COMMONWEALTH NEWS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 21 December 1928, Page 5

COMMONWEALTH NEWS.

SIX YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT.

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Joseph Livingstone, aged 60, was sentenced to six years imprisonment for the manslaughter of Margaret Fearon, his sister-in-law.

Mr Justice Mann described the crime as revolting and without the slightest provocation.

RELEASED ON HEAVY BAIL. Received 11.30 a.m. to-day. MELBOURNE, Dec. 21. Bail was granted in a sum of £3OOO by the Chief Justice to the five men wiio were committed for tidal on a charge of having bombed the Greek Club on December 1, with intent to commit murder. The men also have to report to the detective office daily. APPEAL DISMISSED. SYDNEY, Dec. 20. The Full Court to-day dismissed the appeal on behalf of Martin Jacobsen, of Woy Woy, against his conviction and sentence to death for criminally assaulting a former fiancee. The case caused a great stir owing to the allegation that the girl consented. TROUBLES OF MALING. SYDNEY, Dec. 20. Silas Y. Mating, ex-manager of the electricity department of the Sydney City Council, who is now in prison as a result of the civic corruption inquiry, and who was recently divorced by his wife, suffered another reverse to-day, the judge in bankruptcy making an order for the compulsory sequestration of Maling’s estate at the instance of the Commissioner of Taxation.

AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE.

MELBOURNE, Dec. 20,

Amazing disclosures were made today in an abduction case against Albert Peardon, a married man. Evidence was given that lie cleared out in 1923 with Violet Barry, who was then aged 12, a ward of the State in the care of Peardon’s wife. Since that time Peardon and the girl had lived as man and wife in other States. The girl was no.w the mother of two children aged 4 and 20 months. The girl gave evidence that she was as much tq blame as Peardon. who deposed lie had believed she was over 16. Otherwise he would not have taken her away. Peardon was committed to the higher court for trial.

INCREASED SHIPPING FREIGHTS

MELBOURNE, Dec. 20

Federal authorities and shipping representatives, commenting on the cabled report regarding increases in freights, point out that no change is likely in the rates on goods going to Britain. The increases refer only to outward rates.

COMPANY FACING CRISIS

SYDNEY, Dec. 20.

The Riverina Woollen Manufacturing Company’s position is critical owing to a series of financial losses. A proposal is afoot to close the works at Wagga. Wagga.

WOMAN’S SUPPLY OF FROCKS

MELBOURNE, Dec. 21

Frocks valued at £ISOO were exhibited in the Criminal Court at Melbourne in a- case against Mrs. Elfreda Court, who was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for having stolen them from the city warehouse where she was employed as a saleswoman.

Mrs. Court said that she had acquired 246 frocks for her wedding, but all had been bought from various sources and had not been stolen.