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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XIII, Issue 563, 26 March 1868, Page 2

Medical Aj r..xDAycii Vde observe that a medical nvuTcuun in (.’•niterbury has started a ,\1 cd.eai Lhmvident ;> for the puMmse of supplying the working cl.iss..with medicine and attendance, by 0 f weekly paynmots ; namely, for adults, sis pence per week, f chi!.!;- m under twelve years, threepence ncr week. Xativf. Afi’aiks at 'J’ap.axatci.— kVc 1 t‘ii.e In:; following from u recent number of the a .iranal.i Herald : There was a incciiin- .d naiH.-s :ii (,'rnpuriri, near Loll Block, on ’.he Tdi inst.,nf which .Mr Parris and the Lev. Mr "\\ hiuly were present, li.c natives were assembled lo h ;r the great prophet, I loro Imperii, piaphcsv what the god Mam was going to do to them. Mr Parris severely reprimanded • loro Pancra, and Lie natives then quiet], di-pevsed to their homes, it must be vein galling to the prophet to find that lus prophecies are never realised. Native afiairs nave not looked so hopeful for mauv years past.

Tue Climate of Few Zealand.—The Lancet has the following paragraph ;—“lt is probable that the British anuv engaged during tlie late war in Few Zealand enjoyed better health, and sustained fewer losses titan in any previous campaign. l)r olackinon attributes this to the very beautiful anal salubrious climate ; and lie addthat the chance which it effected in the men of regiments arriving from India was most marxed. Sickly and sallow-coin-ple>.inned on arrival, they soon lost the marks of ill-iiealt !i engendered by tropical service, and regain-, d health and strength whilst undergoing arduous service in the fi.-id, . Tr.c late Staff surgeon Dr Thompson, in his admirable “Story of Few Zealand,” pointed out the importance of that country as a sanatorium for our Indian invalids. It is not a little curious tiun there is an cntiie absence of malaria in Few Zealand.”

Cojimaxd or VOLUNXI-TR Coin's.—The Examiner, in a recent leader on the “ Command of Volumcer Corps,” s.u s ; —Wo Uo not desire that the organization of Volunteer corn.-, should be assimilated to that of the regular anus-, and individual intelligence merged in the docility of the mas? : they should be men, not machines ; but a good Volunteer should yield to tin- word of command that intelligent obedience with which a good citizen submits to the law. Such obedi-nce can only bo founded on respect for authority ; and for this reason if no other, something different from social position or persona! favor should form the qualification for command. In the regular army wc have seen lions led by asses. It [will be the fault of the Volunteers them- | selves if the precedent bo admitted in their ranks, where obedience- and submission to superior authority should be not an instinct carefully fostered by the drill-ser-geant, but a tribute voluntarily naid to

superior capacity, and where every man placed in authority should be able to justify fus claim nig fellows.