Telegraphic.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3129, 14 February 1889, Page 2

Telegraphic.

The Drowning Fatality.

;;3' ■': ivThe frienuY of ] Lake Iftunne)^fia^been dragging" >C 'fotthebbdiessince'}!pMa^mbrning,;.-;,■:;;'-They;have;explodedj;iarge-:charges of ; a r > dynamite; :qlpse^.to^wlior^!'the: inen^:,: ' ; were ; drowned-in"tho^'hope;jthSt!it ,U '? TOuld'.raisoihem, but wto :; ; '. '■;'■' ,'.■■.--. '■.",■-•;■'■' ;'^V..'>- ( : 4 ':'Thobbdifisbf Molloy o,Vid drowned .to' Lake Brunrier,; wore ; V-v recovered today.' An'inquesfc will be i' : --- .;■■' ! held.tomorrow. ;■; ;■.'.■ ,'/,; ;-- : ;;.';.' :

:'■ . Auckund; Ijebniarylß;"-:;" ,'■■ A meeting of Justice's of the' Peace was held to day at the Courtroom, on the question of Juvenile-crime, and' itspunishment, DrGiles,who'presided, submitted which lie liad drafted to be forwarded to the Government, reebmniending ;that ; whipping be autliorisedibr thecliasr tisement of offences nowpunish'edjby a fine or .imprisonment onlyy.and that some special mode and place ot confinement be provided ;for youths under a certain.age',;in "order to avoid the name of prison association. Sir William Pox moved an additional memorial recommending' the reading of the Bible in schools, but it was. afterwards, withdrawn;' and the memorial agreed to .as originally drafted. '

"A boy named Charles Clark, nine ' years of ;age, pleaded guilty at tho. Police .Court today of stealing £1 from the dwelling of his omployer, a Chinaman. Dr Giles, M.; ordered that he receive m strokes "with the birch rod, The boy's previous character was good.

Harbour Board. GisiioitNK, February 18. ' The. Committee of tho Harbour Board recommends that Mr Thomson, the engineer, receive'six months'. notice of dispensation of .his services, and that a fresh agreement be made. The engineer states that-his agree ■ mentis for the construction of the entire works, and is not terminable by a. notice of. the Board.' He referred the matter:" to -Mr <De Lautour,;a solicitor. .The Board evidently intends largely to adopt |the contract system. It has already resolved .to call for tenders from insido and outside contractors for the total of the stone:supply. '; '/.';.