SUICIDE OF A BOY.
AFTER A QUARREL. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received January 15, 10 a.m.) j MELBOURNE, This Day. Evidence points to the fact that the boy Bridge committed suicide owing to a quarrel with his sister. The boy, 12 years of age, deliberately placed his head on the line in front of an advancing engine at Elsternwick, and j was decapitated. PHTHISIS CASES. AUSTRALIA SHOULD TAKE STRONG MEASURES. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received Janrary 15, 10 a.m.) TAN' This Day. At the Science Congress, Dr. Umpston, of Perth, urged strong measures to prevent the landing of phthisis cases. Since 1888, he said the declining death rate from the malady had been progressive and uniform in all States except Westralia.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 12, 15 January 1909, Page 7
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