AUSTRALIAN MEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 December 1923, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN MEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N Z CARLE ASSOCIATION. MU It DEB At LESSOBY. (Received this day at 11.15 a.in.) S YI)XE x . Dr tmnlier 21. [n t!:c Boyd ease Hi which a child's body was found in a suit case in the harbour, with a handkerchief stuffed m the month, evidence was given that L«*yd. a single woman, and Jenny Ollier. mniriod. came from New /call.no in Apiil last. Milner gave i v idi me she knew Boyd sG angled her baby. She saw he: drop tin* baby into tbe water cud tried to induce .Boyd to i--.ii.nil the police, bill she refused. Olliver was I .mid guilty of being accessary a: to* the fact of murder. The Jury strongly recommended her to I, city on the grounds that she was Hi victim (it circumstances and was 1 1 *, l into shielding Boyd becaus-. ol her friendship. Olliver was .sentenced in twelve months m the women's s-;;te refoimature. BABY MURDERERS. SYDNEY, Dec. 21. Josephine Boyd, convicted of murdering an infant by strangulation, was sentenced to death. .VS W. POLITICS. SYDNEY, Dec. 21. In till* Assembly the Xe Temere Decree Bill reached the second reading stage debate and adjourned. Prior to the prorogation of Parliament, the Premier invited all members to tlie customary convivial gathering. Mr. Lang Header ol the Labour Party) declined the invitation. THREAT OF Till'. “CAT." SYDNEY. Dec. 21. Mr. Justice Gordon, in sentencing a youth to ten years gaol for assault oil a small girl ihreateiicd that the lash Would lie used if gaol did not act as a deterrent to such crimes. PRODUCE PRICES. MEI.'iiOURNK. Dec. 21. Outs. ,!s till to 3s 5(1 ; barley- .‘is 9d to .’is 11 P.d ; potatoes CIO to CI2: onions C'li to CO 10s. WELCOME RAIN. (Received this tlav at 12.15 p.m.) SYDNEY. Dec. 21. Rain is reported m the northern part of the State and North Coast dist rict. A STRIKE. SYDNEV Dee. 21. Owing to emnloyei-, r,.fusing t-i reduce the working week from loriyeight to forty-six hours, c- !-:e workers throughout the .-tale have intimated they would i ease work on the 3NI. POSTAL SERVICE. MELBOURNE. Dee. 21. The Postmaster-General lots decided to extend the lettergram service which is at present (-unfilled to strictly social messages, to commercial messages.