MacCarthy, Charles DeLacey, B.A., M.B., M. Ch., (Trinity College, Dublin), Physician and Surgeon, Rangitikei Line, Palmerston North. Dr. MacCarthy is a son of the late Dean MacCarthy, Rector of St. Werburgh's Parish, Dublin. He is a page 1168 cousin of Justin MacCarthy, M.P., the great writer, etc. He was educated at the Rev. Doctor Stackpoole's School, of Kingstown, near Dublin, where he studied for his entrance examination for Trinity College, Dublin. As a student he was prominent in rowing and athletics of every description. He was successful in a very large number of competitions in carrying off medals and prizes in connection with the colleges of that ancient city. In his studies, too, he made rapid progress, and about 1870 received his first degree, that of B.A. His degrees in medicine, M.B., and M.Ch., were conferred upon him in 1873. He was medical and classical scholar, and passed his examinations with honours. Dr. MacCarthy was apprenticed to Sir Phillip Crampton Smyly, surgeon to the Meath Hospital, Dublin. Dr. MacCarthy was subsequently dresser to the great Richard Butcher, surgeon of Sir Patrick's Dunn's Hospital, Dublin. The doctor was also clinique to Sir William Stokes, of Meath Hospital, Dublin. He also occupied the position of resident sugeon under Sir William Wylde, the great opthalmic specialist at St. Mark's Hospital. Subsequently he was for nine months physician to the Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London. Dr. MacCarthy also held the position of resident physician at the Consumption Hospital, and later on he was resident physician at St. Mary's Hospital, Manchester. For some years after this Dr. MacCarthy had a large practice in Boiton, Lancashire. Determining to see something of the world outside of Great Britain, Dr. MacCarthy went out to China and Japan, and saw a good deal of life in the East. He accepted the position of resident surgeon at the Yeddo Hospital, Japan, and was there at the time of the great rebellion, known as Saigo's. At this time demands were made upon him to turn out a large number of medical men, and during the time of Dr. MacCarthy's residence in the Yeddo Hospital, he trained over 200 Japanese as doctors, and gave them their diplomas. About this time Dr. MacCarthy visited San Francisco, and spent about eleven months travelling through America, and visiting the hospitals in that large continent, whereby his experience was largely increased. At the end of his visit to America, Dr. MacCarthy went back to Yakohama and Hong Kong. He was port Doctor at the latter place for some time, but unfortunately was seized with the epidemic which often rages there, the terrible cholera, and when convalescent he found it was necessary to leave that part of the world if he would save his life. He thereupon travelled to Australia, and for a short time remained in Sydney, New South Wales, and when completely recovered, he accepted a position as one of the examining officers to the Australian Mutual Provident Society in New Zealand. Dr. MacCarthy has resided and practised in Rangiora, Lawrence, Dunedin. Hokitika, Ross, Greymouth, Westport, Wellington, and Marton. He established the present practice in Palmerston North in 1896. Dr. MacCarthy is an all-round man, and believes not only in Allopathy, but also in Hydropathy, Electricity, Massage, and, for children, in Homœpathy. Unlike a great many members of his profession, Dr. MacCarthy does not scout the value of the Turkish bath. He realizes that it may be useful as a remedial agent for many of the ills which flesh is heir to, and while at Marton he erected excellent baths, including Turkish, plunge, electrical, shower, and other baths at his house. At the invitation of the doctor, the writer undertook to test the efficacy of the Turkish bath. This consists of a large box, in which the bather seats himself comfortably, the head being the only part exposed to the view of the attendant. One of the great advantages of this kind of Turkish bath is that the bather breathes fresh cool air all the time he remains in the bath. The ill effects which arise in the ordinary Turkish baths from the heated air being breathed are thus avoided. The heat is supplied by two fine Aurora lamps, placed under the seat so that it is impossible for the bather to disturb them, or to be injured by them. A current of air passes freely into the bath, there being an aperture at the side to admit of ingress and egress, as well as a flue at the top. The bather has two small trap doors, which he can open at will in order to put his arms out when required. The writer found the hot air bath most comfortable and enjoyable. It was a great advantage to have a qualified medical man in constant attendance, and most refreshing to have one's forehead plentifully sprayed with refreshing lavender water. A sponge wrung out of cold water is used to cool the head of the patient, and refreshing cool drinks are supplied as may be necessary. The patient may use soap for the purpose of softening the skin as he sits in this ingenious hot air bath. The doctor has constructed a large boiler, which holds thirty gallons of water, and is supplied with a ball cock, so that it is kept filled constantly. There is a nine-feet flue, and the furnace will boil the water in twenty-three minutes; once boiled the water retains its heat for many hours. It is laid on to the plunge bath, into which the patient steps on leaving the hot air bath. The temperature of the water in the plunge bath is about ninety degrees. The bather is then treated by means of electricity. The doctor uses a splendid dry battery, which generates a large amount of the electrical fluid. One [unclear: k]heaphore is placed in the water, and the other is taken in the hands alternately, from right to left and vice versa, so as to cause a current to pass through every part of the body. After the administration of the needful amount of electricity, the patient is duly shampooed or massaged, and then follows one of the pleasantest parts of the bath, the administration of the cold shower to the various parts of the body, so as to cool down the patient ready for dressing. It is a mistake which many people make when they imagine that the Turkish bath will cause people to take a cold. The outer pores of the skin are closed by means of the cold shower, and it is quite impossible for any evil effects to follow. The baths are not weakening at all; on the contrary, they relieve the system of a great deal of foreign matter, and are strengthening and invigorating, curing rheumatism, asthma, all skin affections, and dyspepsia. Dr. MacCarthy has been most successful in his treatment of many patients by these various processes, and many who are strong and well to-day would have been in their graves, but for the care and attention they have received at his hands. The doctor believes that he has a cure for consumption, and is quite certain that if those who are afflicted with the disorder in its early stages would apply proper remedies, they might be completely cured. The doctor has also a cure for dipsomania, which it will be well for many in New Zealand to avail themselves of. Dr. MacCarthy is also a capital musician, and a splendid humourist. The writer spent a most interesting evening in the doctor's company, when the latter entertained his visitors with recitations on “Irish Wit and Humour,” interspersed with songs so suggestive of the Emerald Isle.

