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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 259, 8 November 1878, Page 4

Eastwond, of Darlington, forwards to the Times some figures of a satisfactory character as to the recent experience in the United States of the treatment oC confirmed drunkards, in institutions such as those proposed by Dr. Cameron's Uili. The tenth annual report of the Inebriates Home, King's County, Now York, states that during the year 1677 thurc have been 300 individuals treated in the institution, besides CA ro admissions. This latter number is not surprising when it is found that, of the wliolfc sno pafifiiitfl, no fewer than 50 remained under :;u days. "Of tho 300 treated during the year, ')fi are known to be doing well in the outride world ; 44 have been lost eieht of, but that very fact is an evidence that they have not returned to their old habits, or we should quite certainly have heard of them, for our experience is that those who have spent any extended time in, the home fly thither for protection against themselves when they fall ; 21 are known to have relapsed ; three have died since leaving the institution ; ]'2 are known to have considerably improved in their habits of life ; and 122 still remain within its walls." The average duration of each patient, not iuculding the 50 who left under a month, has been 34 weeks.

We take the following from the Christchurch IVm:—The Hallways Construction Bill, as originally introduced by the Minister of Public Works, and as it has'emerged from the Lower House, are two very different measures. When first brought under the notice of the House aud the country it contained provisions of a most dangerous and unprecedented character; and as it now stand 3it is a harmless measure enough, and altogether unnecessary. Before it underwent the process of emasculation at the hands of the Lower House it had all the appearance of being a ISill having for its object the withdrawal from the control of Parliament of the public works of the colony, and the giviug tc Ministers absolute power to decide which should be begun and finished and which delayed. It did more, it aimed at throwing into the hands of Ministers unlimited power to gratify their friends and place the public works of the colony in the hands of a few large contractors The intention of the liill was so self-evident and Ministers themselves had so .little to say in its defence, that the moment 'it became apparent that it would be opposed, they gave way, without even making the least show oil fighting. Indeed, so thoroughly demoralised has this " strong " Government become, that they have abandoned all show of principle. Although Mr Macandrew «i few days before had regretted the position taken up by (the Nelsou and llnrlborough members, and although he expressed sorrow that he could not see his way to make them participate in his scheme, he nevertheless was forced at the last moment io purchase that vote for £60,000, the estimated cost of extending the Kelson and I'oxbill railway foh\c thirteen miles We scarcely know whether the at tempt of Ministers ~in the first place to get into their own hands the absolute control of some six or seven millions of money, or their subsequent conduct iv connection with the Bill, is more deserving of reprobation. But both gave unmistakeablc evidence of the utter absence of political principle. The increasing longevity of life with the races of mankind coming under the blessed influences of civilization, shows the superiority of the enlightened age we live in; and keeping pace with the advancement of all other sciences, we have the wonder-work-ing art of the chemist. The certainly of cure of the most formidable diseases, is one of the triumphs of the present day. " Gholi.ah's Great Ixdiax Cukes," pronounced by the voice of the people to be the Wonder of the Nineteenth Ci-.ntuky, stand out as the pre-eminently successful remedies for IJheumatism, Gout, Liver Complaints, &c. They can be had of all Chemists. See testimonials.