THE DEATH PENALTY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4713, 3 August 1893, Page 2

THE DEATH PENALTY.

The Privy Council having decided against the points reserved for the defence in the case of the condemned man Makin, convicted of murder in connection with numerou3 cases of baby farming, the Executive has decided that he shall pay the extreme penalty of the law on Monday week, August 14.

[Per Pbsss Association. J MEASLES. AUCKLAND, August 2. Owing to some of the Country School Committees closing the schools without consulting the Board for lengthy periods on account of measles, the Board has passedthe following resolution :•—" School Committees are reminded that there is no power to close schools unless in very exceptional circumstances, and schools should not be closed for more than one day without consulting the Board or its executive." Some of the medical men intend to sue the corporation for fees due for reporting cases of measles. A test case will be taken j into Court. ] WOMEN'S FRANCHISE. A meeting of the Woman's Franchise League decided to communicate with the Auckland members, urging them to vote for woman's franchise when the matter comes up in the House. GOLDMINING. The Waihi Goldmining Company had 1621 tons of ore crashed and treated for the four weeks ending July 29, yielding £330. PRESBYTERIAN LOSSES. At a meeting of the Presbytery the Rev F. M'Nicol asked Mr Somerville, a& a trustee of the cfrarch, for particulars of the recent litigation, and whether it was likely that any further proceedings would, be taken in connection with the losses the church has sustained through the defalcations of its late solicitor. Mr Somerville, in reply, after relating the circumstances of the late action in the Supreme Court, in which the trustees were defeated, etated that the Board of Trustees had since fully considered the position. It had consulted several leading counsel in the south, who were unanimously of opinion that the trustees had a Btrong case to go to the Court of Appeal, bat having regard to the odium which repeated appearances in the Law Courtß 1 would be likely to bring upon the churoh, the trustees had resolved to proceed no ; further, in the hope that the General ; Assembly of the church to which they were responsible, will approve of their conduct, and submit to the very serious loss which must consequently be borne. AMATEUR ATHLETICS. j WELLINGTON, August 2. ' The Amateur Athletic Club has decided to abandon its cycling branch, and to con- ; duct future meetings under the rules of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. The sum of ten guineas waß voted towards the expenses of a New Zealand team to compete at the Championship Athletic Meeting in Australia. SUICIDE. DUfIEDIN, August 2. Charles Burton, aged seventy-seven years, shot himself at Clyde on Tuesday and died to-day. He stated he was tired of life. ; AN ABSCONDER. : A warrant has been issued at Auckland for the arrest of a young man named Ernest T. Dawson, who was manager of the Dunedin branch of Cook's Tourist Agency. This Dawson, like his namesake now awaiting trial, was known to be living fast, and his friends were under the impression that he must have private means. He left here last Wednesday on his way north, where he said he was going to spend five weeks' holiday. He appears to have written to the Auckland manager tbat he was absconding with the firm's money, but since the warrant has been issued nothing has been heard of him. He is believed to have left Lyttelton for Rio in the Coptic. The amount of defalcations is mentioned as £600. Dawson came to Dunedin from Auckland. MUNICIPAL. The City Council to-night decided to take no action in keeping Arbor Day as a holiday. It was pointed out that being Friday, when the shops are open late, it would be inconvenient to close the shops, besides which the fourth was the most important day of the month. The Tramway Company wrote that if the Government insisted on demanding £8000 to defray the cost of insulating the telephones, it was quite certain that the new Company would not proceed with the electrio tramways. A large nnmber of applications were received to be placed on the burgess roll. Objection wa3 taken to fifty-two of these, which it was alleged were made in view of the licensing elections. Practically all but one were passed.