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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3011, 24 September 1888, Page 2

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t Monday. , ', The steamer. AorerV got: safely off the beach at Ka'ramoa. '! \ \ Charge of Embezzling. ~ " (From our own correspondent,) , Carterton, Monday. ■> 0. J. Mumford was charged by Mr fl. H. Wolters with',embezzling the sum of £4'2s Bd, He was remanded till to-morrow. ' ' " ' Incendiarism.

Ohristohuroh, September 28, ; About 2.80 a.m. to-day a stable and a. spring oart belonging to Richard Pitoairn .farmer, at Templeton, webiu'nedi'ovideMfrturougb the act of an incendiary. An-, attempt; wasniade■ to"rburnhis house, rags aoalced in grease being put under it and set on fire,; Theresa' considerable excitement in' the' district, as three weeks ago'an attempt wasmade to destroy the house of a namedMcCaffrey in a similar'manher.-: ; ; : :/. .Grctmouth, Soptember 28. • . The coal export for the week ,waß 4289t0n5./, .-'•:' -\: .;• .. '■' i : About £4OOO was paid-in:Brun-uerton for the fortnight's wages, the largest amount paid for a very long time. ~...,.,.1,. :■-, Found Drowned. ' ■..-•_. DuNEMN,Monday. At Arrowtown yesterday the body of Michael Joseph O'Callaghaii was found in the Cardrona river,.; Deceased was a teacher of the Catholic school, Arrowtown. ■.".,,'■ STABBING AFFRAY. ... Wellington,: Monday. A stabbing affray occurred at Port Uiiderivood on Saturday last. Edwin Baldwick Btabbed his; brother William with a sheath-knife in the side, It arose out of a family quarrel. He was arrested at Picton, The exact extent of the injuries are not known, but it is believed to be serious, Wreck of a Cutter. Curistchuroh, Monday, On Thursday last the cutter Hero drifted on rocks at Le Bons Bay and was wrecked. Tho -crew of three were saved. Particulars riot: yet to Hand. A Child Drowned. '■'"' • CHms'rcfluiioii, Monday. On Saturday morning a two-year- ■ old sou of Mr J. O. Mauship, Hals--1 well, was drowned in a river near his father's house.'- He wasi'absent from home about half an hour before being 1 missed, : , ';■ ; ! v ; ■ .-, ■

: Death in the Bush..'• "•''"Ddnedih, Monday;; - , Early in July, William'Lindsay, farmer, Strath Taieri, attempted .suicide by discharging a pistol; at his', head.- While; being conveyed .to Dunedin Hospital, he.esoaped:into the bush,'aud was never discovered till Saturday, when his body was ; found in the creek a thousand yards from whore he effectedliia. escape.,'.^

Successful Escape From Gaol-

■::.■■ '.:. Invercafgill, Monday.:; ■A youiig man named Rudolph Eadya,-who was committed for trial on the 17th, on a charge of. arson, escaped from gaol between. 10 b'olbok last night and 5.80, this morning/. At the former hour, the indicator on the celldoorshowedtliat.it was locked, but Kadya must have tampered with 1 it in some way so as to malto it .give wrong reading, for the cell was vcacaut this morning, and a■: wire clo'hes line daugling over the front wall showed'only tod plainly the meaus used to effect the escape, Once out of the cell Eadya had only to unbar a door, pick up a'. olothes line, make a loop in one end, and ■throw it over oue'of the small turrets surrounding the front wall, haul liimself lip, lower the line on the other side, and drop to tho asphalt pavement below. Ho is in. ordinary dress which of course favored the chance of making good his attempt at liberty. The alarm was promptly given and tho police and warders are now scouring the district. ': ■■■