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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15540, 23 August 1912, Page 4

Tiie mail which was despatched from Duiiedin, via Wellington and Sun l'raiioia'o on .Inly 17, arrival in London on August 21—two days late.

Our (iroyinoiitli correspondent slates that the Government ks finally dcclincd to purchase tho Wallsend mine and reopen it its u State concern.

While a hill transaction was lx-'foro .llie Magistrate's Court yesterday, counsel for the plaintiff tu-ked tin; defendant, who lind been under cross-examination for u long time, if ho knew what an accommodation hill was, to wliich defendant replied, Ves, I am paviiijr mv accommodation bill ivhoro I am ftayiiiif now.'' Counsel: Do you know what an aK-ommodatiou bill is? IMemlant: "Well, if you were to stay anywhere, and the landlord handed you your bill I would mv that was hii accommodation hill." It wa; some sreond? before the gravity of the court was restored.

.lames •loluitton. who had been remanded to lluntly to n newer a charge of failing In make provision for an illegitimate child i,[ which he was the putative father, was, dwin'.' to the mother deciding to conic to Uuttiilin- lirottclH back to town vtvsterdm. and was liberated on bail, himself in £50. and two sureties of £25 each, to appear on Monday next.

A l'rcsi Association telegram states that the I'eiMir.p Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has adopted the following resolution:--•" Tliat other similar societies lw approachfd with a view to eoiiliincd action to sccttrn an iitnemlment m the law relating to punishment for tho staninff of stock, so Unit in such cafos tho onus shall be thrown on the owner to show bis iouwciicc",

I Mir Wellington correspondent reports that to-morrow morning, at 11 o'clock, tbe iiiom- < bers of till- Hoyul New Zealand Artillery mi' lo give an exhibition of drill Ix'fnre tho Minister (if Defence (the Hon. .lames Allen) anil the <'omumfi<l.int (Miijor-geiieral Ciodleyi Willi four cadres and llie field guus of ,i new type recently imported, Tho exhibition will lake place on the Miramar Peninsula. Members of Parliament will also bo present. 'I lie New Zealand Herald, in a leading article, warmly commends the mission upon which Or Trtiby Kins is at present en({aped in his let-luring lour of the North Island " Human ignorance, weighed down by Ihe very best of intentions.'' it says, "not only causes an infantile mortality j nppa\linjr lo contemplate but lays the fonn- j dation of subsequent ills in eiifcoblrd constitutions mid stunted bodies. In spite of the improved knowledge of rcccnt years tho rate of infantile mortality still ranges inexcusably high, being at least double what it might bo under easily attainable conditions and treble the rate that should l>o mined at. In other words, half the babies win. die might, have lived had their surroundings been hygienic and invigorating. The Herald believes, however, that nil women worthy ot the name seek nothing more than tho life, health, and happiness, not only of their own children, hut of all children, and it is to this noble instinct that socicty must look for assistanco in tho great work of saving from premature death those who under hygicnic conditions would grow into good and worthy men and women. A number of members of tho Sawyers' Hay League of Service travelled to Anderson's Day on Tuesday evening and gave tho progrummo of tho Band of Hope meeting there. Mr Forbes occupied tho chair, and gavo an address in whit'li ho explained the objects of the licagur <if Service. These were total abstinence from intoxicating drink, tho promotion of international peace, relief of cases of destitution and suffcung, and tho prevention of cruelty lo nnimals. During the evening songs and rccilations were contributed by Misses Maurnis, Cook, Ileagley, lVaive, Pink, Gilders, and Mcnzics, and Messrs Kay ant) Cook. On llio motion of the Hev. Mr Suckling it very 1 hourly vote of thanks was accordctl tho visitors. This year being the 250 th sinco the passing and enforcement of t'lio Act ' of Pniformity, by which so many suffered us pioneers of Freo Church opinions, a special celebration is announced by tho Council of Christian Churches for to-night ill Knox Church to do honour to tho i memory of niwi who are all too little i krown. The secretary of the Competitions Society l (Mr K. S. Wilson) submitted the list of . eiitiim to the executive of the society last . right. The list constitutes a record for the society, there being a tolnl of 1330 it tries, as compared with 1150 for last 5 year. It is stated that the northern i societies, in computing the number of en--1 tries, count each competitor, whereas tho • local society counts each entry. For , exrmple, the choir competition involves I merely live entries, whereas in the north tlicy would be counted as 150, there being 30 members in each choir. If this prin--1 ciple were followed the total for this year would reach 2C66.

A Press Association message stales that in connection with the establishment- of 'he naval base at Auckland it lias been dccided to constnict a hurbour for submarines, plans for the work having l>een prepared by the engineer for the Auckland Harbour Hoard. Several shore depots will Ins built to accommodate the gear, plant, ctc., and an oil tank will be required for the storage of o'l furl. The estimate, cost of the. works is about. £45,000. The fortnightly meeting of the Young -Men's Parliamentary Union was held in tlie

Hanover Street Schoolroom last night, when

tho Government, brought down a bill providing that all persons in the Government servico over the ago of 30 years and unmarried shall be given three months'notice of dismissal unlrtis they support one or more persons who are unable to support themselves. After a lively discussion the bill was pnssrd by a majority of two votes, the success of the bill being mainly due to the (•iipport- of the Labour party. Next sitting a bill in favour of the bare majority to decide nil licensing questions will be introduced by the Lender of tho Labour party aj a private member's bill. The Hoys' Gordon Hall authorities in Chrislchuriii (says n l'ress Association telegram) are taking steps to initiate a "swot that fly " campaign, tho work to be undertaken by lads connected with tho Hoys' Gordon Hnll. The principal features of the campaign are a house-to-house distribution of literaturo on the subject of tho diseasecommunicating activities of the house fly, the distributors of the literature to note lite premise where Hies exist in largo num. bers. This information is to be handed to

tho i('.spectors under the Public Health Act, whose duties will bo thereby considerably reduced. Tim schemc has been submitted to tho Sanitary Committee of tlio City Council and the Public Health Committee of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Hoard, and the other local bodies surrounding the eitv arc also to he communicated with and their assistance enlisted. A representative committee to give effect to tho proposals of the Hoys' Cordon Hall authorities will bo set up shortly.

