MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 5 July 1880, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

The following letter appears in the Brisbane Daily Observer, of June 2nd : — " Sir,— la this morning's issue, you give in ex'enso a letter to the Lancet by Dr B. H. Bakewell, of New Zealand, criticising Sir W. Jenner's theory of fevers. While agreeing in the main with ;he burden of the criticism. I think that it is of great importance that mistaken notions on the treat ment of disease should not be scattered throughout the country —where medical help mny be procurable Dr J3akpwell recomra p nde aconite in en* teric fever. Aconite is certainly a great assistance : .n it's treatment; but since he has condescended to take the treatment of fever by Aconite from the horrcsipaths of fifty years ago, let him take the rer* diet of the moro finished homoeopathy of the present day. guided by the infallible law of the similia ami learn that the Baptissia Tinc'ona in five drop do«es of the strong tincture is the specific for pnteric fever, or the nearest approach to a specific yet discovered.— Yours very truly, Henby Leaee.' The Minister of -Justice (says the Ifew Zealand Times) has recently decided that officers of local bodies will not in fu'ure l>e re-jarded as • pullic officers' within the meaning of the Justices of the Peace Act, and they will therefore have to ray for nil summonses taken out by tham as if they were private individuals. We understand that his Worship the Mayor is nbont to fake action in the mats ter in his place in Parliament. Perhaps one way of get'ing over the difficulty would be to swear in officers of local bodies as constah'e-i. Although many Natives are fully able to converse in the English language, they invariably plead that they mn«t have an interpreter in the Courts. At Kiiapoi on Monday a witness of this kind pleaded as a fi al excuse that his sore lip hurt him to speak in English. With a smile the magistrate granted him an interpreter, but before many sentences had been spoken the Native concluded that he cou!d manage his case better by speak* ing c English language, and to the merriment of the Court proceeded to do so. The murderel victims of the Kelly gßng have just been covered by a monu« ment, the other day unveiled, at which the Chief Commissioner ot Police made an eloquent speech. If he could have persuaded the Kellys to assist ac the ceremony the tribute would have been complete. The latest proposition fo cap* ture the Kellys is to invest the Strathbogie ranges with a force of 180,000 men, so as to intercept supplies. This suggest* tion has the merit of being large, at any rate. The question of expense, of course, is of minor consequence, even if it should he discovered after all that the Kellys had left the country long ago. For it is something sometimes to get at negative results. The Government have not yet said if thpy approve of this proposition, but as the proposer quotes a classical precedent they m3y happily think about it — when the deficit has been met. • Editors are usually wealthy.* the man with the sample case remarked. • Yes,* I said, ' they are familiar with all the slang and business phrases of the money market; they write about millions as ordinary men talk nb^ut dollars ; they know how to pay the national debtj they build railroads ; they organise mm* ing and m ign'fieent transportation companies with fabulous capital ; they de« clare war without consulting the Rothschilds, and if all the banks in America were to fail to-morrow the editors wouldn't be a cent poorer than they are to-diy. Yes, they are rich. They as« sociate with the moneyed classes they sit down at tables wih kings— and sometimes in happier, luckier moments, with aces ; if you want to borrow money go to the pditor, he will turn to his advertising columns and tell you where you csn bora row it. If you have money io loan, rather than see you suffer be will borrow it of you himself.*