THE Manawatu Times. SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1879.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 40, 10 May 1879, Page 2

THE Manawatu Times.

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1879.

" Words ape things, and a drop of ink falling like - c dew ifiDpn a"thought. produces thnt -which makes „ thpijsiitjjis, perhaps millions think." _

P.Bis.#£PSv'th : OTe-i"£is"' ; n^ l *ft^' j n ' the ? jCouuty. : ~Wrlip has been so prominently before the puhlic during the past few r^dqths as Doptoi* J&ocg&p^pTtfj and Jsmust be confessed Ihat* the notoriety obtaiqed is scarcely ;of the character which most men would care to Require i'-' ~We h'a-ve had occasion mpre than once m these eplutnns' (q. "refer tq th,e gentle^. ma.n m question', and we. jpeg^qt. to gay,, >that our remarks we% >nqt "or % cquit mendatqry 4atureT"buf Tfalfad Ihen to deal with: him m his variedr^)Jftillc r ca^-J cities, as County Oouncillor^oc'al oommissjpnefj'or ptjairniqn of ,, the 'School jDommifctee, and 1 , consequ^ntlyr it was ijufc.natiiml to expect. t)jat m the muj? tipiieit^f bflhis ofljceg he' WQuld b.e-fov(nd wan^tintr m «ome. Frqin the tenor, ot ..our.^eraarlf s iif pfevibif^s '"issues^ . .o^ur "reaHiars may • ha. ye gathered. tha6 we are i^ot ftn admiref qf Boetor'^QPKSTEpw as a, public man ; still it'tn4jr also hsv& \\een peniarked that hitherto vp'.e. studipuste refrjalned fron^ refer.ri^| iohis: ppriyate differences with the IF&xto'n": people. ; For. /s|ome considerable time great djs^^t^faction hiis been existrrigs ik: that>tp\y^Qhip .^vifch' tije= .jn^nner. in. . .wWh Ifr- I^ockstrow attended,,p"roft^sionajly.t^ the wants. o£ the-people, sqnte (jh^rgVng- h,im, . .Vfit-U ..-inoßpacityj •aiid otheys with .wilfql and\voulpable .^€s}jlect. Although, soine considerable pressure was h^pught to bear, uponus v*o«.'t show him up professiona^y i? — to us'fe "a:' : %tt\ng tern\-^-we .persistently refuse4>guch influence foil t^p ieisqns. •FiVstijr^'bgcause experience \mu taught l l%a£\,-eai : -.pqr.6e ,gtatemeßt^ should be feceiVed with, much reserVatibn'; and secondly, being poUtu^lly oppased toEloctor we were doubly vct^riefut to guard against' doing him, a ■prirate m justice, pr' letting ouc piiblic feeting-s svVay. us m the matter,.. With regard tq the first change laid a.gflin^t Doctor rtha,t pf incapacity we(i aware that he was not a legaliy-qualified man : still m justice to him w.e. must §tate .^hat-w e .bavc heaTd r th.e;>hjghest tegtittiPny star- taiiis "skill ran 4 ability, m manyin,st^nces patiehtsi' .going long distances to secure his ser\f\s&i. Such b|ping flje c^se, theii, ye -received "the complaints against .hk professional flbilitie? ''ctini! ffrdntf qaHs, a.n4 lpng^as he eleeted^tp p'l-a'ctise'his prof e§sibn, and give.<:.the \ people -m, hisdistrict the benefit, of his we' turned a, deaif ear to the malcontents?. However., of l^te „a change has come over the gtate of "affairs, and one which ?puts ti^erp upon a, cprnpletely'diffepent ■fo6tiiifc:~";tti would appeW : that 'the Doqfpf^as n^w reached a pinnacle of gre^tneijs from which he can afford to looij: down upon suffering /humanity v :with lofty >^nicpricJefcn, v JantoUcKeC' by .'mt^er.y .autid byfpecuniany^ ' E(e 'has turned hlg .¥ac^ppn Foj|tQn ( ,-^nd qpdn np consideration will ! he bestow nis services, : ■;sav? : t'o H.^e*f his chcusen admirers, .^cll,' it ih a free -ootttti try; /and if Doctor ißoo^sTßpw has so far feathered his nest that he can : a^fford to snap- his fingers >\t those who' placed him m that enviable 'position, hi^s conduct maybe conaidercjd ungrate^)}, hut it is parfefxtly le|;itSinatp, thepe arst 6thef. phja«e» pi tM matter. wWcll^ reqniise eon^der^Woj]i before a cfecMtoh »s qwlvh6s .Jafc- X'jW^lien that genttemnji RetOed m Ftixton, theirecoipts from the. practice were not deemed sqch as would repay a iprofessVorial man, and canse-; .quentJy bthe^t .Oiffices wera bestowed opon him to' make good the Rhort'comingsv These were the Oprpnership, t.he Registration of Births, t)lsatha, a«d J^arriages, aad Medical Ofl^certo the

Natiyes, _,rU three of which -it is but fair to presume were not given to Doctpp EoppsTaow personally, but to the medical gentleman practising m the disirjet; and consequently it is a matter for surprise that when that rery independent gentleman came to the resolution to retire from practice, he did not resign the offices which were but a pjendapt to it. On the contrary, we believe, sp far from wishing to relinquish the little emoluments which- h* has . so long en jpyed, application has' been made to the Government for an increase ...of the allowance _tp .him as mt^Medical Officer, We pass over the exception wMe^'iruight most properiy be taken to a non-certificated man boldjng such a position at all, and will content ourselves with saying that jt.is particularly cool upon his part to voluntarily resign that pprtion of his duties which entitled him to the holding of the position!- anc 1 still expect to retain it. As we stated m the outset pf this avtjcle, had Doctor Eocicstbow contipued his services to.:, the public generally, we should have studiously avpided writing one line against- him as a practitioner, but by his dog-in-the manger conduct, he has alienated all sympathy q.nd thrown himself put of Cbiir-t, . The people of Foxton are now virtually .without a medical man, and m several c^ses where surgical aid was' ; necessapy, assistance had to be brought' 1 frdi4'(;h.e Upper district. If, then, 'a' sense -of honor -^filV not; dictate ; ta ■Doctor EocK§Tfio^t that iv retiring into private Jife he has forfeited -the of offices which were bestowed to sup-' pleme^t the income of the medical man, sufficient pressure should be brought- to bring that truth forcibly home t6 Mm. Ponton is not m a position tp •hold out inducen^ents'tQU'^ott^r to s.6t4fein ; ' it ; but wepe the "three "pfftces-tcf whicll we have referred thrown into the scale, the prospecf 'would wear a very. "^fferpnt aspect. ..;.■... . ;- ,.- : • c. h.v;:.f