Tin- general manager of the New /.ea land railways has written to the 1 losjiita and Charitable Aid Hoard declining tin board's application for free railway passes for tl\e medical director of the Pleasant Valley Sanatorium and the district nurse. In discussiing the let tor, Mr .Myers naiil tlwl in the Budget rcccntly brought down by the Government it had been stated that thi) Government was going' to do all it could to assist health officers in their efforts to blot out consumption. Yet as soon as the board preferred the very reasonable request that the Government should grant ii free pass on the railways to their mcdical director, who bad specialised in tlto treatment of consumption for mnnv years, and who was willingly allowed by tlio lward to travel round and assist in suppressing the disease where it existed, they were refused After Hie Government had given forth its intentions in the manner in which it bad that reply indicated a very poor spirit. In reworking that they might have made their representations in the wrong quarter, I he' chairman took the opportunity of referring to the action of the City Conner in refusing a pas.i on the city trams to the district nurse. The shot left Mr Myers (chairman of the Tramways Committee) quite unperturbed however.. The Ijoard decided to make further representations in the matter of the railway passes. At the meeting of the Education Board yesterday, the Duncdin J lorticultural Society wrote requesting the board's approval of the propos.il that the Sixth Standard pupils of the Duncdin and suburban schools should make nn excursion to liawrence on October 19. The letter set forth the educational and other advantages that would be derived from the visit. The Dunodin Ksp#m>ion League wrote supporting the proposal, which the Injard's chief inspector recommended t i favourable consideration. Tho board resolved to heartily approve of the proposal. The steamer Matatua. which arrived at Auckland truin Montreal yesterday morning 'is fitted with an up-to-date Marconi wiieles- plant louys a Press Association telegtumj During tin: voyage excellent results were obtained in long-distance communication. Pols, in Austria, was spoken at a distance n! 30C0 miles across the intervening countries of Europe. Communication war. established with Norddeich, 1800 miles away, and the ship's chronometers were adjusted from the Mel Tower when tho steamer ivas 2000 miles away. While crossing the ice track the Matatua spoke the 1 United States cruiser Uirininghani, which was policing the southern pack, and during the time the vessel was in tho iec ' region wireless communication was kept up ' with the lmera similarly fitted which were in the vicinity.

A proposal is on foot in tlio Tokomairiro district to reopen tlif dairy factory at Milton, which onto flourished in thn district. Iml which win abandoned s.-v-nl years ago owing to depression in tlio dairy industry.

Tlic residents of l)iitlii«-"s Kulnlivision, ft risidentiul area in ill'" outskirts of Milton, arc petitioning tjiat the suUlivision shall limmie incorporated with the Borough of Milton, and have lodged thn requisite £10 deposit na required by the Municipal Corporations Act.

'Hie monthly meeting of the Mneandrew Road .School Committee was held on Tuesday evening, the members present Mug--Messrs M'lndoe, Bewley, Brown, Herring, IVlerson, Kirbv, and the llev. L). J. Muriav. it was decided to hold a school concert for the purpose of rainug funds to asphalt the school yard, nearly £100 being required for t his work. Tlio committeo oxpr( ssod tlio hope that with tho cash in iiiiiul at present tho required amount would lw made up by means of tho concert in order to get the work done during tlio Christmas holidays. The head master reported that the attendance was still low owing to a continuation of measles, etc. Mr ,i Peterson and the Rev. D. J- Murray were appointed a Visiting Committee for the month, and accounts totalling £12 17s 8(1 wero passed for payment.

At the City Police Court yesterday morning, Mr 11. Y. Widdowtson, S.M., granted a prohibition order against a local resident on tho application of his wife. A first offending inebriate was convicted and fined 10s. in default 24 hours' imprisonment..

' Litigation" neurasthenia was a term fiequently used by medical witnesses in some compensation for injury eases at the Supremo Court, Christchurch, on Tuesday

(says the Press). It was stated by more than oiij of them that as soon as the litigation

was disposed of the patient made a rapid and complete recovery, the strain of the legal proceedings having been freed from tho mind. One witnetis, Dr Fox, said ho had traced for a year most of tho neuras-

thenic cases in conncetion with the Rakaia railway accident. One person had been brought into court on a stretcher, and yet i.i a fortnight was travelling south to Dimcdin with Dr Truby King. Dr 1' ox added

lai in only two of tho Rakaia neurasthenic isch could lie traco permanent cffccls of

t!i;i injury. Later in liis evidence. Dr lox said that in these cases of " litigation" neurasthenia tho patients recovered so

quickly after the court proceedings that one would assumo thoy were shamming.

lint this was not the cnfic; they really suffered ns they said. The man who whs Droiicnt into court on a stretcher hiring tho lUkain case*, was in ?ucli i state nf nervous prostration that a jiuf? of wind blown on him would send him into violent convulsions. He wius not shamming, yet, lie was utile in a fortnight lo travel to Dunedin by train.

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