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Tropical Health Lectures In Sydney
on June 8 and termin ating on August 7, a course of lec tures in tropical medicine, hygiene, and sanitation will be held at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Sydney, on Mondays, Wed nesdays, and Fridays.
The lectures have been framed espec ially to meet the needs of missionaries, nurses, and other workers, outside the medical profession, who anticipate living in tropical territories. No charge will be made for the course and enrolment should be made by June 8.
A comprehensive syllabus has been arranged. Instruction will include lec tures on the physiological effects of tropical climate; clothing, habits, food, and drink in the tropics; entomology; in sect prophylaxis; Pacific Islands diseases —their symptoms, treatment, and preven tion; and medical and surgical emer gencies, etc.
At the recent Thursday Island Town Council Triennial Election, the following candidates were elected as Aldermen for the ensuing three years:—Messrs. G.
Asange, T. A. Cohen, G. G. Mills, E. H.
Vowels, Donald Farquhar, Thomas Bur gess, G. F. Runcie and F. G. Joyce. Ald erman Alex Corrie was again returned unopposed as Mayor.