VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS.
TELEGRAMS.
[by TELEGRAPH—PER PRESS ASSOCIATION] WAGE CUTTING. WELLINGTON, Aug. 1. A meeting of the Thermion branch of the A.S.R.M., resohuionod in favour of mi alliance ol all State employees’ organisations in order to resist and defeat what was described as a concerted attack being made on the State departments, with the object of lowering the already reduced standard of living.
SUDDEN DEATH. WELLINGTON, Aug. 1
An elderly man named Bishop fell dead this afternoon in Feathorsto;. streei. It is believed hs age was 7(1. lie had a sister living locally, hut no other relations in the Dominion.
SUPREME COURT. AUCKLAND, Aug. 1
At the Supreme Court, a sentence of four years’ imprisonment was passed by Justice Salinond upon Francis Whitehead of To Awamutn. who pleaded guilt v of incest.
ACTION BY PRESBYTERY. DUNEDIN, Aug. 2
The Dunedin Presbytery appointed a. deputation to wait on local members before they proceeded to Parliament urging opposition to the increased totalisator permits, as recommended by the Gaming Commission.
ONGAROTO MURDER, TRIAL. HAMILTON, Aug. 2,
The re-trial of ITakara To Kuhn, for the murder of Richard Elliott at Ongaroto on Faster Sunday, commenced at the Supremo Court this morning before Justice Stringer. The court was crowded. Tho prisoner was calm and his appearance did not betoken a severe mental strain. During incarceration he has put out a good deal of weight. At tho first trial the jury disagreed.
SUPREME COURT. CHRISTCHURCH. August 2. * At the Supreme Court Hilda Louisa Burgess, aged sixteen years, was charged with the murder of her illegitimate child to which she had given birth to in a'room at an hotel. She pleaded not guilty. '
The prisoner was employed as a do- | lnestic servant and no one was pro- ' sentiwhen the birth occurred. The body«of the child showing incised wound was found in a basket after she had left, the hotel. j The defence raised (1) The child was not horn alive; (2) That if she committed the act she was insane at the time, j not knowing the quality of her act; (3) That evidence is insufficient to connect j the accused with the killing of the j child. | The case is proceeding. i
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 August 1921, Page 3
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366VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS. Hokitika Guardian, 2 August 1921, Page 3
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