NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, 13 June 1919, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

FLAXMILLING .|NDUSTR'IAL DISPUTE. i ———— c PALMERSTON, N., this day! Mr. Newton, Conciliation Commie‘ sioner, has invited the Flaxmillers’ Union to Send delegates to the COll-‘ fercnce on Tuesday next, presidedx over by him’, with a view_ to settling,‘ niattcrs in dispute in the flaxnlillingi'industry. : ‘ P. AND T. CLASSIFICATION’ - CONDEMNED. | NAPIER, this day_ 1‘ Resolutions condemning the new] classification were passed by the} Napier and Hasting Branches of thei Post and Telegraph Officers Associa-. tion. 2 ‘ ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES HAVVERA this day. Mrs iNb.ra Qkiinlivan, an old fztge pensioner, was found dead at the foot of her bed this morning. Deceased‘ who was Very old, suffered from -heart I trouble. There will be no inquest, as] the doctor is prepared to give a certi—; ficate. 1 At the inquest on the fatal sccid-f exit to Richard Harris", a. verdict thatf death was due to ‘.B. fractured skull, but there was nothing to show how the accident occurred, as the jorry was in good order. A marvellous escape from another ‘accident took place at Normanhy. a ‘imotor lorry driven by a man named {Faulkner got out of control, hacked, [and overturned down a steep bank_ |Thc driver w'a§i'l‘ninj\ilred, but the load iof cheese \\'as seriously damaged -by iwater. a HAMILTON NEJWS. I Q.)-ujj HAM'_ILTON, this dziy. .\ prisoner. .T':l.nl(}S Claude Irewin, escaped from Waikeria prison camp last. night, and s-tjolic a-Jhacli from aidairy ifarm. A man miswering the descripi tion was soon going in rthe direction. of { K_awhia.. The police have received word that a if3.l‘lll(_‘l' at Tirau na.f_llcd.‘Willi:a.m Richard ‘Morris. 47, shot himself through the heart with at gun. He was a married imam with 21 fainily of two. He hxad a. fparalytie stroke three months ago. and i was worr_yiug over his illness and Busij ness affairs. ' At the Suprenie Court, Victor Rupert. i Anderson. on e"h-.lrges «of escaping from i legal custody while under a. remand for ithoft. and disappeared from the Waiikato Hospital where he was undergoing‘ twzituieiit, \V‘{l_g. brought up‘ for iiti-is-.1. Counsel moved to quash the in;dir'tn'lont. clainiifig that accused was lnot in lawful custody at the time of lhis -e.--‘cape: His Honour said it was 1‘ the iiist time the quesfion lied arisen ‘gin New 7.o{ll:ind. The jury rcrturncd a vrérdiet of’ guilty’ on the facts, but the iDOllli‘_".‘lS towhether it. was a legal ilegnl oust-od._v and :1 criminal offence E w%=..< 1-os=<-I'\'e(l for the Court of appeal.