LATER PARTICULARS

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 133, 29 April 1893, Page 2

LATER PARTICULARS

Wellington, April 28. " The medical name of the disease from whioh the Premier suffered was intestinal anastomosis. Tbe Post says Mr Ballance desired Sir Robert Stout to succeed him, and that the latter will probably staud for the vacant scat of loangahua. The same journal says Mr Ward will bo Colonial Treasurer iv the reconstructed Ministry. ■■• Concermug the operation: on Sunday tho Post says :—A room had been specialty prepared, everything being saturated with carbolic antiseptics. Dr Cleghorn! was to perform the operation, Dr Fell as- 1 sistinghim, and Drs Macgregor and Mc<! Kenzie were there, with Dr Henry. ' | When the summons came, the Premier,! casting off iv f a extraordinary manner! the depression tind weakness which the! suspense had produced, sprang out of bed,!

audjwaiking unassisted to the operating room, shook bands cordially with the ■ medical men. lie said "good bye" to all, stepped on to the operating table, and throwing himself upon his back hade the [operators begin. It was a wonderful exsample of physical courage triumphiogover • physical weakness. L During all this time his relatives, Sir Stout, and collergues, had been waiting, fearing the worst as the moments went by. The next morning Mr Ballance was partially conscious aud was able to speak hopefully of the ultimate success of tbe operation to his brother-in-law (Mr Auderspn). and.Sir Rob^rt^^taa^i at a further consultation on that evening it was decided the operation might- be rosumed on -Thursday morning^ k' : * Once more the anxious group of Minis* ters and 4 da Kathered^fty^^^rygr'n residence, and once more tfie poor sufferer who had been kept more "or less under the influence of opiates, was laid upon the operating board' and placed under the knife. At 8, a.m. the operation! Jfcis returned, and by IT it- was eueceaeluify completed. As the sequel proyed, his vitality was too exhausted to bear up under the strain and the knife of the surgeon was applied tOO late. „ . - -;rr. , , His life was insured for* '£tofjb in the Government office. - ; : „.:). Thwbay. The Rotorua leaves Lyttelton at 8.80 this afternoon, and passengers by her will be able to catch > the funeral irjin leaving here . for Wanganui to-mornw morning. ' '* '"' . The public train for Wanganni will not leave till ' 7 50. ' " ' '*'-''■