NEWS BY MAIL.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 April 1923, Page 3

NEWS BY MAIL.

A CUTYDN BObb'i. SYDNEY. .Mot'li 21. The vol ton indusD y in A ustritli-t is booming. In .1921 time "ere less than 1.<)!!(!,0 litlb. i t seed cotton grown in Australia, hut last year 2000 growers in Queensland produced nearly ’!.C:i<h(b;olb. i f seed i -Lton. This year there are already over 11.300 growers in Queensland, and it is estimated that tin ir pin lu,-lion will not he less than 25.b.09,0b’81h of seed toltmi. In 12 mi mils in Australia the number of cotton grove,s has iu,Teased from 2000 K, |5.l:(lll. No other primary in,lnst: v can show -m-.i proportionate expansion :a so 'll,il l a period. Ihe t ttoll Gn wers' As-'vialiun anticipate t lie next there v, 111 I, • mote than 2()4)iu cut', ti gi'oweis iu Queensland and lhal the area under cotton will uui-ea-e from the 75.004 a re, actually j.|;i i>t• ,| this yen to at least 150,000 acre:-'. 1 here is ttl-v a etnisident’ltle area under s niton in New South Wales. 11l addition to the ,eveial large ginning plants that have been and are being e.-tablislietl. Messrs Ruud and Cm. of Sydney, will shortly open the lir,i l eiioii spinning null here, erected rl a co -1 , f over £150.000. Experts for tin' mill it'"in F.imlti'.id and America have already been engaged, and they will instiuci Ai:-t ralian workmen in the new industry. The company lias substantia! area,, of land in Queensland, from which all the raw material will lie obtained. YKXKRE VI. DISEASE. SYDNEY. Match 21. Startling information i- contained m a pamphlet on the venereal diseases problem issued by the Australian Association for Fighting Venereal Dise'se. According to the pamphlet one-third ut ifie people who do die in the Melbourne Hospital are infected. Ihe terrible consequences of the disease are referred to. and the methods lor prevention are outlined. The importance of immediate treatment is emphasised. At the general meeting if the Association rel'ereuec was made to remarks by the chairman of the Eitzroy (Melbourne' Bench regarding the need tor i'n.-i it ut ions, other than gaols, where u mien suffering from the disease could be treated. It seemed a reflection on humanity. one speaker said, that they allowed a state of affairs under which girls could he treated only in gaol. It was agreed: ‘That the association pretests against the closing of the venereal disease detention house for women without provision being made for treatment under detention elsewhere other tba" in gaol.