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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9, 11 September 1913, Page 4

Dr. M. J. Dal I in reports the case of a girl, ]G years old, who, in the course of 15 minutes, took JO grains of quinine. Two hours later she complained of an intense headache, and severe tinnitus (noises) in both ears. There was no disturbance in co-ordination, but she noticed a marked diminution in her hearing, which steadily grew worse, so that perception for all sounds was completely lost by the following morning.- She did not seek medical aid immediately, hoping "that her lost function would in time reestablish itself. Finding that she remained deaf in both ears, she consulted different aurists with the hope that something could be done for her, and finally Professor Polifzer, of 'Vienna, 'who, after a careful examination, pronounced- her case hopeless.

The, Auckland Star proprietaiy has accepted a tender of £13,000 lor the erection of a nine-storey building for the paper. Pelorus Jack, who lias boon absent irom lii.s usual haunts for some months past, is reported to have Ijcch seen by the crow of the steamer Rakiura on Wednesday night, about four or five miles from the Nelson lighthouse, iit all o\ cuts a fish closely resembling Pelorus Jack, and answering to the description, played about the bows of the vessel for a little while, and then disappeared.

One claimant in the Commonwealth has received .the maternity allowance twice in less than 11 months. A child was born on the day the allowance was first payable, October 10 last. The mother obtained the grant. A feu days ago another child was born and the mother has again been granted the allowance of £5.

At a Children’s Service recently, held in a church not very far away from the town of Inglewood, the preacher in charge asked the children assembled “What Moses would bo called if ho were still alive.” After a brief pase a small boy ventured the reply that lie would bo called “Old.” Needless to say this was not the expected reply, and a little time was occupied in restoring perfect quiet.

On August 30 the number of maternity bonuses granted in the Commonwealth amounted to 106,234. The claims included' another 751, which had been rejected, and 1391 which are

still under consideration. The aggregate claims was 108,376. In Xew South Wales 4.0,088 claims have been granted, 351 rejected, and 507 are under consideration. ictoria’s claims granted were 29,080, Queensland’s 15,449, South Australia’s 9914, West Australia’s 7145, and Tasmania’s 4558.

A remarkable instance of the fecundity of ewes is reported from Victoria. On the. property of Mr C. P. M'Nally, at Berriwillock,are 218 crossbred ewes, and up to the present, although the lambing season is not yet over, Mr McNally has markd 258 lambs, and has also counted 40 dead ones. While very many of the ewes had twins, triplets were by no means an unusual occurrence. The fact that 40 dead lambs were counted is (says the Sydney Daily Telegraph) probably owing to the property having been recently almost denuded of grass by a pest of caterpillar*, which prevented the ewes obtaining sufficient nutriment'to support their offspring. J ■

A solicitor engaged in a case being heard at the Palmerston Supremo Court remarked that the country is dotted with monuments of land exchanges. They could be seen all over the place, and a good many were to he found in the Taranaki district. It was not an uncommon thing to see apparently flourishing homesteads with not a soul in them, and the gates swinging ,on the posts. He; called /in at one of those places while in Taranaki, and found the house empty. When he came to the next farm the owner said, “Oh, that is one of So-and-So’s exchanges.” His Honor replied that it was not surprising that the mental hospitals were so overcrowded. It was enough to strain the mental equilibrium of the farmer taking part in these financial transactions.

New Zealand’s wireless system, which is a very perfect one, is now practically complete. The new 30 kilowatt station at the Bluff has been undergoing tests for some weeks now, and so far those have proved satisfactory. These tests, however, will be continued over the next three months, time being an important factor in arriving at a correct estimate of the working efficiency of a set under all manner of conditions. If those tests prove to be satisfactory, the new station will be formally taken over from the Australian Wireless Company in November. New Zealand will then have a station capable of sending messages for a of 1200 miles in the daytime, which should mean, under favorable conditions,' a night radius of at least double that distance. Mr A. Sawyer, the wireless expert, who has been down to the Macrpiaries for the past 20 months, was able to talk to Port Moresby (Papua), a distance of 2800 miles, with a It kilowatt set, under good conditions. What distance then will a 30 kilowatt set bo able to speak under similar conditions?

At a meeting of the Fire Brigade, held yesterday, it was decided to hold the annual children’s ball on November 6th.

In the list of passes in the Trinity College theory xeamination published in the “Poet” the names of Annie Dromgool (76) and Barbara Riera (64), both pupils of the Stratford Convent, were omitted.

At the Horticultural Society’s show nexc Thursday, a Royal Humane Society certificate will be presented to \i.iiter Buchanan, a young lad of kune, who some time ago risked his life in endeavoring to save the life of a lad named Murtagh, who was drowned in the Waitara River.

Mr R. C. O’Connor, Dominion organiser in connection with the National Provident Fund, has been in Stratford tor the past few days and has arranged that Mr J. Brooks, of the local : Post Office staff, shall in future ht the representative- of the Fund in Stratford. Previously there was no Special representative, and it is v thought that with some particular person being made a representative the scope of tiie Fund will bo made more fully known. Mr O’Connor has been touring tire Dominion for the past eighteen months on behalf of the fund, delivering lectures and doing general organising work, and the total number of members of the Fund is now in the vicinity of six thousand.