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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2793, 10 January 1888, Page 2

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Auckland. January 9. Mr li. Mitehellson, Minister for Public Works, left to-day for Wellington, going overland from New Plymouth,

An enquiry into the management of the Mount Eden Gaol, ordered by the Minister of Justice at the request of Mr W H Wakwman, commenced at the gaol on Saturday, and was continued to-day, There are a large numl.erof witnesses yet to come and the enquiry will probably not be concluded for t»o days or more. l The charges which Wakeman makes against the gap) management are that when he was a prisoner at Mount Eden, he was placed in a-cell ■'with-a madman, and that he was prevented from seeing his children or relatives; that lie wan compelled to engage at worjt ruinous to his health i that ho was punished for offences ot which he was not guilty; that he was kept 14 dayß in gaol longer thin the term of his sentences. A young man named Gould, who has been postmaster at Dargaville, has disappeared, and there is considerable shortness in his accounts, whioh has given rise to rumours of levanting, In answer to Mr Goldie, Mr Mit-i-hnl-on said he would lose no time in bringing into immediate operation the labor bureau appointed by iheGovprn-" flient, Mr Moat saw the Minister of Public Works to-dny, and in reply, to a question, the latter said thai immediately he returned to Wellington, tenders would be called for the construction of the first section of the North Auckland Railway,from Helens, ville northward. .

E. Carrand W, Probflrt, two gentlemen interested in the timber trade, interviewed Mr Mitchelson to-day, and complained that whilst the Government we're advertising for 15,000 tffey wgre JOo|pjne

the competition Between Wellington and Tarnnaki. Mr Mitcbt'llson at once rate "out a telegram directing the authorities at Wellington, to include the province of A nek land. Dunedin, January 9. Ninety • neven pußaengeru have hooked for thn first trip of' the excursions made to the Sounds hy the Tarawera, starting on Wednesday. A large number are English tourists, and almost every part of the Colony, and Australia is represented. "

GIRL AGKD 13 COMMITS BUICIDE. "

Wellington, January 10. The body of a girl named Lucy Darrell, aged 13, mianing for about a week, was found this morning in Pollhill Gully Reiervoir. She ran away from borne last week,. owing to hem? reprimanded by her parents for a slight fault. The circumstances point to suicide.