LATE NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1348, 7 January 1905, Page 3

LATE NEW ZEALAND.

x- Pec Press jSsssociation. . AUafOUkiND, last night. The Customs summary of Teoeipfts from all sources foe ttoa pert of Auckland during tin tyuartor ended December fllst* 1904* totalled -£201,880, This is e&silj; a record •for the Eort for (the jxjriod men-, itioned-

Mr W. Hi* Derry haa been eppjuinhfed district'Becretiary o£ the . A.M-.P. Socieity/a local branch, ia eucsesskm to Mr Q, W* W A Hteiaery- Mr Derry has been in the service of the society for over. 21 years, anil wasl iu, charge of the Christchurch branch for .five years*. Since leaving Chntetchurch Mr Dierry has occupied t'h-9 positicn of relievinß and, inspectii'VS officer fos Ncsk Zealand* WELLINGTON, last might. Joseph Clarke, aged sixty, p plumber by trade, hanged himself at his residence, Adelaide this evpnr iAS*. '

DOCITfllt’S DISAGREE-. THQ3JBLE OVER THE DEATH DH A M/iN,

{Eos Pzeu iAssoctattos.il BLEMtHEIM, last night. £TKo adjourned inquest on iha death of Tcomaa Dew. 66 years of age; 'Which occurred at the Wairau hospital on December; 27tb. for an abscess in the necjk. Was completed today. Ms Myers, of Wellington, appeared for Dr, Walter, who performed the operation. Dr, Foster, fft'fro administered the anaesthetic,.' sand the Hospital Board were also represented by counsel. The police wijtjiessca were Dra. Walter, Foster, and Redman, and the hospital matronDr. Hislop, oS Wellington, gave evidence appraviug of Dr, Walter’s method of operation- - The whole case bristled with doctors’ 'technical. dißerences as to adminifrtmatioe o? the anaesthetic toad the operation i itself, and there were many sharp pivssagos between counsel aud medical witnesses. One counsel described the aSair as nothing more th lan a storm in a teacup, duo to fricti on between the local doctors. ... .. ' ■ .The jury ret/u toned a verdict that death was due 1 jo natural causes, no hlamo boihg att; iched-to anyone, and a ’ rider was adjc led that in the opinion of the jur y heforo operations there should he a consultation o£ two pr more medical j mi n.