AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 57, 13 March 1907, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

SYDNEY MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT. Sydney, March 12. Referring to the administration of the City Council during the past live years, the Lord Mayor says the improvement since the new Council took oilice has been enormous. The death rate of the city has been reduced from 15.8 per 1000 to 10.0, while the infantile mortality has also been reduced. BABY-FARMER COMMITTED. Perth, March 12. The woman Mitchell was committed for trial on a charge of murder in connection with the baby-farming cases. The Coroner said if the story of witnesses were true it denoted a condition «f things which could only be described as filthy, loathsome, and immoral treatment of children. It was disgusting, abominable and cruel. A PURITANICAL PROPOSAL. Melbourne, March 12. At the Methodist Conference a pro- , ]'o-al that church members be prohib- i i;ed from attending balls or theatrical i entertainments, or allowing their chil- ! dren to attend dancing classes, met i with strong opposition, and it was i eventually 'decided to proceed with the - next business. THE PLAGUE. Sydney, March 12. A girl has been plagued at Woollooluooloo. The source of infection is uukaown. A man has been attacked with plague at North Sydney.