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--TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1916,

THE WAR.

LATEST

TELEGRAMS.

'Renter's Service to the China Mail.)

OBSTINATË” BATTLES ON RUSSIAN FRONT.

GREAT ENEMY FORCES ASSUME

THE OFFENSIVE."

LONDON, Oct. 16. A Russian Écial announcement

"statss:

In the region of Koromzaze 'and

THE

GOVERNMENT CIVIL

HOSPITAL.

INTERESTING DISCLOSURES BY

THE GOVERNOR.

THE APPOINTMENT OF A

P.C.M.O.

KEEN JEALOUSY BECAUSE DR. BELL HAD NOT THE POST..

CHINA MAIL.

cines frou at the hospital, whit three drawing 300 or upward allowed.

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coat price. The ter medicine for the purpose of the rule was supposed to decote preparation for the treatment of disease prescribed by a Government or e private medical practitioner. -

The rule was, not observed. Sanjar

officers were not as a rule called upon to pay for articles supplied to them, and the term medicine." was extended to [cover almost any article in ators for which a Government servant might think At to ask. Prescriptions were cot re [quired, a written request, which was in THE WESTERN FRONT,

some essea inizïnited by a medien!' officer at the hospital, being regarded an auf- In view of the incidents that hapfelant at the dispensary. In most cases IMPORTANT GERMAN ATTACK ON SCHWABEN REDOUBT REPULSED.pened at the last meeting of the the requests were not seen by a medical' Council, the Hon. Mr. Pollock'a meer, The Apothecary states " With 'additional questions at

regard to prescriptions, once anything to-day's had been prescribed the patient could, Council meeting evoked a consider as far as I could see, repeat is ad libitum, able amount of interest

and frequent cases occurred of the se

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LONDON, Det, 16. General Sir Douging Haig reporta: Heavy hostile elling continued during the night south of the Aucre.

We drove back small bombing attacks

"R.C.30,0.

**25.10.1913.

I have been through the indent for drugs with Mr. Taylor and I think has been drawn up carefully to ment our requirements. As far as I can' ses there does not seen to be any chance of our crer-stocking nor of being short in any of the more important items." On the 11th August, 1914, shortly balora his retirement on pension, P: Ball wrote

"Dear Dr. Jensson,

With reference to our conversation this morning I beg to stata that I bays no disecured your administration ont-i side the hospital nor have I stated that | you have hampered the hospital work by cutting down the issue of the equip ment. I also do not consider that you have so hampered the work.

"Tours truly.

ม.

Sd. J. BEL 11.. In order to sift the matter to the very bottom I have questioned all those whom I considered competent to form an opinion on the matter, namely, Dr Aubrey, Honorary Consulting Physician, Surgeon of the Hospital De Koch, Superintendent of the Hospital, Mr Fullen, the Apothecary, and the staff of Sisters

Kolibaba the enemy delivered fierce without difficulty north of Courcelette. 1. Of the sums of $9,903, #10.147, and and also took it, but it allowed of no and De Digby, Honorary Consulting

attacks without success. We took 1,187 prisoners.

South of Dornavatra great enemy forces have assumed the offensive.

In the region of Korytnica, twenty four miles W.SW. of Lutak, stubborn The enemy who Ighting continues.

hero

- with band counter-attacked grenades and charged with naphyxiating Rossa, was ropulsed with heavy losses."

· Obstinate battles are also proceeding!" at Zborow, about midway between Tarnopol and Lemberg

ITALIANS INCESSANTLY

atato

ATTACKING.

ZURISH -Oct. 18. Telograms from the Austrian Front that. 260,000 Italians have been incessantly attacking at Carso for seventy-two hours. A thousand gun hava buen ring viclently and aninterruptedly

eleven daya" and nights. Storming "columps

dvance in narrow and very deep; Formations and in continuous waves accompanied by machine-guna and even cannon.

for

THE BALKAN ZONE.

LONDON, Oct. 16.

A British official report atates: Our patrols penetrated to Bulsuk, nine miles

south-west of Demirhissar.

The situation on the Doiran front is unchanged.

DEATH OF A NOTED RUMANIAN.

BUXULAREST, Oct. 16. The death is announced of M. Filipesco a strong supporter of the "Allies,

GERMAN GUBMARINE WARFARE IN THE ATLANTIC.

