MUTILATING DEAD BODIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 198, 7 September 1903, Page 2

MUTILATING DEAD BODIES.

INQUIRY. PEK PRESS ASSOCIATION. Adelaide, September 3. The Board appointed to sift the charges against Dr. Ramsey Smi*h has begun its inquiry, Thw charges are Mut,ila-in<> the bodies of dead persons, and so shocking the public conscience and cfitradiug against criminal law. Counsel foe I ha Oro-vn stitei thai the™ were eighteen charges agairst Smith, consisting principally of allegations that as Oity Ooroner he had taken possession of and mutilated dead bodies, the heads and other portions of which' he had shipped beyond the «oa. Voluminous correspondence was sub mitted alleging that, he had cut off th« hfads of some and taken the sko'atons of other bodies and sent thorn to Edinburgh. A letter from Smith pleaded that hj« had followed a practice recognised and followed throughout the civilised world. What he had done was for the advancement of soience, the alleviation of human suffering and the advancement of the profession.

FOOT BULL NEW SOU'IH wal;; ; v. QUEENSLAND. PJs>t MY** A3SOCUXI-.>ff. | fp' ;-oih»r 5. j T li9 m-.'f.h :<n-v South Wules v. ( Q'leei pia?d reeu!"«)d in she d Joat of | Qa«;eli.-:ia:-;d by 11 AUCKLAND V. WELLINGTON. ANOTHKR DEFEAT FOB AUCKLAND. Wellington, .September 5. Between five ami six 'housand paopl* were present at tbe Auckland v. Wellington match to-day. The wa'hei was fine ncd the ground in splendio order. A fairly interesting game anded in a win for Wellington by foui [Joints to three. The visitors forwards did not skoiv to ndvanta?«, and Wellington hid all the best; of that depart aaoni of the game. Tbe backs wen avenly matched. In' the first spel! j Absolum sored for Auckland, but nc | goal resulted. In the second spell I Wellington registered four points, Q. Spencer kicking a goal from a mark. After this scare the Aucklanders made desperate efforts to again secure the lead, but the defence of the Wellington backs was safe, and towards the end of the game the northerners were kept busily employed defending their line. CANTERBURY Y. 80UTH CANTERBURY, Ohbistchubch, September 5. The match Canterbury v. South Canterbury resulted in a win for Canterbury by 13 points to 3, MANAWATU V. HA WEE'S BAY. Palmeeston North, September 5. Munawatu defeated Hawke's Bay today by 7 points (a try and a goal from a mark) to six points (two trie*). The local Union was represented by a weak ttaui, but the game was hardly contested throughout, nearly all tbe scoring being done during tbe last 20 minutes. THAMES v. TARANAKI, If anything, greater interest is centreing in thia match than in the con- j test with Auuklaud, as the Thames | forwards are said to be strong. A special train will run from Stratford to New Plymouth aod holiday excursion fares will ba charged, and the prospects are that visitors will witness an exciting game. With the consent of the Thame> team Mr Hallamoro, of Napier, has been appointed referee and has agreed to ac;. The following will constitute the Taraoaki te.sm: - Full, Blythe. Three-quarters, ' AUen (captain.) Half, Humphries. Wingß, Guy and Hamblyn. Forwards, Glasgow,-Pihama, Glen, McDonald, Phillip?, Douglas, and another. Emergency back, Clarke. The Thames team have been invited !by tbe Amateur Opera Company to j witn?ss the peiformaoce of" Pinafore " at the Theatre Royal on Thursday evening, Joe Warbriok, one of the victims oi the Waimangu eruption, was onoe famous as a footballer. Joe captained the successful Native team that went to England. He also represented Wellington and Napier in several interprovincial matches and was regarded in his. day as ona of the smartest backs in the colony. All the old timers will regret to hear that he has " aroused the line."

Extract from Johannesburg Star on New Zealand football" There (N.Z.) babies, whan they get out of their oradles, tuck their pillows under their arms sad streak out on an uneven track for the two legs of a table, which their inborn instinct tells'them are goalposts."