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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1188, 25 September 1882, Page 2

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|UNITEO PRESS ASSOUIATH>N| Timarb, Heptomber24. At- the inquest; held: on. Alexander Mcßratney : found dead at Arowhenua on Friday, a verdict was returned that he met his death by a gunshot ivound, but whether inflicted acoidenily or otherwise there is no evidence to show.

, Auoiund, September 23. Madamo Valentine has been committed for trial on a charge of robbing a man natjed Collins in her establishment, Bail was allowed, £IOO herself, and two sureties of £SO each.

Owing to the frequency of applications for leave of absence and excuses for ab aence from duty on the part of the city school. teachers, the Oity School Committee have passed a resolution reoom, mending the Board to curtail salary from such absence from duty. , An olderly married woman, named Mary Kelly has died suddenly at. Horse shoe Bush. An inquest was held, and a verdict returned of death from natural causes,

Oamabu, September 24.' _ A fire occurred in a three-roomed house in Eden-Btreet on Saturday night, shortly before midnight, The house was occupied by a man named Alfred Dray, The neighbors were aroused by screams,, and found Mrs Dray, who had only been confined a week, rushing into the garden with her child in r her arm's, both, o'nveloped in flames. They succeeded,in extinguishing the flames by means of wet sheets, but the child is not expected to live,' '