COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 35, 16 June 1913, Page 6

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Sydney, June 15. Dr. Charles Pattison and his wife hare arrived, en route for Fiji. The doctor has Jbeen appointed to conduct research work, amongst the lepers on the island of Makogal. He has devoted most of his life to the study of tropical diseases, and ha« had lengthy experience amongst lepers in Africa. He confidently anticipates that a cure for the disease will ultimately be found. His wife is a trained nurse, and will participate in her husband's work. Sydney, June 16. An electric meter reader, named Pollock, was found electrocuted! near a live wire, apparently having been testing when standing on a wet floor. Mr McGowan laid the foundation •tone of a.hospital io cost £68,000. Mr Griffiths, in laying the foundation ■tone of the. Government ship building works at Newcastle, .warmly repudiated the alleged implications that ho wga feathering his nest as Minister of Works. The Woodfordleigh Fanners Union passed a resolution against the leniency of the Government remitting death sentences, thereby encouraging murder and other serious crimes. Adelaide, June 16. At a meeting of the Freedom League in Botanic Park, a protest warmade against the cruel treatment of the cadets who were imprisoned for non-attendance at drill. The speaker? were hustled off the stands and howled down, and the gathering was broken tip in disorder.