PROVINCIAL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 308, 29 November 1873, Page 3

PROVINCIAL.

It was said of Earl Russell, who was not * ship captain, that, in his own opinion, he could manceevre the channel fleet. A German plaintiff, a German defendant, and German witnesses were lately engaged in a Dunedin court case, and, the Magistrate sought the services of an interpreter. But from the conversation which took place between the interpreter and witness, the carious etymological fact was disclosed, that such words as "effect," "distance," "train," "stowed," are in good repute in the German language. One of the learned counsel, who no doubt it of a classical torn of mind, perceiving, from what was passing, that such words as distance and effect, and others which are nnmistakeably of Latin origin, anounded in the German language, thought he saw a way of making himself understood without the aid of an interpreter. So having dispensed with the services of the interpreter, he proceeded with his examination in a most forcible and eloquent manner, fusing -words by wbiok AngloSaxon was conspicuous by its absence ; oat this brilliant examination was cut short by the witness telling him in German thai 1m did not understand him. This quotation is from the "Guardian.'* Immediately on reading it, we concluded that the "classical" counsel was Mr Stoat, snd^ on referring to the report, our foregone conclusion was realized. We really envy Mr S'out his belief ia his owu omniptence. lie is a veritable Deity in his own behalf. Such confidence* when coined (and it is always current) ia equal in value to £1000 per aoaxun.

A gentleman, formerly of Dunedin, now of Wellington, some years ago broke his leg,. near the ankle, owing to a skating accident. J)r. Hardy, then of Dunedin, now of Mel* bourne, was called in and he set the bone. The patient, contrary to express doctor's orders, walked before i&e Hsro was. cvred. V relapse ensued, and the impatient patient made such a "fuas" about the doctor^ merely alleged incompetency, thai* to escape fastly accumulating scaadal, as baseless as it was cruel, he uugrxbed to Melbourne, where, now, we learn, he has. succeeded in ii -» venting a perfect remedy- for tie 'ffoxst form of spinal complaint Uat Dunedin scandalmongers pronounced him a quack I W« aret informed that the doctor has had two. eases of spinal complaint in hand, wluek h*v been subj«et*d ta the new treatment., Tfe* one case is 'tat of a female 26 years of age, who has been a sufferar for 8 yen y. are, and who during t¥e time was. mostly confined « bed ;• the other case is that of a female also, aged 32 years, -who had been a sufferer for three and a half years, and who was alsioti paralysed. So successful has been the treatment in loth of these instances that; the (wo females, vatked ehwn-staira in tW *«yhua recently to give their thanks-to Dr. llardy* through ibA committee, for the cuxe^iawkat had been considered theis hopeless case). which had been effected through hi* install* mentality. The iucid&Kt must have- been, equally gratifying to the doctor an£ .to the* patients. It has been stated that Dr. Hardy has vow treated 17 persons ''vucoes*. fully, some, of -whom, were totally paralysed*.