TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 June 1922, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

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death under anaesthetic. TIMARU, June 19.

An inquest was held tiiis evening into tlie dentil in hospital, under anaesthetic, in preparation for an operation of a patient named James William Robinson, aged forty, single. Ho was ;l returned soldier and was wounded in the left arm. He was a cooper by trade and returned to that occupation

after the war. He had not been in good health and was attended by a doctor for pneumonia some weeks ago. and after a consultation was sent to hospital on June 12. Kmpyoma was suspected and verified on June 10. The patient’s condition was so toxic that an operation was considered a matter of necessity, not choice. He was quite willing to undergo an operation. While Dr Stringer was administering the usual anaesthetic and Dr Gibson was preparing to operate the patient, collapsed. Artificial respiration, stimulants, and, as a last resort, heart massage failed to restore life. The doctors recognised that it was a dangerous case for an anaesthetic but an operation was the only hope of preventing death from internal poisoning. The Coroner found that death was due, to the administering of an anaesthetic to deceased, who was suffering from an extremely toxic condition. The operation was undertaken of necessity and every possible precaution was taken in adminiscring the, anaesthetic.

EIRE AT METHYEX. ASHBURTON, June 19. The Canterbury lintel at Motliven, a two-storeyed wooden building of about forty rooms, was completely destroyed by tire shortly after four o’clock this morning. There were seventeti tiersons in the house, including three small children, hut all were got auay safely. Practically nothing was saved, although most of the staff and hoarders secured some of their clothes. The cause of the lire is unknown. It originated in the north end of the buildin,, and worked to the south. FRENCH CULTURE. FACILITIES FOR STUDY.

; WKId.jXGTO'X, .Time ID. Wishing to increase tile facilities afforded to \civ Zealand students to make themselves acquainted tvitli Ffentdi culture in its various liraiiches, the French Government recently decided to make an important qift ol' hooks to certain libraries in Xow Zealand, especially those of the Fniversity Colleges of dockland, 'Wellington, Canterbury and Otatto. some of the free public libraries and the French Clubs of Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin. These various oii'ts include numerous works by the best authors on literature, science, art. history, philosophy, political (t i nriiy. f-ecinh py. ctr,.. hooks on the rtreat war. some of them written by yreat military authorities oil the conduct of the operations, encvciopacd ias. reference books. etc. These Volks will enable their readers to obtain an exact idea of the intellectual and literary movement in Fra nee, especially durino the last fifty verts. The usrs contiUninq these collections, v,, iuhmp; from !?Poll> to llttllh each .have just readied Xew Zealand, and have hern handed over to the libraries above indicated by the French Consul and consular agents in the four laroe cities. They have been received with appreciation in all <|iiartors not only as a valualde addition to the French section of the libraries, hut Is, i as a I res! i proof that Frame views

with the itrentost interest the development of her friendly and intellect mil relations with New Zealand.

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Mr T. K. Sidev. Ai.P.. gave n presessioiinl addr('!-s tliis evening. 11e eriticsed the (rOvernmont for its huge

borrowing. Ho snfd t!>o ,f .egishilive Council Irnl undoubtedly been used tor I’urty purposes by tlio party in power, lie slated Ids intention of olfering liiniself as n candidate nt tlit- general election provided bis health remained unimpaired. A vote of thanks and renewed confidence in Air , Sidev was curried with enthusiasm. ATr ('. K. Statham. M.P.. also addressed his constituents to-night. He criticised Air Alflssey’s finance, and explained his severing 1 1 is connexion with the Afassey party. FO!" XI) lIAXCIXC. A ITIC I AX'D, .lime 21). Harold Kphrnim Hoy C'oad, aged about 21 i years, an accountant, was found hanging from a hook in the hack of ids bedroom door at his boarding house tin’s morning. There is apparently no rc.'tsun for his action. It is believed his parents reside in Wellington.

nill.D DIKS OF m uxs. AYELLIXOTOX, dime 20. A child named Pauline lloss, a yell years, was admitted to the hospital suffering from severe hums, her condition being serious when admitted. Site died slmrtlv after.

1920 DIVORCE ACT. CmUSTCnrHCH, .Tune 19

Afr .Tnstico Adams, in aeeordanee with a decision of the Court of Appeal. granted another decree nisi under the 1920 Divorce and Alairinmninl auses Act in a ease in which the husl.aud pc! itii-Me.l for a divorce, although his condui t was the ground of the separation older on which the petition was based. The petitioner in this case was Alexander Heid, and the respondent was Barbara Heid. A decree of judicial separation had been granted by the .Magistrate, on the ground of the husband's adultery. 11 is II onour said the nriueipal on which the (list ration of the Court under 111 > section should lie exercised was laid down by the Court of Appeal in the .Mason v. .Mason decision, where the Court of Appeal, .in its judgment, said thill the fact of the petitioner's own misconduct being the cause of the separation was not of itself a bar to a decree. The Court of-Appeal pointed out I hat the Legislature had expressly conferred on an adulterous husband the right of petitioning for dissolution of marriage on I.lie ground of the separation brought about hv him. In the present ease respondent had filed an answer opposing the making of the decree, and if that opposition had eontinned at the hearing, His Honour would have been hound to refuse the decree. At the hearing, however, respondent withdrew her answer, and thus removed the only obstacles in petitioner’s path. Petitioner, therefore, was entitled to the decree asked for. Petitioner was ordered to pay respondent’s costs.