AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 January 1927, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(Australia A N.Z. Cable Association.] CANCER RESEARCH SYDNEY, Dee. 30. The attainment of the objective of £IOO,OOO set by the .Cancer Research Fund and reached in the main by small contributions in. wonderfully quick time is a striking illustration of what can be achieved by well-directed organisation. backed bv the stimulus of a good cause. Of the total the school children throughout tlio .State raised dose on £SOOO. Investigations into the cause of cancer were commenced at the Sydney University about 18 months ago. and now that the amount sought is in hand it will he possible to tackle more aggressively and more systematically the causes surrounding tlie dread scourge. The authorities, however, are very wisely deprecating anv encouragement of the idea that there will lie immediate treatment of sufferers on a big scale. Much needed equipment for one thing has not yet arrived in .Sydney. If the university authorities and the other experts they propose to bring in lo aid them can now do anything to stem the tragic tide of cancer, they will have to thank in a big measure the community, and especially the school children and their parents for tlieir practical and loyal co-operation. J here has been no more magnificent response to a big public appeal in Sydney since the days of the war. FLOUR REDUCED. SYDNEY. January 5. The Flour Mill Owners’ Association have reduced the price of Hour by ten shillings per short ton to thirteen pounds.