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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1315, 13 May 1897, Page 16

Two monster warships, each costing .£BOO,OOO, are about to be built in England for Japan. _ No vessels now afloat, or contemplated, 'will have such displacement or formidable batteries, and when in commission they will be even greater and more invulnerable than the Victoria, sunk some years ago by the ram or tiro Oamperdown. On Thursday, at Auckland, an operation was performed by the aid of the Rontgen rays on a Mrs Tait, who is suffering from the effects of a needle embedded in the sole of the root. A photograph of it was taken, for surgical use, by Mr C. E. Mackie. The photograph showed the needle plainly, and to ascertain its precise position a slight incision was made along the sole of the foot and a piece of silver wire placed therein. A photograph was then taken from above the limb, and the head of the needle was seen and located. The needle was then removed .with ease; ' - y •