NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2168, 5 June 1914, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

'■' ' STKANGiED CHILD, MOTHER TO STAND HER TJtIAL, Palrtierstoh tt* June 1 The OqT&nor Md an. inqitssfc■ ihtd the cause of fte death of.a- .newiy-boirn infant, -whoso bodj was found ift a ..pi* at Mi'la&n's Mile Oil May,23, ' Betcctitft gavo ■evi.de.neo thai a. statement ted bceft Jißftflo. to tho police by'the accused.., kyfe Sdrtfei a diirele wonjftU, tvihd admitted that tho child was hers, that sire strangled ib In her bedroom with a piece of -string, aftenvawls wr:apijift.tfa body i:n pflp&e add a sugar sari, .Sire, iiieii jKit it i:n a .■".gfltvet-pii. Accused .added "Tho father <JJd • not' tiiiow anything about what I had dflflfl." Medical -eyitlcEce showed that tho. child- had- Kvwl. ■tti.at--.its;' C-r.gij'ivs ..verte ■■ healthy, awl that death had been diio to stranjtnktion.. Tito Ooroiscf returned n, verdiefc of Wilful Ji.uirde.r. Accused vras brought befo-rt Oou.fi ■ Slw pleaded.not guilty, and was com-; twitted tor trial at the next Sitting .of : the Supra jte Craft. liquor law & King cotmTßVr DESIRE fOR CHANGE. ' -^

To Kuitl, Jrtiib i. A conference of local bodies in thin Jvkg Co'iuii-fy to -consider the iit'uot lams"was held, at 'f©' K*Mi'. Mi*. »}. ■Qrmsby (O'toraiianga.)' was eha,i!:ma|i,, and others. .preseMfc verb 'J : les-s¥s.. . .15.. jtartfe (Te ICttjtt), Allansolt tKajtieko;), Willcio (Oliajftttre), Jferry (WsitoMn:), Boddv {Awafcino), Sandiso-n ..'(Qlm-ra), and Short. (Tanni.Trirri«f). The ehaiiriaaa rsfcrircd to t-Jie fact of havj.n* boeii wiflj -plaeing ttstfHiojte on. thts disiriotj but eOft'diMoiis- had ehahg-. ed. .The restrietwnsHljd not lesferiet' as lidtl Ijeeja. fondly hoped toy t)ie Jlaftfte., Mid tl'reyhiid t<? cleat with i'ho conditions ivfcieb had arisen.- ilje Ewe-v pcMs nott- outnumbered the Jlapr.is by ten to -one. or Jnofd., and had. h, rigkt to be beard. '' .» A motion was carried tra follows n*. "That this roee-ting, representing rart011s local bodies of the .Rote -Po'tae-, miainnrousby resolve that Uio- rpstr?B't : i,v»o proelaniatio-n niftrlo % See-tibir 27.12 of : tho Ijipciisifig Art, 19J&. lie asnn'lled," A further motion In favour of the nmin&ipal control of the safe of liquor, iu the dfetrfct iv.au cttrricdj aniJ it' n'as : also resolved that a deputation wait on the Prime JMhvisfcer o.ij. the occasion. l pf Ms visit te 3'e E'lilti 011 Jiiiio IS;' also, that a demita-tra-H wait 011 the. i Minister; rtttd during iho '; fortlK'&ming session. ' ' • J *15SS PAMAOES GkAtMfjJ, J Wanganul. June, 1/ . At- the. Supreme Court -there- is being. ■ hearf a- elaini for £I.S-2§ damages by (K H. Marim from IJti.sseii and'' Bigiirtl, t»td., mi .irccouMt -of all. accident *ltieli pornM.ne.n'% erinplod the piaSMtS w/hile he in, building tlm White- ■ H*rt Hotel st Marten test year. .I'tawtvlf ola-iras that the accident oo.cnr-red Ui*o«ftii alleged 'negligence OS-fta iinirt ■ of defendants, to. not having sufficient" eupp&rto to thV balcony, BRIEF MENTI9H, , . Cartertort, June 4. At we Carterton .Magistrate's Court! to-day' Biipert feverl Day'Sh • was :eohV : roitted for. trial' at the nesit sifting of the Supfcao ©ouj't flit Jfete-.rtoii ok' a etargo Of_«a-riial Imoivk-flgij. AcsUsfed-' rosijn'ed his defeftce, Bftii m& granted aiw \\ f %s fortWoininj;., asuticcl' in £m and two -sureties .of £.W each. ■ ' iflytrcargiifi Juno. 4. At the Sij-.proiiie d&nrt, Eckavd' Oo<?lv j roft, aged 23, jfftf staling a lij.c.vdo,'#as J stntenced, to sis nion-tfis' Jiftirtisoinnftftt. 1