MacIntire, John Henry Lee, M.R.C.S. L.S.A, Physician and Surgeon, Broad Street, Palmerston North. Telephone 67. Bankers, Union Bank of Australia. Dr. Macintire was educated at Jersey College, Jersey. He obtained his L.S.A. degree in 1876, and the one conferring on him the right to the letters M.R.C.S. in the following year. He established his present practice in 1884, and is now surgeon to the Palmerston North Hospital, and to the Foresters', Oddfellows', and Druids' Societies. Before leaving England, he was honorary surgeon, physician and accoucheur at the Middlesex Hospital, and afterwards occupied the position of resident medical officer at the Bristol Roya Infirmary.

Satchell, William Morris, L.M., L.S.A., Physician and Surgeon, Church, Street, Palmerston North. Telephone page 1169 23. Bankers, Union Bank of Australia. Dr. Satchell was educated at Tunbridge Grammar School, and studied medicine at St. George's, Moorfield's Eye, and Soho Women's Hospitals in London. He took his degrees in 1877 in London. Afterwards he held the appointments of assistant divisional surgeon to the London police (Bow Street and River Thames), resident obstetric physician at St. George's Hospital, medical officer of the Krole Wyndham Hospital for children, Shooter's Hill, and of the Goldsmith Company's Charities. He came to New Zealand per ship “Pareora” in 1889, and established himself in Palmerston North.

Wilson, George, M.B., C.M., (Edinburgh), Medical Practitioner, Main Street, Palmerston North. Telephone 72. Bankers, Bank of Australasia. Dr. Wilson was born in Glasgow, and was educated in Edinburgh, Berlin, and Prague. He gained his diploma in Edinburgh, and holds the degrees of M.B. and C.M. His first appointment was that of assistant to Dr. Ronaldson, of Edinburgh. During 1887–88, Dr. Wilson held the post of resident physician to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, and was subsequently for some six months resident physician of the Edinburgh Children's Hospital, afterwards commencing practice in Glasgow in 1891. In 1892 Dr. Wilson came to New Zealand, per steamship “Aorangi,” from London, and immediately established himself in Palmerston North.

