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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 28 January 1909, Page 3

By a simple operation dn the head, remdving pressure on the brain, caused by an injury, Dr; Herbert L. Northrop has changed a man from a drunkard and a thief to an honest industrious man, respected by his employers. The pattent declares that his desire for drink and to steal hasentirely disappeared, and during 22 months ho has lived an upright life, and been twiee promoted by his employers. He was a man of good habits, when at the age of 48 a timber struck him on the head, causing contusion of the scalp and a hematoma (swelling produced by infusion ol blood beneath the skin) in the upper frontal region close to the middle line on the right side. Ho was unconscious for sixty seconds. During the iwelve years following he developed Jrinklng and stealing habits, neglectsd his family, and was finally disjharged from a good position for Irunkenness and misusing the company's funds. The operation was then performed, and after twenty-two months of well-doing with no relapses, Oi. Northrop announces a Complete Jure,—' ' Science Sif tings. ' ' Speaking at the University Senate on ;he motion to admit students to a university career on a headmaster's certiicate, the Chancellor (Sir Robert Stout) ;aid that the senate should approach the luestion in this way : Was the univeriity to have headmaster's certificates Tom any school ? If not, and if the unirersity was to select the schools, there vould be extraordinary difficulties. It aised the question of denominationalsm, which ruined education the world iver. There had been no attempt /on he part of the university to direct selondary education into any particular ihannel. Tho question was whether he senate should give its examinations ;o people over whom it had no control! iVere they to allow persons to pass a uiiversity examination who had not jeen examined by the university examjiers? His own proposal was, the Chan:ellor contended, much better. Ho would save one examination in the Dominion it the one time, on which candidates should qualify for a leaving certificate, entrance to tho university or the Civil Service, and university scholarships. S:o Robert Stout denied that all scholarships could out be apportioned on the one esimiuation paper. The skua-guull, we arc told (says the Bluff correspondent of the "Otago Daily Times"), is following on tho evil courses of the kea, and making sad havoc amongst the island flocks. His delinquencies have been specially noted at Campbell Island. There he is understood to have relinquished his customary seafaring pursuits and devoted attention exclusively to the pastoral interest. No sooner does a sheep get down on its back lhan he is down upon it like a flash, picking out its eyes and otherwise assisting it to a rapid dispatch. As we understand it, this is altogether a new departure, and the probabilities are that we may hear more about it in tho lambing season. The attention of tho Department of Agriculture of New South Wales (says the "Agricultural Gazette" of that State), has been drawn by its dairy inspectors to the pernicious system of pay ment for cream adopted by some butted factories. The practice is to 'reduce the test of suppliers' cream by 2or 3 per cent., and then compute, from the chart issued by the Government Dairy Expert, the quantity of butter to be paid fod on the lower basis. A good price is then, paid on the smaller quantity, thus making it appear to the dairy farmers that theirc ream is first-class, whereas a se-cond-class price is really obtained for the butter. For example, 20Q01b.- butter may be manufactured on a certain day, yet only 18501b. would be paid for, that being the quantity oroduced according lo the chart, i.e., after deducting the 2 or 3 per cent, already referred to. A high price is, however, given fod the latter quantity, so that, although the supliers may not suffer any pecuniary loss, ' they are led to beljev that theix cream is of better quality, thairit reallj is The consequence is— and this u the worst feature of the whole matterthat the dairy f admer, finding he. is gatting what are apparently .. top .rates toi hiss butter, makes. little or no effort io wards improvement. In order,. Ahat they may fully tealise their position, dajrj farmers of New Bouth Wales are recommended to send samples of their cream to tho Department of Agriculture to t* tested, so that they may theinselve know the test of their cream and th< quantity of commercial butter a certaii quantity of it should produce.