The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27. FARM LABOUR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 November 1912, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27. FARM LABOUR.

Onb sentence stands out convincijigly from the series in which thePrime Minister answered a deputation which, interviewed him at Auckland recently. "The rapidly-increa-siug liabilities of the country demand an increase in the number of producers," he .said. That phrase of Mr Massey's crystallises the great ncfid of New Zealand into a very,-few words, and tho legislators of this dominion must see to it that effective help is given towards the desirable end. In answering the deputation thut waited upon him, the Hon. Mr M.assey said that in regard to assisting the farmer to secure .suitable labour, tho pro-sent Government intended to do more than had been dono in the past. He intended to look into the official reports of the Sedgwick experiment. Ho believed it had been very successful, and if it had been so there was no reason why it should 1 not bo repeated. The Government already had a. scheme in hand to encourage labourers to go to tho country. Ho was prepared to meet the needs of the country districts by the following scheme: "Jf any local body or organisation of farmers showed that there was room to do so, the Government would take over land and provide- for each worker a residence upon a sufficient area of land for profitable occupation. All that would he requived would be a guarantee that interest and sinking fund upon tho outlay would be forthcom-

ing. Ho would like to see tho experiment tried, and felt sure that it would be successful." APPEXDTCm.S , . Ari'ENniciTis, tluit modern and expensive disease, is written of as boing conquered. We .say niodeni !»«.■- cause all people hare regarded it a« being so, but Lately it has been said tli.it Ancient Egyptian records describe the exact symptoms of appendicitis as having boon manifest some four thousand years ago. At present, however, humanity is more concerned with tho need for a euro than with disquisitions on the age of the disease: und for that reason «• good deal of interest attaches to a cablegram from Chicago, of some two weeks back, giving details of what is termed an effective remedy. The cablegram states that by means ()f a method of tapping on the spine, Dp. Alhert Aurams, of San Francisco, claims to have discovered a euro

both for tuberculosis in its early «fc;i<<t:.s and far appendicitis. Dr. Al)r;u»i.s asserts that the function of the spleen is to regulate the number of white corpuscles, which are nature's great genu destroyers. To increase these corpuscles concussion at the eleventh dorsal vertebrae is necessary, while to reduce them concussion is applied at the second lumbar vertebra. Dr. Abrams further explains, that concussion at the eleventh dorsal vertebra is capable of stimulating the nem , controlling the movement of the intestines, by straightening which the intestine is easily cleared, and the necessity for an operation for appendicitis thus avoided.