MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume XI, Issue 1301, 31 December 1886, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Australasian Medical Gns-tte devotes an article to the. Timarn poisoning case, and says : — " For ourselves, we may say that we are proud of Dr Macintyre as a professional brother, and return the thanks t>f the profession for the credit reflected on it by his bold yet prndent action. We would call the special attention of our readers in New South Wales to the vase, and point out to them the pateut fact that from this point of view Thomas Hall waa very unfortunate, in •so far as that nnder the circamstancea he resided in New Zealand, where proper precautions are taken with regard to the prtsVtice of medicine, and w lie re certificates as to the canxe of death are only received from registered medical practitioners who have given proof that they have received a proper professional education. Had he resided in New South Wales, he might have carried out his designs witlflsif little chance of detection, by tlie aid of one of the numerous uuedicafNl men who are practising medieiue in itv unchecked by auy regulations, and whose, certificates as to the cause of rleatb are received by the Registrar General and his subordinates as all sufficient*. Iv all probability no suspicion would have Iteen aroused in the hiaveniuspired practitioner's mind. With all due delil»eration, and thoro uglily believing what we state, we we confident that numerous cases of criminal poisoning occur every year in the senior colony, which are undetected in consequence of the utter absence of any precaution on the part of tbe Government to ensure that nobody shall be disposed of until the cause of death is certified to by eajne person whose opinion in such a matter is of acme authority." Policy-holders in the Government Life Insurance Department will be pleased to learn that a very substantial Itonus is to *>c allotted in a few days. The amount of bonus additions for the last five years will be between £300, 000 and £400,000. This will assuredly satisfy the people of this colony that the Government office is, after all that has l»een said to the contrary in a very sound and flourishing condition. There was an error in the cable news to the Press Association published on Wednesday afternoon. It is the Midlaud Railway Company, Western Australia, not the New Zealand Midland Railway, which will not proceed with the allotment of shares in London. The New Zealand Midland Railway Company, we are informed on the authority of Mr Alan Scott, is not at present issuing any shares. The company's shares have all been taken up, and according to the. latest advices were quoted m a premium.