GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10014, 28 December 1895, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

[ill TELEGRAPH.—OWN COKIIESrONDKNT,] Thames, Friday. The holidays, so far, have passed ovor free from any accident of serious moment, although there have been two or three narrow escapes. The weather, although hot, has been beautifully tine and enjoyable. One special foature has been the number of visitors, and apparently all have been well supplied with cash, as most of the tradespeople report that their takings this Christ)mas exceed t'lose for many years past. [BY TELEGRAPH. ASSOCIATION.] Wanoanui, Friday, Captain Gregor, well known in this colony, died suddenly last night at Kai-Iwi, where he has been keeping an hotel for some years. He formerly commanded the schooners Waihopi find Awaroa and the steamer Wakatti, He died without warning after dropping into a dam. WoonviLi.t, Friday. A young woman named Finny Taylor attempted suicide this morning by taking ammonia. The doctor holds out little liopo of her recovery, She buried her infant at Napier on Friday, and says grief unhinged her mind so that she did nob know what she was doing. Invehcakgim,, Friday. A farm house of six rooms was burned on Wednesday. The house was insured for £150 in the Norwich Union. There was no insurance on the furniture.

Dunkdin, Friday. Jamos Donald was found dead in his room, on the 2Hh instant), at the Crown Hotel, DunecHn. It is supposed from heart disease. It is very frequently obsorved that during hot weather there is an increased prevalence of diarrhoea, both in town and country populations. This seems to bo due partly to the ileal) itself, partly to the changou made >» diet on account of the hot weather, ami partly also from chills caught when petspiring freely on account of exercise in the hot atmoaphoro. Thoclianpres of diet induced by boat are generally from a full moat dies to a diet of fruit and vegetables. No doubt, at all time* fruit and vegetables tend to relax, while meat has a tendency toward constipation. On the whole, it is better to be relaxod than constipated, but in hot summer weather it is wise to keep a strict watch over any tendency to diarrhtea. Such an attack may bo quite harmless but, on tho other hand, it may, in a few hours, become very difficult to check, and may pass into English cholera. This disoase must not, however, bo confused with true Asiatic cholera, which seems to require a definite source of contagion. It is gonerally spread by means of water used for drinking purposes, or it may bo actually caught directly by a nurseor relative in attendance upon a'patient. Summer acute diarrhoea is not,properly speaking,contagious, although in all cases it is wise to use sanitary precautions. When diarrhoea is set up by change in food or errors of diet, it is wise to begin the treatment at once with a purgative to clean any irritant remains from tho intestines. This is especially important if tho diarrhoea has been set up by unripe or over-ripe or unwholesome fruit. Castor oil answers this purposo very well, because its action is prompt and thorough, and does not tend to a long continuance. When its effect has passed off, some form of mixture, both pain relieving and of an astringent action, is desirable. For example, the natie powder of chemists with parogoric—ateaspoonful of tho powder to2oor 30 drops of the latter rubbed up with water in c ,ip—forms a vary suitable draught. A more astringent powder is that namod compound catechu. Jn severe cases one or two grains of acetate of load in a pill may soon arrest tho disease, but if simple remedies do not stop the frequency of the trouble gob a doctor, by all means.

Ib is stated thab the salo of Lord 'Ancaster's Gwydyr estate furnished a touching instance of the affection the Welsh farmer bears for the "old placo." After offering £800 for his holding the tenant expressed the hope thab, as it had been in bis family for generations, ho would be able to buy it. And it was sad to watch his face as the bidding rose well into four figures. At length, amid encouraging plaudits, he made a bid of £1400, and after a short period of intense excitement the lob was declared his. Then; turning to the audience, he declared with vehemence that ho would have gone on to another £1000 sooner than lose the home of his fathers, Flannelette manufacture samples at half Auckland D.B.C.— [Advb.]