AUSTRALIAN ITEMS

Waikato Argus, Volume XV, Issue 6043, 17 September 1903, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN ITEMS

THE ADELAIDE SCANDAL. Adelaide, September 1G

In the course of his remarks during the hearing of the charges against Dr. Ramsay Smith, Sir Josiah Symon said that the particulars of all the charges had been extracted the doctor's owu books. There had been no improper mutilation of the dead, and nothing beyond what was contemplated in the Anatomy Act. If such acts as Dr. Smith had performed were not allowed the medical profession had better take down their signboard and shut up the hospital. It was admitted, Sir Josiah went on, that the accusers, Desmond and Owen Smyth, wanted Dr Smith out of the service on the grounds of personal ill-will. Evidence was then given by the medical profession of the Adelaide University that Dr. Smith was following the universal practice in taking specimens, and that there had been no wantonness or unnecessary mutilation. FEDERAL ESTIMATES. Melbourne, September IG. The House is discussing the Estimates. The vote for £20,000 for the administration of New Guinea was passed. Sir George Turner moved the reduction of the £3500 down for salaries of High Court officers by £2OOO, as the arrangements made with the States enabled the reduction to be inade. This was carried. VICTORIAN BUDGET. ! Melbourne, September 16. When Mr Irvine delivers his Budget on Tuesday week it is expected that he will announce the discontinuance of the public servants' deductions on salaries, and that the surplus for the last year has been slightly more than £153,000. IMPORTANT LEGISLATION IN TASMANIA. Hobart, September 16. In the Legislative Assembly the Women's Franchise Bill wai carried. The Constitution Act was altered, reducing the Council franchise to freeholders and occupiers. THE STEAMSHIP CORAKI. Sydney, September 16. The steamship Coraki was insured for £SOOO, the National Fire aud Marine of New Zealand holding the prime policy, but insurances were affected in other offices. THE CABLE SERVICE. Melbourne, September 16. The result of the negotiations between the manager of the Pacific cable and the Federal Government is that the users of the Pacific line get the same facilities as thoße of the Eastern Extension.