AUSTRALIA.
[Per Press Association^ NORFOLK ISLAND. SYDNEY, Sept. 10. News from Norfolk Island shows that the appointment of Colonel Spalding as administrator is viewed with dissatisfaction by the islanders, who consider themselves competent to manage their own affairs. . RUNNING AMUCK. MELBOURNE, Sept. 10. A young man named M'Phail, who was a rather eccentric character, ran amuck in South Melbourne to-day, and with a repeating rifle wounded a couple of persons and then shot himself dead. A RESIGNATION. MELBOURNE, Sept. 11. Mr Murray, the Government Geologist, has resigned. He considers that the Government slighted him by appointing an assistant geologist to proceed to England and lecture on the mining resources of the colony. • OBITUARY. The death has occurred of Frank Cates, the well-known actor. HOSPITAL TROUBLE. ADELAIDE, Sept. 11. Further trouble has arisen at the hospital. A patient was admitted suffering from an abscess, and Dr Napier stated that it was unnecessary to treat him immediately. Professor Watson, the honorary consulting surgeon, ordered Dr Moule, one of the junior resident doctors, to treat the patient, and he did so. This was reported to Dr "Napier, who ordered Dr Moule to discontinue his attendance in that ward. Subsequently the junior resident doctors resigned in a body. The Hospital Board then held a meeting, and suspended the juniors pending further inquiries.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5667, 11 September 1896, Page 3
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218AUSTRALIA. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5667, 11 September 1896, Page 3
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