AUSTRALIAN EPIDEMIC.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1812, 26 July 1913, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN EPIDEMIC.

LABOUR COUNCIL'S PROTEST. •YGAINST COMPULSORY VACCINATION. By Tclesrapli-Frees Acßociation-CopyiicM Sydney, July 25. •The Labour Council carried a resolm tion expressing tho strongest protest against compulsory vaccination. Brisbane, July 25. There is a caso of smallpox in tho.. Ipswich district. Tho Government has ordered the prisoners in all tho gaols to bo vaccinated. Strict precautions aro to bo enforced regarding passengers arriving by train? from New South 'Wales.

LYMPH TOO HIGHLY PURIFIED. (Rec. July 25, 9.30 p.m.) Sydno/y, July 25. It is stated officially that one consign, ment of New Zealand lymph had been so purified (hat all the cowpox Imd been purified out of it. In a trial of the lymph in Sydney only one caso "took" out of six. Some of the Board of Health's lymph from Now Zealand had been sent on to Newcastle. (Eec. July 20, 0.23 a.m.) Sydney, July 25. On her arrival from Auckland, tho Vic toi-ia. anchored down the harbour, awaiting medical inspection. Tho passeugera will laud to-morrow morning. Six cases of smallpox in tho metropolitan area aro reported to-dny, ouo from a house which was found to bo in a filthy condition. It has been suggested that tho local authorities should make a house-to-houso visitation. Tho cass at Nyngan has been proved to ba smallpox; that at Careoar is doubtful. Adelaide, July 25. A caso of suspected smallpox—a man named Hoseworthy, a recent visitor to Sydney, where ho was vaccinated—has dovolopsd into n suspicious rash. South Australia has been declared an infected district.

If ymi gut a chill with foro throat and tightness of chest, tackle it i\t ohco with "NAXOL." It grips it quicker and more effectually than most remedies.—Advt.

While mauling a rook which .it caught in a park in Baling, a large tabby cat was at lacked by 11 other birds, and killed after a short conflict, which .was witnessed by a number of people. For Bronchial Coughs and Cold?, Woods' Great l'vupeniiint Cure, Is. Gd.* Sore- throats and hoavr.cr.css arc fcon relieved with a few drops of "XAZOL"' on him]) sugar, l'lace the sugar between the check and Bums, and allow to dissolve very slowly.—Advt. A notice at Eton COIIO3O slates that picture theatres and other exhibiting within reach of Eton arc "out of bounds. Another notice prevents boys from ridnia in motor vehicles on Sundays. Woods' Great Peppermint. Cure, For Coughs and Colds, never fails. Is. Gd. ,

Escaping from a travelling circus at Wiglon recently,, nn oslrich scattered pedestrians right and left, Lilt was finally captured.