OUR MAIL BAG.

Lake County Press, Issue 1066, 28 May 1903, Page 5

OUR MAIL BAG.

Genial, witty, pungent Max O'Roll ii dead. A raild case of Gracchus small-pox has bean found in Dunsdin, and thnre is a snspeet at Lyttelton. In the face of critical time Japanese political parties bury the hatchet. Kereopa, who attempted to murder his wife and commit) suicide at Rata, died in the Wanganui hospital en Saturday night. His wifo ia in a precarious condition. A deputation of ladiss waited on the Premier at Kawhia and pointed out the evils of sly grog-selling in the district. Replying, he deplored the reported state of affairs, and said it was tha intention of the Government to deal fully with tho matter. Th«Government would sre the law strictly enforced and minimi?e the evil a$ far as possible. A woman is plagued at Fromantle in tho vicinity where two plague deaths oecorred a year ago Medical opinion is that infection aruSri from the Boil, A German doctor, who i* assisting \n KishniHl' ])osni'.a', d-»scr:!•■••■ many

horribla cruelties in connection with the recent anti-Jewish riots. Ko says on« mm.';-. Wqn were sawn off and all a child'-, tf-i-th extracted. Another infant/a py»« w*re turned nut with a red hot iron wliil* in its mothm'* anna and in its falht-r'p presence. A mother was outraged and hue breast cut oIT while trying to protect her child.