GUN ALLEY MURDER.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16668, 25 February 1922, Page 12

GUN ALLEY MURDER.

* JURY FAILS TO AGREE. By Telegraph—Press Association—CopyrightAnfltralian and N.Z. Cable Association. • (Received February 25, 11.35 a.m.) SYDNEY. February 25. Counsel addressed the jury in the Gun Alley murder trial, in which Colin Campbell Ross is charged with murdering; Alma Tirtschke. Mr G. A. Maxwell, who appeared for accused, declared that Ross was a pre judged man. He attacked the characters of the Crown, witnesses. The jury were unable to agree. They were locked up overnight. MISCELLANEOUS CABLES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON. February 24. Sir James Garrick’s daughter Alice, vhose estate is valued at £28,523, has bequeathed £IO,OOO to the University of Queensland for a professorship, either in Law or medicine, in memory of her late father. (Received February 25, 9.10 a.m.) PARIS. February 24. “ Le Matin " states that the conference between Mr Lloyd George and M. Poincare, to be held at Boulogne, will deal with the Franco-British pact and other subjects, but M. Poincare is determined that the question of the pact and the Genoa Conference shall not be linked one with the other. MELBOURNE, February 25. The Minister of Customs states that five of the twenty-four woods tested at the Forest Products’ laboratory at Perth have been selected as the most likely sources of a supply of paper pulp. The experiments were decidedly encouraging, but required confirmation on a semi-commercial scale. Mr Gullett, an emigration officer, in explaining his resignation, attacked Mr Hughes for his hole and corner policy on the immigration proposals. He condemned the Burnett scheme because it came from Mr E. G. Theodore (Premier of Queensland'). Mr Hughes declined to comment. SYDNEY, February 25. Mr Hughes promised a deputation from Lysaght'a galvanised iron factory that he would recommend an extra protective duty on iron to encourage the industry in Australia if the manufacturers did not exploit the public by exorbitant prices.