WHAT WASHINGTON THINKS.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. The officials believe shat the German

A more important attack delivered at Schwaben Redoubt, after heavy artillery preparation and assisted by feammen- werfer, was also repulsed with heavy enemy losses,

We successfully entered the eremy's trenches during the night north-east of Ypres, south-east of St. Eloi, and east of Ploegataert. A number of the enemy were killed and others taken prisoner.

MOVING ALONG THE BAPAUME ROAD.

VIOLENT FIGHTING.

PARIS, Oct. 16.

A communique states: We penetrated last night the village of Sailly Saillisel and occupied houses along the Bapaume rond, as far as the central cress road.

The enemy counter-attacked and very violent fighting continues.

We repulsed German attacks on St Eloi Wood, south-east of Belloven-an-

Terre.

AN INCIDENT OF THE IRISH REBELLION.

CONDEMNATION BY A COM- MITTEE OF INQUIRY.

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Loypox, Oct. 16.

The Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the shooting of Mr. Sketingtob, w Dublin journalist, says that, apart from insanity, there is no

use for the conduct of Captain Colthurst (who ordered the shooting): The Report animadverts on Captain Colthurst's failure to realise the elementary principle that shooting unarmed and unresisting civilínus without trial constitutes murder, whether martially proclaimed or not.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

RUMANIANS' POSITION NOW SERIOUS.

MILITARY OPINION

LONDON, Oct., 16.-

A telegram from Bucharest staten. that military authorities are of the

wero sa unders

The Hon. Mr. Pollock's questions mixture having been wipplied for six to twelve months or even longer. The patient no doubt thought it was required medical supervision." The Apothecary quotes the case of a member of the Enlice Force who was applied regularly with

69.714 stated at the last meeting of Council to have been expended in the years 1913, 1914, and 1015 respectively,

will the Government state

Mals and Cod Liver Oil from October, (1) how much of that expenditure 1911, to June, 1914. He consumed alto-

19. Dr Aubrey states that he can recall represents drugs and disinfectants

no instance of the shortage of a drug of gether barties of this mixture, the any importance. He remembers that on (a) supplied from home; retail price at which is $1.50 & Bottle. one occasion a Sister stated that the (b) purchased locally? (ii) whether it is not the fact that the and various similar articles stocked were available and boracic powder could I am formed that this particular article was short of boracic powder. Dr Aubrey did not require it. Efficient substituter price of drugs and, sinfectanta as the Civil Hospital, which I may describe gcne up considerably since the ny medical comforts. are not stocked at beginning of the war, with the all at one at least of the leading hospitals result that the same sum of money

in London. "purchased considerably less drugs and disinfectants since the war than it was before the war?

on the amounts voted for drugs and disinfectants in the years 1914 and 1915 or either of them, and, if 7. what were the amount of such savings?

2. With reference to the morning alloca tion of Sisters at the Ciril Hospital which was announced by His Excel loney the Governor the Council Meeting of the 3rd August last. hamely

A Block.

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6. Immediately after his arrival in the Colony Dr. Johnson began personally to investigate the administration of the

be bought in the Colony,

1

12. Dr Digby writes have always been completely satisfied with the sup of drugs and stores. The extr instruments and apparatus I asked for have always been supplied.".

piz

that

of patent chortages were insignificant in

14. Dr. Koch referred to shortages of various drugs and disinfectants ocenr (ii) whether any savings were elected stores at the Civil Hospital. On the thug mainly in 1915 and during the February 1913, he wrote to the Super-to reductions in the indent of the present year, attributing such shortages intendent: I notice that over dozen autumn of 1913. He is of the opinion bottles of various kinds have been issued that

most, if

if not all, of the shortages during January: This is quite sufficient could have been obtained locally. Ench

item for the entire needs of the Army, Navy, been examined in detail and his report

in the and Civil hospitals of the Colery, and and that of Dr. Johnson thereon are list supplied by Dr Koch has

would then be excessive. Dr. Johnson Member set his face against the ther prevailing the

pernsal of the Hon. to bese reports

sbow

medicines, peptilar for time and then to losses in the ss Yasaka practice" of ordering stocks

that they were due port Varu sunk discarded. With regard to this he reports in December, 1913, and to delay by the

Heaping up purchases, which are often

Crown Operating Theatre, 1 Sister;

Agents in forwarding goods or not well-considered ones. is not a sound

dered, due to

to the wa Many

of the Morning, 1 Sister on each Boog:

policy. I have been asked for varions of De Johnson; and in only one instance shortages were not brought to the notice will the Government state"

