AUSTRALIAN.
AOBTHALIAN AND S.Z. OABLB ASSOCIATION
AT PITCAIRN ISLASD. SYDNEY, March 10
Sir Cecil Rodwell, Governor of Fiji, reporting a visit to Pitcairn Island when en route from London, said lie had seen no signs of degeneracy among the Islanders, allegedly noticeable there. Possibly the former observers were prejudiced by the theory that intermarriage inevitably resulted in degeneration. He believed this was by no"means the ease, where the original stock was sound. The population was now 88 males and 81 females. There were no grounds to fear over population. The Islanders would welcome a few agricultural families.
ROSS APPEAL CASE. MELBOURNE, -March 17. Ross’ appeal was resumed, counsel lor appellant telling the court it was alleged the witness, Iv.v Matthews, .had 1 helped the police to work up the Crown case against the prisoner. AUSTRALIAN 'LABOUR TRIBUTE. MELBOURNE, March 16. The Melbourne Trades Hall Council has decided to fly the Red Flag and the Australasian Flag half-mast as a mark of respect to tire heroic members of the working class who have lost their lives in South Africa, fighting against the extremist policy of the Chamber Mines, which is endeavouring. not only to reduce wag-'- 1 ’’ direct methods, but is-" Seeking to increase the percentage of cheap Ifyiffjr j Inbwr in the Rirnd min®?- ‘'
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 March 1922, Page 2
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214AUSTRALIAN. Hokitika Guardian, 17 March 1922, Page 2
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