AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
Sydney, April IG. A sharp earth tremor was recorded at the observatory early yesterday. The census shows a population of 1,646,734 for New South Wales, 1,377,219 being native born Australians. Melbourne, April 16. The Chief Justice in a delivery of judgment in a case in which fingerprint evidence was prominent declared that, finger-prints alone, were insufficient to warrant conviction. The! system had not been scientifically pro.Vn ed and it 'was in absolute rpppositipp, to the whole theory of anthropology. Justices Hodges, Cussen and other members In the Full OduW tle/.cli held that, finger-prints were sufficient evi 7 deuce. / April 16. ’ The wheat cargo of the sunken Songyaar has swollen and lifted the hatches and the deck cargo is useless.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 91, 17 April 1912, Page 7
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