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Alleged Labor Dissension.
A PARTY SPLIT.
A Kalgoorlie correspondent -writes ;
There is a great probability of the
local "Workers' Association declining
to pass the minutes of the late Perth
Congress. It is considered that at
the Congress the delegates were a very ;
poor lot, and consequently they did
poor work. I should not be surprised
to see a conference of goldfields asso-
ciations called and some radical altera-
tions made in the programme. The;
revised platform wül then be ' sub-
mitted to the coastal laborista, so that
already there is a rift, and by the time
the elections como round, if great care'
be not exercised, it may be widened
to a fatal extent.
The latest importations by Konigstein
and Co, of the Central Hay-street boot and
shoe emporium, are np to the high Water
mark of fashion and elegance for which the
firm Í3 now justly renowned. The -prices
are as low, if not lower, than those pre-
vailing in the establishments carrying in-
ferior stocks '.'*']
Elsewhere it is announced that à meeting
of sympathisers with Home Bule for Ireland
will be held at the Mechanics' Institute on ?
Monday next, at 8 p m. Amongst the
speakers will be Mr F. W. Moorhead, MJ?.,
and Mr F. A. Harney, which announce- ;
ment in itself is a guarantee of ¿a' consider-,
able intellectual treat. The local Home
Rulers are moved to take tjjis step by the
general elections in the old -Ämntry, and
tiie expressed determination of Sir William.
H trèourt to take the question up folly aa
pár* of (he programme of the Liberal-Party.
We wish the movement every success, and
trust that there will be a large attendance.
The following is the opinion of the late
Constantine Molloy. Queen's Counsel, whose
reputation was the highest in Mack letter
and criminal law, in his work "The Justice
of the Peace " (published edition 1899, page
58), where he dealt with the question of the
compromise of offences :-" Compounding
felony, or entering into any agreement for
'valuable consideration, to forbear prosecut-
ing any person for felony is a misdemeanor
punishable by fine or imprisonment (I Hale
546, 619 ; 2 Hale 400; Beg v. Burgess,
116QDB, 141). The "consideration need not
be of a pecuniary nature, but may be of any
benefit or advantage proceeding from or on
behalf of the felon, and accruing to the
person who forbears. The 24 and 25 Vic-
toria , c 94 S8 enacts; ' Whosoever shall aid,
abet, counsel or procure the commission of
any misdemeanor, whether the same be a
misdemeanor at common law or by virtue ot
any act passed or tope passed shall be liable
to be tried, indicted and punished as a
principal offender.,M Are you listening,
Mr. Pennefather?
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