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DIET AND FADDISM. BRITAIN'S ELECTRICITY

A NEW KIND OF NURSING

HOME.

FASTING UNDER MEDICAL SUPERVISION,

SCHEME.

FOREIGN TENDERS ALLOWED.

'MANUFACTURER'S CRITICISM.

Criticism of the Central Electricity

GREAT ELECTRIC BOOM.

£13 MILLIONS INCREASE IN CAPITAL

YEAR'S PROGRESS.

Electrical

Figures showing the "extraordin- A straing home of quite a new Board for allowing foreign tenders ary progress made by the British kind for the treatment of diseases, for the Scottish electricity scheme electrical industry are given in the particularly, along the lines of was made by Mr. Dy N. Dunlop new edition of Garcke's Manua! dietotics and fasting has been Director of the British Electrical of

Undertakings" opened by Sir Bruce Bruce-Porter and Allied Manufacturers' Associa. | (thirtieth annual volume). at. Preston Deanery Hall, near tion. In a statement to the Press Capital invested in the industry

Association, he said:---

has increased during the past year engineers in allowing these tonders bringing the total capital invested "The intention of the consulting by more than 43 million pounds, may be, of course, to ensure some basis of comparison for assessing undertakings in all branches of the to £810,594,179 subscribed in 1,633 hand, there may be a definite policy industry. British, prices, or, on the other at work of declaring open market loans authorised for municipal This figure includes conditions. If the latter, then we.

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Northampton. It is the first home of its kind specialising in dietetic treatment, which is conducted under the care of a fully qualified medical and nursing staff. Thus it is médically orthodox, but will pro- 'vide the advantages of existing institutions which are heterodox in the sense that they have not the approval of the medical profession. "There is a great need to-day for institutions to which doctors British Or Foreign Industry. can send-patients to obtain rational

The national power scheme was initiated primarily to assist British treatment, especially as far

heir

industry, not merely through the diet is concerned," said Sir Bruce, realisation of cheap power, bat when he declared, the premises through extensive orders for equip open.

"We do not want homes distribution of power. The capital ment and plant for the supply and where disease is exorcised or an raised by the Central Board will· attempt made to exorcise it merely bear a Treasury guarantee, on much by prayer and fasting. Let us have the same lines the prayer by all means and the Facilities Act, and we should now fasting if necessary-always pro- ask the questions:- vided that it is carried out unde- proper supervision so that the de-used to finance importation of for-of gree of fasting and dieting can be cign plant! Is' the new scheine to adjusted to the needs of particular be conceived as a support of British industry, or as a means of using foreign tenders to force British manufacturers to quote uneconomic prices?

must view with concern the en-undertakings. electrical imports into Britain ing in the volume reveals that the couragement in principle of foreign) The analysis of finance for 1928- connection with a purely, national scheme.

year's increase is distributed over the various branches of the indus- try as follows:-

"Electricity supply £at millions,

Electric traction. Telephones and tele-

graphs Manufacturing and

miscellaneous

bases.

People must not be allowed to fast unless a trained doctor is there to see that they do it properly, Many doctors recommend courses of treatment on the lines of non- meat diet and a variety of electrical and water cures. It is very desir able that homes should be provided where these methods of treatment enn all be pursued under one roof and at an inclusive cost which is not any greater than that of room in a nursing home.

Preventive Treatment,

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4 Dividends." The average rates of dividends and interest paid on eapital are collated and summarised in the case 533 companies, as follows:--- Electric supply 6.21 per cent. on

a capital of £125,412.769. Electric traction 4.5 per cent, on

a capital of £173,005,952, Telegraphs 6.71 per cent, on

a capital of £39,877,099. "Already in the Scottish scheme

Telephones 7.81 per cent. on and in the South-East England a capital of £8,829,186.. scheme, generating stations equip-

Manufacturing 7.73 per cent. on: ped with foreign plant, have been a capital of £73,063,893.

elected as capital stations. Is this

Miscellaneous 5.02 per cent, on policy to be general through the a capital of £29,320,312. whole national scheme 1

At the moment the situation is obscure in cent on an aggregate capital of The average dividend is 5.62 per the extreme, and the public will no doubt demand an explanation in £430,900,034, the interests of the nation as a whole.

Government Fear Of A Ring.

The question raised by Mr. Dun- lop, it was pointed out in an au- thoritative quarter was debated during the Committee stage of the Bill when an amendment was ac tually proposed to forbid the pur- chase of plant and machinery abroad.

Medical treatment of a preven tive character, upon which all doctors should concentrate to-day, should be cheap, but medical treat ment of a curative character is very expensive, and cannot be other wise. Our bodies are like motor engines. You can run your motor engine with little expense, but if it breaks down the cost of overhaul is likely to be considerable. So it

This was opposed by the Govern- is with the human machins."

ment on the ground that the Board "There is a great need for homes ought not to have its discretion fet where people can go to be over-tered, although both the Minister hauled and, above all, rationally of Transport and the Attorney- fed. No matter how much doctors General were clear that the Board can do, the factor of the body itself would, wherever possible, give the

tender to British firms. must be faced, for the cure depends", on the body and the body depends

on the kind of food which is given to it. Food must be provided free

The Attorney General said: "I a reasonable price, and does its agree, if the British factory quotes best to produce at reasonable cost,

of faddism. When we talk about it ought to have the preference, but rational dieting we always lay out what you would he doing by this selves open to the accusation of

proviso (to exclude foreign ten- being faddists.

