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Hokitika Guardian, 27 June 1921, Page 2

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. CURE FOR CANCER. __ j SURGERY TO BE SUPERSEDED. LONDON, Jun e 25. [t is now possible td cure at least per cent, of the cases of cancer. is the remarkable claim oi the authorities of the West of London Hospital | for a new X-ray apparatus recently in- j stalled. It is the invenfion of a Bavarian (German) radiologist. The invention employs rays of a | wave length hiterto unattained. The statement has aroused th e great est interest among medical men. A special demonstration is being held today. The hospital authorities are enthusiastic.’ They consider that the surgery treatment will soon be out Of date. The new treatment is painless. The patient is able to read, smoke, or con verse. The “Times” medical man comments: “As the work is only in the experimental stage, it is too early to dogmatise. The developments will be watched with lufpe and interest.” INTERNATIONALISM ADVOCATED. LONDON, June 25. , The Archbishop of Canterbury, addressing a. great demonstration by the League: of Nations Union in Hyde Park, s'aid that the demonstration brought them into touch with something really mattering in the life of the world. If victory had gone the other way, unbridled force would have reigned supreme. They had won worthier rule for the world. They now wanted to develop a new patriotism, not to any one nation, but to thc world. ADMIRAL SIMS REPRIMANDED. •WASHINGTON, June 24. The Secretary to the United States Nvy, Hn r Denby, has publicly reprimanded Vice Admiral Sims, for his recent remarks on Sinn Fein in London.^?