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Pacific Islands Monthly, 15 May 1940Vol. X, No. 10

Nearly Asphyxiated

p. 77 · Read in the full issue

Hon. George Murray, M.L.C., Of

New Guinea, and his wife, who are on furlough in Sydney, were nearly asphyxiated when a refrigerator, in a flat alongside that which they are occupying in Rose Bay, burst and released sulphur dioxide. Most of the residents in the building escaped, but the Murray family were cut off; and, after being rescued, had to receive medical attention.

Mr. A. C. Haddon. who was a famous anthropologist, ethnologist, zoologist and author, died in London on April 21 at the age of 85.