OPPOSITE VEIWPOINT. FAMILY OF SEVEN DEAD.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 83, 8 April 1933, Page 9

OPPOSITE VEIWPOINT.

FAMILY OF SEVEN DEAD.

FEELING IN CANTERBURY. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH,. Friday. The following resolution was passed at a meeting of Canterbury butter factories held in Christchurch: — "This meeting of Canterbury' butter factories urges upon the Dairy Produce Board and the Government immediate consideration of the disastrous position regarding butter prices. This association favours restriction and believes that immediate action is necessary in the interests of producers. This association is also of the opinion that the views of the Dairy Board as opposed to restriction and restoration of price level do not represent the viewpoint of the industry as a whole or the suppliers in particular."

SHOCKING INDIAN TRAGEDY. CALCUTTA, April 7. What appears to have been a murder and suicide pact was discovered on a sacred hill in Madras. Six bodies were found on a raised mound, and a seventh, that of a middle-aged Indian, hanging from a tree. A letter attached to this body indicated that the man was a native of Trichinopoli, Madras. His family w-as destitute and unhappy, and he decided to kill his wife, two sons, two daughters and baby before committing suicide. There is evidence that the last moments of the family were-spent over ;u& meal and in-.prayer. .. .— *