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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1458, 19 May 1905, Page 3

A few vreeks ago Dr A. Nath, of Lambton (N.S.W.), died from blood-poisoning contracted whilst treating a miner patient. His successor, Dr Leslie, had scarcely started practice when be contracted plague whilst post-mortem ing a plague patient, and is now in a serious condition. Of an astronomer and weather-prophet this story is told : His handsome girls Were noticed once carrying umbrellas on a fine day. “ Has your father forecasted rain ? ” asked an acquaintance. “ Oh, no ; it’s not pa’s prophecies, but ma’s corns we rely on. They're aching to-day.” ] Tho other day a Melbourne sporting | journalist made the mistake of trying to light his pipe on the outskirts of a crowded -tram-car just as the dummy made a sweep round a curve, with the result that he dived off the conveyance, landing on his frontal bone. He was gathered up and taken to hospital to be stitched. His first request on recovering consciousness was for his pipe. He was told that it had been broken to fragments in the fall. Ten minutes later a fit of cougbiog seized tho patient, and ho coughed up throo-and-a-half inches of pipe-Btom. Tho bowl is still . missing. •; . „