A LEAF FROM THE PAST.
An old letter written from Wellington in 1841, recently found by a correspondent among hiss papers, states that in the previous year the building of a gaol at Wanganui was beijun, sjnd finished in February. The sawyers who voiked in C-ulville'jj bush contributed to its erection, for the Magistrate, instead of fining them in moaev lor offences, ordered them to bring lOOft of timber "for the first offence, 200 ft for the second, and so on. The gao! only cost £12 in cash, and for souv? time alter it was finished there wer , . , no prir-oner* to put in it, and the clerk to tho Bench used it as v stoic for potatoes and pumpkins.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11491, 26 January 1903, Page 7
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119A LEAF FROM THE PAST. Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11491, 26 January 1903, Page 7
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