AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22810, 20 February 1936, Page 9

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

MURDERER OF GIRLS SODEMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH MELBOURNE. February 19. Sodeman, found guilty of murder, was sentenced to death. He received the verdict calmly. TWO PEOPLE ELECTROCUTED ADELAIDE, February 19. A mother and son were electrocuted near Eudunda in tragic circumstances. The victims were Ida Tseharke, aged 45. and Lewis Tseharke, aged nine. A high-tension cable had fallen across a fence and set fire to a post. Lewis, en route to school, went to investigate the cause of the fire, and unwittingly placed his hand on the fence. Ho was instantly killed. Other school children ran to his assistance. The boy’s mother rushed to the scene, and while scrambling through the fence was also electrocuted. Two young Tseharke children, endeavouring to extricate their mother, were severely burned. THE PREFERENCE CLAUSE SYDNEY, February 19. Consequent upon the Port Kcmbla Iron and Steel Works strike, the Industrial Commission has called upon the Federated Ironworkers’, Union to show cause why its preference clause and also its registration should not be cancelled. The hearing is fixed for Tuesday at Woollongong. INSPECTION OF FARM SCHOOLS FREMANTLE. February 19. A passenger by the Orion ,is Mr Gordon Green, secretary of the Child Emigration Society and Pairbridge Farm Schools. He intends visiting New Zealand. He will inspect the sites of two new farm schools, one in the eastern State of Australia, the other in New Zealand. These two schools come within the scheme for which the King, when Prince of Wales, launched an appeal for £IOO,OOO two years ago. A PROMINENT SCOT FREMANTLE, February 19. A passenger by the Orion is Colonel Burton Stewart, representative of the Stewart Society of Scotland, who is visiting Australia on behalf of the society, endeavouring to increase its membership. He said that when visiting Auckland some time ago he was impressed by the fact that names of 40 Stewarts appeared on the war memorial, and it occurred to him, that the society might considerably augment its membership in Australia and New Zealand. THE INCOME TAX CASE SYDNEY, February 19. The Trautwein High Court appeal argument has been concluded. The court reserved judgment. A message received yesterday stated: The High Court is hearing an appeal by Theodore Charles Trautwein, M.L.C., against the Federal income tax assessors for the years 1921 to 1927, assessments and penalties in the dispute totalling £162,000. TESTIMONIAL CRICKET MATCH SYDNEY, February 19. (Received Feb. 19, at 11.30 p.m.) The New South Wales Cricket Association has decided to stage a testimonial match for Messrs Warren Bardsley and Jack Gregory next season.