The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY OCTOBER 25, 1883. VACCINATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1518, 25 October 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY OCTOBER 25, 1883. VACCINATION.

Some six months ago we pointed out that in various parts of the world a public opinion wasbeing formed against the time-honored practice of vaccination. At that time we hardly expected that in the New Zealand Parliament this opinion should make itself heard. However, an excellent debate on the subject did take place last session, and though the number of members who opposed vaccination was limited to nine, there were sufficient of them to ventilate it. Of course the supporters of vaccination aro in a strong majority, but the minority is growing year by year, and we may expect the compulsory vaccination law now in force to be again challenged in the House. One M.H.R. admitted openly that he had evaded the operation of the law, audit is evident that if the Regisfe.

General takes any case into Court he should begin with the legislator who has made this candid confession. We do not desire to. see any hurried decision on a health question of this character. Wo are satisfied that an anti-vaccination party exists in New Zealand. Similar parties exist iii England, America, Franoe, and Switzerland, and we may, perhaps, judiciously wait till the question comes to' a decided issue in some of the older countries of the, world, The opinion of tho medical profession in this colony is entitled to be treated with respect, and it decidedly favors vaccination. Dochowever, are not infallible. The medical practitioners of to-day condemn almost in Mo the surgery and' the physic of fifty years ago. Fifty years hence, no doubt, the doctors of the twentieth century will regard the remedies of the present decade'as crude and barbarous. It is a hardling that a parent should bo compelled by law to poison the healthy blood of a healthy infant and chance the consequences, and there is some excuse for parents when they will not take the advice of a hundred doctors in favor of such an unnatural proceeding. The feeling is gaining ground that sanitation is the' preventive of small-pox and tho remedy for it, That even doctors differ on this question is. proved by the, following extract from Hansard) being' a petition presented by Mr Dodson, M.H.E,,ffom Dr Robert Ham, Bakewell, doctor of medicine of the Universities of St Andrews and of New Zealand, F.R.M.S.S., and visiting Physician to the Ohristchurch Hospital. The petitioner stated that he had an extensive and lengthened experience of the practice of vaccination from the year 1848 until the present time, and had been a public vaccinator in England and New Zealand, and was for some years Vaccinator-General of the colony of Trindad, West Indies. On account of his special knowledge of this subject he was examined by a committee of the House of Commons appointed in 1871 to report on the subject of compulsory vaccination, Dr Bakewell, while considering that the present practice of vaccination is tfyo best preventive at present known against attacks of small-pox, is of opinion it should not be made compulsory by law; and he has arrived at this conclusion after many years of careful study and practice, for the following, among other reasons: First, because vaccination only gives a partial and temporary immunity from small-pox, Secondly, because it is an operation which is occasionally fatal by producing erysipelas. It has occurred recently in England, and may occur at any time; erysipelatory inflammation of the arm frequently following the operation of vaccination in this colony, Thirdly, because, though rarely, it is the means of introducing into the system of healthy children constitutional diseases of a most dangerous character. Dr Bakewell states that he has been called in to attend a child in this colony who has been vaccinated by a public vaccinator, and found the child suffering from three syphilitic cancers in the arm, produced by vaccination. Fourthly, because a very large number of parents are opposed to the practice of_ vaccination, and the petitioner thinks it an infringement on. parental rights to compel them to haw their children vaccinated. '■"' \ r

We direct attention to Mr % Bell's now advertisement on our front page, The regular fortnightly meeting of Court Loyal Enterprise A.0.F., takes place this evening. The meeting in connection with the Tenui Races has been postponed till Saturday next, as on Saturday last the flooded state of the rivers prevented the meeting originally called, from taking place.

Applications aro invited by the Wellington Education Board for the appointment of a pupil teacher to the Masterton Publio School,

The privileges for the Pastoral and Agricultural Show wero disposed of at Carterton yesterday by Messrs Lowes it lorns and realised the following prices ; No 1 publicans booth, Mr B, Elhote, £8; No 2 publicans' booth, Mr Giles, £8 ; refreshment booth, Mr Whyte, £8; fruit stall and fancy, Mr Ofsofski, £4lsu, being £2& 15a against £42—the sum obtained for same privileges last year.

At a meeting held at Eiliotte's White Hart Hotel on Tuesday evening, a committee was appointed to make arrangements for holding athletic Sports in Oatterlon on Boxing Day.

