GENERAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 104, 18 September 1912, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS.

Lockjaw in a boy of seven years of age has been cured in Launcestoa; (Tasmania), The boy's name:is Lipne,l'Tiffin, who resides with 'his parents at TrevaHyn He became ill on August 17, and it was at first thought that Mie \vas, from some childish complaint.; jSomp twodays later serious devekpfieftts • took place, and a medical man pj-onounped the case as one of -loekjaw,-and the-'ho-y yrasremoved to a private ljospftal, ] .'Ear several days his life wa-S: despaired, pf, , Unremitting attention was . givqii .the., case, and constant application ofVanti-tetehic serum was made. The. cri^'wag. reacheda little aver a week ago, arid pince.the boy's recovery lias been slow, but sure. His jaw is now unlocked, though his feet are still afl'ected. The doctors have declared, however, that once the po'isoii is out of the system the 'boy will completely tecover. It is not known hbw the lad contracted the ailment, but it was probably from a scratch. Toronto (writes a correspondent) intends to fight the big meat concerns which seem bent on wiping out the city cattle market, if possible. With a view to retaining the market the city proposes to build an abattoir, and has secured the promise of the Premier, SilJames Whitney, and several of his colleagues in the Ontario Government, to permit the city to issue debentures for this purpose to the sum of 300,000 dollars without going to the. ratepayers. It is expected that the building can be erected in four months, and will cost between 200,000 and 300,000 dollars. It is felt that it would pay the city to build an abattoir and keep the city cattle market running even if it lost f>o,ooo dollars a year on it, in the interests of the citizens. The civic abattoir would have a slaughtering capacity of (KM) cattle per week. It would be built on the cattle market property. This is one phase of the everintensifying struggle with the upward trend in the cost of living. CONSTIPATION. Constipation is the cause of far more ills than many dream of. It. can be exect'ively treate dby Laxo-Tonic Pills, which have been very aptly described as a tonic medicine with a purgative or cleansing effect. :They purge the system of all impurities, but at the same time provide vigor and tone. Priee, i 0V 2 d and la 6d. Obtainable everywhere.