GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 19, 22 May 1915, Page 3

GENERAL.

The Bay of Islands by-election will establish a parallel with the by-elec-tion of 1891, when the Prime Minister (the Bight Hon. W. F. -Massey) was elected member for Waitenjata. In the 21 years that have ensued from that date there has not been another by-electron between the date of the general elections and the first sitting of Parliament. The general elections of 18911 took place in December, and in January, 1891, Mr Monk was unseated for Waitemata, and in the byelection that followed before the meeting of Parliament Mr Massey was elected.

A hospital is a place where one naturally experts to find nothing hut sadness and sorrow, hut those institutions are very often responsible for some line humour, a fact which will conic to the minds of all those who have been through a long spell in a hospital. At the Timaru hospital the other day a .Maori youth was admitted, being taken to the institution by a guardian of the peace as the result of a collision with another motor cyclist. On arrival lie was put through the ordinary course of admission, his name, next of kin, and religion being recorded, after which came a good hot bath and medical examination. It was at this stage that the new patient was found to he unmarked or unhurt. The medical officer stated as much, when

the Maori, beaming in characteristic fashion, said, “liy gorry, me not hurt, mo only get the big fright. The policeman make the mistake, 1 think, and bring the wrong fellow.”

When Ludmit Uromiea, who, to the puzzled police, has become known as the enigmatical Russian, came up to Wellington Irom the West Coast some three or four months ago (state's the Times) he was apprehended and charged with vagrancy. Cromica maintained an air of indifference when questioned by the police and charged in the court, declining to say a word or give any sign that he comprehended anything of what was going on around him. All efforts to make him speak proved unavailing, so he was sent to gaol lor three months. His term expired oil Monday. He showed reluctance in leaving prison and actually had to be forced outside. During the time he was in prison he said never a word, but went quietly about his duties, giving no trouble whatever. On Monday evening he was found wandering about on the outskirts of the city and was again taken in charge. An order was made that he be sent to Porirna, where he will be kept under obseration and a report will be made as to his mental condition.