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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2309, 30 September 1908, Page 3

A well-known guide in tho Hawea district, Otago, stated recently that the principal cause of the much talked of malforms among deer was the want of feed, as the country was much overstocked with deer, and he believed there were fully 20,000 head on the Dingle country. He was very emphatic in suggesting the advisableness of shooting off at least 5000 head, as this would be the means of providing better feed for the remainder.

Air. Ernest Flight, the young mechanic who was shot on the evening of September 8 at Masterton, by Tobias Miller, will possibly carry the leaden memento of liis lively experience to his grave, writes the “Dominion’s” AVairarapa correspondent. The bullet has' been and photographed by means of tlie X-rays, by Dr. Hosking. The missile at present lies over the muscles of one of the hips, near where it entered, and so far is occasioning Mr. H-ight no inconvenience whatever. Dr. Hosking savs that should the bullet create any internal disturbance it will have to be extracted, but otherwise the victim may prefer not to undergo any fintber operation. There arc many individuals residing in New Zealand who carry bullets in some portions ot their anatomies, and are none the worse for tho extra loading. One AVclcitizen nossesses a biulot- received in the Francq-Prussian war, which is firmly embedded ill Ins right lcrr and which has been very useful for many years as a meteorological oddity.

The Government was asked on Wednesday by Air. Poland, wlietlier thev would take into favorable consideration the question of the btatc providing medical attendance and nurses for women in maternity cases where people concerned were not m a position to pay for such services (telegraphs our special correspondent). The number of nurses available, lie said, was still far short of actual requirements, and tlie charges were much too liigli for the average working mail. Tho Almister in charge ot hospitals (the Hon. Geo. Fowlcls) replied, “To a great extent this is provided for in tlie four large centres 1)v means of the indoor and outdoor departments of ti e St. Helens hospitals, and also by the charitable aut boards throughout tlie Dominion. AVith a view to further assisting settlers, especially in country districts remote from medical attendance, some boards contemplate the appointment of district nurses, who could attend maternity cases at such fees as circumstances of the case warrant. There is every prospect of such, a scheme of district nursing becoming general throughout the Dominion,