DOMINION NEWS RETRIAL ON MURDER CHARGE COMMENCED

Greymouth Evening Star, 5 February 1947, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS RETRIAL ON MURDER CHARGE COMMENCED

The first case for hearing in the Supreme Court at Hamilton yesteiday was the retrial of Ivan Manfred Kahu, aged 29, who had been found guilty of murder at Hamilton a year ago. The prosecution last year alleged that the accused had murdered Hine Piri Kahu. aged 23, and Massey Amundsen, aged 33, at Manunui, on December 8, 1945. The case was heard before Mr. Justice Blair, Mr. N. R. Bain. Crown prosecutor at Wanganui, conducing the prosecution, and Mr. N. I. Smith (Hamilton) representing the accused. Mr. J. F. Strang, Crown prosecutor at Hamilton, is conducting the prosecution and Mr. Smith again appears for Kahu. Mr. Justice Smith is hearing the case, which has been returned to the Court for retrial by a direction of the Court of Appeal.— (P.A.)

Shipment of Bananas. A shipment of 25,216 cases of bananas was carried by the Union Company’s passenger motor-ship Matua when she arrived at Auckland on Monday morning from Suva and island ports. Other island produce was carried by the vessel, which will leave for the islands on February 11 after entering Calliope Dock early next week. Fruit Container Charge

More than 100 Auckland fruit and vegetable retailers met yesterday morning to decide whether they would pay a container charge on stone fruit. A majority of the retailers agreed to pay the container charge under protest until the result of a meeting of their federation in Wellington on February 9 is known. If the container charge is still forced, as is probable, the retailers intend to increase their margin of profit to 40 per cent, on the wholesale cost of fruit, in addition to the container charge and a charge for delivery into store. This will involve a higher price to the consumer. Buying proceeded normally. The retailers made no efforts to include private buyers to support their case. It had been suggested that the retailers should picket the market tc- warn buyers not to pay a container charge, but no action on these lines was taken. —(P.A.) “A Scribe in Skirts.”

A friend of ours who is wont to dally in women’s cricketing circles from time to time, ever alert for news, heard of a distressing incident which happened “somewhere in the north,” writes “Hydra” in the Otago Daily Times. There happened to be a women’s cricket representative match on, and the chief of staff of one of the local dailies had the brilliant idea of sending along a female reporter to cover the assignment. The lass was willing, but from a cricketing viewpoint, dumb, “What are

those two men in white coats?” she queried with the surprised air of one who has expected an all-girl show and been gypped. Told later that the team had lost . six wickets, she queried: “Can’t they get some more?” One of the female bat-wielders could resist the obvious query no longer. “Are there any vacancies in your office?” she asked. The scribe in skirts answered in the negative—as' a matter of fact, she informed them, there were four on the waiting list. The cricketers feel certain that changes are'pending. ?