AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 23 July 1923, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

<By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). (Australian & N.Z. Caul© Association)-

SYDNEY, July 21. A public movement was initiated at a representative meeting for a memorial in recognition of the public services of the late Sir Herbert iV£aitiancl. It was decided to start a fund for the erection ot a, new wing of the Sydney Hospital, costing £30,000 to £50,000. A / large amount has already been subscribed. SYDNEY, July 22, -■ Miss Ethel Campbell, known as the “Angel of Durban’’ to thousands of Australasian soldiers who called at (that South African port during the war, because of her unwearying attention to their wants,' arrived in Sydney and was given a demonstrative welcome by returned soldiers. -.. At the Stadium, George Mendies. flyweight champion, knocked out Harry Gordon in the fifth round. PERTH, July 21. •'An important gold find is reported by Allen’s Mighty Atom Company, lessees of the Mutooroo Company, comprising huge hill lodes 20 feet in width. One. lode is stated to carry 50 ounces of gold to the ton: The average over all three . lodes is estimated at 5 ounces. MELBOURNE, July 22. In. the Victorian Waterloo Cup, Vanity Verse and Unio were left in the final. After going 50 yards Vanity ped and lay down, apparently seriously ' hurt, and was thereupon withdrawn. ADELAIDE, This Day.

Reginald Kennedy, recently convicted of bigamy, appealed to the Full Court against his conviction. Evidence disclosed that Kennedy married his first cousin. Both were Roman Catholics, and his priest informed him that under the laws of consanguinity of the Catholic Church first cousins could not marry, and the ceremony was not a marriage. The parties never lived together. Kennedy, believing himself unmarried, subsequently married another woman. The Court held that Kennedy’s mistaken belief that his first marriage was invalid was based on an erroneous view oF the law, but that was no defence. A marriage between first cousins was lawful and binding, therefore the conviction •must, stand.