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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 69, 10 March 1876, Page 4

f - - The standing order now known to the world as the " iron hand " was used for the first time in the Victorian Parliament by a member of the Opposition; During the consideration of the Supply Bill there was a disposition shown to get up a discussion, when Mr A.T.Clark moved "that the motion be now put." This was done to the exclusion of any further debate, and the Government measure was passed quicker than it would have been. It is curious that the minority should first use an order to the passing of which they had given such strenuous opposition. The following paragraph, showing bow to deal with tutu poisoning, is from the Bay of Plenty Times: —A daughter of Mr Stewart Rae, about eleven years old, one of the Katikati special settlers, was recently nearly poisoned through eating tutu berries. On the child being taken ill Mr Rae sent to Mr Shepherd's store for castor oil. Mr Shepherd, who is a very old colonist, remembered having heard years ago of a Maori cure for cases of this nature, and immediately hurrie'd to Mr Rae's house, where he found the child in a state of convulsions, eyes glazed, and. apparently in the jaws of death. He then applied the Maori remedy, namely, burning linen rag under the child's nose, and thrusting a feather up each nostril; the smell of the rag caused the nerve to relax, and the mouth, which previously was last locked, slightly opened, sufficiently so as to admit the insertion of a cork. He then poured mustard and warm water down the child's throat, which caused immediate vomiting, after which she gradually recovered. Twenty-six thousand six hundred and sixteen Mormon women have. lately united in a petition to the Congress of the United States asking for a repeal! of the law tliat denies to them the privilege of concubinage. No more melancholy commentary upon the degradation of woman in a state of civilisation could be made. An extraordinary and nearly fatal accident happened recently to a man n«med Phillips-, in the employ of Mr. Fleming, a farmer, at Benalla, Victoria. The man was hunting an opossum out of the stable loft, when a large sheet of bark composing the floor canted up and let him through, and, in falling, a large hook, used for hanging sbeep on, entered the calf of one of the poor fellow's legs, suspending him midway between the loft and the floor. The hut being some distance from the residence of Mr. Fleming, the unfortunate man remained there suspended from 11 o'clock till after midnight. Mr. Fleming then found him in nearly an unconscious state, and relieved him from

his dangerous position. The wound was a terrible one, and the pain excruciating.