The following is the result o the election fur Vice-Presidents and Delegates for the "Wairavapa North County Settlers 1 Association. The voting list Is open for inspection at the office of the Secretary:-Vice-Prosidents-Edwin Meredith, J.P., Llandaff, Masterton, 80; William Lowes, J.P., Masterton, 19. Delegates—R. D. Dagg, Upper Plain, Masterton, 50; Jesse Herbert, Hawkhurst, Opaki, 49; W. H. Beetham, J.P., Masterton, 46; E. E. Chamberlain, Masterton,. 45; Charles Maoquarie, Alfredton, 39; A, W. Cave, Te Ore Ore, Masterton, 36'; T. Mackay, Tinui, 36; James Stuckey, Te Rangitumau, Masterton, 85; F. W. Hales, Flat Point, 31; Duncan McGregor, Upper Plain, Masterton, 31; Thos, Telford, Tinui, 29 j J. S. Holmes, Matahiwi, Masterton, 28; W. B. Buick, Opaki, 27 ; J. C. Yallance, Kahuraingi, Taueru, 27; Joseph Bennett, Otahuao, Masterton, 25,

A meeting of the Show Committee of the pastoral and Agricultural Society was held at tho Council Chambers yesterday. Mr Walter Morrison sent in his resignation of membership whioh wbb accepted. No entries having been received for tho C, Class Thoroughbreds, Messrs Lyon and Blair's prize was re-allotted to section 88, for best pony mare or gelding; and the same oocurrin? re Dorking fowls, Mr P. Seed's prize of £1 Is, will now be awarded to the best Ooohin China fowls, The arrangements for luncheon were left to Mr Boys. The trial of sheep dogs was set for 1 o'olbok p.m., in the paddook, adjoining the Show Ground, Mr Booth to arrange. The Judging of the light weight hacks and ladies hacks,, was set for 2 o'clock p.m. Yesterday afternoon at Carterton before Messrs B. Boys and P, fl, Wood, J.P.'j, Mr John Burrow of Clarevillo was charged by Adam Armstrong of Carterton, with stoaling a working bullook. Mr Beard was for the proseoutor, and Mr B. N, Sandilands for theacoused, The evidence of the proßeoutor was'taken, after whioh a remand was asked for the production of a material witness. The benoh granted the remand expressing the opinion that no evidence had yet been given to oonneot Mr Burrow with the alleged stolen bullock, The case now stands adjourned till Monday next at 12 noon,

