GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 February 1918, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

SOUTHERN MAORI SEAT. By Telegraj'ii—Press Association. Wellington, Feb. 18. H. I'arata, Government candidate for tlie Southern Maori seat, is conducting a vigorous campaign in the South Island. He addressed a meeting at Rakaia on Saturday night. With regard to the conscription ■'of South Island natives for service abroad, he ux-ged that compulsion should not be applied, and pointed out the line record of , voluntary enlistment, amounting to To per cent, of the eligible men. He considered tlie economic problem as it affects the Maori race would best be solved by self-reliant action on the lines ; of smali farmer co-operative organisa- j tions arriving at the elimination of tlie 1 middleman's profits. ' There was urgent need for an improvement in the educational facilities afforded the Maoris, also fo rthe conservation of the Maori language. SLIPE WOOL AND PELTS. Hastings, Feb-. IS-; The Hastings braneh of the New,, Zealand Farmers' Union discussed the Premier's circular letter relating to the fe(juiaition of slipe wool, sheepskins and hides, and resolved: (1) That it would be in the interests of farmers to leave it to the option of the vendor whether the final appraisement of slipe wool be made in the United States or in the' Dominion; (2) that the Government should' commandeer all freezing companies' pelts; (3) that the requisition of calf.skinw and hides tinder 451bs should not be abandoned. Mr. J. S. McLeod was elected Hawkes Bay delegate to attend the Wellington conference. WELLINGTON NORTH NOMINATIONS Wellington, Feb. 18. The following nominations were received to-day for the Wellington North seat: A. De B. Brandon, J. P. Luke, AN- Poison, and H. G. Holland. A SCHOONER WRECKED , 1 < Auckland, Feb. 18. The police constable at Te Araroa, 100 miles north of Gisborne, wires the collector of customs that part of . a wrecked vessel is on the beaph: at Te Araroa. It apparently belongs to a. three-masted wooden schooner, having 1-24 feet keel. Only tlie flooring and part of the sides are left. A few. American corns, a babhook, etc., were found. There is every indication that ,the. vessel was wrecked as the -result of f a storm. MOTHER TRIED FOR'.MURDER.-, J Cliristchurch, -Feb. 18- . The trial of Winifred Car rick, aged 27 years, charged with the murder of her son Donald Lewis Carrick, aged 'three years, at Addington, on December 8, commenced to-day. Mr. Raymond, in opening tlie case for tne Crown, aaid the body was found among potato' plants with the head battered. The movements of accused aroused suspicions. She had served a sentence for abandoning the child shortly after birth, and.Jast year stated she would not pay for its maintenance, preferring to return to prison. On the night of the murder accused had not slept in her bed,, and had not given any satisfactory account of lier movements. A striped dress would play a part in lier identification. After her arrest there was found a garment in a damp and muddy condition, containing grass seeds similar to seeds taken from Burns' residence, where tlie child boarded. The Crown contended that accused removed her boots, carrying out the crime in stockinged feet. Tile reason put forward-for the crime was the financial embarrassment of accused.