AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 November 1923, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Ilfs THAU •. N ,l\|) •/. (A 111, E ASSOC! a j lON IB ■ HTINt : I'ONSf.M I'TION. MIT I ! ;t) CRX L. Nov. 13. At the Medical Com.', I) etor h’l!i'll v. Sydney city health ollieer. read a paper on “Tuhcr: ulo-is in relation to jso h(| aad ec< uomie cum! i nous. “ I!" raid that m England and A".train, the ilea l h rate from t nhi renin .|S had l.""ii reduced h; about one half durin.r tin; pa-t loriv veav In N'".' a oili 'A .'!,■• ! in IS'-'), til" death rale I rent pu'llio'.iary tuber, ulo-i- wa.- I'db and in l'i'22 if had t:illt-11 to iifty-f.oti' o r hundred lli'm--and. lie continued that it had lava proved there was dire I ielat ion.-Tup between the occurrence of lubefeillosls and th" number of room oeciipanis. In Sydicy pa-oper. where t ti'iereitlo-i- of the lungs was a ii' tiliahl • dis -a-e. there were records of 33,37 ea-i-s m in,' i isl of I! 122. Of these 21 I'd were male- and I2’!H ieinal -. and in all ag -s. exeetu from lit trim to t wenty-toiir years, the anile r i males was greater than pemah- In hot h sexes the incidence wa - Inch, -| bet wee;i pa ruly-firr and lliirtvfoii'' years oi age. 'Deaths from phlh-i----wer ellto-t numerous between the ages ■ ■!' I w ei:ly-live and t kiriy-f.n:r. He Com iinled i Imt Ihe remarkable decline ill the t uheieulo. i- rate synchronised v, ii h th,' impi'am'iiient in thr -ot and ceonomie slat us o! the masses. A DOrBI.E SCIC IDE. {.Received this day at 11.23 a.tuA BRISBANE. Nov. IT. A pathetic ilotibie Sllii.'ldi' i- li']::llted. When Donald MeKonzii; was arreslt'd i ii a charge of eonspirmi.v to roll, liis wile w rote lo the police slating that as her husband was charged w itli an obenee against the law she intended lo eemmil suicide, at the same time expressing undying love for her husband. I'll" next day the wile’s holly was found with revolver wounds In the head and breast. McKenzie was sitliseiniently convicted and sentemeil lo six mouths, hut the sentence wn- -uspcuileil. W hile the resumed einjitirv into his "Vvife s death was "1 progress McKenzie wits tumid lving dead by In'dies grave with a discharged revolver and his v, lie's photograph along-ide. At the Opening oi the et'-ouiry 111!" his wife’s death. McKenzie guv evidence that hi- wile had proposed they should suicide togetuer.

COAL 'I ROFI’.LE. (Received this dav at 11.10 a.in.) SAD NT. A'. N'iv. 11. Mr Wills, ailvoeaiing tiie system of collective contract in lieu of individual ci)»!ir.ict. :i< a paiiaiva lor cNi-iuih n*iiiiji«<■ rn!’.ii „-ere elttl'UM'.'i! with the ro'p.msihiliiy <»l piaeing i he cal in waggons and. deliverilll►- it nt siding.-. 11 1 -** t'*-* ,u> ' t>sS fri" tion than at present. The owners retort that Willis and the Fo.leraUoi. are unable p. control tlmir memj..;| pres ■>:•:. ami it is <i [flu lIIt to imagine Imw they eo-ihl mL'll'S- nil:, cunt nil tin; audit""-"! c.hml m-v.-'l'. ed in Ids proposals. POLICE TRIM "RLE EASIER. Al ELI.DI’RXE. Nov. II 'p'ui' Premia!' inhumed the f out in nwealtli that the State is now able to look alter the city. Tl'.e Commonwealth navy and military guards were accordingly withdrawn Iron) the Commonbu.il,ling-. .MEDICAL CONGRESS. AIEI.BOERNE, Nov. It. Doctor ( ump. Hon in a statistical review of tl'.e incidence and deaths from tuberculosis said Australia bad the ! 'WO't death rate in the world except Xew Zeal-rid. ! Teeter Hendon (Government bacteriologist) at Rabnttl. said thirty per rent of the natives examined after death were found to have been suffering from tuberculosis. CHARGE OA’ER Ff’XF.RAt.. (Received this day at 1 2. to p.m.) BRISBANE. November I I. Foley and Cronin, undertakers, were charged with faJse pretence? hi t^nneetion with the burial of an inmate of a State institution, the relatives of the deceased ordered a private funeral, cedar coffin and usual private appoint. Plant's, fej> wldcF they warn f-haj-ged,

The coffin, supplied was one of rough pine, usually furnished for pauper funerals. It was taken to the cemetery in a coffin wagon, not n hearse. The defence was that two funerals became mixed owing to the ab-ence of one id the partners. BRISBANE. Nov. IT Foley and ('ronin. undertakers, charged with suppling inferior coffins were sentenced to one year. The sentence was suspended under the First Offenders Act. accused entering into recognisances for good behaviour for a year. ADELAIDE. X„v. II John Lowaii has been appointed to the Cabinet vacancy eau-ed by the death of Sir .1. Bice.