AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 August 1922, Page 3

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. OABT.B ASSOCIATION. I A PECULIAR AFFAIR. I (Received this day at 11.30 a.m.) ] BRISBANE. August 25. I During the tea adjournment of the 1 Assembly, an opposition member, Mr 1 Moore, was found fir a state of collars 1 .- t the door of the Opposition r or:. He complained that when putj tinv on his hat something happened to , his eyes. Investigation disclosed that they were filled with cayenne pepper. .Detectives are conducting inquiries. It is regarded as significant, that Mr .Moore was deputed to address a meeting of protest against the abuse of the use of the “gag” in the Assembly.

NO NEWSPAPERS. PERTH. August 24. The newspaper trouble continues and no papers aro being published.

PUSSYFOOT JOHNSON. PERTH. August 24. “Pussyfoot” Johnson, who arrived hv the Ormuz, interviewed, said bis mission was to tell America’s story in connection with eomlwiting liquor. Not a penny of American money was being brought to New Zealand by the temperance organisations. He scorned the suggestion that the drug habit had increased since America went dry.

IN FA NTT LE MORTA LIT Y

(Received tin’s day at 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY. Aug 25.

Infantile mortality statistics show that ninety per cent, of the males horn in tho period 1011-1920 reached the age of five nnd females ninetytwo per cent. The results show a. gradual . improvement since 1880, when the percentage was eighty-ono and eighty-three per cent, respectively.

FEDERAL TARIFF. MELBOURNE, Aug 25. Th Senate has adjourned to 6th of September. Executive approval has been given to the New Zealand Tariff Agreement which will operate on Ist September.