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Otago Witness, Issue 2812, 5 February 1908, Page 3

PUBLIC NOTtOES. * Cflßr» miiE TABLE OF CONTENTS *^ 1 of Uiis issue irfft- , b| found on Page %2 ACUTE ALCOHOLISM. fir Valintine, Inspector-general of Hospitals, and the House Committee o f » tht Dunedin Hospital met^ in conference yester 1 ' day for the purpose of endeavouring to com? to some arrangement respecting th« treatmjnt of cases of delirium tremens. Dr Valejitine said that the Government wished to provide an institution, bufc desired that the trustees should provid? temporary accommodation, till the building: was elected. He thought excellent accommodatioft, which would not interfere with the trustees' building plans, could be prov ided near the mortuary. In cases where the police sent a case a constable would accompany the patient, and stand by afl long as necessary to assist the attendants. Tho v.-aid would be available for othei patients when not vranted for alcoholic cases. The building would be a small one, enly suitable for accommodating, say, foui males and four females, and would no! hamper the building operaiions of the trustees The understanding would be tnai the trustees provided the cost and the nurses, and th°. Government the rostra inf and maintenance. After exhaustive discussion, it was agreed to recommend the trustees .to allow portion of the Hospital grounds to be set aside for the purpose in question, ifc being understood that if in the course of time the trustees required the ground they should cease to take in any move alcoholio cases, the trustees in the meantime to provide temporary accommodation for' such! cases as they can find accommodation for. A "TWO-t'P" SCHOOL. For some time past there have bee.)) complaints about the systematic olayine b' two-up durintr lunch hour in the vich\itA of one of the laige factorips on the re. claimed land at the rear of the Dunedii Railway Station. For the police to know of the oxistenee and whereabouts of a two; up school, however, is one thing, but id come face to face with the members in th« act of p]a\ina; is quite another matter. Two-up schools have reduced the keeping of " cave" to a science, and many a well-, planned coup has been frustrated by a timely signal from an outpost sentry. In the case of the school in question. Detectives Hunt and Waid, who had the matter in hand, went very cautiously about the work. The play usually commenced at about 12.30, and continued until 1 o'clock, when the participants resumed their ordinary work. The first thinjr the de-, tectives set about doing was to make themselves fully acquainted with the porsonnel of the school. From a vantage point on a high building commanding a view of the playing area the officers of 'the law for several days past have had the players under surveillance through neld-glassee. Having by this means thoroughly satisfied themselves as to the identity of the habitues of the school, the detectives on Monday determined to put their plans for a raid into operation. To get within striking: distance unknown to the players was no Asy matter, but aften considerable and arduous manoeuvring they succeeded, in drawing clo&c to their quarry and pouncing upon the players. In all half a aozen men were arrested, and will in' due time appear before the magistrate to answei a charge of a breach of the Gaming Act. A number of others were present at the time of the raid, but those arrested wen the only ones actually takincr part in thi game. WELLINGTON PATENT SLIP. (From Our Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON January 30. At the meeting of the Harbour Boaad to» day the chairman, referring to the patent slip, «aid it might be of interest for him to say that tho negotiations which had been proceeding for some time with the L T nion Company for the purchase of its interest in the Patent Slip Company had not come to a, definite i^ue. Tills being "O, lie recommended that, in accordance with the resolution of the board adopted on the sth December last, the solicitor should be asked to proceed at once and give effect to that resolution, which meant the compul«or.y acquisition of the property under the powers vested in the boaul. That this should be necessary was a matter of grave regret, and the Harbour Board. -had a right to feel strongly in the way in which it, as the guardian of great public interests, had been treated fn the directois of the Wellington Patent Slip Company and tho Wellington Gas Company acting jointly m this matter. The Union Steam Ship Company «as quite within its rights irt purchasing the interest of the major portion cf the shareholders in the Patent Slip Compairy. He found no fault with them. The company had so acted that it could without friction ask the Harbour Board, to assist it to effectively increase its scop(' of operations in connection with the irora ing of its great fleet> and it had a righ{ (consistent ' with a due Tegard to the mi terests of the general public) to have loyal assistance from the members of the boa'rcf v Later on the board agreed that the secretary should try to negotiate for th« private purchase of the slip