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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 7820, 20 October 1903, Page 2

Mr Gilruth, Government veterinarian, received a cable on Monday stating that Mr 2 lvinsella, who recently accepted the po»i c rioi) as Chief of the Transvaal Dairy Department, -is dangerously ill with typhoid , fever. The Inspector-General of Hospitals, iv his annual report, remarks :— " It is a fact accepted by all careful students , of social science that pauperism grows ° by giving too freely, and badly-admin-istered outdoor relief merely intensifies n the evil its administrators desire to mitigate." t Cardinal Moran says of the Pope :— "He is indubitably a worthy successor t to the late Pontiff, and of Pius IX., a whose name he chose, he appears to be \ the very embodiment oi earnestness, A simplicity, affection, and piety. He is c far from being strong, however, and ( some days ago owing to intense heat i and continued audiences he fainted im- ( mediately after mass, and all coming £ audiences that had been arranged had Ito be postponed." ' ( At the monthly meeting oi tho Ha- l wera District Hospital and Charitable ] Aid Board on Monday the question of j appointing an honorary staff of medical ! i officers was briefly discussed. Mr Bod- .< die was of opinion that if the addition- '< al skill that was now in H'awera were ] enlisted, by being appointed honorary ' surgeons, the general public would be j ' satisfied that the whole of the skill in j the district was available at the Hos- j j pital. The GhaimuMi (Mr Scott) said | he was not greatly in lovo with the suggestion, aiid he spoko of a former experience where conditions similar to those now suggested prevailed. Noth- . 1 ing was done in the matter, but members generally appeared to support Mr Boddie's idea. When an. urgent case of iiiuess was reported to the Hospital Board by Dr. Brown, as reported in Monday's issue, [ -t/he Board decided to remove two r'uient > an old age pensioner named Thomas i Robson— to the Hospital. The proposed attention, however, was not nel cessary, as before it could be rendered l the man had died. His body was removed to tho Morgue during the aftci:noon. Jtotoson had Jong been a resident of the district, and friends time after ! time tried to induce him to, go to tho j Old Men's Homo, but he sturdily refused, and insisted on living alone in a j cottage, of which Mr James Davidson j allowed him to have the use. Residents l in the locality sent him food and com- j forts, but latterly he has been very I feeble, and really qu^tc unable to look 3 after himself-. The Coroner has not deemed it necessary to hold an inquest. An anonymous gift to the Melbourne Hospital was accompanied by the follow- j ing letter : — "To the secretary, Melbourne | .Hospital. — Dear Sir, — Enclosed please fin'l ' my cheque for the sum of £1000 towards the endowment fund of your institution, i This donation is in place of a like amount l » set out in my will some time ago. This ]' is a small thanks-offering for all the bless 1 ings granted to me and mine for the last 40 years in this country. I do not wish ' any public notice taken of this transaction, as I have nothing to advertise. With my best wishes for your valuable and bighearted institution." On her last voyage Home the s.s. Ruapehu e;qieriencecl severe storms a few days after leaving Lyttelton, and these continued as far as Cape Horn. At times the deck was covered with snow sin in > depth, with the thermometer down to 16 t degrees, and salt water freezing on deck, 3 masts, and rigging. When the thaw came j great masses of ice, Mr Story states, . crashed on to the decks, resulting in in- ' jury to some of the officers, to several of the ship's crew, and to a lady passenger. . r After passing Cape Horn more rough wedl thcr was met with at Monte Video, and f in the transfer of passengers who were 3 gorng on shore there one of them fell overboard, dragging one of the ship's officials with him, and naturally great ex- ' citament prevailed until boi/h were rescued. A mysterious disappearance is reported 1 from Perth, West Australia. A Sister of c the Church of England, known as Sister J Mercy, left Perth by train for the Chil2 drcn's juojuo. Parkerville, a distance of j nineteen miles. oi\ Friday it was ascertained in Perth that she had not arrived j at Parkerville, and search was at once j instituted, but has proved futile. The \ E country around Paikerville is thick bush, c and this is being scoured by search parr ties. Sister Mercy is an English lady, who g has been some time in Australia. The following is told of a Birmingham head master. With the object of giving *• lus higher class a practical lesson in the 2 use of the barometer, he placed the inQ strument on a window about 7ft from the y ground., at <h.3 same tima telling his ;. scholars to note any change in it and " report to 'him. During the dinner hosu ' one boy, more meddlesome than the others • began tampering with the glass, with the B result that it fell to the ground and was t broken to pieces. Anticipating matters, - he wotchctl lo- the' master's return from c dinner, and, rushing to meet him, excitedly observed, "Sir, the barometer has L fallen!" ''How much?" asked the master, s thinking of climatic changes. " "Seven 8 teet!" replied the youngster to the great i s amusement of all. / The Spectator, in its notice of Dr A.II cock's "Naturalist in Indian Seas" (Murj ray), remarks on the means by which fish ■j are able to see their way in the depths of the ocean, where darkness reigns etern,ii- > ly : — ''Such creatures as retain their sight c at a thousand fathoms must provide their t own lights, and we are not quite sure that , hue fact that they are enabled lo do so S r is not the greatest of all life's mysteries. T That the power to make light should be ' given to these insignificant dwellers of B the ocean is, indeed, wonderful, when we " i recollect that we, with the profoundest re 1 'searches, only know it as a vibration jf - ethei 1 , and cannot produce it ourselves by s natural means. So much is denied to ub s and given to them that the thoughtful mind must find significance in the distinc 1 tioji. Some d«ep-saa fishes have rows of s k-ntern-like scales tnder their sides, and / must resemble a Cunarder at night when - the saloon passengers are dining." The failure oi a married woman named t Annie M. W. Walsh to make a will has t resulted in an unexpected windfall of >)3L fcween £3000 and £4000 coming into the Victorian Stat>. j Treasury. Deceased tvas a daughter of George Willis, of Bridge 8 Street, Port Melbourne, and was made vi - sole beneficiary by a will executed on Jami - ary 6th, 1873. She married Charles H. j, Walsh in April, 1899, antl died intestate 2 on 4th July last. Her husband survived " her, but thei-e were no children of tlv». marriage, and no next of kin. During her s lifetime Mrs Walsh enjoyed the income 2 from some riiiiders 1 Street property, for •.. ? *ng part of the estate of George »villis. estimated to bo worth about £7000, ami as she had made no testamentary disI position regarding it, the question now arose whether the beneficial interest in it i I formed part of her estate or of that of her '/ ' deceased father. The matter was referral . to Mr Justice Hood in tho Practice Co.irt, _ lately, and it was decided that the beef.- J 3 h'cial 'interest fcrmed part of the estate of l Mrs Walsh. The result of this findm:>; is that one-half of the property will go to r the husband, and the other half to the ) Crown.

