AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 February 1922, Page 3

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NUBTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. PLAGUE VICTIM. SYDNEY, Feb. 11. The mother of the plague victim is at present in New Zealand. The girl spent her holidays with an aunt at Botany Bay and purchased clothing in a shop near the plague area, the day before returning to school. It is believed an infected flea was conveyed in the clothing. The victim became ill on . Monday and died on Thursday. j AN AITT FATALITY. j MELBOURNE, Feb. 11. j S. F. Nettleton of Trymple Mildura, j was killed through an aeroplane crash- j ing. A friend, Campbell Ludbrooke, was seriously injured and his condition is critical. VALUE OF AIR TRAVEL. PERTH, Feb. 11. Doctor Treathowen in response to an urgent call for an operation at Carnal - -. von, travelled in an aeroplane five hundred miles. The patient is pro- , grossing satisfactorily and is now expected t« recover. i MEAT PROSPECTS. | SYDNEY, -Feb. 11. Cattle owners in Sydney are not sur- j prised at Queensland owners killing: calves. They emphasise the unsatis- J factory export prospects due to the j state of markets abroad and the re-, sultant low prices, together with the , •high freights and taxes, which made j anything else unbusinesslike. . SUICIDE AT SYDNEY. \ SYDNEY, February 12. j At the inquest on Charles Winters he was identified as a Wellington che- , mist (as cabled on January 16). His j body was found in December with the ! head jammed between some rocks at j Watson’s Bay, Sydney Harbour. Tho , Coroner found that death was due to ■ asphyxia, possibly caused by poisoning though an analysis failed to detect the preence of acid. Letters written by deceased to his brother were read, and stated lie had been discharged from an incurable disease. . He did not think it wortli while continuing to hear suffearing all his life. Ho had purchased poison, and was going to end it all. j

BUTTER PRICES. SYDNEY, Fob. 12. From Monday the retail price of buter will be reduced to Is 4d per lb. This is a fall of twopence. N.S.W. ELECTIONS. SYDNEY, Feb. 12. Regarding the ballot for the selection of Labour Candidates for the Sydney seats at the forthcoming elections, Mr McGirr, who previously had been rejeeted by the Executive, topped the pull. M r P. J. Minehan Inis also secured selection.

CARR THE ATHLETE. SYDNEY, Feb. 13. Carr, the Australasian sprinter, has decided not to compete against the Springboks at Sydney next month. He has been resting since the Adelaide Carnival and says the strain of the football season, New Zealand tour and summer athletic championships are too severe. LI i s retirement is only temporary. TREATMENT OF INDIANS. MELBOURNE, Fob. 13. Mr Hughes explained the remarks of Montague respecting the status of Indians in the Dominion referred apparently to Natal where Indians arc denied the franchise and otliei civil rights. Australia recently completed a reciprocal agreement with India respecting the treatment of each others citizens.

N.S.W. ELECTIONS. (Received This Day ar 8.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, Feb 13. The election campaign is growing warm and both sides are having trouble over the selection of candidates. 'I ho only partially healed breach between the Nationalists and Progressives is causing heartburning. A section of the Progressives are determined to run their own own candidates, and are opposed to coalescing with the Nationalists at any price, while in other instances they threaten to result in vote splitting. Similarly the moderate and extreme sections of the Labour Party (Doleyites and McGirrites), are not a haippy family as regards the choice of candidates, and in various eases and unless the central executive and somo of the district selection committees compromise the difference, things are likely to be mixed. j PRESENTATION TO SHAW. 1 SYDNEP, Feb. 13.

A meeting of wireless fraternity presented Shaw, the wireless operator on the lost schooner Helen B. Stirling with a wallet of notes in appreciation of his devotion to duty, in connection with tV warship Melbourne rescue of the crew. PASSENGER DISAPPEARS. PERTH, Fel>. 13. The steamer Narkunda from London, reports tho mysterious disappearance of a passenger, Sir Hylton Ralph Brisco, just before the ship reached Colombo, where he had arranged to go ashore. ißrisco was ill for a couple of days, hut the day before Ids disappearance, ho was apparently in his usual health; and spirits. Next morning it was discovered he had not occupied his hunk. There was no trace and no indications of suicide.