DOMINION NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4862, 7 May 1918, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS.

Press Association Telegram-

AUCKLAND, May. 6. . Joseph Thomas Christie, who previously made several sensational es- i capes from custody, got through a -window of his cell at Avondale men- ! tal hospital on Saturday night, and is still at large. NEW PLYMOUTH, May 6. Cable advice has been received of the death in London on Monday last of Mrs C. W. Govett, who was a daughter of Sir Henry Atkinson. She had been an invalid and resided in England for several years WELLINGTON, May 6. Judgment was delivered in the Appeal Court in the case Lord Inert, rape v. the Minister for Stamps. This was an appeal against assessTnent of stamp duty in respect of the transfer of certain Union ■Company shares for consideration partly in cash and partly for the amount of deferred stock in the 1 and O. Company. The question at issue was whether duty was payable on the cash part of the consideration or on the value of the stock also. Ilie Court held that the transaction was an exchange under section Z ol the Stamp Duties Amendment Act, 1913, and duty was payable on bothThe appeal was therefore dismissed. In the case Wellington City Council v. Karori Borough Council a matter affecting extension of cemetery the appeal was dismissed. y ' CHRISTCHURCH, May 6. The City Council to-night decided to increase by 71 per cent, the pay of all its employees receiving under £3 10s per week.