The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MARCH 7, 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1397, 7 March 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MARCH 7, 1905.

EttSSHrrmra' CONSUMPTION. The theoryi of . Dr. Mason, Chief 1-Health Officer, «g to .the duty, of the | State in the combating Of “ consumption is (states the New Zealand Herald) an entirely reasonable one. It is,, briefly, that the State -vr should compel and control proper prevention efforts and should insist up;on adequate accommodation, in institution or otherwise, for all consumptive patients. This theory is ~ Within'' attainable practice, all the more so because Dr. Mason perceives that we cannot eliminate consumption by, ‘ • loaning upon the .Government, even though ‘we must G* call upon ‘the State to co-operate with and support both local and voluntary actions. Wo must first of all educate the public, and the first steps in this education is undoubtI ediy, to convince the public of the lease with which the disease could be stopped-.’’ l It is, continues the Auckland journal, an interesting indiJ, I cation of human weaknesses that [while charlatanic theories and | methods. become raoidly popular- | ised, simple and unmistakcablo facts | concerning the cause and cure of | [consumption are reluctantly, accepted. It is a case of ” Wash in | Jordon,”- .Consumption is literally, i- | and actually, a foul-air disease, just e [as typhoid is a foul-water disease n | tAny intelligent community could ‘in [ half-a-generation reduce consumption to a place among ‘‘ other dis- -- | cases ” in .the mortality, tables if it J set itself,, individually and collee- | tively, to observo plain apd easy hyi [gionic.rules. Broadly, speaking, the | lungs ' remain healthy, .when inspired |by sufficiently, pure air and recover ( | their health, .unless too far diseased, [when placed under healthy in-' J flu cnees, Slums and tenements, J I stifling” streets, and rooms, jane hotbeds for the propagation of! [consumption, which being infec[tioius, spreads from these hotbeds, jto contaminate .those who would | otherwise not be affected, Milk [and 'other, foods, unless pure, *simi[larly contaminate multitudes, and j | every case of consumption is a, J centre of infection so, intense as to : | have given good superficial reason | for the popular idea of •“ eonsump- , | tive families,” From the very na--5 jture of the circumstances, modern j | science can do very liltle against * . [ this most prevalent of all our racial 6 [diseases excepting insofar as it can, J .[enlist public opinion in a; concerted I | and determined movement to over- ® ' [ come the ‘‘ White Plague.'- This I '[should not be difficult when once the I ' J matter is thoroughly understood, ail 1 j the more so because the process by h ■ J Iwhich consumption must be fought t[is in itself a gratifying and invdgorI ating one, morally, as well as - physi- W Jcally. Apart from consumption', it M j fs; better (continues the journal from at I which we are quoting) bps sweep away. M I t'ho slum than to permit it, -to eg- at [sure to every, man, woman and child M j plenty of air than to stifle them, to M [use wholesome food instead of adul- G. I terated and poisonous food, to have an I the national buoyancy that comes an | from clean and invigorating living, an | instead of the national depression Mi that comes with the spread of foul Mi and evil eonditilons. ‘ This would kir seem to need ho arguimeut, but in Mi reality it needs a systematic cam- Mi paign to bring it home to the public j. mind. All intelligent citizens must p 0 bo sincerely glad, to know that such ani a campaign is being prepared by the Mr Medical Association, and that Dr Mason, has already drafted the

scheme of a society for the prevention of tuberculosis, to which His

Excellency, the Governor has promisled his support. Such a society (the writer adds) is deserving of tha hearty, support of every thoughtful man and woman, and ought to become, when it is established, one of the most potent influences for good' ih colony. • ■

Tho Tropic leaves Molbourno for Natal and Oopetown on March 24th. Messrs Williams and liotblo hold an unroservod aalo at tho reeidenoo of Mr Wm. Swanson, Derby-streot, this uffernoon.

