VARIOUS CABLES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10460, 26 October 1911, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES

POSTAL PROHIBITION.

TO BE REMOVED FROM A BANK

(Received Last Night, 9.50 o'clocfl.)

SYDNEY, October 25. The Tasmanian mail brought 10,000 letters returned from the Commercial Bank of Tasmania, as a result of a promise made by the bank to return letters connected with Tattersall's sweep. The promise was made in order to have the postal prohibition removed. Ma,iy more letters are expected to follow. Owing to the large amount of business through the approach of the Mel--ibaurne -Cup, the New South Wales postal authorities will re-address the letters <to the senders and deliver them without charging postage or registration. The latter will be effected on letters containing more than five shillings.

MOTORING ACCIDENT. 1

WHEEL COLLAPSES

ONE MAN .KILLED

(Received Last Night, 11.15 o'clock.)

! .SYDNEY, October 25. j A motoring accident occurred at 'Manley: • ''•• : -;- '' ■"'" -" ''*'•' ' A wheel collapsed and the car .over-, turned^ janitning/theoccupants uifdorl i*. i „ ' ■'■' A'Mr Troughton was killed, <and Miss; Irene Sandeman critical 'condition!'!''"'*'" '"'" '-•-""- wv "; The driver, a man named Evans, was seriously injured. Mr Wood , another occupant, was \ ■slightly injured. r> COMMONER SUICIDES.

BUSINESS WORRIES

(Receivod Last Night, 11 o'clock.)

LONDON, October 25. Mr A. Hilliar,' Unionist M.P. for Herts, Hitchin, has committed, suicide by cutting his throat. The cause of the action is said to bo worries.

DR. PEACOCK'S CRIME

(Received October 25, 9.15 a.m.)

MELBOURNE, October 25,

Dr. Peacock has been found guilty of the murder of the girl Davies and has been sentenced to death. The prisoner denied that he told Poke that the girl had died and ho burned the clothes. He knew nothing secretly disposed of the. body and of the w'herealmuts 0 f Davies after she left the hospital on August'2sth. He recognised that it would have' been better had he thought less of her secret and more , about himself and frankly told the detectives what he knew.

The Chief Justice, strongly summed up against accused. TIo characterised the crime as a particularly dangerous and heinous offence which caused the death of the girl. It was a dreadful menace to the community and* it struck at all that was best from the State's point of view in "the system of marriage.The practices of such men as Peacock induced young girls to take the risks and perils of an impure life.

LABOURER'S DEATH,

(Received October 25, 9.25 a.m.)

v . LONDON, October 24. At the inquest on a labourer named Gilks, on the charge of causing whose death Mrs Coventry, wife of Captain Coventry, was recently arrested, a verdict was returned'' that death was due to a blow, but there was insufficient evidence to show by whom it was inflicted. Mrs Coventry bias been remanded.

DEAR FOOD

(Received October 25, 8.5 a.m

BERLIN, October ;24. The Reichstag debated the question of dear food.

Hollweg declared that, the abolition of tbe duties was urged with the object of destroying the fundamental principles of the country, and the economic policy of the Government. He would resolutely resist even a suspension of the duties as dangerous. The declaration was greeted with an uproar from the social democrats.