SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Evening Star, Issue 11893, 22 May 1903, Page 6

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

» WELLINGTON, May 22. A New York merchant, Mr L. V. Holvmaister, who is accompanied by his wif!>, arrived in Wellington yesterday, after having made a tour of the southern lake districts and the West Coast. Tbey go from here north, intending to spend some t:me at. Rotorua and its vicinity. Mr Holymaister has expressed to the Tourist Department his appreciation of New Zealand scenery and its climate, characterising it as "one of the best little countries he has struck," and he has just come here from Japan. Cases of scarlet fever continue plentiful in Wellington. There were thirty-six cases under treatment in the hospital on Wednesday. The epidemic has prevailed for four or five months, but until quite recently was of a very mild nature. The type is now changing, however; it is becoming more virulent The hospital has more applications from patients for admission than it can accommodate, and as fast as a bed becomes vacant another patient comes to fill it. The Health Department keeps in touch with the hospital regarding vacancies for fever patients. The nospital authorities say that their experience with fever cases during the past six months goes to prove conclusively the need for a fever hospital for Wellington. An additional trouble is that accommodation is very limited for general cases, and the institution becomes overtaxed when a fever epidemic prevails. CHRTITCHURCH, May 22. AHhouch Master Cyril Ward is now making satisfactory progress, the accident was of such a nature as to make it advisable that the Minister of Railways should remain in Christchurcb for a week or ten days. It appears that in climbing to the top of a porch, at Lincoln College young Ward named at a large piece of

' stone, some 601b in weight, which he? thought was a fixture, but which turned ! out to be loose. The stone came with him, ! and he fell with it a distance of 25ft to the ground. Fortunately, he threw himself clear of the concrete path leading up to the porch, and as luck would have it the heavy stone fell only upon the calf of his leg. The flesh of the leg has been very badly torn, necessitating thirty-eight stiches being put in, whilst six stitches have also been put in the instep of the other leg. Had the stone fallen upon the boy he would almost undoubtedly have been killed, whilst had it fallen an inch or two further on to the leg it would have so shattered the bone as to have necessitated amputation. The accident occurred on Tuesday last. Lady Ward is also in Christchurch.