A genoral mooting of tho Gisbomo Cooperative Building Society will bo held on Thursday, next, March 9, at 8 p.m., for tho purpose of disposing of appropriations, amounting to rGSOO, in No. 1 issue. Owing to tho largo entries received, Mossrß Dalgoty und 00. und Oompaon, Shelton and 00. will start their stoolr sale at Matawboro on Thursday next punctually at 10.80. Tho Gisborne Bide Cadots will parade at tho drill Bhod on Friday evening. The annual mooting will be held after the parade. As there are a few vacancies in tho oorps intending mombors aro invited to attend tho parado and meeting. Captain Edwin reported yostordny : “ StroDg winds to gale from between north and west and south-west ; glass fall ; tides moderate ; soa moderate ; rain probable.” East Capo yestorday morning reported a light N. 3. wind, barometor 29.87, thermometer GO, blue cloudy sky, moderate soa.

'At I-lis Majosty’s Theatre this evening Mr C. H. Poole will deliver a lecture on Making Friends with .Undo Sam/’ The lecture will bo illustrated, with . magnificent lantern elides, giving pictures of St.; Louis Exposition anil of various parts of 'the United States.; The Rev- Dawson Thomas .will preside. Tho Gieborno School Cadets were inspected yesterday by Colonel Lovoday.and looked very smart in their new uniforms. No. 1 Company, under Captain Leslie, and No. 2 Company, in charge of Captain Kinder, were brought forward for inspection, and No. 3 Company, in oharge of Captain WVuchop, will be inspected by the Colonel to-day. At tho Police Court yestorday morning a man named William Hansen was fined 5s and oosts for drunkenness and 10s and costs for breaking a pane oi gloss. Accused was also ordered to pay 15s, tho value of tho glass broken. An elderly man named Moses Butoher was fined 5s and oosts lor drunkenness, and £1 and costs tor outoriDg liconscd premises while under prohibition.

No amount of smug-faced complacency, nor the utterance of more platitudes about a maohine beiDg better to bet with than | men, will do away with the tremendous fact that gambliog on horse-racing is destroying t')e moral fibre and sappiDg the manhood and womanhood of our country. —Carterton Leader. If all military ofiioors wore to be judged by the standard set up by Mr Taylor, the British records would, we fear, oontain much unpleasant reading. Some of the greatest horoes the world has ever Been have at times lamentably failed to rise to the situation.—Wanganui Herald. Royal Commissions in “New Zealand usually provide fat billets for several gentlemen who find out after tremondous travol that something which has happened has really taken place, sooop their fees and fade away.—Greymouth Standard. New Zealand is just now threatened with the bane of older countries, the professional politician—the “ carpet bagger,” the gentleman who has a commission from high heaven to steer clear of hard work himself and to show others how to do it.— Whangacei Advoaate. A successful operation—the first of its kind ever undertaken in Gisborne—was performed by Dr Morrison at the Hospita about throe weeks ago. The pationt, an old man 75 years of age, was in a dying condition, but the removal of a tumor of the bladder, from which he was suffering, has quite restored him, and he is walking about again. The oountry towns in the vicinity of Gisborne will have an opportunity this week of witnessing the popular Whitehouse’s Bioscope. Mr Whitehouse is just returning from a most successful tour up the Coast, where he had the honor of driving aa far as Awanui. At all tho centres considerable enthusiasm was shown and good business was done. Ormond will be visited to-night, and Te Karaka to-morrow night. On Friday night a visit will bo paid to Whatatutu, and Patutahi on Monday night. The young native Wi Paki Korau, under remand for horse stealing, was before the Police Court yesterday morning. He was further charged with obtaining £1 10s from Robert Nook on November 28th by false pretences. Sergeant McKenzie stated that Te Kani Pere was the owner of a dark brown horse, running at Pukepapa, near Ormond. The horse was seen on November 10th, but was missed the following day. A horse of the same description was sold to Mr Greenwood Willan, of Matokitoki, and which Te Kani Pere claimed as his. . Accused was in the vicinity of Bukepapa at that date. Evidence supporting this statement was given by Te Kani Pere and James Lewis. Greon- ! wood Willan stated that he had exchanged a horse with accused, giving him £l, for which he received a receipt signed by aoensed. Two or three weeks later it wa3 claimed by Te Kani Pare. Robert Nock stated that in November or December accused offered to sell him a horse. Accused stated that he bad never sold a horse to either Mr Willan or Mr Nock. He knew the latter, but he had never seen Mr Willan before. He pleaded not guilty, and was committed-to the Supreme Court for trial, bail being allowed in one sum of £IOO and two sureties of £SO eaeh. Accused was then charged t with obtaining money by false pretences, and was committed to the. Supreme Court fpr trial. Mr Barton, S.M., said he could not make any order for the return .of the horses, as that matter would have to wait until after the decision of the Supreme Court.

