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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3778, 7 December 1907, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

MONTE CARLO TRAGEDY. Mrs Goold Sentenced to Death. Husband Imprisoned (or Life. Monte Carlo, Dec. 5. The trial of Vere Goold and his wife, charged with the murder of Mrs Emma Levin at their villa in Monte Carlo in August last, has concluded. Mrs Goold was sentenced to death. In the case against Goold, it was found that there were extenuating circumstances, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for life, with hard labour. The medical evidence given at the trial was to the effect that Goold was a degenerate, and not thoroughly responsible for his actions. The evidence also showed that more than one person participated in the murder. Goold was impassive on hearing his sentence, but his wife went into violent hysterics. She protested her innocence and collapsed. The general impression is that the sentence will be commutedA DEMOCRATIC LORD London, Dec. 4. Lord Tweedmouth, First Lord of the Admiralty, speaking at Chelmsford, and referring to the House of Lords, declared that it was ridiculous that anyone simply by right of birth should be able to veto the actions of the people’s elected representativesFOOTBALL. The All Blacks’ Tour. London, Dec. 4. The New Zealand football team played a match against Swinton to-day, and secured a victory. Rain fell throughout the game, and the ground was in a terrible condition. Getting to work early, the New Zealanders established a strong lead in the first spell, the the scores when the teams crossed over being: New Zealand three goals one try, Swinton nil. ..Tn the second half each side scored a' gsa-V the game ending— New Zealand (fouiteoals one try) 11, Swinton (one goal} 2:" AMERICA AND JAPAN. Controlling Emigration. London, Dec. 4. Viscount Aoki, Japanese Ambassador at Washington, who has been summoned to Tokio to discuss the immigration question, states that his return to Japan does not indicate unfriendliness towards America. The immigration problem is not serious, and can be settled satisfactorily. Tokio, Dec. 5. At a conference of representatives of the various emigration agencies, it was decided to consolidate into one company. Viscount Hayashi, Minister for Foreign Affairs, addressing the conference, declared that it was necessary to regulate emigration, which the Government was determined to control. THE ALL RED ROUTE. London, Dec. 4. Mr Clifford Sifton, K.C., a former Canadian Minister of the Interior, discussed the ‘ ‘ All-Red route scheme at a meeting of the Liberal Colonial Club. He said he was confident the scheme would shortly succeed. Mr W. P. Reeves, High Commissioner for New Zealand, announced that New Zealand was prepared to contribute amply towards the cost. Captain Collins, the Commonwealth agent, mentioned that reasonable cost would be a factor in the situation. Australia, he added, was sympathetic in all Imperial matters. Lord Brassey suggested that the Canadian Pacific Railway Company might co-operate in financing the undertaking.

AFFAIRS IN IRELAND. Cattle Driving. London, Dec. 4. Judge O’Brien, Chief Justice of the King’s Bench eland, denounced “cattle-driving” as an organised crime. It was most demoralising, the offenders openly deriding the law. Mr Richard Cherry, AttorneyGeneral for Ireland, in prosecuting Mr J. P. Farrell, M.P, for Longford North, at Wicklow, described cattle-driving as “ worse than anything done among the savages in West Africa.”. [ln August Mr Farrell was, with 15 others,-committed for trial for cattle-driving at Newtown Forbes.] LAPSE OF MEMORY. A Pitiable Case. Melbourne Dec. 5. The case of Frederick Hunt, who has lost his memory, is exciting considerable interest. He remembers nothing that has occurred since 1887, when he was thirty years of age. Hunt asserts that he is a lieutenant on the flagship Nelson, and demands that he be allowed to return to his vessel. The fact that he is fifty years old and has a wife and a child he treats as a joke.