SIMPLE LIFE FANATIC.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 221, 21 August 1912, Page 5

SIMPLE LIFE FANATIC.

.j ! IS CHIDLEY INSANE ? I I PRESS ASSOCIATION- COPYRIGHT.] ■! • Sydney .Aug. 20. ■ I Air. AlcGowen has received a rei) port from two members of the asylum >i visiting committee endorsing the pre- | vious official opinions on Chidley’s I state of mind. : Air. AlcGowen has 'instructed the! Inspector-General of the Insane to j i make a special report. ■I The' subscriptions to the Chidley' ;) fund arc generous. i i i In reply to a question. Air. Ale-) 11 Gowen stated that Chidley’s friends ; ) had made l no representations to i i; him. : • Mr. Meagher moved an adjourn>l nient to discuss the case, which seri- : ously affected the liberty of the subi ject. The papers tabled in the House were incomplete and mcanf ingless. It was the duty of the Go- ' i eminent to make them complete. Air. Levy considered a mistake - had been made and the sooner it was I rectified the better. Chidley’s ’■ friends should be given a fair chance f of defending him against the charge I of insanity. r Dr. Arthur held that Chidley was > suffering from mental abnormality. i He was quite convinced that it was > not for the public good that he 3 should be allowed to speak in public ' and before mixed audiences. He was convinced that if liberated on his pledge not to lecture, he would > within a few days be expounding the ,■ preposterous theory he held. Mr. AlcGowen, referring to repeat- - ed charges that lie had been arrested _ because of the way he dressed, said c that if he thought that had anything i to do with his incarceration lie would ■ liberate him immediately. He detail- ! ed the steps taken in the ease. [ The motion for adjournment was . negatived.

’ BIG BLAZE IN SYDNEY. Sydney, Aug. 20. A fire-at Henty destroyed several shops and did damage to the extent of £ll,OOO. BAPTIST CHURCH DAMAGED. (Received 21, 9.50 a.m.) , Melbourne, Aug. 21. A lire has seriously damaged the , : Baptist Church in West Melbourne. , Incendiarism is suspected.