The funeral of the late Mrs O’Oonnell took place yesterday afternoon at the Makaraka cemetery in the presence of a large concourse of mourners.' The cortege was a long one, comprising no less than 87 carriages, besides horsemen, thus showing the esteem in which the late departed was held. The burial service, which was I of a very impressivo character, was con- | ducted by the Bov. Bather Lane. The I ooffin was literally covered ' with wreaths, I among which were tokens from Mr and I Mrs Colbert, Mr and Mrs F. Harris, Mr [ and Mrs J. C. Griffon, Mr and Mrs M. I Hogan, Mr and Mrs Fodonand, Mr and | Mrs P. Malone, Mrs M. D. Malone, Mrs I P. Maher (sen.),'Mrs and Mrs A. McKenzie, Mr and Mrs D. P. Cameron, Mr and j I Mrs Jones, Mr and Mrs B. Mill, Mr and Mrs W. Cooper, Mr and Mrs Bullen, Mr and Mrs W. Mason, Mr and Mrs Crab-; tree, Mrs A. Brairy, Mr and Mrs Cahill,' I j Mr and Mrs BensoD, Mrs Walls, Mr and I Mrs Sharp, Mr and Mrs G. Oman, Mrs Potterson, Mr B. Martinen, Mr and Mrs I W. Currie, Miss Cooper, Mrs Burke, Mrs I Kenblly, Miss O’Sullivan, Mr G. Walls, I Mr McWilliams, Mr and Mrs P. McGru- I ther, Mr M. Donald, Mr and Mrs Nossiter, J Mrs Hicks, Mr W. Devery, Mr and Mrs Ellis, Mr W. F. Crawford, Mr Maxwell,J

Mr Jay, Mr O’Dwyer, Mr McCarthy, Mr E. Devery, Mr A. Hackett, Mr Boyd, Mrs Burrows, Mr aud Mrs Wotton, Mr and Mrs F. Ryan, Mr and Mrs Kane, Mr and Mrs W. C. McLean, Mr and Mrs Pasley, Mr W. Adair, Mr and Mrs T. J. Dickson,

Mr and Mrs Pardoe, Mr and Mrs Howie,

Mr and Mrs Cossens, Mr and Mrs J. H.

I Martin, Mr J. Hyland, Mr H. Martin, Mr j and Mrs Nield, Mr Bangi, Mr J. Malone, [ Mr and Mrs Bailey, Mr McCullough, Mr I and Mrs Smith, Maoris Pakeha, Mr and [ Mrs Witters, Mr P. Maher, Mr Colebrook, Mr Brown, Mr B. J. Barry, Mr and Mrs I G. Hyland, Mr nnd Mrs A. Pritchard, Mr ' and Mrs Highs, Mr and Mrs Neenan, Mr and Mrs Dinan, Mr and Mrs Candy, Mr j and Mrs Hallam, Mr and Mrs Brosnahan,Mr and Mrs Bailey,' : Mr and Mrs Hamoh, Mr and Mrs Linklator, Mr and Mrs Erskine, Mr and Mrs Cassidy, Mr M. Hall, Mr J. A. HardiDg, Mr T. Hall and family, Mr Habgood, Mr Dan. Barry, Mr and Mrs J. A. Lucas, Mr and Mrs Stuckey, Mr Lougher, Mr and Mrs O. Gallagher, Mr and Mrs Harris, Hon. J. Carroll, Mr and Mrs Kerekere, Mr Somers, Mr Mcßretty.