AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20415, 23 May 1928, Page 8

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

MOTORISTS AND PETROL. MAY IMPORT THEIR OWN. (United Press Association.) (By Electric ’Telegraph—-Copyright.) SYDNEY, May 22. Whether motorists should import their own petrol as is done by the Canterbury (New Zealand) Automobile Association, is the subject of discussion in Sydney, but representative men disapprove of the idea. They argue that the petrol price is not unreasonable. Country charges merely have freight added, while distributors work at all hours on every day, of the woek for the convenience of motorists. One prominent commercial man (Mr Boyd Edkins) declared that the Canterbury experiment would not last long. Another (Mr Murdoch, M.L.C.) expressed the opinion that Canterbury must he getting cheap Mexican spirit.—Australian Press Association. FRAMING FUTURE AWARDS. PROVISION FOR SUSPENSION. SYDNEY, May 22. In the Commonwealth -Arbitration Court. Mr Justice Dethridge, dealing with the new award for the Merchant Service Guild, said that he intended to put in all future awards a clause stating that in the event of an unreasonable strike or lock-out the award shall be suspended. —Australian Press Association. WESTERN AUSTRALIA. THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. PERTH, May 22. The Legislative Council elections are complete. Another Labour seat has been lost to the Country Party.—Australian Press Association. , A LONG-LOST SON. SATISFIED WITH AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, May 22. (Received May 22, at 11 p.m.) Percival West says he will not return to New Zealand as he ia qilite happy and comfortable at the Mornington Hotel, where he has been employed for the past seven years. West not seen his father since 1911.—Australian Press Association. A previous message read as follows.— Mr Andrew West, aged 70, -left New Zealand ■ fur Australia recently to resume a nine-years’ search for his son Percival. Information reached the father* from Mr George Emery, of - the Grand Hotel, Mornington, that Percival had been employed by him for the past seven years, and father and son were reunited. THE QUEENSLAND TRAGEDY. VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER. BRISBANE, May 22. At the Roma Circuit Court the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter, with a strong recommendation to mercy, due co provocation, against the brothers Lay- . ock. Both wore sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.—Australian Association. The story of a fearful fight with sticks between brothers, resulting in the death of Frederick Turvcy at Injune on February 3, was told before the Circuit Court at Roma by Harris Cann, an eye-witness, who stated that Frederick and Charles Turvcy and Robert and Arthur Laycock were all drunk. Arthur Laycock wanted to fight all the time, and Federick Purvey eventualy knocked him down. Robert Laycock hit Charles Turvcy on the beau with a stick, felling him. Frederick Turvcy, who was going for the pilico. was intercepted by the two Laycocks, and dreadfully beaten over the head with large tent pegs, and died quickly. Arthur Laycock then walked to where the other Purvey was lying, and, exclaiming: “Will I kill him ? ’ raised the stick above his head, when Cann intervened and took the stick away, and saved Charles Turvey’s life. Robert Layeock said to his brother Arthur; “You’re the cause of all this, but as you're a married man I’ll take all the and Harris Ciinu can look afte. my interests.”