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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1266, 3 February 1883, Page 2

The Union Uompkny’a steamer Te, Anati • arrived in the Bey thia aftertodn, »Mdt 3 o’clock, from Auckland: fthe leaves this evening toe Southern Ports; We leant (says the “ Otago Daily Timm") by telegraph from our Auckland eorreopondent that the “ Auckland Star," in an article on the Hamilton murder trial, save the pub. lie are convinced that a toul murder has been committed, and that the position to which the case is left is most unsatisfactory to all concerned, including the now acquitted tin. soners. It accuses J udge Gillies ot a strong bias throughout the trial, and notably in Ms summing up, which reads like the speech of a defending counsel rather than of an im; partial judge. It admits, however, that thi jury could have come to no other verdict. There is lying at the Timant Poet-office (»ys the local Herald) at the present mo- " ment a letter which for nearly 20 years has led a wandering life and never been claimed. It is addressed as follows:—“Care Mr Hebard, Timani, Royal Hotel, New Zealand. For Honora O’Conor.” It was posted irt Adelaide on May 4th, 1868, and it wsm«i according to the postmark, to have reached Dunedin 12 days later. From there it was sent first to one place and then to another (always excepting Timaru), until It found its way to Watson’s Hotel, Dunedin. After lying there a considerable time it was returned to the Post-office and marked “Timaru.” About a forthright ago it at last reached its proper destination, and the postal Official are anxious to know whether “Honora O’Conor” is still alive to claim it. Some curious rumors are afloat as to the next step to be,takcn by Mr Stanley in order to secure the remit of the King of Belgium's enterprise on the Congo. Mr Stanley went to Brussels about three weeks ago, and It is stated that as a result of his conference there with those who support hie undertaking, he has resolved to go to Zanzibar, hire 500 Swazis, and take them to Congo to resist any attempt on the part of M. De Brazza to appropriate the road through which Mr Stanley's road runs. M. De Brazza s treaty with the Congo chief has been ratified by the French Chamber; but should Mr Stanley return to Congo it is certain that he will at all events forcibly resist any attempt on the part of France to intrude on the territory he has acquired by purchase from the chiefs. A Paris paper asserts that a French war veesel has been ordered to proceed up the Congo River. Meantime Mr Stanley is travelling in Spain on account of his health.

Useful Knowledge.—it is sufprieing how everybody rushes at a fainting person and strive to raise him up, and especially to keep his head erect. There must be an instinetive apperehension that if a person Mixed with a fainting or other nt fall into a recumbent position, death Is more Imininent. 1 must have driven a mile to-day while a lady fainting wm held upright I found her pulseless, white and apparently dying, and I believe that if I had delayed ten minute* longer she would really have died I laid her head down on a lower level than her body, and immediately Colo# returned to her lips And cheek, and she became conscious. To the excited group of friends I said;— Always remember this fact, namely, fainting is caused by want of blood in the hratni the heart ceases to act with sufficient force to send the usual amount o£< blood to tho brain, liestore the blood to the brain aud instantly the person recovers. Now, though the blood is propelled to all pints of the body by the action of the heart) vet it is still under the influence of the laws of gravitation. In the erect position the blood ascends to the head against gravitation and the supply to the Drain is diminished, as compared with the recumbent position the heart’s, pulsation bein(j equal. If then you place a person sitting whose heart has nearly ceased to beat, his brain will fail to receice blood, while if you lay him down, with the head lower than the heart, blood will run into the brain by the mere force of gravity ; and in faint* ing, in sufficient quantity to restore consciousness Indeed, nature teaches us how to manage the fainting persons, for they always fall, and frequently are at once restored by the recumbent position into which they are thrown.— “ Medical Journal."