HOT BUT HEALTHY.
r* _ THE NORTHERN TERRITORY, By Telesraph—Press Association—Copyright -•(Rec. January 3, 9.20 p.m.) Sydnoy, January 3. • Professor W. B. Spencer, C.M.G., of tho Chair of Biology at' Melbourne University, after residing for a year in tho Northern Territory, states that at times tho climate is cxtismoly hot. Still, with modern conveniences, the country is per-feotly.-healthyV'-i'r ' ' i He waq neyer.'in better health, than during; his' wjourn there. ' '.'Professor. Sponoe, was a raomber of the Horn 'scientific!expedition to Central Australia in'lß94, and edited its reports. In conjunction; with Mr. F. J. Qillen he conducted;, an ; ethnological expedition across Australia tc the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1902, and is joint author,, with Mr. Gillon.-of "The Native Tribes of Central Australia." He was decorated a C.M.G. in: 1904,, in recognition of his services ,to scientifio.educatipn and his contributions to the geography and anthropology of .Central Australia.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1639, 4 January 1913, Page 5
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