DOMINION NEWS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 27 November 1925, Page 7

DOMINION NEWS.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A YOUNG WOMAN. ft (BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.) TAIHAPE, Nov. 27. At the Police Court yesterday, a young single woman, a recent arrival from Ireland, was charged with manslaughter and the concealment of birth of a male child, the body of which was found in a trunk in the girl’s room at the home where she worked at Mangaweka. The accused pleaded not guilty, and was committed for trial on both charges, bail being allowed in her own recognisances and one surety of £IOO, which was forthcoming. The inquest Was held concurrently with the court proceedings, and a verdict was returned that death was due to the severance of the umbilical cord and lack of attention thereafter. A SUCCESSFUL COMPANY. WELLINGTON, Nov. 27. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., has received advice from its head office at London that the revenue for the year, after paying taxes amounting to £42,778, writing off premises £IO,OOO, and providing for bad and doubtful debts and debenture stock interest, shows a balance of £141,889. The sum of £IO,OOO has been appropriated for the staffbenevolent fund, while an interim dividend has been paid on preference stock, and the dividend now proposed to be paid will absorb £120,000. The balance carried forward amounts to £39,645. The directors propose a final dividend of 21 per cent on perference stock, and a dividend of 7 per cent on ordinary stock, both less 2s 3d in the pound English income tax. 1 A SEtVEREI FROST. OHRJISTCHURCH, Nov. 27. A severe frost was experienced at Christchurch this morning, 9.7 degrees being registered. This was the worst frost in November for seven years. COLD SNAP AT HASTINGS. HASTINGS, Nov. 27. The tail-end of a southerly reached here last night. A quarter of an inch of rain was registered and a gale raged for a few hours. The morning broke fine, but overcast and cold. Snow is low on the hills, as it is in midwinter. FIRE AT GOLF CLUB HOUSE. GISBORNE, Nov. 27. At the Gisborne Golf’s pavilion and professional’s quarters, which were destroyed by fire last night, over one hundred sets of clubs were burnt. The professional, McCormick, loses a o-ood deal of gear. The club carried a policy of £530 on the buildings and £BOO ton members? XjSects, hut the loss is estimated to be considerably above these amounts. APPEALS FOR THE PRIVY COUNCIL. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 27. Three New Zealand appeal cases are to be brought before the Privy Council in London next year, and prominent New Zealand couusel will represent the parties. In the case of Morgan v. Wright, an Ashburton case, Mr. M. J. Grosser (Christchurch) will appear for the appellant and Mr. M. Myers (Wellington) for the respondent. In another case, the appeal of Distributors, Limited, Mr. Gresson will he with Mr. Myers for the appellant. A third case is .from Invercargill, Wilkinson v. Bissett. AN UNSUCCESSFUL SOCIETY. AUCKLAND, Nov. 27. The City Council has agreed to allow the Auckland Competitions Society time in which to pay £2OO for the hire of the Town Hall, the competitions having resulted in a loss of £877. The Society has adopted a scheme for paying its creditors 6s 8d in the pound. TRAPPED OPOSSUMS OUT OF SEASON. WELLINGTON, Nov. 27. France Lawrence Clark and Maurice Eric Field were charged at the Magistrate’s Court with illegally falling opossums before the .season opened. Both pleaded guilty. The police stated that skins were purchased by a firm of brokers in Wellington, but the firm denied purchase. This firm was equally liable with the trapP<3l\S. The Chief Detective .said that he understood the case, had come i-o the court through an admission made, by the accused, as the result of a dispute between them and the brokers regarainp! payment for the skins. The accused stated in court that taki no- opossums before the season opened was a general- thing and rangers seemed to be shutting their eyes. The accused were fined £25 each and were allowed a month in which to pay. A CENTENARIAN DEAD. AUCKLAND, Nov. 27. Joseph Sylvester Warrington Jackson died at the Auckland Infirmary, He wa sover 100 years of age. He wa R an officer in the Royal Artillery, and came to New Zealand when n young man and took part in the Maori War.