COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 82, 2 December 1912, Page 8

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

CATTLE TICK. .By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) Sydney, November 30. The report of the Royal Commissioner who investigated the suppression of cattle ticks in the United States has been tabled in tiie Assembly. Almost complete absence of straying stock- on roads and public places constitutes a very material factor in assisting the eradication of the tick. In every Eastern State cattle are dipped every ten or fourteen days, and in the Southern and Central States every eighteen, twenty-one, and thirty days. Since 1906, 167,712 square miles have been nearly a quarter quarantined, and the area freed from ticks. When rile number of cattle relative to. the area permits, the starvation of the seed or larvae of ticks, by the rotation method of resting tne pastures,, gives very quick and reliable results. The opinion is expressed that cross-breeding for immunity from tick fever cannot be done, although Brahmin crosses proved remarkably resistant to the tick. The solution used in the dipping vats is an arsenical preparation similar to that used in New South Wales. There are numerous recommehdations regarding quarantine, dipping, inspection of stock and the erection of vats.

A COOL OPERATOR. Melbourne, December 1. A fire in the Post Office block in Bourke street caused much excitement yesterday evening. It originated through an explosion in the rooms of the Williams Film Company, and spread to Sutton Bros.’ Music Warehouse, the Albion Hotel drning-rooms, and a dress-maker’s robins, where a largo number of girls were working. The ( police experienced difficulty in getting the girls out, owing'to a panic. Several men jumped from the windows and were injured. One named Harry Martin, fractured his skull. The outbreak was subdued in an hour. The chief loser is the Williams Company, who lost a quantity of valuable films and photographic material. An operator belonging to the film secured a picture of the fire.