TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 2894, 9 February 1893, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

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Tim PahiMtaa Mystery. 1 r*T "n_i ft

Wellington, reDruary y. It appears thac the body of Jacobson has not yet been found, but on the strength of possession of the missing man's property Aldridge will be charged with the major offence. The police Have been on his track for many months, watching for a clue, but this ia the first f.imA lir lias jnvan them a chance.

Tli* .Racing- IM*|mte.

McKinnon's claim against the Wellington Racing Club for the value of the Telegraph Stakes, on the grounds that Rebellion's entry was improperly admitted, was argued before Mr Justice Richmond to-day. Judgment was reserved. ' /

The Tarantikl .Land Case*.

Two important witnesses required in the Land Act prosecutions afc New Plymouth have disappeared, and the police are fiparchinsr for them-

Kotalniarttmtk Industrial School.

Since November the children have been gradually withdrawn from the Kohimarama industrial school, which the Minister of Education has decided to close. Only two are now left, the rest having been boarded out. When these are gone (he school will be closed, but as the lease has some three years to run the land will probably be utilised in some way. It is in this school the lad Armstrong, whose cuse formed the subject of some strong remarks by Mr Graham, R.M., last week, was a pupil.