DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 October 1921, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS.

MOTHER CHARGED WITH MURDER. • By Telegraph—Press Association. Invercargill, Oct. 10. An inquest was held at Queenstown into the death of an illegitimate child of a domestic servant. Medical evidence was that death was due to suffocation caused by bruises on the throat. The coroner found culpable homicide, and the mother was remanded on a charge of murder. BURGLARIES IN CHRISTCHURCH. .Christchurch, Oct. 10. A number of small burglaries are reported from the suburbs. In one case the thieves secured £205, the pro-perty of a young lad, L. Wilson, representing his savings, with which he intended to get married shortly. Wilson kept the money in a ‘box in his bedroom in the wardrobe, and it was stolen when the occupants of the house were away for the evening. IRISH SELF-DETERMINATION. Wellington, Oct. 10. At the first convention of the New Zealand Self-Determination for Ireland League, it was decided to s£nd the following delegates to the Irish Race Convention to ; be held in either Dublin or Paria on January 21 next:—Father Gilbert, Miss Jessie Mackay, Hall Skelton, and J. J. McGrath, Archbishop O’Shea, Dr. Kelly and Father Gondringer declined nomination. PAHIATUA COUNTY ENGINEER. Pahiatua, October 10. Nine applications were received for the position of Pahiatua County Engineer. Thirty ratepayers sent a deputation to the council protecting against any permanent appointment. The decision was deferred. MOTOR ACCIDENT. Auckland, Oct, 10. Albert Upton, a farmer of Waimai, was returning home from Ngaruawahia station on Saturday night with three friends in a motor, and when near Glenm'urray, at a dangerous 'bend in the road, the car light suddenly failed and the car went over a bank end landed 40 feet below on a rocky bottom, Upton was killed and Harry Hegh badly cut about the face. Upton was aged 48, and was a son of J. H. Upton, director of the Bank of New Zealand. He leaves a wife and four children. PRODUCERS AND SHEARING AWARD. Marton, Oct. 10. A meeting of producers resolved that, as shearers’ wages have been, fixed by the Arbitration Court, no person be allowed to try to prevent shearers working at award rates. The meeting believed that there would be no difficulty in getting shearing done at the award rates. The meeting also requested the Government to do away with the power of the Arbitration Court to award preference to unionists.