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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 30 September 1907, Page 1

In the Chinese quarters in Hainingstrcet, Wellington, a reporter met a Chinese doctor. He is described as a short, intelligent-looking man. He showed tho reporter some of the ingredients from which he manufactured antidotes. He has a box of huge black beetles, which, if cut in two when alive, will join together of their own accord. At least the doctor said they would. Following out that theory these beetles are captured killed, dried, ground into a powder, made up in the form of medicine, and administered to any man, woman, or child suffering from a broken limb. So wonderful and remarkable are the properties of the medicine that the broken bone must invitably knit without (he assistance of splints or other modem appliances. He has dried worms, shell fish, lizards, frogs and parasites of every description, and he states that they have beejj^ responsible for marvellous achievements, rejuvenating the old and performing almost every miracle in the curing of disease except bringing the dead back to life. Though the methods of making up prescriptions may bo crude and the exterior of the premises univiting, the man has patients, and he possesses a number of testimonials, including some from Europeans, proving that his methods have succeeded "after everything else had failed."

Booking for ihe Lusitania's maiden voyage has begun at the Cunard office in London (says a recent "Daily Mail") a large crowd of people making applications for tickets. Many wealthy persons are making the trip to New York and* back out of curiosity. To gratify this curiosity a passenger may devote £800 to passage-money alone. The minimum rate of first-class passage by the Lusitania \i £23, from April Ist to October 31st, east-bound or west-bound. From November Ist to March 31st the minimum rate is £20 from Liverpcol or Queenstown to New York, £21 9s from Condon, and £24 6s from Paris. The minimum rate on the Lucania and Campania is £20 for the busy season. The acommodation de luxe is provided in the outside rooms of the "B" deck, known as "regal suites." Those accommodate one or two passengers. If one only, he pays £400 fo rhis five days trip; but he has two' bedrooms, drawing room, dining room, private bath and toilet, all to himself, and the magnificent service and cuisine in state alone. For the parlour suites the price from London to New York ia £200 in the season, dropping as low as £80 in tne winter.