AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 October 1925, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

I [Australia it N.Z. Cable Association.] AN ADELAIDE TRAGEDY. (Received this day at 8 a.m.; ■ ADELAIDE. Oct. 7. The dead bodies of Xorinan Howard and his wife, Olive, "ere found in a bouse at Henley Beach. Both bad bullet wounds in their beads. The busband was in the bathroom clad in bis pyjamas and bis wife was in lied in her night attire. It is believed the busband shot bis wife and then committed suicide. BIG EIRE AT GENNEDAH. SYDNEY. Oct. fi. A tire destroyed a number of shops in the main business block of Guniiedab the damage being £lo.ooo. LORD FORSTER DEPARTS. (Received this day at 10.0 a.in.) MELBOURNE. Oct. 7. The Governor-General, Lord Forster, has departed for Adelaide, on route to England. He was affectionately farewelled by the ofiieial heads. One thousand school children gathered at the Government House and sang A old Lang Syne. Lord Eoister drove to the station in a State coach, the streets being crowded. HEALTH OF AVOAIEN AND CHILDREN. .MELBOURNE. Oct. 7. Speaking at the Annual Congress of lhe Health Association of Australia. Sir Truby King, said the frequent taking of fund and drink between meals, and the large quantities of cane sugar in sweets in every form, was to he deplored. The whole community suffered from excessive temptation to eat sweets. The cinema was the curse of Saturday afternoons when children ought to be out in the open playing games. The children came from the pictures, tired, jaded and stimulated in ways in which they should not ho stimulated at all. Touching upon tho risks a" •■' with motherhood. Sir T ruby King said that if a woman only kept herself in a til condition she would have all the advantages of primitivo women. RACEHORSE. DEAD. AI EI.UOI'RNE. October d. The racehorse Eurytliemie is dead. AN EXPLOSION. AIK I. BOURNE. October 7. An explosion and lire occurred in connection with the seven thousand horse power electric motor at the powerhouse of the .Melbourne Electric C'ov at Richmond. The damage amounts to L'25.000.