ANSWERS TO, CORRESPONDENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22285, 11 June 1934, Page 6

ANSWERS TO, CORRESPONDENTS

" Bush Lawyer," Hampden.—(l) A person charged with murder and found not guilty could not be tried again on the same charge. (2) The fact that one man has been acquitted on a charge of murder would not prevent a similar charge being made against another man. "Argument," Hlllgrove.—(l) A second man can bo tried on a charge of murder following the acquittal of another man on the same charge. (2) A man found not guilty on a charge of murder could be charged again with the same offence, but could not be tried on the charge. Acquittal by a jury secures Ids freedom even If fresh evidence was obtainable. " Cockatoo,” Lawrence.—lt is Impossible to do more than give an approximate or average price for working land. The conditions of the soil, locality, and other factors all enter into the question. A fair average price for deep ploughing would be 12s 6d per acre; double discing (twice) would be 3s 6d per stroke, 7s; harrowing (three). Is Gd per stroke, 4s Gd; broadcasting grass seed, 2s per acre. On hill land the price would bo higher according to the extra time occupied by the contractor. The ploughing would probably not bo so deep, and some time would be saved on that account. " Maori,” Port Chalmers. —There is considerable difference of opinion as to the meaning and In some cases even as to the correct spelling of well-known Maori words. The meaning of the word " Wakatlpu," used and spelt " Whakatlpu ” by the Maoris, has boon alternately given as "to increase, make grow, nourish, build up all round about." “ Waka-Tlpu " means " canoe firmly fixed." " Wanaka ” has been given the meaning of " the white of the two, further on, or distance.” “ Wa-nanga ” (the Southern Maori spelling) means " holy or sacred altar or a sacred medium.” " Hawea ” signifies " doubt or distrust," being the headquarters of, and named after, the hapu or sub-tribe of the great Ngal Tahu-lwl. "Air Mall,” Dunedin.—The details relating to the air mail to Now Guinea arc expected to be available on Monday. A reply to your Inquiry will follow. " Fair Play.”—lt would seem, from your statement, that the vendor v..s simply negligent concerning his own interest. If the claim was a valuable one it would be expected that ho would receive payment for it either in the form of cash or in that of cash and shares. The matter was one of arrangement between him and those to whom ho sold the property. "Katlkl,” Hlllgrove.—We have no means at present of verifying the report relating to the alleged destruction of bacon by a foreign Government. F. O’Rorke.—Your letter has been published elsewhere. E. W. P.—Now that you have specified the Instances of alleged inhumanity on the part of the Western Samoan Administration, which, you say, bring the blush of shame to your checks, it Is sufficient to say that the incidents connected with tiie death of Tainascsc were the subject at the time of judicial inquiry and that the version of them quoted by you is highly-coloured and unreliable. .