AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 May 1925, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

iCSTHALIAN AND N.Z. CA3LI AHSOCIATtOM medical OFFK Kirs DEATH. (Received this day at 9 a.in.) SYDNEY, May 19. Obituary Doctor Erie Sinclair. Di-rector-General of Alcutal I lo>|dtals. suddenly while travelling on ;i tour ol inspection. RAINS DO (I(ItIf). SYDNEY. May 19. The recent splendid general rains, which still continue iu some jiarts, will jirove of groat value in the newlysown wheat area, and in providing winter lecd, THE RATH TRACFDY. M KI.KOU RN K. May 19. The name of the victims of the hath tragedy was Hay. nol Day. Apparently the tragedy was due to poisoning from lhe gas heater, which was still acting when the discovery was made. The bath was then overflowin'' with scaldin'' water. N.S.W. ELECTION CA.MRAION. [Received this day at B.HO a.i11.) SYDNEY. May 20. The political campaign is considerably dam] erl by continuous rain. Owing to the Hood conditions m: nv < amlidnu.; arc lii.dine ilillii idly in < ;n ducting their country campaigning. Little enthusiasm is apparent so far. the want ol any question of outstanding importance or burning interest, keeping the temperature from rising. There lias been the usual amount of linen washing, charges and denials and counter--barges regarding sectarianism and utlier overgre: side issues.

ANTARCTIC ELI (HIT PROPOSED. RIMS BANE, May 20. Cap!. H. 11. Wilkins, who has just returned from an exploring expedition in Norlb Queensland on behalf of the British M/iseiim has announced that he intends to lead an Antarctic expedition and hopes ip lie in Antarctic waters ready for an aeriqdane Might in January next. lie luoposex to take Iwn acnqJanes to the Antarctic coast directly south of New Zealand and fly to (Kaltam’s Land. Ilis object will be to secure information of the economic value in regard to the known vast -P re- <;i coal, mineral and other wealt], in the Antarctic lands. This Might will be a preliminary to it projected butte internatioiial scheme involving: the use of sneeiallv lilted shijis for supplying; daily meteorological records to all jiarts of the world. Il is estimated the cost of the in tertiii t iimal s'hciic will ho somewhere in the vicinity ui two millions sterling.

( lICRCII IMMIGRANTS. SYDNEY. Mnv 20

I!;.- I’iesbyleriaii General Assembly Inis approved "I a oroposal lion for each moiitli for a year the church should nominate ten families who would lie brought out under the auspicies of the ehureh and placed on farms and stations until they were able to take up land for themselves.

SI I DOT I N(! RECORD. M EI.ROD I! NE, Mnv 20.

Shoutin'' at Portland. S. Watson registered a world’s record by scoring NO eonseeutive blillseye’s over the ibrec. live nod six hundred yards. DEATH OK DODDS. MEI.BOFRNK. May 19.

Concerning the death of Dodds (cabled Monday) the Indicts which caused his death were handed to an arms cxjiert to ascertain if they might have been lired I’rnni the revolver which was handed to the police by O’Shea. It is alleged O'Shea slated that he lired into the air, the bullet, entered Dodd’s skull on the r : ;ht side, whereas O’Shea was i m the Ic H.