We must put up ders) would be to encourage the with that. It is better to be a very thing which we all desire to faddist and healthy than a non discourage the creation of a ring and the imposition of an artificial price.

faddist and ill.

and

MIDNIGHT OPERATION OFF CAPE HORN.

YOUNG DOCTOR'S IMPLE- MENTS.

SCISSORS. CLOTHES PEGS,

SPOONS, MEAT HOOKS.

Details of a leat of surgery off Cape Horn, carried out under al- most inrredible conditions with scissors, a safety-pin, bent spoons, clothes-pegs, and meat-books as im plements, but ending in success, were told to a Daily Mail reporter by the officers and crew of the Com monwealth and Dominion Line steamer Port Auckland.

The central figure is & young "The greatest mistake in the world when you call in a doctor to It is said that you are using a time. He is Dr. A. S. Hethring- New Zealand surgeon who was on his way to England for the first treat you is to have one who hae Treasury Guarantee, and are in- derőled his whole time and thought directly using public money. Two- ton, just 25, who studied medi to one particular bit of the body, thirds of the electrical orders of, cine at Dunedin University.

is hable to be biased. Your this country at present come from As the ship was about to round health should be looked after by public authorities, who are using Cape Horn this young surgeon a man who views the body as a public money. We rightly trust found that a fireman, fr. A. J. whole and treats it as a whole.” them in spending that money to Merton, had appendicitis.

Dr. A. J. Cameron, chief of the give a preference, as far as they medical staff, told a Press repre- can, to British manufacturers, and sentative, that the new home is not I have no reason to believe that in any way connected with the New we cannot trust the Board equally Health Society, though it has its to do it's best to encourage British approval and is being warmly en-industry by giving the British fac- couraged by Sir Arbuthnot Lane tory the order whenever there is a and a number of prominent Harley-reasonable chance of doing so."" street specialists.

CURIOUS INVENTIONS.

A FLYING MACHINE WITH FLAPPING WINGS.

Many earious inventions which have formed the subject of recent upplications to the Patent Office

and no qualified assistants, Dr. Although he had no implements Hethrington decided that an operá tion was imperative. In the rough sea the ship was rolling heavily. but the engines were stopped and the dining saloon was chosen as a It was pointed out that, while brought and assistants called for. operating theatre. Arc lights were the Board's policy could not be stated, there was no doubt that they

Only Woman On Board. would be influenced in the direc Among the half-dozen passengers tion indicated by the Minister of was an Englishwoman, Miss Swin- Transpurt and the Attorney-dell, the only woman on board, who General Further, if the Treasury during the war had had some ex- guaranteed the capital they had perience as a V.A.D. She and two power, under the Act, to impose of the officers were the surgeon's. conditions, and therefore had some assistants.

ay in the matter.Observer.

To administer the anaesthetic a tea strainer was covered with a towel, and this was placed over the patient's nose. Ether and chloro-

were described by an official to 153 BRIGANDS ON TRIAL. form were sprinkled from a bottle

Press representative "who called there. According to the official in- ventive minds are on the increase,

One of the most remarkable in ventions, the creation of two Ger mans, is a flying machine with flap- ping gas-filled wings.

Another German Idea, it is claim ed will prevent or remove wrinkles or puckers at the side of the mouth and nose, and thus beautify, the

·face.

FASCIST PREFECT'S ROUND- UP.

until the patient was unconscious and throughout the operation, which lasted from midnight till nearly 3 a.m., the surgeon had to PALERMO, Oct. 24th. Inside a huge iron cago in the

watch the eyes of his patient to scores of carabineers, sat 153 Bici- time to time:

see that he was not coming round, Aseizes Court to-day, guarded by ordering more anesthetic from lian brigands headed by the notori

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The cut was rando with great ous old Ferrarello and bis private difficulty with a small pair of scis- gang of fifty, and remnants of other

from son water has been submitted dead or have not been captured stuck through it, and the wound A process for extracting gold gangs whose chieftains are either, the patient's tongue was fas- tened by means of safety-pin by Czechoslovakian, and other There were also a doctor, an engi was kept open by means of bent applications for patents include:- neor, two priests and seven women spoons

Toy bomb, provided with an ex- including the aged Queen of Gaagi hooks were also employed. Down Clothes-pegs and meat- plosive charge and fuse for diswho is the mother of five of the below in the kitchen, the cook, Mr.

prisoners. charging paper streamers:

The brigands ruled the interior heat for hours sterilising the in- Ricardo, kept his ovens at boiling Mechanical violin; Translucent cinematograph pro- the chieftainship with Palazzolo The operation completed; the

for fifty years. Ferrarello disputing struments. until a jealous brother-in-law knifed patient was carried through nar and murdered Palazzolo,

The clean-up of the brigands was est difficulty with the boat rolling row passages task of the great dne to the energy of the new and tossing to his cabin. Fascist profect, Signor Mori, who wound quickly healed, but paeu- The was determined to re-establish a monis and bronchitis set in. reign of law. He captured the brigands after four months' siego.

Sixty lawyers have been retained for the defence. A three months' trial is anticipated.

jection screen;

Device for disceruing defective patches in furs;

Telescopic umbrella for use while wheeling a perambulator;

Means whereby an umbrella can bé held in a bag or music-case;

A method of Pasteurising beer; .red

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ing of blades or plates attached to the band and forcarma.

Miss Swindell nursed the patient day and night, back to health, and, as one of the officers said, she and the doctor undoubtedly saved his life."

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