TIGHT LACING.

Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 949, 20 March 1872, Page 2

TIGHT LACING.

The " Lancet " says our old frienl tight-lacing has again made his ap pearance. Beaten back for a timj probably more by fashion than the spread of knowledge, he has not been killed, but has only recoiled, apparently for a better spring : for his victual are as numerous and as pitiable a! ever. The folly is one which was formerly to be found only in the draw-ing-room, but now it also fills oi streets. It is lamentable to observe at every turn, a woman—young or old —who moves forward in a stooping position, unable even to hold herself upright in consequence of the con* straint upon the muscles of the bad If the evils of tight-lacing wore confined to the distortive appearance which it never fails to produce, ff« might regret indeed to see the female form divine so defaced ; but it would scarcely be in our province to comment on it. But as medical practitioners, we (" Lancet") see its effects every day, in the train of nervous and dyspeptic symptoms bv which it ft constantly indicated.

fe-KOJECTED JETTY for TIM ARU m Mr Jacobsen, C.E. [brother, we beBj e ve, of Mr H. Jacohsen, signalmau, R\ r e.stport] has permitted us to ■nspect the drawings of a proposed jetty for Tirharu. We canRot at present enter into the details df K, e work, but v will content duirfeives Ritb briefly stating some of'its main Characteristics. The length of the Betty is 70° f eet > hreadth 51 feet; at gts extreme end it is shaped like an K rr ow-head, the" barbs " of the arrow Being placed "at an angle of : about degrees from the main work. K is provided with two roadways, the Buyer as a tramroad, ten feet above High-water mark, being entirely skeleton work, and the upper a decked way, jjuilt eight feet higher, to be used for farts and for ordinary traffic. I The broad space at the end of the bier is to be furnished with steam cranes for unloading and loading vessels alongside, and here there is also ample space for the erection of a lighthouse. _ -;-■'""■ °Both inside and outside the arrow 'heads accommodation is provided for 'coasting steamers and vessels of moderate tonnage to lie alongside; by a system of piling, a certain protection h's afforded against heavy seas. Not 'quite midway from the "shore the jetty -assumes a semi-circular form, and is Extended for some considerable distance out on each side. 'lt is here ithat small vessels can be berthed, the shape of the jetty at this Hpoint affording protection from all winds. The plans are evidently prepared with great care, and Fall the eventualities of an open roadstead thought of and, where possible, against. r We forgot to mention that the piles fof the proposed work are to be of hardwood shod with steel shoes. The plans rare to be officially laid before the of Works at its meeting on [Wednesday next.—" Timaru Herald."