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Twice Sentenced to Death

fcyrtn«'y Thui-.lay .'

Majo» Jumes gtewar , 'o whom the Hiyh C'fui'fc in Ap ii granted » new »rial, ,íop ale,| a^ tj)fJ ocinii »a court ag in to in-'wer a eharve or í iving orinnnall> assiult d his ueic ,17 yars old. The a leged cime was com nit'ied in a city hotel at night. Ste-va i. i'» a stHtem-'h] tiom the dock, denied Inv iny Of un mil ted u orno i nal offe ie< His ueic« -tee 'inp¡iu!ed hmi to a, rr. un at the hotel »ml cun-eut» d to whut took place. íh'-juiy ifter-, a, few m uutfä reí a-ned a vtrriictof Not Guilty aid Stewart WHS dischai »ed. Convicted at his first trial Stn wart wis sentenced to death on September 1920. At the second trial he was again convicted and sentenced to death in Nov. 1920.

Yoram and Matasta, the native teachers on the South Goulburn Island Mission, were present at the service in the Methodist Church last Sunday evening and were requested by the Rev. Hof to sing a duet in their own language. Yo»am is tun possessor of a bass voice of a very good natural «jualiiy whilst Mat-isia sings the tenor

part. They ate on their way to . Thursday Is and in order vi »ssst to j bring over the newly purchased ketch (with auxiliary engine) foi use

io connection wi'h the" new stathn »»t Crocodile Islands as well as tl>9 Goulburn Islands.

Life home papers give further details of the tomantio expedition which s tiled recently from England for the purpose of founding a colony on some tropic ii island where its members may live thr simple life free from taxes. The preliminary notice which appeired in,'he London Times

brought answers fr-m all over the wot Id, de.-pitti thesnecs »nd sardonic .smiles of the cytnVs. Thirteen people (unlucky numher) are now on their way to the Marquesas Islands to chuosw a site . Their leader is a Mr Rhodes Disher, a man of 33. who has amassed a fortune ou* °*: rne making and selling of pickled ^e ls a

rather remark»I>1K iharactc-!4n °dd mixture ,of practical louiancf and shrewd fantasy. All manner of people - chemists, physicians, dentists, mer- chants, mechanics, and army officers -ha^e decided to join the ventuie They have no visionary fnnci<Js te liv- ing at» idle life under the palm trees, and th<- leader (who has retired /rom ,'»usines-) appears to have l-»h the foundivfct'.n* of his colotty pteity

seuure>y as far as a commercial «ouse can provide ayainSb contiiigenci.s.

A correspondent writes making wiiat appears a ^ood suggestion, v: c. Thac nil the. whitr residents ot ihe N. T. at pre^'nt employed, subs^ .ibe Is per wet-k to a ni d to be usfV for the purpose of choosing a parliament- ary candidate by ballot and paring candida re tile Unuel salary of ¡i u-em bin* of parliament. Twelve mont .s is (-suuiatud as thv length of titnH nect- ary fco collect the funds; .-elect a can- didate "who would worthily represent all classes" -and send bim South. ''If"we showed thut vve were not onlv willing but able to do battle, that we claimed our right to be represented aud were enforcing our rights in an honorable and honest way, we wou(d have Southern publio opinion with us" is what is claimed for the scheme.

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