TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11871, 8 June 1909, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

Napier: To sail, 8.30 p.m., Waikare. for Gisliorne. At) the request cf the Gisborne City Band and ;t. large number of its patrons, Mr R. H. Clark has kindly consented to leproduce the drama, ' r The Down Express, " ut. His .Majesty's Theatre next Monday evening. The following players will represent the West Kind Hockey Club -against City <iii Thursday next: lilseii, Sims, Burke, Hooper, Edwards, Davy, Malloy, Bright, McLachlan, Morse, and Pilie; emergencies. Pileher, Tarr, and Roderick. At Stroiic^ N.S.W., recently, a highlyesteemed young lady (Miss Gertrude M'Neill) was married to a inspected business man (Mr F. Cordell) while the latter ,was lying sei'iously ill. It. was by his desire that the marriage took place under pitch circumstances. There had been several postponements, followed by the illness. Mr Cordell died next day. It has been suggested tlyit on the expiration of the present Governor's term of office the Government should endeavor to secure Lord Ranfurly for tiie office for another term. It is" stated that of course there -are reasons against the proposal, but that the offer would be a graceful compliment, -while the reception which would be ficcorded to the ex-Governor on his return to these shores would be remarkably enthusiastic. When sentencing a self-confessed bigamist at Wellington to nine months' imprisonment with hard labor on Tuesday, Mr Justice Cooper expressed the hope that ere long some system would be adopted whereby men guilty of this crime would be compelled to do some work while m gaol that would permit of their wages being devoted to the maintenance of their much-wronged wives and families. ! These are th-a days of marvels m surgery, but it is not often One comes- across a man who has lived through twentytight smyjical operations. including twenty -six m one place, and, by one surgeon. Such a case came before the trustee*; of the Wellington Benevolent Institution on Tuesday, the victim, being a wliite-haired man, with apparently aji : unusual vital spark. The man, "who walked unassisted, although almost blind, was brisk, and a particularly good "witness." He mentioned that he had been eighteen months m bed at a time. Very few people (says tha Wellington Post.) realise how roany cables are connected with the coasts' of Netv Zealand. The following -cables are at present jn use : .Six across Cook Strait, one across Foyeaux Strait from Bluff, one from the mainland to Centre Island (Foveaux Strait), one from Bluff to Dog. Island, one from the mainland to Stephen's Island,' one across the French Pass, one •across Croixelles Harbor, one across Tory Channel, one from the mainland to East Cape Island (which has just been repnired), one from the mainland to Great Barrier Island, and several across Auckland harbor. The Tutanefcui is- primarily a. cable-repairing ship, and she is to be kept for this work only m future, and laid up when not so engaged. Los Angeles, which has adopted the recall system m. its politics, lias already had an opportunity to test the working of that system. Major Harper, of that city, with members of the Police Department, had been charged with serious offences by the Grand Jury, which, however, found no indictments, as tbe offences had ceased since th'e : beginning of investigations. The Mayor- put into the Board of Public Works, about to begin the expenditure of 30,C00,G00dols. m civic improvements- the man who lmd been Chief of Police. This brought forth a storm of protest, and a campaign for the recall of the Mayor. Within a fortnight a petition for ' a recall' election had the requisite signatures. New names were nominated for Mayor, and Mr Harper, collapsing, left the city. Then Los Angeles found herself without a Mayor #or several days before the election could be held.

The Minister of Public Works has issued regulations subject to which he ■will be prepared to entertain applications for licenses to vise water lor water-power purposes. A company is to submit evidence to the satis laotion of the Minister that it is daily incorporated and registered. A description is to be given of the land on which it is intended to carry on mining operations, with plans showing tlie headwords proposed, indicating the manner m which the water is t<t be diverted .from the liver or other source of supply, and full description of the electrical system to- be" adopted 1 . There is to be a rent charge of sixpence per horse-power per month on the total horse -power capable of being developed by the whole of the water authorised to Le used under the license, but the minimum rent charge shall not be Jess'^had £2 10s per month. The rent charge is to be reduced by one-half m. every case wh-we the %vater-pow«r is used solely for generating electricity for mining* purposes. Power is given to the Goyer-nor-in-Counc-il to forfeit, without compensation, any water delivered at the Iteadworks or dam m excess of the quantity which the turbines installed are capable of producing. Before the issue tif a license the licensee is to deposit with the Public Trustee the sum of £2 10a for every Government head of water authorised to be- used^but not exceeding a maximum deposit of £500. A leading Wellington medico tyas giving evidence m the Supreme Court on Tuesday m a dentistry case, when he was asked by counsel whether the dentist or the doctor who acted as anaesthetist was likely to see moat of the case.; He promptly v replied (says the New Zealand Times^that m his opinion the" medical man would see as much as tho dentist, for he would examine the patient' 3 mouth. "How long is it since you drew a -tooth yourself?" |f Oh, many years ; but iii the course of my training I had to do so, and! L have acted as anaesthetist hundreds of times." His Honor asked if at one time it was not the case that the surgeon and barber were one and the dentist and the doctor were one not so very long ago. "Yes," replied the physician, 'm the days of blood-letting there were barber-sur-geons." Has Honor added that this was tho origin of the "barber's pole." The eurgeon-barbers dlid their phlebotomic work on, the footpaths, such as they were, and the patient's arm was attached to the pol« while the chirurgeon "Wooded" him. After the operation, the calico strip* that were used were rewound around the pole, and as those .stained with blood! .sometimes alternated vrjth those having no tinge .of gore, the pole, with its white and crimson stripes, caw© to -be regarded as the barber's trade marie." . A very dolefut etory of how Australians regard New Zealand's economic ]H>silion is brought to Auckland by Mr ) P. .T. Xerheny, a well-known resident of that city Its recital should satisfy the uessinustic critics that their work lias bad the expected result m Australia jit any rate. ''You have no idea what the feeling is Mke," «aid Mir Nerheny to an interviewer. , "Everywhere I went it ffiw the same cry — 'New [Zealand is on the verge of ruin,' her resources are exhausted, and the country is m a. state <if bankruptcy ; while an the smoke-room of tihe hotel at which I stayed at Launceston I heard an article m the Bulletin, discussing New Zealand's condition, being read to an assemblage of business men. The article stated' that th-3 bottom had dropped out of New Zealand." Mr Nerheny found this impression shared by even a politician of such wide experience a* Senator Dobson, formerly a Tasmanian Premier. He rtvme across several tourists and one Commercial traveller who had been, perpuaded to leave the Dominion out of tlveir itineraries because of the "depression." "The New Zealand Government's tourist agent m Sydney, Mr Montgomery," added the Auckander { "assured me that it was his constant, worry to combat the false statements that were made against New Zealand*. Every credit, is due to the representative of the Tourist Department m Sydney for the j ii'iMe defence he is putting up on behalf of New Zealand."