GRIEF-STRICKEN MOTHER

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 15 April 1922, Page 5

GRIEF-STRICKEN MOTHER

BY CABLE—PBESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT MELBOURNE, AprlTia"

Mrs. Ross, who stated that she had sold her house and now had money to appeal to the Privy Council, tearfully appealed for the reprieve of her son, Colin Ross, to the Attorney-General, who said he could hold out no hope, and she would only waste time '■ and money attempting to proceed further. Mrs. Ross stoutly protested her son's innocence.

(Ross, found guilty of the murder of the girl Tirtschke, unsuccessfully appealed to the High Court, and he is to be executed.}

hours will be finished in three months. The aviators are confident and are looking fonyard cheerfully to their arduous experience.

The route will be by France, Italy, Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, Burma, China, Japan, the Islands, Alaska, the Canadian Lakes, New York, St. John's, the Azores and home,