DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 September 1925, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

>Y TEL EG It A I’U —I’EU CRESS ASSOCIATION.] 1 SUCCESS OF INSULIN. AUCKLAND. «Scpt. 11. The use of insulin in the treatment of diabetes has been adopted xvith gratifying success in Auckland, and many sufferers have cause to bless the name of Dr. Banting, whose discovery of the means of preparing insulin ranks as one of the medical triumphs <d the generation. “It, has proved a xvmidertul help in eases of diabetes,” said tt prominent medical man. "and it represents one of the most important advances made in the treatment, of this disease for many years.” Several eases were quoted in which men and women had experienced wonderful benefits as the result of insulin treatment. People who had been for years in miserable health, taking no pleasure in work or lile. were now enabled to early out their duties in comfort. Insulin had also proved invaluable in the treatment of diabetic coma a most serious complication which ended in death. I uieelions had brought many a. patient to consciousness and seixed 1.0 prolong life in a wonderful manner. The results at the general hospital, and in private practice alike, said the doctor, had been' very satisfactory during the past two years, and the use c. Mitsui in was now an established lactor in the treatment of diabetes, in Auckland as elsewhere. A DAMAGED TRUCK. ■WELLINGTON. Sept. 11. In the Supreme Court. Inglis Bros.. Wellington, claimed £479 trom Hie master and owners ol the Unit Stephens. Plaintiffs had some trucks mi hoard and while the men were nilloading at Auckland in Ooetnbcr. a lo ok broke and one ease tell on to Ihe wharf. The value of the truck was :£o2!b but the fall so damaged it that its value was reduced lo Clod. Defendants pleaded that they were not liable under the hill of lading tor more than £2OO. but pkiintli’s eontcml- ,..| that a faulty hook came under the heading of ‘'iinseaworthiness” and overrode thi' hill. . Mr Justice MacGregor supported tins view, and awarded the full amount claimed. MOTOR CYCLE. FATA MTV. (JAM ARE- Kepi. 11. A serious accident- occurred on the Papakaio road, about a mile and nhttlf lteyond the Uukeuii Hill Hus afternoon, when Mr “.lock Blackett, a. barman in the Dmitmon Hotel, xvas thrown from a motor-cycle, sullcring severe injuries. ' It appears that v lien running down ~ gradual slope the motor-bicycle skid--1 tied on some loose shingle, throwing 1 Bla-keti. on his head. A passer-by . found him soma time later lying on the side of the road in an unconscious .. condition, with the e.otor-eyele hy his -id,.. The sufferer was brought to

(lamartt hv ambulance, and admitted to Ike hcfiuita! in a grave condition, with a sevro fracture of the base ol the skull. .(. Blackett, single, a barman at Dttnlroon Hotel died to the- hospital this morning as the result ol injuries roeived in a motor cycle accident yesterday. It is ttndet'sioed the real name of the (letcased is Robert Campbell. RAGING PERMIT REEUKED. CAMBRIDGE. Sept ember 11. The Waikato Hunt Club lias rereiv ed ;i telegram Iron] Hie Minister o Internal Allan s to Ihe effect that ii view of the na t ni'e of the report o! tin Inspection Committee he will be unnbl to grant Ihe Hunt Club permission a the course i- considered unsale. The meeting appointed a eominiltc to approach the Waikato Racing ( lit with a view lo racing.

FOUR DAYS' HORSE SALE. CAMBRIDGE. September 12. The Terapal Farmers Auctioneering Company’s annual hors*: lair, occupying four days, eonelmlod yesterday. Some seven hundred horses changed hand, at very satisfactory prices, there being a keen demand fur heavy horses. The sale Was attended hy main' buyers trom all parts ol the North Island. TIMBER ‘MILLS NI..U t\. INVERCARGILL. Sept. 12. At a large and representative mooting of satx millers of Southland and Otago, it wtts resolved to take slops to reduce the working time of the mills by one day per week, ouing to slackness of trade, aesentualcd Ity the ever increasing imputation of foreign timber, such as American hemlock. Ii "as mentioned that a vessel was due at Dunedin next seek with a million leal of American t imlor.

( i tllOM.If S FINDING. A I <'K LAND. Kept. 12. At an iitque-l on Alts Mary McKenzie, who died ax the result of a motor accident at Onohunga on Aug. 13th. the Coroner found that death xvas due lo injuries re. eivot 1 from a. motor van driu'ii by James Bridges, due to excessive speed and negligent driving. 'I he inquest- v.as adjourned to hear medical evidence. The Coroner said lie presumed that other proceedings would follow.

EXHIBITfON SPACE. AUCKLAND, Sept. 12. A meeting of the Provincial Executive of the Exhibition resolved that the a hole space, otitlf) feet, available, he accepted. A plan xvas adopted providing for a front elevation xvith seven arches and xvith corners and pedestals surrounded by a cornice and balustrade. TROTTING RACES POSTPONED. TI.AfAIH', Sept. 12. Owing to heavy rain timing Friday night, and also on Saturday, the Timarn 'I rotting Chili's spring fixture xvas postponed indefinitely.

damages granted. DUNEDIN, Sept. 12. Justice .Vlp'crs gave judgment for one hundred pounds and costs against Newmarket Borough Council, in favour of Leonard J. Patrick, in an action for damages through plaintiff’s car colliding with a. safety zone. The Judge found a conflict of evidence as to the height of the con ere to above the level of the macadam roadway, but found it was a point in question of such height as to be dangerous to traffic.