AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 April 1923, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AU.STf.AI.IAN '.N!i N.Z. Cttlt.K ASSOCIATION. IN I- A NTH.E Mill: i AI.ITY. (Received thi- dav a! ".39 mm.l SYDNEY. April 2L fillies Noad (lb -stilent ot ill" Mothers' and Palms’ Welfare Society i referring to Dr Truby King’s cabled statement of New /,Miami’- inlaut mortality rate of foriy-.sovou agniusl Australia's sixty-nine per thousand in L‘)_M. -ays the New South Males rate in | flgg stood at lil'ty-four■. lb- claims that at the rate New South NYafi-s is reducing the ratio it will not lie long la-fore she can overtake and possibly pa.'S New Zealand's achievement of the lowest infantile mortality rati in the world. NOBI-’tiLK ISLAND. SYDNEY. April 23. The Administrators ol N’oriolk Iland -lutes the little commiuiily i- capable of supplying (•oiisider.il.!.- quauliti"s of foodstuffs and fruit, to the outside world, but industry i- at a standstill owing to the hi-dv cl snipping facilities. Eruil-grow ing at one lime was a payable proposition for the New South Wales market, hit now dues no.’ pav interest. An effort is being made w -ill a view of introducing cofl'i-e cultivation and if they prove satisfactory it probably will Ik- undertaken on a large vale. Meantime the island has !>-■- cotne a p-.inulr.r tom i t resort, the islanders depending to a i oli-idc:'ubit-extent upon visitors. YACHT OVERDUESUN A, April 2i. The Western K.uufic High C mmis-sion-.cs yacht. Rattadi. is three days overdue from Auckland. Lhe Bionic.' is sc; -rolling ler her. SYDNEY. April 21. A branch of the English Speaking Union was formed at Government House at the im li ime ui Mrs Deeastro on Ere, similar to those whereon branches were- formed in New /exlund recently.