THE CONSUMPTION CONFERENCE.
DEPUTATION TO THE KING. [united pbess association.] LONDON, ,luly 26. Much interest is taken in tho Tuberculosis Conference, and colonial delegates are t-cting in various sections Sir J. Oockburn, M.D., the retiring AgenlGeneral for South Australia, in addressing Lhe State municipal section, advocated compulsory notification of tubercu'osu, emphasising the successful results in South Australia, and he urged that there should be no relaxation.
The King, ab Marlborough House, on receiving the foreign delegates, expressed the keenest interes', and hoped the Congress would hare good results. His Majesty added that thaie was one other terrible disease— cancer. He said: " God grant thai, before long you may be able to find a cure. The discoverer of such a cure will bo deserving of a statue in all the capitals of the world."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXV, Issue 169, 27 July 1901, Page 2
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