LATE CABLE NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 31 March 1930, Page 3

LATE CABLE NEWS

W " NEW ANAESTHETIC.- ; < ;lf v • ' / . LONDON/ March 21. As a result of self-expOrimehts-ex-tending over four months,. twcp Lofidoir doctors-.have;; discovered a new local anaesthetic called percain, which they claim to- be the , most powerful, known--The discoverers, Dr. Jennings .Marshall, and -Dr., Norman Lake, both' Of the. Charing ;Cross Hospital, say that percain marks a definite advance 'over existing local anaesthetic substances, i /particulnrlyiioiv spinal anaesthesia. Jr Skin in£e^jQps/,producefl, ...immediate and completadnsehsitiyity lasting for two ■ hoursyMd«ft^half,' arid ‘deeper injects in five-, minutes .--produced-nna-osthesia f.'lfising Join-three. hours and a had ■■ '

MONOTONY OF RUM-RUNNING ;V#

£ LONDON, March 21.'$, , '(foe totals and tortures of Tantalus hardly <jj[gjbinarchecl those to crew of :“the Norwegian rum-Yritfiffert Vesla had-to submit. / . ; T,wo;y<srig. Finns aiid an Australian', who haWa ben for the past sixtounn" i on., the vessel operating off the TJnjied; Y were unable to land because yishe, loaded whisky at sea eft'' Newfoundland . and . discharged - her cargo, #ill at .sea, off Carolina. A.t: ldSt the shipi had to return to Eiirtype tp enter the dry dock. ■ ..They fald the “Sydney Sun’”' rum-running was the dullest kind of seafaring. They neyer,saw land; ,and there no risks or dangers.. Whenever th% saw the. patrols they simply steamed ?Well outside the limit, ■ ;The vessel was hove-to each night arid discharged into fast motor boats, which game out from the shore. The greatest discomfort was the enforced.strict abstention Though the ship waSfVfull of whisky the crew; were, unable To get a drop. It was top valuablefto give them any, and it was impossible to land and buy some. 5-i ' - —— EGSS KEPT SIX MONTHS. . M LONDON, March 21. An ho.,best hoy : . found 71-eggs, y.Pn commori 'land at'tforteSs- 'and took theftn to the'.police -station.'. The } out'that by law they must in the . station for six months, in ease the rightful owner boy to return in September and get them if'-* they were- " not’ "previously-

claimed. * / Meanwhile the police are preparing for eventualities and contemplate selecting , alternative accommodation either for themselves or the eggs.