NEWS & NOTES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 194, 9 August 1895, Page 1

NEWS & NOTES.

♦ Mr Geo. Eobinson of the Lind Office, Blenheim, wt-nt down to K-iikoura in* stead of Mr Weetman, to conduct the land salo leases there last week. Only one section wbb disposed of, Mr Evacs obtaining renewal of his lease of section 203 at the upset annual rental of £15. Tbe secret of longevity is tb«3 revealed by M. Lodin de Lalaire, a hardy o'.d gentleman of ninety-eight : —"Digtaste for strong drink and a passionate fond Dees for sea-bathing. I used to be an even more intrepid swimmer than Lord ByroD, and 1 never had. to call m a doctor until I was eighty nine. As regards tobacco, I have consumed a veritable mountain of cigars. My two greatest passions have been reading and poetry, and I still write verses at the age of nine y-eigbt," We understand that Mr B. Powell, dentist, intends starting practice on the Wfst Const, while Mr 0. Powell will continue the old-established practice m Blenheim. We (Kikciua Star) wish Mr Powell every success m h-'s new venture, of which we have no doubt, aa he has proved himself at If ast as good a danti6t as any to be found m Ihe big cities. In social ai>d musical circles Mr and Mis Powell will b9 an acquisition to whatever town they make their headquarters, pirticulaily as their services are always to be obtained for any deserving object. Mr Powell will con« ttDue his professional visits to Kai. koura, Most of the English Judges have a pet recreation. Tbe ex-Lord Chancellor Halsbury's hobby is sword exercise ; Mr Jus'iuo Fry's is botany ; Mr Jusica Hawkins' is watching hor=e races and dogs ; Mr Justice Grantbam's is the cricket field ; Mr Justica Vaughan Williams' dairy farming; Mr Justica North's, entomology; Mr Justice Wilh's, inountainemiug ; Mr Justice Chitty's, driving tandem ; aud Mr Justice Romer's trainiug carrier pige 3ns. Mr Joseph Thompson, F.E.0.5., the African explorer, whose deaih was announced on Monday, was b^rn at Penpoint m 1858, and at tho age of twenty visited Central Africi m company with the late Keith Johnston, and assumed command of tbe expedition on the dea^h of bis chief. In* 188 1 ho begon his famous journey to Mas<:ai Land, and was successful m reaching the northeaßteru corner of Luke Victoria Nya&z*. He publishea a description of his journey under tbe titl-j of ' Through Massai Land.' In 188S he started on en expedition to Moiocco, during which be crossed .the Atlas chaiu ot mountains m six different places. lv 1889 he published ' Travels ia tho Atlas and South Morocco.' He had received the gold medal of the Royal Geograpbicil Scciety, and was also gold medallist m geology «ud zoology ia the University of Edinburgh. An action of greit import mcc to the medical profession has boen lately tried m Dublin, arid apparently establishes a decision which will have seiious consequences. Tbe plaintiff was a shopkeeper named Mason, and he sought damages from ths defendant (Dr, John E. Hidden, of Rathariaps) for having negligently diagnosed as smallpox a disease called erythema nodosum. The patient w»8 one of the .plaintiff's employes ; she was removed to Cork street Fever Hospital, an-i the case was reported by the defendant, according ta the Act, as a casa of smallpox, Tha plaintiff alleged that his bu.ines3 was damaged iv consfquanco. Evidence was given that the casa was uot on 9of smallpox. For the defence it wa3 pleaded that the words were privileged, and were written iv compliance with the Notification Act, and m the beliif that they were tv% Mr Justice Murphy said the chief question to decide wag whether the defendant bad exercised fair and reusjnable care and skill as a physiciau iv advising ih-.it the patient should ba sent to a h spi'al, and whether he reasjutibly and honestly believed the girl was suffering fiom smallpox Tho jury found for tho pla'ntiff with £100 damages. Hollowly, *s Ointment and Pills. — Colds, Coughs, Shortness of Breath.— These maladies require early and unremitting attention, for if in'glecfcaJ they ofteu end iv asthma, bronchitis, or consumption. The Ointment well rubbed upon the chest and back, peno'rdtinpj tho skin, is abs jrbed and carried directly to the lungs, whence it expols all impurities. All tho blood m the b >dy is perpetually passing through the lungs, and there all noxious partijlea tending to disease can bo quickly, thoroughly, and permanently neutralized, rouderei harmless, or ejectad from the system. Holloway's Ointment and Pills perfectly accomplish this purification ; und through the blood thus clenufod, the iuflutince of these wonderful medicaments reuches the remoti st purr of the human body, itnd thus cures till diseased action, whether internal or external, A Des Moines woman who ha 3 been troubled with frequent colds, concluded to try an old remedy m a new way, and Bcoordiugly took a tablespoonful (four times the usual dose) of Chamberlain's Ooogb Remedy ju=t before going to bed. The next morning she found that her cold had almost entirely disappeared. During tho day she took a few doses of the remedy (one teaspoonful at a time) and at nighi took a tablespoonful before going to btd, and on tbe following morning awoke free from all symptoms of cold Since then she has, on eeveral occasions, used thiß remedy m lj'ka manner, with the came results, at»d ia much elated over her discovery of co quiok a way of curing a cold. For sale by F. Siuw, Medical Hall, Blenheim

THE following Properties are for SALE or TO LET :— •iroomed Cottage, St. Andrew's Street rent, (3a per week . The oonifortable residence m Maxwell Road for Eotue time past m ocoupatioo of Mr B. H. Keys ; reut, £3 per month i-roomed Cottage, Alfred Street ; rent, os per week Earll's Timber Yard, Grove Road ; rent, £10 per annum. Apply to— BANK OF HEW ZEALAND ESTATES COMPANY.