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Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 950, 25 July 1878, Page 2

On Tuesday, Mr Maclean came through Hamilton, en route for Cambridge, having with him the celebrated mare Rangi, in foal to Kingfisher.

| A human skull and some bones, apparently long buried and belonging to an aboriginal native were yesterday exhumed in excavating near the redoubt, on the east side the river, at Hamilton. The police were informed of the matter, and took po-session of the remains. . Early on Tuesday morning, the remains of Miss Isabella Chapman . were conveyed from the Commercial Hotel* Hamilton, to the railway station, qn route for Auckland, .where the funeral took . place the same day, in the Presbyterian Cemetery, the service being conducted by the Rev R. F. McNiccol. A number of Auckland settlers, accompanied by the Rev W. Calder, followed the funeral cortege from Hamilton to the station. , Mr Ed. Perkins, on Tuesday, bought the thoroughbred horse Endymion, four years old, out of Electra, by the celebrated sire Manuka. The purchase was closed for £ICO from Mr J. B. Ourran, a gentleman resident in the South, who will forward the animal on his return Mr Perkins saw the horse during, his late visit to the South, and greatly admired him. The purchaser intends forming a small but select stud. In a recent discussion at the Christchurch. City Council (says the ' Lyttelton Times') it was incidentally mentioned that the City Corporation had been great gainers by liberally advertising. Several councillors mentioned —and the remarks elicited not an expression of dissent—that, since the Council had taken to ad-

vertising fully, they had received far more tenders, and that the Council, though apparently out of pocket, had really effected a great economy. Tuesday's ' Hemid' says : " The 'Hinemoa,' which arrived iutheManukau yesterday forenoon, is to convey the Auckland representatives to Wellington. Parliament meets on Friday, and, if the Auckland members are to be present at the opening, they should leave on Wednesday. No business, however, will be entered upon till Tuesday, and some of the members are inclined to remain in Auckland till Sunday. Probably, however, it will be decided to leave on Wednesday. A meeting of the members is to be held to-day, in the Mayor's room, to decide the question." During the drought (says iEgles) a day of humiliation and prayer was proclaimed in New South Wales, and there were some most sincere supplications for rain. Now, it so happened that on this particular day, though the drought still prevailed in Sydney aud elsewhere, there was a tremendous downpour of rain and a heavy Jiood at Glen Innes, with no sign of cessation or abatement. An eccentric magistrate of that town, in despair at what was occurring around him, telegraphed thus to the nearest bishop, " If you don't stop praying for rain, Ave'll enter an action for damages. We are up to our necks in water!"

Oarviaok op Coal By Railway.—The following ij> the new regulation for the conveyance of coal on the New Zealand railways : Conveyance of native coal from collieries in Government trucks: Is 6d per ton for distance of 3 miles and under; 2s 6d per ton for distances over 3 miles and not exceeding 15 miles; 2d per. ton per mile for each additional mile up to 25 miles; Ud per ton pdr mile for each additional.mile up to 50 miles; Id per ton for each additional mile. Full truck charged for. Trucks will be allowed to remain at coal pits eight working hours for the purpose of loading, after which demurrage will be charged at the rate of £1 per day or fraction thereof.

Some ill-conditionod fellow, says Tuesdays ' Herald,' sent to this office a few weeks ago a notice of an alleged marriage between Mr A. S. Sherret, of tlarapipi, a respectable settler in the Waikato, and somei ;jiinaginary .person;' who, it was stated, 1 livedinTe Rore. The announcement was duly published, for it professed ■to, .come, from, the persons concerned, and there . was no: suspicion of fraud. Malicious trioks of this kind oaght to be severely punished, and we hope the writer of ;tfie lying, notice; will be discovered. It" is"melancholy to find that in country districts there occur examples of spiteful malice, which -seek to obtain mean and wicked expression, by the performance of vile acts of this nature, and worse. We regret the fact of and in the hope of unveiling the forger, we have sent the manuscript of the notice to Mr Sherret, so that he may use 'the best means for unearthing the offender. Tub Borough Council, at-its last meeting, took a matter in hand, which not only requires attention in damilton,' but generally throughout the district, the framing ot special regulations for the depasturing of cattle and horses on the waste lands of the borough. When these regulations become law, which they will do in a couple of months at furthest, none but ratepayers will be allowed to run cattle at large, and then only between the hours of Bunrise and sunset, any person leaving cattle at large by night rendering himself liable to a penalty of not more than £5. the limit of permits to be granted to any one ratepayer is five, and each head of cattle will be charged an annual fee of ss. A person paying rates of the value of less than 10s will be allowed to run two head of cattle; 10s, and under 20s, t'.iree head ; 20s, and under 30s, four head; and persons paying rates to the extent of 30s and upwards, five head.

At the risk of being accused of wishing to interfere Avith the perquisites of Coroners, Ave publish the folloAving:— " According to news received by the last mail, there wa-s a distinguished party recently at the Keceiving House of the Royal Humane Society in Hyde Park, London, to Avitness the exhibition of a new and simple method of treating the apparently drowned, adopted by Dr Howard, medical officer of New York Harbour. The method was made perfectly intelligible, and seemed to surprise every one of the audience, not only by its..apparent effectiveness, but by its extreme simplicity. Tha 'Direct Method,' as Dr HoAvard calls it, has tAvo positions. 1. To pump and drain fluids from lungs and stomach. This is done by placing the patient face dowmvard over a hard roll of clothing, so that the pit of the stomach is the highest point, Avhile the mouth is the loAvest. The operator supplements the pressure of his hands upon the back of the patient, aboA r e the roll if necessary, with all the weight and force at his command. 2. For artifical breathing the patient, Avhose clothing is ripped open from the Avaist, is laid upon his back, and the pit of the stomach is made the highest point by a hard roll of clotliing beneath the back, Avhile the head is the lowest part. The AvrLsts are crossed behind the head ; these a second person, if present, pins to the ground Avith one hand, while Avith the other the tongue is held forward by a piece of dry rag. The greatest possible expansion of ,the chest is thus obtained: The operator, kneeling astride of, the patient, grasps the niost compressible part of the chest, on ea lb side of the pit of the stomach, and, using his knees as a pivot, sloAvlyand steadily throAVS foiAvard his AA'hole Aveight, until his face nearly touches that of the patient. Then, by a final push, he throws himself back to his first erect kneeling position. By the sudden removal of the compressing force, the elastic ribs spring back to their original position, and by this belloAvs-action the air rushes into and is forced out of the chest alternately, as in natural breathing. Success may attend this process m a few minutes, but hope of a fctvorable result ought not to be given up under an hour. In addition to its apparent superior effectiveness, Dr HoAvard claims for this method the conspicxious advautage of unequalled simplicity. When he had the medical surveillanco of such matters in NeAV York, lie found that one of the most noticeable facts connected with cases of suffocation and drowning Avas the probable absence of medical aid at the critical moment. Noav, experience has shown that this method can be easily understood by the most illiterate persons, and may be carried into execution anywhere Avith or without a doctor.