MISCELLANEOUS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8398, 23 January 1889, Page 5 (Supplement)

MISCELLANEOUS.

A most extraordinary opthalmic case is reported iv the New Zealand Herald, and vouched for by the medical gentleman engaged:—

M'Mullen, a settler in the Bay of Islands, while engaged crosscuttiug in May last, full on to a stump, a projecting branch of which entered his eye. He was treated by a local mudieal man, ami a small splinter oE wood was extracted, but no permanent relief was obtained. In Sfptem-

ber last M'Mulleu, on the advice of same friends, came lo Auckland and consulted an opthaluiic specialist. The surroundings of tho eye were then swollen enomuuuly, aud the infl;unum(iou was acutn. Indeed, the eye itself w.'is covered, there being only a very minute hole. thv')Uj4U which the doctor could insect a probu. Upon probing under tho eyo the doctor made a most extraordinary discovery, for underneath the eye, iv tho cavity he found a laryo piece of wood, and when, by moans of an operation, this was removed, ib was iuuud to be an inch and a-half in len;;th and the thickness of a inan'ci little linger. It i.-; needless to say that, during tho time this huge foreign subytuueo had bueu in the nnu'ii heail licsulfered iuteiiho pain. Indeed, the v/ouder ii that be h is survived ; but now that it is removed the iuil.iiumsit.ioii has b'jen reduced, and the eye being apparently uninjurod he is nblu lo see with it, although, of course, he is not yet permitted to remove thu bandages.

lie-ferring to tliu casu of Joseph O::uii BVi> pard, win) was convicted at the Chri.itchur.eh criminal sessions of larceny as a baillce and admitted to probation, the Lytteltou Times says: —"The probation oflieer for this district Ic.stiHt.'d to bis own unliriicsj for his position by report-ing i:v tjhuppard's favour. A nuiro :-:nuy.iiu; iushiiico of lank of judgment; it would b,j dlllicull, to liud. Moiii' astonishing Mill, tho j-.u!gtj dti'.liiii-d to i-xeriMM.'. his discretionary pov.x-r to disregard the oll'iceri; ivport. llugavu it to be undersiood—lei. us hope by a slip of the tongue—that iSheppard's e-c:ipi: from diiranci! vi■<; depcmlcd ou a certain sum of money bcini; i'lii-ihconiiu;: o;i his account. As Uie money was forthcoming iSlieppard was lr«-:i|..-.l as l-!imi|";li U,: Ind i)i't!ii :v i;i'iintryin:i!i cuili.v "i' fuivjini; :» i-ln;i|i\<; in a innnn'Lit of druid:i'ii i ob.r.iilty, or :i junii.T elcik wliM had t-obbrd his master's iill to pay a deb!, of ' i'lmour.' As we are nut. of those wlio wish to s'.;<! th-; I'rnbv.ion Act. f \W into contempt, we tru-il, tint the i!'-.nor>:l dN;:imt excited by VVi:il!ii;ml;i v -' c - failure ol' i'lsliiv \\:'\ ;wt. as ?i Av,r\> dili-i-reut to tbu-.i; in whose hands th-.: suec-'xsov lYiluri; ot the act lie:-."

'Lho uutput ul' coal ii-om th.; Grey V.-.Uej" iiud West port Onnipauies' minis cl lring tba month „? l)^,.,>»,Vv- v;,. s . (J,,. v V-lly (•..ir.,. i .My, Ji:,(i:i!) '(ins; .V.--.:-vi'|-, (Vj-iji' :.v" !)""(! l.niT'!f Ol!f : .llt.. f-l-n I!,-! :-lr'-- M^ll'v: (i'll-iv; T1,. ; (,;•.;.; <^. J '.i-..i.1',,, l^,:;o.) t.,,.i: ; . [-'.v; <.mip..t, f-n- 1-SS7 v.':-.s :--s ioll-iws: (j.'-viiviu'h, Jijj.:>;.'i i.vi:-: Wcstport, U 1,000 ioa.-.

The railway holiday traffic from Dunedin was quite sufficient to test the capabilities of the traffic department, and that not a single accident has occurred must be very gratifying to the department aud the public. The excursion tickets issued were 400 toChristchurch, 130 to Timaru, 450 to Oamaru, 370 to Invercargill, aud 120 to Kingston. In addition to these, about 200 persons travelled to Tokomairiro by the ordinary train on the 26th ult., aud on tha same day between

700 and 800 tickets were issued to Sawyers' Bay, and nearly 3000 to Port Chalmers. During the Ist and 2nd inst. 1000 persons travelled to Port Chalmers, including 200 who went across to Portobello; 100 were conveyed to Taieri Bdach, 100 to \Varrington,and about 600 to Port Chalmers, to connect with the Waihora on a special trip. The ordinary trains were always crowded, and altogether tho traffic to country

itatious was very large. The; tramway irallie luring the New Year holidays was very satis'actory. On the Dunediti aud Suburban Corn-

pauy's line 15,500 passengers were carried on the Ist, and 14,500 ou the 2ud iust.

Tau quarterly returns of attendance for the period ended December 31, ISSB, which have just been compiled by the Otago Education Board, show that there were 187 schools in operation during the quarter, employing 255 male and 248 female teachers, besides 14 teachers of sewing. The number of pupils on the school rolls at the beginning of the quarter was 22,025, and at the end of the quarter 22,420

(consisting of 11,668 boys aud 10,752 girls). The average attendance for the quarter was 10,036 boys and 9010 girls, making a total of 19,085, being an increase of 610 over the previous quarter. The average attendances at the city and suburban schools were:—George street,

738; Albany street, 660; High street, 632; Normal, G26; Arthur street, COS; Caversham, 598; Union street, 554; Macandrew road, 575; Kaikorai, 51S; Moruiugton, 51C; North.-Ea.st Valley, 438; Forbury, 303; Kensington, 365; Raveusbourne, 10S. At Oamaru the attendances were:—South School, 459 ; North School, 413 ; Middle School, 382. At the district high schools: —Port Chalmers, 539 ; Tokomairiro, 351 ; Lawrence, 303; Palmcrston, 274. During tho quarter a new school was opened at Matau.