POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XX, Issue 6358, 12 September 1895, Page 4

POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.

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WstUSOTOS, September 11. The If jn. Mr M'Koraie i» introducing » Pastoral Tsnants Belief BdL jSahout teachers art* to be placed on the saawfooting eespectinsf ambulance Lactates as ia connactioa with University teaching classes..

The Public School Teachers Court of Appeal BUt is tu be btuogbs down shortly. The pamphlet prepared on tha subject of anthrax, by Mr Guru-th, and laid wn the table to-day saya that direct aauliitbt iathe only effectual disinfectant as;*iusc «3>os«» or seeds of the v Bootable patjatte kaowa »a bacillua anthracb, which is the casta* of anthrax. Further on it » stated thai! it b impossible fur anyone having anything to do with a case at suspected aafihra* to be tow careful of his own safety, as abrasions, almost unobservable to the naked eye, on the hand o( the operator, hart* been known tu be the means of allowing the entrance of theata deadly germs into the blood with fatal waults. It b also advisable to wear 'gStrttfft la, maxapolattßg aucfa » carcase. and the frnife and other instruments should be kept in boiliug water for half aa hour alter use. Repotting oa the Oamartt Hospital, Dr Macgregor says ia hb annual departmental report : "Hm number [of patients { oa thtt day of inspection was nine tczq andtsttvea women. The maaaweiaeat i» carefoi, tfc* nmsing b gowd, and everything ia ia giod order. The record of surgical work foe the year is most temaikabt* fur •* LjSyiral of this sfcse and reflects «hw greatest credit on Che doctor." The total number of patients Under treatment dating the year it* shewn t© have been 14% and there were 124 outdoor patients. sk» year's expenditure- w*» L 112217» 4d aad tbm daily **wa*g* «•«*« per head wm