NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17484, 28 November 1918, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF

&>er Port Phillip was sunk m iNew York Harbour last month. Ono of die tragctlies ol tile epidemic at th ? of both the father and mother of a family of nino children. hav« ~i >rol<jSsloD "i Greymoutk ££ tKToStet 1500 ™"° £ M "—

Mr and Mrs John Raymond Wilson, of gade ', both on Wednesday from ar ° survjved b y young i'iireo Star Brandy (Menkows), bottled in Fiance especia,lly for William Crossan, Waterloo Hotel, Caversham • quarts. 15s: pints, 7s 6d.... '

Until the conclusion of peace all restrictions at present in force with regard mi l landjl ?£ of persons in New Zeaiknd will be continued, stated the Minister of Internal Affairs on Friday. ■p 4;,. proposal made to the Minister o£ übhc Health that tlie body of a Mormon elder, who died in the Waikato from influenza, should be sent to America for burial was refused. . Quite a lcmarkable scene was witnessed m one Wellington street the other day, a doctor was mobbed by half a dozen P i-«? 10 washed drag him to dre raises in duierent directions. The episode serves to show ho w very eerious the shortage of medical men m Wellington has been. <; o ur °. }° 51111 your taste!— Try M'Gavin's bpceial non-deposit ale. Just the drink Ail h t lL Light ' brigM ' clear -

n-artm f u MVilly, of the Railway Department, who is reported to be suffering from influenza, was one of the only two railway officers m Duhedin who weathered the epidemic of 1890, and remained on duty right through the period. u Th ° Mo V nfc Ed® ll Gaol has about 90 of the 24u prisoners down with influenza, but all are getting better. The sickness has i ,0 rather hard. At present 17 of 42 are ill. Since the gaol became injected, no help has been called in, and the little community has come through the ordeal with only four deaths. Waters Chap Lotion, guaranteed to cor® only° gh hands.—Waters' Pharmacy

iTT °?r , aAV^ e >, a schoolboy, a son of Mr ■ , j^ e ' , Nelson, had to have part P. S l6 , lumb and of two fingers of his left hand removed at the hospital, in corsequence of injuries which he received through the accidental explosion of a care ridge.

Even weddings are anathema to the Health authorities nowadays, and there was much concern in Rakaia for a little time this week when it was doubtful whether permission would be given for the church to be used for a wedding previously arranged. The necessary authority arrived almost at the last minute. The high prices quoted in city papers are no criterion as to values offered by us. Before doing your spring-cleaning or getting your summer outfit, drop us a line for estimates; or, better still, call and inspect.— rrf md Co.. Mosgiel Two boys who had journeyed from Invercargill, which place they left on Sunday week, were arrested in Balclutha. They were detained for the alleged theft of a bicycle and other tilings at Invercargill, but ae one of the boys was ill he had to bo taken to a temporary hospital. The other lad was taken to Clinton, where ho ""as remanded to appear at Invercargill. The Stratford publicans kept their bars open on Tuesday week (writes the Stratford correspondent of the Taranaki Herald., notwithstanding the decision of the Government that they were to be kept closed until further notice. Owing to the absence of official notification either to the police or to the local Board of Health no action has been taken by the authorities J. Waters, chemist (next Herbert, Haynes), for Unique Hot-water Bags at lowest prices.-. A man rushed into the Ashburton Bureau declaring he had caught influenza. Ho said ho had oorae on his motor cycle about 18 miles. One of the women heloers tried to calm the man, who looked in good health, though very excited. She asked him to bo 6eated while she brought a thermometer and took his temperature. "No," he cried, "I do not want any temperature. I have the influenza." The man was placed in a motor car and taken to a doctor. After careful examination, the only tiling found wrong with the man was a slight trace of nicotine poisoning. Infants thrive amazingly on Dr Durov's No. 1 Food. Equal to mother's own milk. Makes bonnie babies, with good teeth and robust constitution. U6e No. 2 Food for children over six months. All grocers sell jt....

_ Eight more pupils have qualified for their tickets at the Sockburn Aviation School. This number constitutes a record for one day's examination. Tho total number of candidates who have now qualified at the school is 178. The names of those who recently passed are: K. A. Murray (Auckland), 0. A. M'Kay (Taranaki), E. D. Ross (Timaru), E L. Standen (New Brighton), M. D. Blake (Hastings), V. L. Kerr (Wellington), J. T. Flynn (Studholme Junction), and J. M. Cunningham (Southland). Pure coffee is an excellent prophylactic. Leading Dunedin medicos are among its chiefest votaries. Tho pure coffee specialists are A. Durie and Co., 32 Octagon, Dunedin.... The Asliburton Guardian states that a sensational escape from a fatal .accident occurred at North-west Belt Raihvay x : Crosse ing on Saturday afternoon. Mr G. Allenton, was riding a motor cycle) TpSgpii / side-car attached towards East street,' and '< , was not aware of the on-coming >cxnrfess N until his attention was drawn to it By. a lady passenger in the side-car. By tttis time ho was within a few yards of rails, and by quickly shutting off tie petrol and applying die brakes, heable to turn within three feet of the' eh*, gine. Tho wheel of the side-car completely' collapsed. Tho occupant of the side-car fainted, and was removed to her home by motor car.