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Otago Witness, Issue 3314, 19 September 1917, Page 37

A fatal case of cerebro-s-pinal meningitis, has occurred Picton, the victim being th» female child of a resident of that town. The girl, whose age was four years, became ill on Friday and died on Saturday. -■-- Among the goods disposed of at the Orart Patriotic Carnival was a piece of rock from Mount Erebus, brought back by Mr H. B. Wild a member of the Antarctic expedition,' 1914-17. A fatal case of diphtheria occurred in Nr.picr on Wednesday (states the Hawke'a. Bay Herald). During August (says the Southland Times). 115 cases of infectious diseases wore notified as follow: —Scarlet fover 16, diphtheria 96, tuberculosis 1, ervsipelas 1. enteric fever 1. A French marquess, who adopted the ton of a, canteen keeper, recently obtained* a staff appointment at the front, to fine that his general, who promptly embraced him, was no other than his protest