AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIII, 23 May 1922, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Press Assn. —By Tel.—Copyright. Melbourne, this day. Mi's Tuckett (referred to in a cable yesterday) is in Melbourne, not in London, as the cable stated. SYDNEY, May 21. In the Meagher libel case, the jury returned a verdict against the defendants for £lOOO damages. [This action was commenced at Bathurst, where Mr Michael Meagher sued the directors and the editor of the “National Advocate” for £2OOO damages for publishing a five column article accusing him of having unfairly designed to secure a majority of the shares in the paper for the purpose of depriving his fellow-shareholders of their just rights. The article declared that Mr Meagher was piqued because the late Mr Storey overlooked him when appointing Mr Percival, the manager of the paper, to the Legislative Council.] NEW YORK,. May 20. Dr. Client, of the Australian Meaitii Department, has arrived from Liverpool on a two months’ stay in America to study the methods of the late General Gorgas, for fighting malaria and other tropical diseases. He then goes to New Guinea to take charge of the medical and hygienic administration. SYDNEY, May 22. Though Mr Hughes’ arm is still in a sling, he has resumed political activities, and is continuing his stumping tour in the northern districts. PERTH, May 22.

The Legislative Council elections resulted in the return of four Nationalists, two Country Party, one Nationalist Labour, and one Direct Labour. Two of the latter have lost their seats. BRISBANE, May 22.

The Premiers’ Conference, which was to be held at Brisbane next month has been indefinitely postponed owing to the absence of the South Australian and West Australian Premiers and pending the Tasmanian elections. MELBOURNE, May 22.

After examining 210,000 persons, principally natives in Australia and Papua, the Federal Department of Health demonstrated that hookworm is non-existent in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. With the exception of the northwest, the disease is found to be limited in extent* to the coastal regions of Queensland, North Australia, and the north coast of New South Wales. '

Seventy-four per cent, of the persons examined in New Guinea had the disease, and 59 per cent, in Papua. In Queensland the figures varied from 3 to 14 per cent.

SYDNEY, May 22. Mrs Besant, in a lecture, announced the evolvement of a new sub-race, and the coming emergence of a great world teacher. The beginnings of the new sub-race were most marked in America. It was believed that a new teacher would appear soon, giving a new impulse to spiritual life. Mrs Besant added that in England the earth, air and water had been polluted by men of modern days. The beautiful country of our forefathers had been destroyed by the greed of men and the accumulation of wealth.

Our problems needed superhuman intelligence, and superhuman love and justice to build up society, which was brotherly in its foundations and growth, with brotherhood as its ideal.

In that new civilisation service would become co-operative instead of competitive, and men would become brothers in reality. SYDNEY, May 22. Though, eleven members of the Cabinet signed the prohibition pledge before the elections it is believed tfiat the question will not be touched till the end of the new year, as money is too dear for compensation purposes.

LABOUR DISCUSSION PROMISED The Labour Conference in June will discuss motions in favour of prohibition.