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Otago Daily Times, Issue 12044, 16 May 1901, Page 5

have fo acknowledge further sub- r , Ecriptions to the Allan M'Dottgall fund of -* £1 Is from J. Eagle (St. llat-hsns) and 10j j from E. P. j Br Chappie, :n an address delivered b> forf the J iiaur.mcc Institute at Wellington on'some aspects of life, as;nrajre in the light , p of reccnt medical, advance, said:—"Li'o j offices have come to see that if they can do- | pend on prognosis is no reason wlic j they should reject any lives. The question restricts itself to one of " rating lip.' ' line.- , ( long will proponent live?' would bo thu -j question; not ( I& sound find liealtliy * * Hitherto the expectancy of life was a fixed r ' standard based by insurance companies on j sound lives. Now medical referees are lie- j iug apkeil to state their prognosis, and fix 'be j expectancy of each ease. If the referee 'an j say how iong a candidate for insurance will j 'live, it is a very easy matter to fix bis ; premium and insure bis life. An increasing amount of real genuine business is bcins; j clone to-day on this principle, but it means more work and weightier responsibility for / the referee. This is no reason why it I should not be extended, however. Thcio I are many slight- defects which do not ncoos- J sarily shorten life, and there am numerous i defects for which a beneficent nature ado- ( j qustfly compensates. I recently attended u , man suffering from bronchitis at the age of j 74, who bad thrice been rejected in his j youngfer days because of cardiac defect. He triumphantly declared that all the doctors wlui had examined him lia'd long since taken their departure." ; j ' 'In Wednesday night Mr Dix can generally i 1 rely on a large audience at the Alhambra. ' ; 'i'iicatre, and last night was no exception, ; the downstairs portion of the theatre ' especially well filled. The oompeny now 1 holding the boards arc capable of furnishing > a good night's enjoyment, anil their eft'otis I wore fully appreciated last evening. The , i present company only appear three nights t longer, a new lot of artists taking their ( , place oil Monday. Anions the frc-li arriv-iU < will lie Javvis, the juggler. who is said to t do all the feats performed by the renowned i I Ciuqucvalli. J The Farmers' Agency Company will s?ll ; horses and sheep at Clinton on' Thursday, 2:! rd iust. On Friday, .list iii3t., tliey will soil town and country properties at the Agricultural 1 Vail. . I Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and C'o. will sell ■ horses at their saleyards on Saturday next. i Messra I. W. Raymond :i.rd Co. will ,«e]l : f i ' Invereargill on Saturday, .line 15, a farm in I Wyndham Valley. " j Tenders are invited for the erection of build- i ings in Greymouth, RoefUm, ami llukitika for I I Messrs Hallenstcin Bros. 1 J Particulars of the railway arrangements in connection with the D.J.C. races on the s-ltli awl 23th id witli tlm Clirisl.-hurch winter show, which extends from the '>!)tii to | the 31st, anpear in our advertising columns, i 1 The residents of Port Chalmers are re- I quested to use every effort to prevent tile waste of wntci In the borough owing tc the drv I weather at present prevailing. ' | Particulars will he found in our advertising , columns of land taken for roads in the Poitiihello and North Harbour and Bhieskin sniviv '' districts and (lie Otago Heads, Native reserve." i Attention is directed to the clearing sale of ) saddlery, the stock of Messrs Smyth and Mar- / thall, who are ictiriii; from the \ ; 1 Messrs Donald I'eid and Co. iLimitedl will : spll at the Otogo Corn aud Wool Exchange, .- Vogel street, nn Monday, '.!0!h Mev, at 12 nounj , that very desirable property in Itova I terrace, ; , the residence of the late Mrs lietilo.—Advt. I Dressmaking.—Carter and Co. have now i opened dreas and mantle-niaking 100111=. Trv 1 their ne-.v dressmaker. I'irst-class tit and stvle; , very moderate charges.—Carter and Co.—Advi. Mollisons' are the wholesale agents for ' Colonel liobin, C.8., medallions. jtctsil, Id each. Secure them early.—Advt. G. and T. You no, jewellers, having extended their premises, are making an umi«na!iy large display of novelties suitable for wedding ind j birthday gift?.—Advt. Who is Petkr DicK?-The most rWicblft I "Watchmaker s;;d Jeweller, opposite Coffre Palace,-iloray place, Duuedin. Charges strictly I ujodemte.—Advt. j "Tm Extract of Soap."—Save vonr temper [ and money by'usinj* it. For wapliing rioth?.«, j flcouring floors, and household work generally, the best and cheapest known. Only Id oer packet.—Advt. Mr Frank Kyanis, of' TJunedin and London, who has just returned from Europe, is now showing at his establishment, 34 Princes street, a unique assortment of goods specially selected by him, and invites inspection of same.—Advt. Massage, Electricity, and T;>Mermat\'ft hot dry air. For rheumatism, paralysis, nerve and joint trouble*, rlc.—Mr and Mrs Edwin Booth, j Stuart street, Dunedin. Telephone 600.—Advt. f