i Messta Lowes & lorns announce; for i their next stook sale on Wednesday.the ; 18th inat. 60 head of, two • and three year oldßtoers,an^fonrpedigreebulls. ;■■ , In oonseqiienoe of the illness of Judge Hardcastle, the sitting, of the: District Court tp-morr6w will be adjonrned, A Juvenilo crioket olub has been formed in Masterton called the Lillywhite Olub. ' On Saturday next the members will play tbe first match of the | A fancy • dress ball takes place at [ Featherston to-morrow evening. The Viotorian Review for Oofober ' containa a paper on Richard Cobden, by the Rev, H, Vere White. , A reward of five pounds is offered for the conviction of the person or persons who wero concorned In posting a forged notice on the public pound on the Ist October. ! The Standard has great pleasure in learning that Mr W. M. Lewis, formerly assistant, law officer in Wellington has completely reoovered hii physical and mental health, and is now residing in Great Britain. Mr Lewis possesses many warm friends in New Zealand, who will feel much gratisoation at this intelligence. The Poßt is informed that the whole of the shaves in the Wellington Meat Preserving and RefrigeratingOompany placed on the market have been taken up, and . that a certificate of registration will be applied for immediately after the meeting of the provisional directors on Friday. According to the Sydney Morning :' Herald, the Postmaster-General of New South Wales has taken action to enable the public of that colony, as far as practicable, to write their letters at the offioial post and telegraph offices throughout the colony, and a circular to postmasters already in ( type, will shortly be issued, from whioli the following is an excerpt: —" It haß been decided to permit you to ; allow any person who may so desire to make use' of what accommodation you may bo able to afford (it being understood that the public are not to have access to tho office itself) for the object ot writingletters, and you wiil be allowed the option . of supplying' paper and envelopes for the purpose at a reasonable charge, say a halfpenny for a sheet of notopaper, and a like aura for an envelope. We learn from the following oxtraot from the letter of a Ohristchurch correspondent that by their own aooount tho Salvation Army officers work no partial reformation;-" Last night I went to tho S,A, meeeling, During the prayer meeting they sang ' We Shall See the Judge Descending,' and. similar words to a tune less solemn than ' Pop Goes the Weasel.' Several officers declared themselves delivered not only from sin, but from sinful desires. One said he had not sinned,' by omission even,' for two years; another that he never needed now to make a confession of sinfulness, only to give thanks. There ia to be a grand concert on Monday evening next at the Oddfellows' Hall, Featherston, in aid of the Wesleyan Organ Fund. A large number of lady and gentleman vocaliats will take part, and the Greytown Private Brass Band has promised to assist. A telegram has been received from the Thames stating that the gold obtained from the Makara quarts, which . was recently crushed at the Herald battery, has been assayed and found worth £2 13j 3d per ounce, being as a matter of fact confirmatory, of the report on tho assay ot the first parcel obtained. Further messages state thai the result of the trial of bo large a parcel has created not aliltle interest in the nothorn centra of raining. —Times. Columbia market, whioh was built by Baroness Burdett Coittta a few years [ago for tbe purpose of a fish market for East London, and which, owing to the monopoly in the. fish trade existing at Billingsgate, had to be closed, has been opened again, the management thinking the success attending the opening of the two great fish markets at Smithfield and the Elephant and Castlo warranted another attempt. A large number of buyers and sellers were at the market, and a great quantity of fish was disposed of. MrR. T. Booth, the leader of the " Blue Ribbon" movement, delivered an address at Salisbury, and made a speeoh in which he strongly condemned the Christian who had the wine glass in his hand and the brandy bottle on the sideboard, A wealthy miller was in the audience, and Mr Booth waß his guest. At the breakfast table the next morning the hostess made the announcement that' her husband had resolved to sweep the wine bottles in the cellar away, explaining that they had only been kept for visitors, Mr Booth exolaimed " Hallelujah," and taking two bottles, smashed their necks at the riverside, pouring their contents into the river, and declaring that not a drop should pollute the earth, He then left by train, and the family completed the dostruotion of the wine cellar, somo of the wine being port, valued at 14s a bottle. Water-providing in London seems to pay at least. A Select Committee of the House of Commons lms found that although the water companies had spent altogether only in supplying London with water, they refused to sell under £32,000,000. Mr Hans Freeman, who for many months has been endeavoring to find evidence as to the -whereabouts of the rich lodes of tin spoken of'by the old Spanish Bottlers in Mexico, has at last succeeded in his search. As a result, the first ton of Mexican tin has just found its way to the United States, It is said to be of good texture and oolor, and to possesses all the characteristics of the best metal. It came from the Durango district, near tbe mountains of the same name, Rapp & Hare's 2s 6d tea unequalled for purity and flavor, Try it I—Advt, Visitors to Masterton from the Empire City are loud in their expressions of astonishment at the splendid displays of drapers' and milliners' goods to be seen in'the windows of our various business establish, ments, Mr G. W. ScHßOßun's, Hall of Commerce, reoeivos special notice, and his stook of Parisian and other spring novelties is pronuunced by persons who have travelled in all the fashionable cities of the world to be tho most recherchi, ever seen in a colonial store.—Ann. How beautiful are somo of the new patterns in prints and sateens. The nature pattens are wonderfully faithful; somo of the leaves and flowers, but tor their lepeti- ; tion would almost baulk perception, and; at alittle distance, persuade the eye that the birds, leaves, and flowers are actually specimens, or at least were skilfully painted on the stuff by. a master hand, wo would specially commend in this respect some , elegant, richly finished bordered Jfrenoh sateens, now showing at Te Aro House. The border is moßt artistic, consisting of birds, 1 with outstretched wings, surrounded by a I mass of lovely foliage and flowers, Another , speciality is known as the" Heron" pattern cambric, a beautiful design, equally difficult I to imagine or dlsoribe. These should be at 1 inspected) as the quantity is limited at Te Aro House. To enumerate all the styles in these, beautiful goods would take up too muoh timo'and space, suffice to say that in English and French sateens, bordered prints, ' fruit prints,' clrinta prints, zephyr cloths, 1 zephyr ginghams, checked and' plain sateens and cambrics, our season's importations are ■ far and away the best and molt varied; mt ■ xhibitecl atT© AroHgviee,—Abu, ,

v./Messra lowe'a and lorni add to their stook sale {for Wednesday next, one hundred long-wooled bwcb and lambi, .OWtyUnnt have decided to take OTejtnptneHarhorßoard the aeotion of'land; on the north side of the Government Balldinga as a lite for a new i Government printing office.