NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 236, 28 June 1915, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

BOXING. NO CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS YEAR, £ CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. • The New Zealand Boxing Council has decided not to carry out the New Zealand championships this year. EXPRESS DELAYED. LANDSLIP NEAR TE KUITI. 5 AUCKLAND, This Day. The express from Wellington, due at 6.43 on Sunday morning, arrived 5?. (hours late, due to a heavy landslip on the line between Pukehutu and Te Kuitl. ’ || , , §r<H\ La . -i ARCHBISHOP CLEARY. SERIOUSLY ILL IN SYDNEY. UNDERGOES OPERATION TO-DAY, WELLINGTON, This Day. Archbishop Redwood has received a cable stating that Bishop Cleary, of Auckland, who is on a visit to Sydney, is seriouslp ill and undergoes an operation to-day. THE ONEWHERO MURDER. REALS’ DEATH SENTENCE. COMMITTED ,TO LIFE IMPRISON-. :;' MENT. \ON EXPERT EVIDENCE. WELLINGTON, This Day. The death sentence passed on Norman Keals for the murder of Ms sis-ter-in-law and child, at Onewhero, in Sebruary last, has bean committed to imprisonment for life. . ’ The opinion of three experts was taken —Drs Hay, Hassell, and Truby King—who all agreed.that the prisoner was of unsound mind. He will be confined in a mental (hospital, but it may not be considered desirable that he should be at once transferred from Auckland prison. WELLINGTON CARNIVAL QUEEN, . MISS DOUGHTY ELECTED, CARNIVAL EXPECTED TO RAISK ; ' £IOO,OOO, • r .v : : WELLINGTON, This Day. The Queen Carnival, which has. beenexciting great interest in -Wellington city and Province for several weeks - : past, ended last Saturday evening, when the results of the voting for the position of Queen of the Carnival w-ere announced. There were*ls candidates, and Miss K. Doughty, the Commercial Travellers’ candidate, was elected.. For some time Miss Senior, of Hutt, had been leading the poll, and. on Friday Miss McCormack.whose candidature was supported by the soldiers at Trenthami cam e to the front on Saturday.. Progress reports of the polling caused a gO(«i deal of. excitement as the '‘Soldiers’ Girl” was keeping in the lead. At the last moment, however, the Commercials executed a masterly turning movement and the military as. pirant to Queenly honours found heir position irretrievably lost. Following is the result of the voting of the first seven; Miss Doughty ....... 1,753,251 Miss McCormack ........ 1,703,475 Miss Senior 986,919 Miss McKegg (Manawatu) .. 589,614 Miss Palmer (Public Sen-ice 585,478 Miss Low (Drapers) ....... 579,793 Dr Platt Mills (Tramways).. 557,612 • The total votes cast for all candidates were 7,630,017, representing £63,658. It is expected that other receipts from Carnival activities will make a total of £IOO,OOO,