Hooper, J. H., Dental Surgeon, Princess Street. Bankers, Union Bank of Australia. Mr. Hooper established himself at Palmerston in June 1892, immediately on his return from England, whither he went in search of experience. This he gained in the best possible school—the Dental Hospital of London, where he went through the post-graduate course, having secured his certificate from the University of New Zealand just prior to leaving the Colony. Mr. Hooper was apprenticed to Mr. A. L. Smith, surgeon-dentist, of Auckland, completing his term early in 1891. He is a native of England, and was educated there and on the Continent (Switzerland principally), finishing at the Marischall College, of Aberdeen. In 1885 he came with his brothers, per s.s. “Tongariro,” to Auckland, for the benefit of his health. Mr. Hooper is a son of the Rev. Wm. Hooper, M.A., D.D., who subsequently visited this Colony, and for some time had charge of the Episcopal Church at Mount Albert, Auckland. Dr. Hooper has returned to India, where his life's ministerial labours have been mainly performed; and he is now engaged revising the translation of the Old Testamen in the Hindi vernacular

Tripe, John Robert, Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist, Broad Street. Telephone 71; P.O. Box 50. Bankers, Bank of Australasia. Branch at Feilding.

Leary, Richard, Chemist, Druggist, and Optician. The Square, Palmerston North. Telephone 7; P.O. Box 11. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand. Mr. Leary is a native of New South Wales, where he was apprenticed to the business, and after completing the usual term in 1866 gained additional experience in the sister colony till 1875, when he removed to New Zealand, On arrival Mr. Leary decided to settle in Palmerston North. The same year he established the present business, which has steadily grown from its inception, and ranks with the foremost in the Colony. Mr. Leary is a direct importer of pure drugs, chemicals, and optical goods. He has complete arrangements for obtaining shipments from leading firms in England and America. As an optician Mr. Leary has had an extended experience. He has complete appliances for fully testing the eyesight, and is likewise able to adjust lenses to any peculiarities of vision. He has numerous agencies for medical contrivances, patents, and other medicines. He is public vaccinator for the district. His business extends throughout the Oroua county, and down the Manawatu line. The splendid freehold premises occupied by Mr. Leary in The Square were specially built for the purposes page 1170 of the business, the architect being Mr. E. Larcomb, and the contractor, Mr. Munro. The building is of wood and iron, two stories in height, and the floorage space is over 5200 square feet.

Lissaman, A. A., Pharmaceutical Chemist (by examination), The Square. Telegraphic address, “Lissaman, Palmerston North.” P.O. Box 138. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand. London agents, Burgoyne, Burbidge and Co.; Wellington agents, Kempthorne, Prosser and Co.'s New Zealand Drug Company, Limited. Mr. Lissaman began as above in 1890, and has, during the interval, established a really good business. His stand is an excellent one, being near to the Post-office, and his shop is large and tastefully fitted, a good trade being done both in town and throughout the surrounding district. The building is of wood and iron, the portion used by Mr. Lissaman containing about 1200 square feet. The part of the building not at present needed for the business is let off. The English, Continental, and American goods are imported direct from those markets. Mr. Lissaman is the proprietor of quite a number of specialties, many of which have already made a name for themselves and a reputation for their manufacturer. Of these may be mentioned, “May Dew Lotion,” “Quinine Hair Tonic,” and “Carbolic Dentifrice.” It is claimed for the “Hair Tonic” that it is an effectual remedy for scurf and a powerful strengthener of the hair. The “May Dew Lotion” is said to be reliable and pleasant as a remover of freckles, tan, and sunburn. Numerous other proprietary articles are among Mr. Lissaman's list of specialties, for all of which there is an increasing demand. Mr. Lissaman is a native of England, and was educated at Coventry and Oxford. He was apprenticed to Mr. A. H. Masser, of Foleshill, Warwickshire, and successfully passed the examinations of the English Preliminary and the English Apothecaries' Hall, London. On his arrival in the Colony in 1883, per ship “Waimea,” he immediately passed the New Zealand standard examination, and then went into business in Southbridge, Canterbury, where he remained some six years. Mr. Lissaman appears to enjoy the confidence of the Palmerstonians, and his splendid site must ever be of great advantage to him. He holds a bronze medal for botany and materia medica, securing in both these branches the maximum number of marks. Mr. Lissaman studied under the late Professors Redwood and Bentley.

