PROVINCIAL AND GENERAL

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 237, 15 August 1872, Page 9

PROVINCIAL AND GENERAL

The following appears in the "Wellington " Evening Post " :— " The value of land in Canterbury has been rising in an extraordinary degree during the last twelve months. A private letter recently received from Christchurch says :- — ' Property here lately unsaleable now readily changes hands at double its late value, and town land has gone up at least 200 per cent. lately sold the fifth of a quarter-acre at the corner where the fire was, next Jacobs and Isaacs, for £700 ; and yesterday I burnt £3000 was offered for Wilkin's half-acre in Hereford-street, with the old repository on it, and the offer was refused ; also, a few days ago. Dr. Turnbull sold about a quarter-acre in the paddock, in Worcester-street, for £500 — this, twelve months ago, would not have sold at £100. Other sales, both in town and country, are nearly in like proportion.' " The following will be read with interest by chemists and druggests :—ln: — In the case of the druggist Andrews, recently prosecuted by the Shropshire Ethical Branch for undue assumption of a medical title, the county court | judge has given the important decision that, having prescribed his medicines, he cannot recover for them. " When a chemst," said the judge, "take upon himself to prescribe, he invades the province of a medical practitioner, and he has said that he prescribed them." In answer to remark made by Andrew's legal adviser, that a man may come into a shop and order a bottle of sarsaparilla, the judge said — " That may be ; but if the doctor, or would be doctor, prescribes it, it is fatal to his recovering for it. There is a difference between supplying it and prescribing it." The plaintiff was held to have vitiated all claim to payment for the medicines which he had supplied in consequence of having prescribed them. Judgment was consequently given for defendant with costs.

" Give me a shilling to get something to eat." So 1 was addressed the other daybyavinousindividualwho had once known better days. Not once, but frequently did he make this reqnest of me, and several of my acquaintances. He hung about our haunts, and ever, like Poe's raven, croaked the one refrain — always something to eat. How is it loafers of this class can always obtain a plentiful supply of liquor, but are unable to find anyoue who will pay for a meal ? It must be the senseless plan of every body taking everybody to have a drink whenever they meet, whether they want or not. How ridiculous it would seem if instead of " Have a drink," the query was '• Have a chop." Thank you, "I've just had one." "Well, never mind, have another." Human nature could not stand this sort of thing, and it does seem extraordinary that the substitution of liquids for solids should prevent us seeing the utter absurdity of this indiscriminate system of " shouting " which still prevails, and nowhere worse than upon the flags of Collins-street.—" Atticus," in the Melbourne " Leader."