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Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIX, Issue 9498, 29 November 1899, Page 2

Mr John Fathers has been elected to represent the Coiwandol district on tho executive council of 'lie Minors' Union.

David Guild, of Wairarapa, is to be the Government as o sor in the Hatunia compensation case, which will probably be heard in January,

At Paeroa on Monday the Premier stated that in a very short time a Minister of the Crown would be coming up to turn the first sod of the Waihi railway, and he could confidently state that tho grass would not bo allowed to grow upon it.

The Premier is to arrive in Wellington from his campaign in the Novth on Tuesday, December 3, and will probabl? epeak on that ovening (the eve of the election) in the city. Owing to tho claims of other electorates, Mr Seddon has not had time to speak in liis own constituency.

An offer to light tho city of Auckland by electricity will probably be submitted to the Auckland City Council on Thursday ovening by the company holding tho tramway concession, represented by Mr W. G. Bingham. At present the City Council have no power to deal with ou'sido parties for electric lighting, and the final settlement of tho m tter, even in the event of the offer being favorably ontertained, will have to be hold over till the meeting of Parliament next year.

Recontly it was briefly reported by cable that Dr. Dick, au Eastbourne doctor, while attending a patient, t ok a doso of the' patient s medicine and fell down dead. It appears that Dr. l'dck sent somo medicine to a patient, and on calling upon her she said it was very disagreeable and it made her so ill that she could not take it. Dr. Dick, to show tho woman that the physic was all right, took a doso in her presence. Ho then mounted his bicycle and rode home, but dropped down in the throes of death as he reached his front door. It was shown at tho inquest that when prepariug the medicine ho had mistaken a bottJo of strychnine for a bottle of chloroform, and put 2oz of tho pokon into his patient's medioino. ''he two bottles were apparently exactly alike, and tho Htryohnine had r.o label on it

Dr.- Fraser, of Melbourao, who was shot by his wife, has recovered the sight ef his left oyo. Since Dr. Fraser's removal to a private hospital he has beon nuived by his wifo, and they aro said to be perfectly happy together. He is now as merry as a sandboy. Dr. Fraser speaks bitterly of the operation. "Tlioy," ho says, "havo unnecessarily cut a piece of my skull and havo thereby inflicted a permanent injury upon me Tlioy said I must die unl ss they got the bullot out, and I still livo. Then, again, they said the optic nerve of tho left eye was sovered, and the sight of the eye destroyed. There also they ivoro wrong My oyo is so tar from being ruined that I can read with it alone. Dr Fraser entertains no doubt as to his ultimate recovery, and lis expects to be ab'e to leave his bed in a few weeks When the time comes, husband and wifo aro to toko a house and live together again, This is, indeed, a remarkable ease 1