CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN

Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 31, 9 January 1930, Page 8

CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN

CATTKE-KILLI2s TG RAMPANT

. The report of the Government Resi< dent for Central Australia (Mr J. CvCawood), which wa stabled in the lipuse-. of Representatives states that the Realisation of a railway connection with

southern States has already animated a spirit of progress among the inhabitants nd caused them to look to the future wita renewed hopes. It has had the effect of concentrating interest in the mineral, wealth of Central Australia and would] remove-many of the disabilities which' had " retared mining. Simultaneously^ with the opening of the railway thei price of petrol was reduced by 50 pcr 7 cent; .:

The principal mineral output for the? year was from the mica fields, around; Hart's Range. The quantity jproducedf was 44,8461b, valued at £10.548, com| pared with 25,0901b valueoi at £3945^ for the previous year. The increase was! the result of more favourable market, overseas, and increased consumption by Australian manufacturers. In addition.

to iriica, Central rAiistralia-Jiiso possessed ■ lrge deposits of wolfram and the recenfcH rise in the-price of this mineral had.M been responsible for a resumption of.l -.operations, which had been suspendedH since the war. ' . H Mr Cawood dealing with oboriginall affairs pointed out that beneficial re-l suits had been obtained from the treat-H inent of oborigines for Beri Beri at theH Hermannsburg Mission. - H Although prompt action ■ had beenH taken upon receipt of complaints of cat-H tie killing, resulting in the arrect of 3oS aborigines for the year, the offence wasM still rampant. Only one conclusion couldH be arrived at, and that was that the^B gaoling^of aborigines was no de'terrent^B That Conclusion was strengthened by the^H eagerness of most of the aborigines tc^J /confess their guilt..For the : year. th^H feeding, clothing and supervision o^M aboriginal prisoners cost £1500. Severa^B discharged! prisoners had resorted teH .cattle killing, and the time had -arrivec^B for a general revision of the position. H Paper is the chief" ingredient in a fir^H and1 water proof brick that; a Serb^L^H the construction, of one and twb-sftyreiM sculptor lias, prepared." It is suitable foi^fl buildings'. (according; to fieports), " ancH nails can be driven into it without dam^B age. Buckets, car wheels and nian^^B other serviceable articles are bein^H manufactured from paper. If, when boiling salt beew; half a cup^B ful of vinegar is" added to the water, th^H meat will be tended and juicy. .A tablespoonful of salt added to th^H water in'wliichcoloureGJ clothes are wasl^H cd. will set the tjolour and prevent it run^H ning. If an article is wcshed in this wa;^B the first time it will be safe to wash i^M afterwards in the ordinary way.To put a gloss on silk after washinflH and rinsing, rinse it in cold water t^H wliich methylated; spirits has been adde^B in the proportion of one tablespoonfu^H to a pint of water. Scorched fabrics should be rubb^^H lightly with white flannel wrung out o^H cola water and damped slightly wit^B glycerine. If the glycerine leaves a mar^H sponge out with alcohol. The best potatoes are not the ones tht^H contain most starch. Gluten is their mo^H valuable property, because it is an. a,^H bumanious food. Cut a potato,open. sud^H you will find the gluten next to the ski^B in a thin layer varying from Jin to i^H in thickness. The thicker the layer tl^H better the potato. If the starch, '^jZ^^l forms the largest part of a potato, very dense, the potato will be mealy, bi^H if non-uniform it will be of poor qualit^H A mixture of paraffin and silver sai^H is the best thing with which to cle^H stained earthenware sinks. The parafl^^^ also acts as a disinfectant , , If you wish to cool anything qaickJ^H take a vessel of cold water anoi squee^H the blue bag into it until it becomes BH dark blue colour. Then add a handful BH salt, and in this water place your j^^fl of" lemonade, milk, jelly, or blancmang^H jSand and sawcbußt mixed—a pound pH sand two of sawdusts-is, the best fixe dP^ tinguißher. The mixttire suffocates the ■ flames, and the sand enables the sawdust 1 to be trown. .easier. . . ' It was an English chemist who first used rubber- as jul eraser. But it was" an American who made a fortune but otstJeMng bit of indiatnibber at one end of a pencil. - . •■■>