News and Notes.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8192, 18 May 1906, Page 8

News and Notes.

Acaso of anatomical interest has occurred in the Carterton district, says the News. About three months ago a nine months' old child—a boy—was scratched upon the forehead by a cat. The wound was & tiny venous incision which has bled ever since. Tho child's parents have had to change the bandages regularly, and when they have been taken oil they were found every time to be saturated with blood. It was noticed lately that although tho sufferer was othei wise in good hoalth, ho was growing paler through loss of blood, and on Sunday it was decided to consult Dr. Johnston, who performed a successful operation on the youngster, and put him on the high rood to recovery. A recent issue of the Parisian newspaper, tho " Petit Pariaien," gives tomes interesting details regarding the navigable balloon, which is now in course of construction at the Moissan workshops, and will be in the hands of tho Minister of War next autumn. The new air ship will bo a little larger and a little more speedy than M. Lcbaudy's first navigable balloon. Its cubic contents will bo 3000 metres, and its 65-horae power motor will give it a speed of 45 kilometres an hour in calm weather. It will possess increased stability, and an ascending power sufficient to carry four men and supplies of projectiles. The third navigable balloon will bo begun at Moissan at the beginning of the winter.

The Qpotiki Herald has fallen a victim to the intluence ofitha tohunga fraud, To Rua of tho Bay-of Plenty The above journal seriously informs its readers that Rua has successfully treated both Natives and Europeans, his modus operandi being described as follows : — "Mrs Ware Makao, who bad been suffering from sore eyes, besought Rua to cure nor. Taking a shining threepenny piece, Rua placed it for a moment under his arm-pit, then holding is up bade the woman look at it. This done, she was told to tpke tho coin and put it in her tea that night, and swallow the liquid. It is reported that Makao's eyea are now as bright and strong as when she was a careless slip of a damsel running wild on her native hills and revelling in all the luxury of youthA well-known local settler, whose testimony cannot be doubted, was a martyr to a weak back, on which he had a porous plaster. He went to Rua and was ordered to remove the plaster. Two coppers were given him to place in his tea and drmk tho liquid. He now status that his ailment has disappeared and ho can gambol about like a two-year-old. A local storekeeper who was suffering from a sore chest also went to Rua, who diagnosed tho case with surprising nicety,g gave tho applicant lor k relief a shilling with usual prescription. Another undoubted cure." When Rua visited Gisbome in March last he wanted to introduce his doctrines, but the chief of tho settlement sensibly turned him away and tho natives refused htm hospitality.