(i) on what dates between the and Proprietary medicines like A and B (it is did. Dr Johnson decline to allo

local Augat and the date of these ecessary to give the names). Neither purchase, namely in the case of Sodium Questions (12th October) it has capable at the most of relieving sympcious medicine.

of these is pecessary. They tre. both Sulphate, which he did not consider

necessary. a simi

similar and equally effica been found possible to carry out toms, and B besides being expensive is phate being

Sul- the said intendod morning schieme a nice us a sweatment to the taste. But

g in stock in good c

And must be remembered that shortages: of allocation, zamely, I Sistor on they are of no particular import, except De Johnson's coming, but that they have have not made their appearance since each floor of A Block, and separate Sister for the Operating thing to avoid the purchase of patent and properly so, as to indent so fully that to the proprietors, and it is a reasonable always been of annual occurrence and (ii) on what dates, between the said proprietary articles which are for the every unforeseen need may be met in

daten, one, Bister alone has had to

most part of no special galng;**

advance must lead to extravagance. I may mention in this connection that arrival the amount of focal purchases

may mention that since Dr attend in the morning not only to about July, 115, the Apothecary - compares very favourably with those of Johnson's the twe floors in A Block bat alee, known to Dr. Johnson, compiled a list previous years, an indication that short- to the Operating Theatre as well. chiefly of patent drugs which had been ages are not so numerous in fore that is to say, to do work which, in stock unused the some time, and he

.ས་་ under the above scheme of allocs asked the doctors connected with the that when an article is not in stock he 15. Dr. Koch however makes the point tion, is supposed to be done by hospital whether they could prescribe the or any other medical officer, in charge: articles in question. in order to prevent of a case at the hospital ought to have waste. As far as the Apothecary researticle on the spot, referring the matter power to send out to purchase such bers, bone wore.qued.“

Theatro; and

three Sisters.

HIS EXCELLENCY replied:-

Medical Officer before the war 9!".

I

I may quote also an extract from Rules for Fennomy in Prescribing Which appeared last year in an article in the British Medical Journal—” Avoid

pensating merits."

amely, entity?

former

subsequently to the Principal Civil Medical Oficer in accordance with the practice prevailing prior to Dr Johnson's arrival I have asked the opinion of Deputy Burgeon General Dreapor and of they, by virtue of their position at the seat-Colonel Crisp on this point as head of the local Naval and Military

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Submarine U6t is now returning to opinion that if the Rumanians hold the step. to examine the conditions pertain. tion to the issue of brandy in the Civiling that her of Dracipal quantity was to be kept in stock. This examined, amounts have been added

but that his

the German Admiralty to make sudden General von Falkenhayn, with whom the control and issue of drugs and dig. 1914 1915, 312, 201, 102, and 127 respecto order drugs without any authority upon the complaint made by the Sistering the principal reductions made by Dr

Dermany and that it is the intention of

raids after which the submarines will return home to.replenish.

apparently, there are only three genuine infectants.

IN CRETE.

FORMALLY RECOGNISED BY THE ENTENTE.

3. The keya of the store, nominally in quito satisfied that no patient has been/fam Crisp reports that he must con- to the Principal Civil Medical Officer on 1913 may be of interest to Hon. Mem- Austro-Hungarians, numbering at the charge of the Apothecary, were kept, one particle the worse for this diminished chedin AMK SA Desing far for Izal from the Maternity Hosp ad A detailed statement with explanatory

items than the one in foreign reason to think that the mistical prezi

isaue,

hea

and

had

of

The way open-

the run four scrutiny, if this will assist him

which is

I promised at the last meeting of the Council to give a micro detailed reply to the third of the questions which were put at that meeting by the Hon. Member nominated by the Justices of the Peace That question was warded as follows use of all patent and proprietary Was not the stock of drugs and medicines. The Secret Remedies and disinfectanta kept in store at the more Secret Remedies published by the Medical Services, are best able to advice Government Civil Hospital considerably British Medical Association, has shown Medical Department Surgeon General cary that he had instructions from Dr. anything farther. Indents have bu

