HANGMAN RESIGNS.
THROUGH SLACKNESS OF BUSINESS.
(Received Last Night 9.35 o'clock.) SYDNEY, May 31.
Questions asked in the Assembly elicited the fact that the public hangman, whoso salary is £IOO per annum, with £lO additional for each execution, has resigned his position, presumably owing to there being no call for his professional .services. Since the present Government took office, seven death sentences have been before the Executive, all of which have been commuted.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10253, 1 June 1911, Page 5
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73HANGMAN RESIGNS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10253, 1 June 1911, Page 5
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