board before Saturday, the usual payments to recipient! of relief will be made on Monday morning next, immediately after bmk hours. The Wanganui Chronicle writes : — " We notice that Mr. George Hutchison is to de liver an address at Napier next week, ii reply to the recent speeches of the Fremiei at Marton and the Minister for Lands at Hastings. A Bpccial interest att ushea to Mr. Hutchison's coming speech because of the utterly absurd chargo levelled at him by the New Zealand Times, and repeated by Mr, Seddon at Marton, that his "Wanganni speech was never delivered in the shape in which it was published in this paper. No higher compliment could have been paid Mr. Hutchison than to Baj that Mb speech was too good to have been delivered If Ministers, however, are really in doubt as to tho ability of the member for Patea to deliver such a speed as that which, in the vn'gar vernaculai bas ' knocked them kite high ' the best thing they can do is to despatch a Hansard reporter to Napier next Fiiday to take n verbatim report of his utterances. Mr, Hutchison wonld have coma out of such « test with flying colonrs at Wansranui, and we have not thi least doubt that he wil! Feel greatly obliged lto the Government il t:iey will only accept on? suggestion foi Friday evening noxt, and have the speed so taken down and reported verbatim ci libKratim in tho Ministerial newspapers. By so doing Ministers will roliflve them' selves from the troublesome though tin. Tounded suspicion of Mr. Hutchison being made to appear in a better light in his pub' lishe'l than in hia delivered address " The programme arranged for Mis'- Laura Fisher's concert, which is ti be held or Thursday next, sbonld satisfy tho mosl exacting musical gourmand. Misa Kose Blaney, bein? a atran<rer to Wellington though not in repute, tikes prido of place and, if Fouthern reports are to bo relied on will prove a distinct acquisition to tho musi cal t .lent alre idy retimed. Miss Blaney, ii addition to her numerous concert eaccossci in Australia and our own colony, was s member of Mr. W. J. Tumor's Kxhibitioi Concert Company, and has nlrcady reoeivpc a number of en^ajemenU in this island Miss Scharrer, an elocutionist, will ale( appear, and with Madamo Merz, Mr I'rouso, Mr. Williams, and the beneficiain herse'f a'so performing a highly attraclivi concert may be expected. There is to be seen nt the Dresden Pinuo Co.": wareconse a very fine organ just importeu by tin company for oonoert purposes. It is a iloubli manual instrument, wah peilala, Hud Seribner' patent qu'ilifvins tubes. The stops ate 20 n number, besides grand orgnu. The instrumen lias 13 ects of reeds, and is of beautiful tone. ?or continuation oj tvwwtnj matter see jourtl V-qt.