AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
WILFUL DAMAGE BY CHILDREN. (Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 12.58 p.m.) Melbourne, this day. Fifteen boys, whose ages range from 6 to 13 years, were arrested on a charge of unlawfully entering a shop and doing wilful damage while a cake shop at Port' Melbourne was being repaired. The children forced an entrance, and smashed the mirrors, windows and fittings to the damage of £l5O. THE WORKERS’ UNION. (Received 12.2 p.m.) Melbourne, this day. The Australian Workers’ Union have applied to the Industrial Registrar as an organisation to include in its ranks the workers of the Industrial Union and Waterside Workers’ Federation, and embracing all the employees in the agricultural industry, transportation, manufacturing, and mining. THE POLICE STRIKE. (Received 1.21 p.m.) Melbourne, this day. Cabinet lengthily debated the question of compensation claims respecting the riots, and decided to adhere to its previous decisions not to recognise liability. RINDERPEST OUTBREAK. (Received 12.20 p.m.) Melbourne, this day. Dr Cumpston has received advices from Perth that the rinderpest outbreak is confined to an area of two square miles. There have been no fresh cases. MYSTERIOUS CATTLE DISEASE. (Received 1.30 p.m.) Perth, this day. Mr Maley, Minister of Agriculture, has announced that several further cases of a mysterious disease have been reported among a herd of cattle at Belmont, resulting in two deaths.
SPAHLINGER TREATMENT. (Received 1.34 p.m.) . Melbourne, this day. Major-General Sir Neville Howse, who has been commissioned by the Federal Government to inquire into the Spahlinger treatment, has returned from a visit to Europe. He said that he does not feel able to the Government to spend one" - penny on the treatment. He interviewed Dr Spahlinger, who was unable to supply even a partial of the serum till April, and a complete serum for 18 months. For a partial serum he wanted £50,000, and for a complete serum £105,000.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XVIII, Issue 1896, 4 December 1923, Page 5
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307AUSTRALIAN NEWS. King Country Chronicle, Volume XVIII, Issue 1896, 4 December 1923, Page 5
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