INDIAN MURDER TRIAL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLI, Issue 5995, 8 August 1913, Page 5

INDIAN MURDER TRIAL

I London. August <• jj, the llouw of Commons on -" June 21), attention was drawn " •' ft statement that three naof a district in thel'nil- - laProvinCPS of India had b^-n I acquitted of murder, but were -Jrrestod Hvg months later, ; an d found guißy. It w»s stati. tH | that a respite for the pur- > - ™sc of appeal was refused by '- [k Lieutenant-Governor r • j Hewett, and two of the nar t j^ were .executed and the II (hird .sentenced to penal serviI tude for life. I Sir-J. Hewett now declares ? ' {hat the petition for a respite I .was not received at the proper \ time. He denies that he order • ed 8» appeal against the na- \ lives' acquittal or stimulated ; j \ retrial, fle adds that the . L nation of mlumianity was ; -Mnwsly unfair. ' 'The-tfartfuis of Crewe (See~retar>r for India) .in a despatch to India* states that Sir J. ifcwctt would have been wiser to have suspended the sentences,* but he acted from a ' of duty. Separate tenders pre invited by Mr Q;B. Day for the plumbing and painti«2 of a residence at the Mount. The Prince's Pictures will again ' present an attractive programme at • the Optra House to-morr_w night. A Sensational dramatic film "Within an; Inch of His LifeV will be well worlh l- . seeing, and tbe programme will al.o - feinter/persed with otfur dramatic jjcturei; "Winds if Fate," " War and fyfj? and ''Jealousy." A nature jcew~' uAViId Animals in Captivity,'' ; »SJb an attractive feature, and . ~*WM .Bavaria" will provid-j the diinl scenic" study. For a hearty . laughs "Tin Type Roman: c," , -^Strirw/' "Hough Weather Court- ~ "~-s_ip," acd "Tiny Tim's Exploits" V - Wllrbe provided, while "Jiirens of the Sea" will prove of more than " 'iwualinterest, Generally the pictures ;' -tobssbown will be well up to tbe i; /standard'cf this popular* Saturday V'miringresort, and well worth teeing, j \. A restaurant keeper at Te Puke Jimd David Samuel Thorburn . has .' • been adjudged a bankrupt. 'J he total *.. ibti amount to £211 18s 4d. The ' gcodwillof the busine_a is estimated to produce £100; stoek-in-tru Je, etc., = i«i2J);-and cash in hand and in bank fitounts to about £10. Assets thus »«nouiit to £230, which leaves a sur- ■ >tuset_mis *d. Ihe first meeting . of creditors will te held on August .- , A'fiQil reminder is given of the Wioar meeting of the Tauranga - Agricultural and Pastoral Association Jj'bich is to be held in the Coronation Halt at 2.30 p.m. to-morrow. The many friends of Mr Claude Llick 4 naye decided to tender him a farewell social in tnt Coronation Hall on Mon- % evening next. The arrangements J« connection with the function are in w i hands of an energetic committee •w m, do.bt there will te a large gathering present to bid adieu to Mr ■ Blick.

- h . .A petition is being circulated for "*!! Bnii Ut. c in the Bay of Plenty and ■;M» Waikato districts with a view to ; ™ucmg tbe Government to run a mail ',[ ■i wrvi?c between Taurangi and we Wukato via Kaimai. The aivan- - * U 8» 6$ clamed for 6Uch a service are /iMtojaih and tourist could reach ,;«uraijgaa day earlier than by any - oilier route in use at the present time. ' W Vißt a coach cou,d ,cave Taura * nt. lla'm- and cat h the 0.20 -,Pj«. train at Mathtnata, thus enroling, tourists and mails to catch the J'ght express at Frankton Junction sL*m Auckla"d or Wellington. - JMi mail coach meet the train . J«ch leaves Frankt:n Junction at "lOim *nd drrives;»t Matamata at ' ftijiti- * ?t *otW e"«ble tourists and Jiaih to reach Tauranga the same SLthf* facts ' U h rilaimed< te h_.«e- 81*at *avina there would havingl!?. tiffie a»d expense by -Th» K-* -lr °Ct m'jil coa"h service ?,a Minn to tho railway.

Ro°- m vvas ca * over the -who _!!. lbat our musical critic c, r r^ f.°u r b,s vjtriolic Powers, lEißdlv 1p«» ? in »ocent piano, very ->2SiS? ,eßlbw^ the Club, and af°f«fßid c rStrUmeiU t0 boDt' lhe "•tion ohpn ■ witb lears o{ mortifil°Uiw*mß»r,_. g hi3vi -'ion. requested ":% S? done Word inextenua--BPP?»ranr o ; ,ano Was condemned on :^^bleda„nn re,y .'as ,l outwardly ' hßs «tttnJ?? i er ,nstru"ient which ' ! ? perfor,ner3 on other . '>Kly ben !J„ *. hicb *^d unKnow- : ~,/ fr balled in this incident.