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Hokitika Guardian, 27 June 1927, Page 4

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MYSTERY OF MEASLES. NEW RESEARCH LABORATORY. LONDON, May 7. With the object of intensifying the war oil measles, the Metropolitan Asylums Board—which is responsible lor the treatment and isolation of infectious cases in the London area —lias built a modern research laboratory, which was opened yesterday by Mi Neville Chamberlain, the Minister of Health, at Park Hospital, Hither Green. S.F.. where continuous research will be -carried out. Mr Francis Morris, the chairman ol the hoard, staled at the opening that mortality from this children's disease has more fatal res lifts than has scarlet fever. The average deaths during the last 15 years showed that, ol every million. 251 were due to measles amt only 12 to scarlet lever, while last year there were 35.0110 eases of measles among school children in London alone. The actual cause of the disease, however. remained unknown. It seemed extraordinary,“Air Chamberlain said, in view of the large sums of money spent on isolation hospitals, that more had not been done to try to discover the cause of measles. Dr J. F. McCartney, Director ol Research and Pathological Services, who will conduct the researches, told a reportei that the greatest difficulty in investigating the disease was to obtain suitable mediums for experiment. He said : '■ Measles is a disease peculiar to human beings. Animals are immune except a- certain species ol monkey, and as these cost about L'JO apiece they are out of the question. VW eaimot make tests on grown men am women, as they are immune, citliei having bad measles in their eluldliooi or being naturally immune. •- The only other course open is tt experiment on children under live. Mi should have to test at least 290 tmake quite certain that there was m room for error. I do not think i would be possible to get tin* consent o parents to make these tests, and would not like to accept the responsi bii'ity if we could. “ \Ye shall therefore have to ennten ourselves with making tests ot ill flood of children actually sullerinj from the disease and so hope to isolnti Hu- virus. A philanthropist who wouh supply the monkeys might do a grew

While ibis research is in progress. I lie laboratory will also make further researches into scarlet lever and whooping cough and the serum tieatment of small-pox.

£3,<K!o,oi;o CLAIM. CONSTANTINOPLE. May

An Anglo-Turk mixed tribunal ibis morning began I lie bearing of Lhe e.:Khedive of Egypt’s action claiming from the British Government £3.1:00,Co:> for lhe sei mi re and dispersion ei bis property in Egypt.

Sir Maurice Amos, for the British Government argued that the court was not competent to try the case, saying that the ex-Khedive was not a linki*!' subject nnd that the Lausanne Treaty gave no light to demand such an indemnity.

Abbas fliluii I’aslia, the last Khedive of Egypt was deposed in 1911 after th< declaration of a British Protectorate of Egypt. The Protectorate ended in 1922, and Sultan Fund v: King.

BALKAN BLOTS. TIRANA (Albania), April 2, The most recent information from the eastern frontier shows what a fanlastie side there is to the situation here, which has been, and perhaps stilt is, endangering European pon>-o. -Such traveller:; or local inhabitants ns cross ibis frontier at what may be called navigable points are convoyed for some distance by Jugo-Slnv soldiers who anxiously inquire as to the whereabouts and number of Italian troops in Albania. There are ol course no Dalian troops in Albania. As far north as Montenegro the same rumour has spread and ims gathered power on route, so that there it is circulated that (55,0(10 Italians are occupying Albania. Under these circumstances more or less secret committees have been able to make a sort id national appeal to the mountaineers to join a general Slav crusade to repel the invaders. GREAT WAR'S ORIGIN. There is a certain grim interest in learning that Scrajevo. the town where the Great War had its origin, is again figuring as a place of central plotting against the peace. The village of Toii/.i, below Pbdgoritga. is stated hero to be an advance post on the frontier, fn any ease the whole Balkan scene Is filled with leaders who play upon the ignorance which they themselves largely share.

Between Didra and Ft ruga, in the country north of Lake Orehrida, there has been much movement of troops, bringing up of munitions and guns, and mending of roads. To what end?' A mere spring reorganisation of the Jugo-Slnv army, or in delonce against suppositions Italian forces, or to hack some clandestine attack against Albania. Very probably, in the secrethopes of some persons, for the last reason.

However it is, the district in question is a perilous zone, as it admits ol an attack upon Tirana being delivered from the east without great difficulty. Tirana is only about oO miles as the trow flies from the border, and mountain paths give access to points Horn which it is possible to drop down upon the capital. From what might he railed the European view point, it is an impenetrable district requiring several days’ journey on horseback to reach the frontier, but from the eomitadjis’ view point it is penetrable enough, and a large number ol these gentry have been recently warned for action and scheduled by their lenders.

CHARM OF DIAMONDS. LONDON. April 27. Hatton Garden, the centre of the precious stone trade, remained cheerful yesterday, despite the prediction of Sir Ernest Opponhoimer, chairman of the Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa, that unless something is done to regulate the output of alluvial diamonds the time might come when it would not pay to produce diamonds in that country. Aferchnnts had read Sir Ernest's remarks, but were not particularly concerned. for. as one dealer put it. “the production of diamonds is regulated by such a powerful syndicate that- there is not the slightest- fear that- the condition Sir Ernest Oppenheimer predicts will ever he reached.” Another pointed out that of the alluvial diamonds only about SO per cent, were any good at all and of these at least 60 per cent, were dark and ]>oor in quality. ‘They do not affect the real market in the least.” he added. AI r Charles Swan, one of the bestknown diamond merchants in London, remarked that diamonds formed a medium for the investment of money much favoured by wealthy peon 1 " whatever country you may be.” he said “a diamond is always worth money, and as realisable property is less affected by ihe world's varying exchanges than anything else—c-ven Treasury notes.” !

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