Ido not think i can usefully add working of a Government incident it is admitted by the apothe reduced by the present Principa Civil how expensive they are without say som Dreaper informs me that he has not the rohnson that champagne in small minutely Lmay almost say meticulously

power, which is vested in the E.' It is necessary, a preliminary Dr. Johnson paid particular atten. Civil Medical Oficer; of purchasing any order was disregarded

and substracted, totals have been checked consider necessary

90. The question of the issue of Izal and in the respit not even a ridiculus - rest of the Carpathians the situation Johnson'e appointment, is the matter of being in 1910, 108, and in 1912, 1013, land No subordinate has any i

ing at the Civil Hospital, prior to Dr. Hospital, the number of bottles supplied and passed by

are scrutinised was beard of for the first time by Dr. mus" has eme

emerged. authorities in

Johnson when he was asker? to

The following figures, however, regar will not need to be considered serious.

roference to him. The Apothecary reported in writing Johnsor in the indent of the autumn of tively. Dr. Johnson reports that he is Folonel German divisions, the remainder being

schedule, which the 37th July last:- "The requisiticus bers maystata, contains

stocked at the been iteadily increasing maximum 200,000, appears to be endas openly on a hook in the dispensary.

Hospital. As

notes we furnished.] THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT Touring to cork up the other defiles, From 1- p.m. daily until the following

station, Colonal Crisp may make such 8. Dr. Johnson also terminated a praskočal purchases otitaide this schedule as anitary purposes instead of the cheaper infectant had got through the act se send the main forces through the Oituz morning the dispensary was left in the tice under which hypodermio solutions he may considers

poration was being used for ordinary. It may be that some drug, some dis Pass, and attempt to capture the railway solo, charge of three Chinese dispensers, were prepared in bottles containing s

but he must solution Koch about it and he told Member may

for that purpose I carefully set to entrap it; the Hon junction at Focsani. The latest Ru-Two of theas slept in the hospital pro large number of doses, the syringe being or

bmit the bills to Authorities spoke to D for covering

supply and he told which the Government has something

was only manian communiqué says that all attacks mison, and all three had free access to filled from the bottle. The practice was 98% *pproval: No anbard have been bloodily repulsed at the Oituz the drag and disinfectant store.

to order drugs with one patient at the time who required it find; and, if so, hops that he will to order subordinate wasteful because solutions became stale saking his prior.permission.

out Pass, which is 45 miles north-west of

therefore

of day. The stopped Branso.

4. Dr. Johnson arrived in the Colony and were thrown away. The present stance stated that there had been a

18. The Apothecary in the fat in- bottles p pare Izal and supplied h gallon hospital

hi

Loxoos, Oct. 15.

on the 15th January 1919, and on the practice is to supply tabloids and am shortage of various articles. Premed for et les fluted solution.

az

the The reply then of the Government THE ENTENTE POWERS AND Router is officially informed that

28th January be brought it to the notice poules containing freab single doses. He details he admitted that the shortages bottles were appliedion. Be if is that its minutest tyvestigation has GREECE.

of the Government that 40 gallons of similarly prevented waste in the matter Johnson declined to order, as being in This evidently did not

respect of articles which Drficier

to produce to the Entente Powers have formally

spirite of wine, ordered by Dr. Bell, the of chloroform by supplying a far as his opinion necessary. The articles Bister A's approval as she wrote back

50 gallons solution failed to reveal any sin of omission in the

mit with manner of recognised the Provisional Govern. NEW DEVELOPMENTS. »

Acting Principal Civil Medical Officer possible 4 oz bottles to the Operating conld have been purchased in the to me aleg br what authority by Dr. Johnson that on the contrary it and disinfactants ment of Greece in Crete wh

whore alone

on the 11th December and duly entered Theatre in place of 1 lb. bottlen surplus Colony, bad Dr. Johnson Apo be-reported to Dr Koon. It was not brought Tally succeeded in compelling, systemati thought had done this The matter was is Batisfied that Dr. Johnson has gradu the question of recognition has yet

ATHENS, Oct. 16.

desirable to do so. it Official circles are very busy again, taken into store, had never in fact been frequently bean discarded on the plea instances of siticles which

by the Apothecary in the stock book es éhloroform in the latter bottles have cary asked to quote all available to your notice na I considered it too tri and eiicient stoke administration in place! #riscr

