NRW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1491, 27 June 1905, Page 4

NRW ZEALAND.

(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night. A 1 fire at Park road destroyed Mrs McLiver’s boanding-house. There .were nine hoarders on hho premises'One or two found it necessary to droll 1 from tlie un-stairs- windows. No one saved anything, except one of •the boarders who jumped from a window with his box. He injured his arm. No one else was injured. The insurance on the house jh £SOO, in the South British.

Dr. Orpcn, a ■well-known Auckland medical man, was arrested by Chief Detective Marsack on ia charge of attempting- to commit an illegal operation. WELLINGTON, last night. Tlio Lan|cl Commission rcsumatli its sittings here this morning. Sir Kirk, Government; Iriologiat, gave evidence respecting grasses. The Chairman explained that the grasses 1 oil Crown lands had been 'deteriorating for years past. Witness saw no difficulty in revivifying worn-out grasses if tlie fields were given a chance. For the betterment or poo r Jan els' he recommended dantlionia grasses, backed up with ryegrass, c,uc or fescue. Large areas of high country and poor land from which native grasses had been removed to make room for imported grasses would have to he replanted' with native grasses. THAMES, last night. Regarding the case of Mr E. G. Wright, electrical engineer at the Thames' School of Mines, who received injuries ,to his hand while carrying out experiments, with X rays. am.niuta.tion was considered necessary, and the left hand was rem ; o,ved at the wrist. The medical advice, after careful examination of the affected portion, was that without am-

putation Wright would be practically unable to make the voyage Home, for which the Mines Department has granted him six months’ leave of absence on full play. The temporary improvement was followed by the reappearance of the worst symptoms'. the absence of sleep making such ravages on Wright’s constitution that lie .was anxious for amputation. The patient is now much easier, and wilt soon lin'd it possible to proceed to England lopi ace 111 nisei i under the care of English mcilicoes skilled in the treatment of electric injuries’. Soph oases as this

arc extremely rare. A similar ease was reported in Edison's laboratory some time back, followed by a result which it is believed may he checked. The ease is attracting considerable attention from the members of the medical profession.

Dunedin, laßfc night. At the Police Court, Alfred E. Brown, fruiterer and grocer, wee fined 2s 6d and costs for keeping open after 6 o’clock. Thomas B. Scott, charged with attempted suicide by cutting his throat, was bound over in his own recognisances to keep the peace for six months. Carterton, last night.

A man named Wilson, a butcher, was thrown from a vehiele on Saturday night, and lies in the hospital in a serious condition.

Mrs Catherine Wekelin, aged 73, wife of E. L. Wakelio, an old settler, dropped dead while sewing. A doctor had warned her family that her death would bo sudden.