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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3012, 25 September 1888, Page 3

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Lunatics at Large. 1 | , Auckland, Tuesday, i v : ■ . Edward Walsh, a dangerous luna-1 • tic, lias oscaped from the asylum. He i . was committed to gaol six. months . Wago for attempting to shoot a man at attempt to murder his mates. 'llns • makes two' dangerous lunatics now at large in this district, one homicidal,the other the incendiary Spald- • iug of whom the police have found no trace. Supposed to be Drowned. Auckland, Tuesday. . A miner named Frcdk. Somers, went to cross the Waikato rivor in a canoe at Huntley on Thursday last ' and has not been seen since. The canoe was found bottom up. t. The ''Kate Tatham." i Wellington, Tuesday. An examination of Kate Tatham showed about thirty holes on the poit side,and fivo or six on tlio loft near tho keel, through which water ran , out like a sieve when the vessel was * hauled on to the slip. Some of tho larger ones had been roughly plugged up, and sails had been roughly drawn across the bottom. Two large steam . . ' pumps had been kept going all the way across tho Straits, but even with ' all these contrivances thero were three feet of water in her when she arrived. ' Vote of Confidence. Auckland, Tuesday. _ Mr Lawry, addressed his constituents at Otalnthu last night and received a vote of thanks and confidence. The Alleged Embezzlement CaseCakxerton, Tuesday, jk H, H, Woltors v, 0. J. Mumford for embezzlement. No evidence being offered tho case was dismissed. Assault and Robbery. «CnmnTcuuKcn, Monday. James Cotter, Androw Black, and v Eichard Chamberlain were committed for trial this afternoon on a charge of assaulting and robbing Ediuond Desmond, when drunk, of £l4, on September 15. The Escaped ConvictInvekcakgill, September 24. The searoh for Badka so far is unsuccessful. A man, believed to have been Badka, was seen running down a street near tho gaol at 8.80 this morning. Tho man who saw him, . noticing his rapid pace, inquired if 1 there was a fire, but received no answer. The latest report is that a boat is missing from the vicinity of , thejetty. It is stated that Badka \ has been visited pretty frequently by i acquaintances since his incarceration. I ( No trace was fouud in his cell of any 1 At tool by which the lock of tho door j M was picked. ; * Sample of Gold. j ' ' Invercabgill, September 24. ( A magnificient sample of geld from ( the ground proposed to be worked by | the Wakatipu Goldmining and Sluic- c ing Company, now forming, is on ex- ' hibition hero. Some of the pieces are c up to half an ounce and all very course. J

A Visit to the Exhibition. Timabu, September 24. At the Borough Council to-night Mr Moss Jones, the Mayor, was granted nix mouths leave of absence to visit the Melbourne Exhibition. The mayor has been appointed one of the Commissioners by the Govornor, The Bootmakers Strike- . Auckland, September 24. The bootmakers on striko stato that they have .not threatened Waurman with personal violence should lio return to work at Garret Bros.'factory, . Presentation to a Roman Catholic Priest' Auckland, Septembor 21, The liov. Father Costello, who has been in charge of the Roman Catholic Parish of Parnell, was presented yesterday with a testimonial and a purso of sovereigns previous to his departure from Auckland. Another Gold fieldAuckland, September 24, Whilst excavating the foundation for a house at C'oxo's Creek, Mr Edgar discovered au auriferous patch of ground, A' quantity of the stuff has been analysed, and found to contain gold. . The Premier. Wellington, Tuesday, The Premier left for Taranaki this morning, on private business, Women's Rights? j Dunedin, Tuesday, la-the matter of the Gridiron Hotel Judge Williams decided that married womon wero ineligible to hold a a license, but stayed the issue of the writ of certiorari, pending the decision of the Court of appeal, jagj The Sutherland Falls. Dunem'n, Tuesday, Tlio chief surveyor, Mr Adams, accompanied by Mr Thomas MaoKenzie, M.H.E., and Mr' Pillans, proceeded to tlio West Coast with the object of locating the Sutherland Falls, said to be the largest in tlio world, Assaulting a Pupil. Napien, Tuesday. ! The caso Mayo versus Sturrock, claim XIOO for loss of daughter's services through dealhess, caused by (lefemM Iwipg thp ears of the child, who was a pupil ftt the District School, has been dismissed without costa.