AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 December 1923, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. I’AIU.E ASSOCIATION. Lf )SSI I. R LAI A 1 \ s LCd'NP. 'Received tins day at. 2 a.m 1 SYDNEY. December 12. Tin discovery m the .Northern Territory iy l)r. f'.iradice. of the naval loop Geranium, of lhe to-'dised ,e_ tiaiin.s of a nn-iii.-toric marine mon-ter his eau.-ed a Untie! in loe.d scientific ri i' b’s. The leinaius have been identified a.- an ichthyosaurus. Its specie' were sup; o-ed to have lived lot.) million to ma 1k a new ci a of 11 sea reii. I’n.fes-or Sir iidgwolh David. toferring to the dis, overt . said the monster was a ooui’nin.u ion of lish-l izat’d, .-ea-dragon . and sti|:cr-e: ar-odilo. Popularly it V.a- legal.led rs the "Missing l.ini-; " ami ,’ eoli nical I e as ilio highly genoralisod type, coinl.iiiiug tlio attributes ol iish-inuriue reptile-,. it had n la ree till on the ‘.ail. hut tin’ rest ol the body v> 11 - lii-r -1 ly crncndilc. I’ro-le-'Or Dll’, id 'aid the cyi”- had i ll iris diaphragm of eaniei a-iike arrangeineii i , which emd !i .1 1 i:e moiisi er to shin elf the light V. ben nearing lhe

surface of the water. SO as to prevent the eyes being dazzled Ly the sun. The it.mains are mi a ;el lilted stale, but the \ el leb; lie am! bone- are intact. AIO t 'NT A(NFI ■i! IX G FA T A I.IT V. (Received this dnv at 11. ib a.m.) •' Yl■ Xli Y. Dec. 21. Ficberiok (i’.iv, tber. in the pie.-enco ol’ bis j, tie. s 1 11 •j o I i ti” a v> at-rlal! in the Dim Menu: ’li’-. and was da-lied to dealli. Ciowllar I! t the parly. and ventured to tin* edg- ,u Go lull- In obtain a heller view . IAPOi’K (PLNCSL'd Till; hi AT. SV I INK)'. Dceemher 2!. • Pol’s.- ihe Broken lid! Fiji; rieta t y ill . ede to the 1-er liJ . is bv the Barrier J 1 lull’s anti bob li!’ Coined I'Cspeet 1! 1 g dsiea-e exa mina I ion - the Conned Lltreaten.. a i—-ci.ioii of work in nil the mines o;i l lie 1 Oth. of Ji lit;;: ry . A! INi'Rs' t ONHITfON CRITICAL. SYDXiiV. .1 annaiy 21. 'I he non. in,;urid as a result of a 101 lci sic,ne in the .Mount Pleasant ton I mu it’. Ml Ihe I llawa rra district, are in a critical condition. JI'DGK DKAJi. \i>!;[. \ii:i pee. 2i. iibituaiy. dehn Guidon. a ior-m.-r .Imigo am! .Minister of the Crown. RI.NDKRIT’kST FNIiKR CONTROL. LFRTIL Dec. 21. Air Rebel tson. thief A'et erina ry Ofliier of Vi'-loria. says the Rinderpest is under control. h is vi’porti-il llml iriisr Freema title a number oi 'huts were fired from an ambush near the men cremating Hie (attic. Two men abandoned the work in fear of their lives.