At a meet : ng of the Stiatford branch of the Farmers' Union, held last night, a^ which Mr Donald, the provincial scorstary, attended and explained the veterinary surgeon scheme, it was unanimously dedided to fall in with the proposal of tliV executive and lecommend members generally to sign the guarantee.

A nasty shooting accident case was admitted to the Hospital ojji Monday, the patient being a lad named Isaac Sorensen, of Disraeli Street, 14 years of age. Jt> appears that Sorensen and a. companion named Albert Kenny were out shooting with a pea rifle on Mr Groville's farm.. Kenny was carrying the rifle at full cock, and in getting over a fence the top wire broke, causing the weapon to swing round and discharge. The bujlet, a lai'ge one, struck , Soi*ensen high up pn the front part of the thigh. The lad dropped to the ground, but feeling no pain ho rose and walked about fifty paces. About five minutes afterwards, however, his suffering was so great that he was unable to walk, antl be had to too removed -to shelter. Dr. Brown was called to attend the injury, and it was deemed advisable to take the laid to the Hospital. At the time of writing the pellet had not been located. At the Hawera Central Auction Mart, on Thursday, Messrs Whittaker and Wluttaker will sell the contents of a n>croomed 'home. The Axemen's Carnival at Eitham i$ to take place on December 26 and 28. The total priize money is £155. The dates upon which entries will close are advertised in this issue. It is reported that a number of dairy factory managers throughout the Taranaki district anticipate that the output for October will bo greater than that of any month during' ]ast season. The Aorere arrived at Patea this morning, and _will sail again to-night. The Aotea is expected' to-morrow (Wednesday). A stray sheep is running on W. Howe's .property, IJormanby. Steuart and Corrigan advertise a furniture sale to take place on Friday at Mr Wicket's residence. First class trousers and vest hands are wanted. > Newion Kipg has a preliminary notice of a safys on account of Mr R. H.~ The Manaia branch ,of tb,e New Zealand^ Farmers' Union will mie^t on Wednesday (to-morrow'l evening. Attention is called to rbplace a'dvertisem^nt oi the Hawera Tailoring Co., j where a gosp. fit,- combined with the' best of •workm.an's.fajip' fg.nd maiberial ia i guaranteed. • . • • Before bujdng a plough see ifebe' .'•' Ex- 1 celsior." It will please you.«— Advt.