FATAL QUARREL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 102, 1 May 1936, Page 7

FATAL QUARREL.

Writer Found Guilty but

Insane. LIVED IN • NEW ZEALAND. (Received 12 noon.) • LONDON, April 30. A verdict of guilty but insane was returned against a book reviewer, Douglas Burton, aged 30, on a charge of murdering Douglas Bose, aged 21, ail author, during a party.

It was stated in evidence that Burton, while in New Zealand, had relinquished his study for the Ministry.

The fatal quarrel between Burton and Bose was stated to have arisen after the latter had struck a woman with whom they were both friendly.

SHIPOWNER'S DEATH. CALIFORNIA COAST FIGURE. (Received 0.30 a.m.) SAN FRANCTSCO, April 30. The death has occurred of Mr. John Rosseter. a prominent figure in PacificCoast shipping. SHALE OIL INDUSTRY. AUSTRALIA INVITES TENDERS. (Received 0.30 a.m.) CANBERRA, this day. The Prime Minister, Mr. J. A. Lyons, stated in the House of Representatives that offers will be publicly invited from companies or persons desirious of operating the Newnes shale and oil undertaking on" the basis of providing protection for 20 years against imported petrol. The Government will also advance £250,000 ns a loan to assist drilling operations in connection with the search for oil.

WOMEN'S LIVING WAGE

LEGISLATING A NEW LEVEL. (Received 9.30 a.m.) SVDXEY, this (lay. Arising out of the controversy 011 the women's basic wage, the State Government has introduced a bill in the Assembly to make the women s living wage 54 per cent of the declared wage foremen, in which event women would receive at least £1 17/0 a week.

SMUGGLING IN CHINA. BRITISH ANXIETY SHOWN. British Official Wireless. RUGBY, April 30. The Foreign Secrcvry, Mr. Anthony Eden, was questioned in the House of Commons in regard to serious consequences to legitimate trade of extensive smuggling of Japanese goods into China from Dairen, near Port Arthur. He said the growth of smuggling in North China had been engaging the attention of the Government for some time past. The matter had also formed the subject of representations to the Chinese and Japanese Governments.

In view of the recent deterioration of the position, the Government was actively considering what further steps could "be taken to safeguard British trade in North China, and to ensure that the security of the foreign loan service should not be endangered.