M. Guillemen had an hour and a half's received at all. Not long afterwards he that it had deteriorated.

were I acted on Dr Kochs instructions of lack of pystem-little short of sinx- interview with the Premier and For reported that an examination of certain. The sudden, psetting of old custom, not be obtained locally. He med six stated by the Apothecary I ordered sense of l-considered reduction, the short at the Civil Hospital and could Dr. Kock states: "The facts are as dalcos; that it is satisfied that, in sor

reticent, but declared that the con- various bottles had been emptied of their new-comer, who had unwittingly excited event Df Bell was responsible in respect

ance being diphtheria serum but in by parod it the

I solutions should be pro-stock of drugs and disinfectants kept in MELIQUENE, Oct. 16.versations were of the most friendly contents and had been filled with water, suasorous jealousy among certain persons of that year. He was unable to name No fuit, of course, was placed on this Civil Medical Officer before the

corpisitioned for was not reduced by the present Princi esk basis for further discussions. description, and that they laid the being re-corked in some instances with then in the Colony because he had any article in 1914. He named three The

Which T only point was the dilution, The Premier then saw the King.

marks identical with those used in the accepted an appointment, offered to his articler in 1915, for each of which there considered should be made under the men, of whom 60,000 have been passed It is believed that the discussions a reporting the incident of the spirits which many had hoped would go to Dr. viewed by me on the 20th July last concentrated mixture generally

dispensary,

by the Secretary of State for the Colomes, 17. The Bisters were personally intor to be done haphazard.O

were completely efficient substitutes.

supervision of the Apothecary and fiot left for service. Half the exemption claims and Police

On the question of related to the control of the railways of wine Dr. Johnson said "I consider Fall, raised a storm of disapproval and One of the stated that Dr Johnson cat arose out of this incident, the Apothecary

Similar extiaes have occur stores is administered is not a desirable among the various charges published on patients, As sa cxample she quoted

extent as to endanger the safety of in other

At the Legislative Council this adso the present occurrente and Mr. the one now age brought forward, that strong disinfectant was required and she trains in unless the same Sisterne Governor said be asked the Seera ene, and that it is largely responsible for the house-teps agafat Dr. Johnson was case of some time previously, in which having town particular confa for first reading the Bill

parte stock mixtures, lotions,

tre each floor

noon the Attorney General introduced Thomson, then acting as Colonial Beire ho va improperly susting to the hos asked for Tral After the Superintendent for troubly as

on this was asking the raising of a War Lon

Loan arboring tary at the Forcigo Office, has proceed dary, commented The store system in pital supplies, 1 may say here at tigned the under the dispenser sent her werd always on duty on satis floor matary of State for permission to impose to Salonika to assume a National the Medical Department is evidently in my reference to the jealousy of cat in a note po the effect that she could be takes were sure to aries, sind have arisen a special, wat which would have Foreign Ministry. He proceeds from a rotten condition. No ous knows what persons I do not allude to Dr. Bell, who with • diluted i

applied not

Tash, but only as far as possible ail mixtures, lotions given an armine. aloniko to Western Europe on the wasto has been in the past if his bore his disappointment

with pun another case" etc. are now of a uniform length, an solution.

bat awings to objections this special mission

dying, champagne was report in token as an exsimple. The phically

dispensary is KIN was consider that the

the and as

aly dro none was in stock, his place in which dilutions should be made,

The propose Ferret to go out,

and to lade mixtures In poisonous con- centrations in much too dangeroOS A ister stated that she had practice. The alteration was not carr

dressings out without some trouble

RECRUITING "IN AUSTRALIA,

There have been registered in the Commonwealth in ten days 130,000

לט

ficient to

Hoap De

administration of the

(cigu Minister. The Premier was most cases of brandy in the stara showed that the drastic changes insisted upon by the articles in 1013, the only one of import that it and supplied in store at the Government Civil Hospit

whatever

Eave hitherto been allowed. All copper. It is stated that the Legations at the that the manner in which the medical of indignation at the Civil Hospital and down the issues from ators to such and of the hospital with other

and lend miners have been exempted Entente capitals have been instructed to

neutrality.S

for three months.

A WASTER'S WEE WAIL, Colombo, has a poct be is constantly stigating the shirkers. Here is one of ais atest efforts in verso ŽIN

Although I know it would be right.

Ed rather make myself inft

Bring on an epileptic fit

E connot, dare not go and fight

fir marry 1-fly mortal thing.

Jast think hoje, bengtly it would be

To get a ballet into Mee

ther: gs into other

And if we Inne nd it

Le but save my nerima

renew their propaals to emtorgs from

M. Politis, Permanent Under Sears

Th

word

It is stated that the pro-German matter was fully investigated, two Chie 10. I was alleged "Generals Dusmania and Marker have

Ariyed

·parracks.

ssed from the

put the

proper 19

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