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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 217, 22 December 1910, Page 2

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A PUZZLE FOR LAWYERS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. \ London, December 20. The Court of Criminal Appeal quashed a conviction, but the Law Lords reversed the decision. The question then raised was whether t'he released person could be re-arrested. The Court of Criminal Appeal decided in the affirmative, and will allow the prisoner a fresh appeal, the original sentence to stand if the appeal fails. r KILLED HER MOTHER. Paris, December 20. A girl named Vache, who killed her mother for resenting her marriage to a stockbroker, has been sentenced to ten years' solitary confinement.

SETTLEMENT IN CANADA. London, December 20. During the past eleven months eleven million acres of land have been disposed of to settlers in Western Canada. ADMIRAL RAWSON'S ESTATE. London, December 20. Admiral Sir Harry Rawson's estate has been sworn ait £ 16,137. GEOGRAPHICAL EXPLORATION. London, December 20. Sir. E. Shackleton and six of his Antarctic associates will start for Spitzbergen in June for three months scientific and geographical exploration. ' OPENING UP THE WEST. Ottawa, December 20. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company has ordered seven million dollars' worth of equipment, delivery to be given next summer.