Harris, D. B., Chemist and Druggist, The Square, Palmerston North. Private residence, Broad Street. Bankers, Bank of Australasia. Established 1884. Conducted by present proprietor since 1889.

Hepworth, John, Eclectic Medical Herbalist Specialist in the treatment of Organic diseases, The Square, Palmerston North. Telegraphic address, “Hepworth, Palmerston North.” Private residence, Church Street. Mr. Hepworth is a native of Yorkshire, England, and arrived in this Colony in 1883, per ship “Crusader,” from London. He studied under Dr. Skelton, of Leeds and was for some twelve years in business in Batley, Yorkshire. Mr. Hepworth dispenses all his own medicines, and has, of course, a large number of proprietary articles, all of which have proved most valuable for the particular diseases for the cure of which they have been compounded. He is agent for Neill, of Dunedin whose herbal preparations are known throughout the world. Mr Hepworth has a good shop, conveniently situated within a few doors of the Club Hotel, and his private house is but a few yards away, thus enabling him to attend to urgent cases with the least possible delay.

The Bank of Australasia, Palmerston North, which was established in June, 1875, in a small building on the opposite side of Broad Street, was subsequently removed to the site now occupied across the road, and forms a portion of the present premises. The front portion of the Bank building, which was erected about 1880, is a wooden structure of one story, comprising banking chamber, manager's office and strong room. Considerable additions have since been made, providing a seven-roomed residence for the manager, the allotment, a quarter-of-an-acre in extent, being at the corner of The Square and Broad Street.

Mr. Alexander P. Webster, the Manager of the Bank of Australasia at Palmerston North, hails from Dundee, Scotland, where he was born in 1859. He is a son of Mr. James Webster, of North Moeraki, Canterbury, farmer, who came to the Colony with his family per ship “Cameo” in 1859. The subject of this notice was educated at the Church of England School, Riccarton, and at Christ's College, Christchurch, where he gained the Somes Scholarship in 1871. Joining the Bank of Australasia in March, 1876, as a junior at Christchurch, Mr. Webster rose to the position of ledger-keeper, and was promoted to Masterton as accountant in November, 1880, filling the same office at Wangnui two years later. In 1883 he became manager at Feilding, and was transferred to Ashburton in 1886. A year afterwards Mr. Webster took charge of the branch at Patea, remaining till March, 1894, when he was appointed to the position he now fills. As a member of the committee of the Palmerston North Tennis Club, he takes an active interest in healthy recreation, and is also a member of the Palmerston North Choral Society. In 1885 Mr. Webster was married to a daughter of the Rev. Basil Taylor, of Putiki, near Wanganui.

The Union Bank of Australia, Limited (Palmerston North Branch), was established in 1881, the building now occupied having been completed in July of the following year. A single-story wooden building, situated at the corner of The Square and Broad Street, it contains banking chamber, manager's room and strong-room, and a nine-roomed residence. The staff consists of accountant, teller, ledger-keeper, and a junior, in addition to the manager. This is the only branch of the Union Bank between Auckland and Wellington.

Mr. John L. Barnicoat, the Manager of the Union Bank at Palmerston North, is the second son of the Hon. J. W. Barnicoat, M.L.C., and was born in 1856 in Nelson. He was educated at Nelson College, and entering the branch of the Bank in his native city, he has passed right through the service. In 1887 he became manager at Greymouth, and after four years he was transferred to Blenheim, taking up his duties in Palmerston North in 1893. Mr. Barnicoat is interested in out-door recreation, and acts as president of the Palmerston North Lawn Tennis Club.

