TELEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 April 1915, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

[PKK PRESS ASSOCIATION.! MAN FOVSD WITH HIS THROAT CUT. Auckland, This Day. John Simpson, a painter by trade, aged 59. was found about midnight by his son. He was lying on the floor of his residence in Newtown-road with his throat cut and a blood-stained razor near his right hand. TTTe police were informed but Simpson died in the meantime. THREE BOYS Ttf A PALACE. Auckland, ApiTT 11. The tliree boys, Jones. De Cossey and Corson, who disappeared from Levin were found by the police at the People's Palace in Auckland. They had £8 when they arrived here on Friday, but had since spent the cash in a reckless fashion. TRADING WTTH THE ENEMY. Wellington. This Day. ' The Court of Appeal, comprising Sii ' Robert Stout (Chief Justice) and Jus- •' tices Denniston. Edwards. Cooper and Chapman, sat this morning to bear ar- 1 gumeut on questions reserved at the ' trial (in February last) ;of Wilhelm ' Heinrich Magnus Btiorkop. for illegal ' trading with the enemy. Tn this case - v the jury found the prisoner guilty for ' indictments laid under Section 35 of the < Regulation of Trade and Commerce Act. 1014. and found a special "vor- '< diet upon the fifth indictment (which ' was laid under the Trading With the 1 Enemy Act, 1914). Tt appeared that 1 the Regulation of Trade and Commerce i Act, 1914, was repealed on the 2nd * November. 1914, by the Trading with 2 the Enemy Act, 1914. and that the < proceedings against Duerkop were not 1 commenced until after the 2nd Novem- -t ber. Therefore counsel contended < that as the Act had been repealed the ■' proceedings were invalid. Th*o ClveT < Justice, who proceeded over the trial. t overruled the objection, and one of the c questions for the Appeal Court is who- i ther he was right in doing s<» Ar- 1 gum en t is proceeding. c t DEARER BUTTER. f Dmiedin, This Day. Butter lias risen Id per lb. The retail price now is Is sd. This is the second rise in a fortnight. The rise is attributed to an abnormal demand for cheese for Army supply and the consequent big advance in price having caused factories to increase their efforts in the direction of cheese making. FURNITURE SHOP BURNT. i A and J. Watts' Princess-street fur- i niture factory was badly damaged by a fire early this morning. The stock i was completely destroyed, and "the ma- 1 chinery also suffered severely. Insur- I ances aggregate £600, and the damage 1. is estimated at considerably above that c sum. v