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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 13 February 1913, Page 1

"How is it that I am 'not pbpular.'in Enela-nd -" the .Kaiser is said to have once asked Mr. Cecil; Rhode?: • Mr. Rhodes replied that His Majesty had. many friends in' England* 'P^. r " sisted the Emperor,. "but what can.:-1 < do to make myself popular?, .Suppose yOu just try <Jomg ' nothing, answered. 'Mr. Rhodes. Thfe Emperor-frowned j a little at first, and 'then laughed; , ■A ' case of youthful vitality toriished the medical' profession ;wm th,at of George Krousej a boy of 13, who\dt*a. in the Lefba'rion- Hospital,, New York.-.,-A red-hot- steel-' umbrella rod was driven through the boy's, head from-eat N>>oar while playing with some children in; a, vacant plot in. the Bronxl3 days befOtJe. That lire was' sustained' so long sidered exceptional by surgeons interested in the case. In addition to the terrible injury to the child's* brain, owing to the pressure of broken, bones■ .upon it, it ,'haij. been completely pierced and burned lieated steel. ' Victor Cunningham,- aged, about ,19, v * smiled brightly, from hia- bed. on . the i, verandah of the, accident ward at' too , Auckland fiospitaV-the other moitntog ■>. Star,") when melnb<>rs of/the •Hospital. Board were giyAn an explahation of the remarkable Operation that saved hislife soire four 'or five weeks ago. The customary meeting 1 , ot the board in committee had just • ed. ' arid 'the case' was considered sufficiently • unique to interest them. were told that Cunriingliam wa» admitted to the, institution (just. before Christmas suffering from aggravated stoppage , of the bowels for five days' duration. Examination showed that the only hopo for th© saving of his life was the foriring of the hazardous operation.pl 'removing his intestines. Thiswa&jdohe by a prominent members of the honorary staff. The intestines were remov«ja, treated, and returned to iho place .'frtjm whence thev came, with the assistance ,of 470 silver stitches.; So -graves were the fears entertained for "his recovery tlintrit . was thought the patient-would die o,n operating table., whereon he lay for '«n .hour' and a, half. But the following day he commenced to revive, and since, then ."he has never looked back" (to quote th£ words of Dr. Maguire, acting medical ; superintendent). On the second evening after ■ the critical operation, ■ while"' being removed to a side ward, : the. youth. was-bright enough to ask that he should be allowed to remain in order to hear a concert that was in ' progress near ,by. Cunningham, who is a resident of Rocky Nook, is 1 expected to' be' ready to leave the institution very shortly. ' The seventh biennial session ,of the,lriternational Women's Suffrage Alliance will be held at, Budapesth, Hungary'^.>:ln .Tune next. • As during the Veek.'of this, congress .unusual opportunities'will;bo, given l- for seeing much- tliat , is. seen by the tourist, New Zeala'ndfirswho contemplate, a visit to Europ<i might' do well to include Budapesth' in theip itirtfeirary.: .. womei\Vi t SUffi'agista •<.. aye: organising a series of visits,ekcufc-sions,-and fetes to gtye*to tHeir .visitor® as complete an idea, as* possible of.tiieJr interesting-, country.—a ' land . which t° l many' of us "is Httel more than ft' ; na'me. Railway fees are to. be rediited for. the Week. The, meetings', of; !&••' concrete itself will, of! course, prove the tereatiest attraction .to • the /. more,' tKoutfhtfuJtf^W'' .torsi -as the speakers will' ( inblude' . from*, every part of the^civilised world. It will possibly bo a revelation ; to many to learn that the movemont for' equal- suffrage is now world-wide, and that the demand for "Votes for W<>men" is being made successfully by countries as far removed from each othcr as Portugal, Iceland, and China.' tTho languages used in the conference • English, French, and Gorman, and, of these English is chief, mainly- wt account of the wide progress, made by the movement in the United. States, of America. Miss Newcomb, hen ' secretary of the Australian and, New 'Zealand Women Voters' Association (London), who with Miss Hodge, represented Australia at the congress in Stockholm in 1911, is at present on a- visit to \Sydney. "A constable shall always be placed under the control of a superior,.' but in the execution - of his duty ais a peace officer lie "is generally called upon to act on his .own responsibility," states/ the new polico regulations. "He sltoiild, therefore, be a person of intelligence, discretion, active nabits, and goodT .temper. His first duty is perfect obedience to, his superiors." I He shall receive the orders of those above him with deference and respect, and execute them with alacrity. He must always_ be on the alert for the prevention of crime and the protection of the public; aiicj he must never omit, to report to his sergeant, ofother superior under whom he is serving, any circumstance that may appear to affect the public peace or the character of the forpe."