The Bank of New Zealand (Palmerston North Branch), occupies an important corner section at the junction of The Square and Fitzherbert Street. The building, a two-story wooden structure, contains some fifteen rooms, the banking chamber and manager's office being at the corner. This is the most important branch of the Bank of New Zealand on the West Coast of the North Island, three sub-offices, Manukau, Levin and Ashurst, and three other receiving houses, Tokomaru, Shannon, and Kereru, being visited twice weekly by the staff, which numbers eight officers, in addition to the manager.

Mr. Christopher Haydon Maclean, the agent of the Bank of New Zealand at Palmerston North, who is page 1171 the third son of the late Mr. Benjamin Maclean, Government Auditor, of Auckland, was born in the West of England. Landing in Auckland from the ship “Rob Roy” in 1860, he completed his course of study, which had been commenced in England. In 1871 Mr. Maclean joined the Bank of New Zealand in the inspector's office, Auckland as a junior, subsequently becoming accountant at Napier. He afterwards served successively as agent and relieving officer at Russell, Wairoa, Kaikoura South, Rakaia, Foxton, Waipawa and Gore, being appointed to Palmerston North in July, 1895. In Masonry he was initiated in Lodge Abercorn at Waipawa. Mr. Maclean was married in 1878 to a daughter of Bishop Williams, of Waiapu, and has six sons and three daughters.

The Manawatu Permanent Equitable Building and Investment Society, Main Street, Palmerston North. President, Hon. Walter W. Johnston; vice-president, Mr. A. Follet Halcombe. The other directors are:—Messrs. John Mowlem (chairman), J. Nannestad. Richard Leary, J. P. Leary, and George J. Scott, Managing Director. This society has been in existence for twenty years, having been established in 1875. According to the last report of the society, the policy adopted by the directors has been attended with great success, and the results of the society's transactions during the past twenty years prove that its shares must be considered a profitable and reliable means of investing small savings; and the directors are of opinion that the monthly system of subscription adopted by the society is one which should be recommended to all would-be investors. The profits for the year amounted to ten per cent., and the society has declared its intention of continuing to pay a liberal interest on a limited amount of deposits for fixed periods

The National Assembly of New Zealand Knights of Labour —an American organisation—was originally a secret trade society, and was brought to New Zealand for that purpose. It gradually came to be realist that by strikes the objects aimed at could not be attained, and the Society has now developed into a political association rather than a trade society. The principles adopted, which embody many socialistic doctrines, are set forth in printed leaflets, which can be obtained from the secretary. The officers (1896) are: Messrs. T. Hyde, Woodville, N.M.W.; J. A. Andrew, Ormondville, N.F.; W. Hildreth, Wellington, P.N.M.W.; and W. Welch, Palmerston North, N. secretary and treasurer.

Mr. W. Hildreth, Junr., J.P., Past National Master Workman New Zealand National Assembly Knights of Labour, was born in 1856 in Melbourne, where his father was a member of the firm of Barker and Co., saddlers' ironmongers. Mr. Hildreth comes of a Chartist family, his grandfather being wounded in a Chartist riot. Arriving in New Zealand with his parents when but five years old, he was educated at the Anderson's Bay School, Dunedin, and entered the waste product business in Filleul Street, Dunedin. Joining the Pioneer Lodge, I.O.G.T., in Dunedin, Mr. Hildreth soon passed through all the chairs. In 1872 he became a member of the Dunedin City Guards, and remained for about three years. Leaving Dunedin in 1880, he came to Wellington and joined his father in the waste product business, still being carried on by them. The subject of this sketch joined the Wellington Local Assembly of the Knights of Labour, and was appointed R.S. to the Assembly, a position he has held continuously since. In 1893 he was sent as delegate of the Wellington Local Assembly to the District Assembly, and at the second district meeting he was elected W.D. Foreman, and a year later he became District Master Workman. When the District Assembly gained the status of a National Assembly in July, 1895, Mr. Hildreth became the first National Master Workman of New Zealand. He is a member of the St. Andrew's Lodge of Freemasons, and is a married man, having seven children