NEWS AND NOTES.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIII, Issue 3074, 2 November 1929, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

William Henry Brauman ftas been found guilty at Dunedin of the murder of his wife on August 7th, and sentenced to death.

It is expected that the present session of Parliament will end about the middle of next week.

The decision of the directors or the Bank of England to reduce the bank rate from 6*4 to 6 per cent has been announced. '**

The crew of the Graf Zeppelin have now agreed to take part in the proposed Polar flight, for which they •will receive special pay anad will be insured.

The total number of lives lost in the wrecks caused by the recent storms on the Great Lakes is 115.

The people of Nova Scotia in a plebiscite taken on Thursday voted against the Temperance Act, which is at present in force, and in favour of Government control of liquor, by a majority of more than 28,000 votes.

A compulsory conference or parties to the New South Wales coal trade dispute will be held on Wednesday, under , the chairmanship of Mr. Hibble, a justice of the peace, who has had a long experience of such disputes, and who has figured in a number of strike settlements.

Joseph Barratt, who macre a statement to the police at Glasgow regarding the recent murder of the tobacconist, Alfred Oliver, at Reading, has been released. He was found to be suffering from delusions. He had previously accused himself of murders with which he was not connected.

M. Clementel has abandoned his attempt to form a Ministry in France, as the Radical Socialists whom he had asked to join it demanded that they should first approve his programme.

Two women members of the House of Commons, Dr, Marion Phillips and Viscountess Astor, and four members of the Government were among the first to apply for tickets for the special flight in the airship RlOl next month.