TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1147, 9 August 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

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THE WOODLAND TRAGEDY,

Further intelligence' which!has teaohe'd here regarding the finding of a Mrs Milne and her two children jiri«a well at" Woodlands goes to show that she, in a weak • rooroent',* committed- suioide, 1 and J her two children itii.'i the well to drown with her. .Of late had been heard to say she 'wpecteW ii to'dißj , and > gave evidence pt a weiiL.Btate-. of : mind.inways.', 'The well. was usually keptI covered ivith a lid, which it was. almost | imp!wiljte,,tn ';haye,heen,'liftedi by the: .children _ There was 20ft of water in th e well, whioh is.3oft deep.- '• v-n |' r '- *Flfe]AT ! -NJiWTO)VNi v' ;>M !.. , ~ - WBLTjWQTON. thisday.,. A foiir roomed cottage at Newtown was destroyed jby ; fire at six o'clock this morn-, mg. Tlie palce was unoccupied. The > fire l originated' throughithe' owner of .theV 'house,'who resides next'"door, and'was" cutting firewood inside, knocking over akerosene lamp.- The-House was msitrud' ■for £IOO in the 'South- British. -The loss' •is estimated ut £so'ab6ve tliat amountj l '

( COURT INTELLIGENCE. ?.M.i |.---thfa dajl l

Tawhiao has deoided to postpone the lormal opening of the Waipa bridge till the Hon Mr Bryce's arrival on Saturday." At a meeting at his sflttlemo'nfc' in a friendly manner towards the Government, and all the speakers agreed that ,the King alone shpuld. settle with Mr Bryce the queatioir bf difference botweeu thi races. \