NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2822, 11 December 1924, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

I!.)\v are you !., know him ! Well, iicic is a local illustration fsavs ihc (ircy River Argus. A woman, sonie"liat “under Ilio iniltienoe"— no) of t lie sun was crossing- a husv corner of a city thoroughfare (lie oilier afternoon, and many spectators found if interesting- to watch her dodging (he ears and Ituscs. ,\ workman stepped from (lie roadside and look the woman's arm, guided her to the opposite foolpalh, raised his lial, and returned to his pick and shovel. The onlookers ceased to smile.

A taxi-driver in .Yew Plymouth was amused to see a cyclist pedalling homeward with a notice of some sort on his hack. As he came nearer he 'found it read: “Don’t forget the meat:” “rememher leadheaded nails,” etc. He called the

rider's attention to the paper, and the cyclist, putting his hand to his lmek, said, “Wiliy, I put it there myself.” Being absent-minded, he had pinned the notice to his coat when he took it oil' in the ollice, hut had overlooked it when putting the coat on again. A strange disease called lenticular degeneration, of which only TO cases have been known since 1.012, is described by Dr. F. M. K. Walshe in “Medical Science Abstracts,” published by the Medical Research Council. It occurs in youth and early adult life, and is always fatal. All investigations have failed to discover the cause. It is believed that the disease originates in the liver, which elaborates a. poison that acts on a particular part of the brain. “Whether this is a new disease or only an old one newly observed. we cannot say,” said a brain specialist. “It is one of many disease mysteries which we are unable to explain.” Speaking to a large garden party in Christchurch on Saturday of the New Zealand Food Reform and Anti-Cancer League, Dr. Thackc’ - stressed tlie importance of the three things necessary for good health, namely: Fresh air, sunshine, and fresh food. He depreciated the habit of keeping pel poodles ami other vermin-encouraging creatures. Many deaths', from hydatids from these creatures were wrongly attributed to pneumonia and other diseases. Flies were obnoxious filth carriers and in America they rarely saw a fly. Tin* U.S.A. authorities pay by tlie pint to people who assist in exterminating these nests. In New Zealand (lies hud picnics and parties on almost all we ate.