The Oamaru Mail. MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1911.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10708, 6 March 1911, Page 3

The Oamaru Mail. MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1911.

There are people, the Chinese proverb tells us, who Hospital Dentistry, spend all their time digging their graves with their teeth. But we must remember that the worse the teeth are the more quickly do they dig the graves of their owners. Therefore it is the most profitable of all things to keep" the teeth in good order and condition. Well-to-do people do this with regularity. One of their luxuries is what the profession calls "Conservative dentistry." In the old days when a tooth ached it had to go, and it went; usually through the instrumentality of the coarse gigantic jaw-breaking extractor of a bygone age, or by the cord and hot iron of the blacksmith, which was not very much worse as a process. Modern science has not only improved the practice of extraction, suiting it to the character of its work among teeth strong, weak, coarse and tender. It has also added the Conservative department to dentistry. , If a, tooth aches nowadays the primary object of the genuine dentist is to save it for the future, so that the digestion of its owner may be kept from deteriorating. Not long ago the idea prevailed that the average dentist, finding the supply of artificial denturage more profitable than extraction, or cure, spent his time in persuading people to have their own' teeth out, in order to be replaced by new ones of his making. This has, like many other jibes at professional men, "turned out to be a libel. The main object of the dentist who is respected in his business is the saving of teeth; and very great progress ho has made in this eminently useful work. The latest move is to bring his skill within the reach of the poor. Hence the Auckland dentists have set up a dental hospital. To the principle there can bo no objection whatever; but it is better to have such institutions under the control of the hospital authorities. Therefore a proposal of the hospital doctor at Wellington to set up such an institution under the control of the Hospital Board in that city has been accepted by the Board and endorsed by the profession, the members- of which guarantee the same services as are rendered by the medical profession in the hospitals. This is bringing hospital work up to the needs of humanity. For somo reason quite ungrasped yet by science this is the day of diseased teeth. In every country there .is something like a plague of bad teeth. As it sets in early in life it is good.to see that the education boards of the Dominion are doing something in the way of examination under their aus- : pices. We trust .that movement. will, spread as it deserves. .

The Waitaki Acclimatisation: Society have'decided, iir response, to a request from the Department of Internal Af- ' fairs, that the season be an open "one for ] hares, grey and paradise ducks and ) black swans, but a close one for i The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile -Agency Company, in. conjunction : with Messrs Dalgety and Co., on Satur- > day submitted to auction the goodwill and improvements of the Crown leases held by Mrs R. A. Parker' comprising 7924 acres of Waitaki Valley grazing land. Notwithstanding .the brisk bid 7 ding, the highest failed-to reach the reserve set for the whole, and the lots >were submitted separately, Little Roderick Station being- eventually knocked down "to Mr C. .Robertson, Kurow, for. £2150..- The Corrie Block in'at £2500, and, on being submitted in conjunction with the Waitaki Flat Block land Island Block, was again .passed; at'£27oo.'. -.., " ■: -'■■ -Itiswellthat the re-airaugomeut of the .Ministerial .'portfolios does « not mean as-appears:on the surface. In most'cases-the departments which have , been" entrusted to the care of the remaining Ministers arc administered by .officers formal super- . vision only is necessary. Mr Carroll will,: however, ;be- bus}' if, he' attends faithfully to his newly imposed responsibilities. '•The Hon. W. C. Smith, whose death is'announced to-day, was, in.the early history of Liberalism;.in New Zealand, ■an important factor, not as,a speaker, but as'-a tactician and:an organiser ci or. his party.. During the 'later years of > liis life he was too ill to take any. very prominent part in politics either inside or outside the Council. ; Mr Alfred Ashbolt, who has just-died at a comparatively early age, was "the Sjbn of very early settlers in Wellington, and learned the printing business lafc the Press Office, Christchufch ; during Mr J. E. Fitzgerald.'? proprietorship of that paper. As is stated else- \ where ia this issue, he was-manager of tho mechanical department of the "New Times at the.time"of his death. He was an excellent colonist and the father of a considerable family, and will be missed in circles of quiet usefulness. Madame Zela slaughter of Mr Sibbald, Collector of Customs at Dunedin) has entered upon a professional career under the auspices of Madame Sherwin. Little over a year ago her father consulted Mr Hugo Gorlitz.as to what to do with his daughter in the Old Country. He said that she had studied \, in Vienna, Italy, and Paris, and did not seem to make any progress profession-

ally. Mr Gorlitz naturally recommended licr to go to Madamo Sherwin, his wife, and tho consequence is that Madame Zela is now specially engaged for the opening concert of the great Festival of the Empire at the Crystal Palace, London, in June, when tho King and Queen will be present. Tho secretary of the North Otago Rifle Association has received the following donations towards the Association's funds: Lieut.-Colonel Nichols £2 2s, Surgeon-Captain Garland £l Is, and Mr F. W. Milner £1 Is. Enquiries for programmes for the meeting at Easter are numerous and a record entry is expected. , A wedding of interest took place in the Morven Church on .Wednesday Jast, the contracting parties Mr John Hay and Miss Archibald (both of Morven). The Church was very.nicely decorated for the occasion. The ceremony was performed by the Rev:: R. Dickie, and there was quite a large number of people present. .The Bride Was given away by her brother (MK.J. Archibald), and was attended by Miss Hay ; as bridesmaid, while the bridegroom was supported by his brother,<sMr C. Hay as best man. After .the ceremony the guests adjourned to the Morven Hall, where the wedding breakfast was laid out, and the usual toast "list was gone through. . The Rev. R. Dickie proposed the health ! of the bride bridegroom, and spoke of the good work done by both Mr and Mrs Hay; especially in regard to Church matters. The happy couple left during tho afternoon for t the South by motor car on tlieir honeymoon trip. One hundred and twenty bales of wool

from the Benmoro Estate were tractioned through Oamaru to-day .to Messrs John Mill and Co.'s store, where the clip will await shipment. The wool

train comprised three heavily laden, trucks drawn by a traction engine, ; and formed quito an imposing spectacle." The appointments nf Mr C. W. Cooke as Deputy Official Assignee at Greyruouth, as from 22nd February last, and of Mr A. W. AVoodward, as Deputy Official Assignee at Oamaru as from 18th February last, are gazetted. The largo audiences which gathered in the Opera House on Saturday afternoon and evening must have appreciated the programmes submitted, containing, as they did, a large number of excellent comic studies. "Lo Block Learns to Fly" was perhaps one of tho best yet screened by the company, and "Tilly Visits the Poor" was also a very funny subject. "The Spectre," "The Phoenix?:" and "The Salutary Lesson" were the dramas, all of which were of a powerful and interesting nature, the latter being one of the popular American Bioscope productions. A good scenisjjjjbject entitled "From Interlaken to Brienz;" brought out some beautiful mountain scenic views. A Pathe Gazette was also contained in the programme, and fit showed some interesting events. "Foolshead as a Policeman" and ■' "THe Smoker's Martyrdom" were two other good comic pictures which were loudly applauded. The Smithfield employees intend holding their annual picnic at Oamaru .on. the afternoon of Thursday, March 16th. At the monthly meeting of the Waitaki Acclimatisation Society Messrs Farr and Familton were 'appointed the Ground Committee for the month. Messrs T. Burnett and W. Dewar were elected to membership. Mothers 1 PHOSPHOL will make weak children, from birth onwards, robust and healthy. Sold everywhere in... large bottles. j

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