OUTWARDS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 22, 17 May 1876, Page 2

OUTWARDS.

r x.*r tr. Samson. p.».. W't t»n». Ertie. far ftnned.n. H. Aitkeny ajrent. tSWARfK*. x,w' tr. BuneleUch. schooner, MS-ton*. Francis, front Ihinedin. for Kokitikm. T. J. sftfre>*. agent. VE3B£t» EN* POKT. Jt.w t" tiviir— riwnatis. Schooners Jlcra, Reliance, and Tanranaiu ESCORTS*. Per Samson, toe thinetlin -t bag* potatoes. J. iaefcion ; ll» hid**, I". B'wth l .*> boxes, t.ees and Moore: :: cases. SHrthintr-: «> &'«•* p"ifard. f>att. For ship Kukaia -tt casks, too rases.. I.kcs ami Moorn. For t.bij> Wilit Deer -.'!" bates wool'..!) casks tallow, T. It. Irirown. for (C'hristrhurrh t <:u;w pi< f.urey. H. Aitkeu. The l*ni«r» (i-'ompany » p.*. Siiniswi left (or lHin»tti[i this wornum-. at U o'clock. She took about ,{i tww *>« sreiwraT «ara;o,. and the following passen-cr* : Mrs. ttreyvMis* Robertson, Messrs. tlouelr. f»rey t and ten in th«.st«eru«e» The schooner Bendem-h.arrived irv the bay thrs morn ing from Dutiedin. en route for Itofcitika. She brings 11, i|.uantity of timber for this port ♦ MAILS EtETYVKKV MEU»>t'BNK A.Vt> SEW /EACANI*. Th* statement that the contract for the conveyance oHheSlSfcH iwuls between Melismrne and New Zealand has hem renewed: with .Hessrs. M'.HeeUan. Waekwood, and ('n, h (nr a term of years is not <ftiir.e correct, as the eststin ■• contract does not expire until thy end of Auirnst ne.it. out we C*llwf*> understandthiit the contract will he renewed then ort the present term* unit 116 the present subsidy. £.».'><"> per annum. This wilTjfive general satisfaction in New Zealand, where the invariable punctuality and efficiency with which Messrs. M'Jtei-kiuK f'.lackwoud. and *'o. have carried out their contract is thoroughly appreciated. - ♦ SEttr yrt;.r;F>>N-s.. There i» iv medical matter that miu'ht profitably enmure the atta#ton of legislators as welt us the Whitsbolt nuthoriiioW. Alt " Uvn««« '* tWljLfcs. very properly), now b<« «>-wtt(«l. Thfi* Qtiht. rf/«•%»«► exfi'iuloH alt cotoiiiat nndiii<.in«it'& l tlwiutohKa .u'vwvt hard-.hi(>-unit injustkß- "jMStthjwt U a tlitß-u'.t on«. w« must p«teWC-«Kt''wlth. the axiom that th« .oia.f Huations of a medt&t 'praotitiotier afloat ouulvt to he at least mum* 8« tiwme-r>t onu prai:tt<u« on shore. tmu»-ninuh-iw tn. th» mßsoncß of other professional aid hU rosponnthilltfei*lire vt-ry much s'Watcv. ft K.however, worthy oe eons&hjration wheth«r the time na.« not now arrived whew snme ilVirrues and diploma.* eonfc'rred in ♦-ivniula luut Australia si\ontd he rKcof.-nised hy the jteiUeat t'ouiwtt in this eoreitry. We refer in the ease or »hlp'*urjrenns mnro- piuftivufarly to, «'anada, and there is no> doubt the chanyt: would he a diplomatic one ft the standard of examinations could tie estabHsheit and maintained on a stitncientiy his:h and seeure biwis. Meilieul officers attai-hed to merchant ships everv of the hiVhest chiss are continte>.riy cumptivtnlnjf to, us that their profession!** status atfoat is not properly aoknowteil'ijed or supported. This mav. In some insfivnces.. he the case., hut. as with tiic arttiy nnd navy grievance*,, we are disposed to* hetievy that much hlnures upon the proclivities of the individual voiTCSKned.. The pay ot surgeons mi the steam lines lit now fciirty liberal, and. as a ride, the position is ifb* rendered humiliatiny or at alt nnpteauant. toWnis tntu the varwty of people with whom ho is* brought vnti> contai-t, and the character of the work that he is called upon to perform. Sfß-WAKtJJK tJUHTS. BWently some interesting experiments were rmSm, in the Thmnes. near lilacfcfriars" fcrut-re, with the sabtnarilie lamps of Denayrotue and €w... whieh were: in the operations on the %aujrnartf. A diver <l*3cendeit. and on reaching the bottom of the. rivM-ipomtntfnicated throush a speafcinsapparatus* attached to-hi» helmet, that he hswt arrived at the bottom, was" all ri-'ht." and wa* ready to receive his-suomariawlami'.. The lamp was then tfcrtited and towered to the diver. As soon as it reached>ini he reported the fact through his speafcin? apparatus. Thu tamps were kept at the bottom for an hour, and when bwnitttt ttp-were still burning' brHtunitfy. and the diver reported that, despite the muddy Water, he eoutd geeadiirtttnwof soverat feet around hint.. The cxperiments were qonsidered to be highly saiirfaesory.