The Rawson Commission.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3153, 14 March 1889, Page 2

The Rawson Commission.

New Plymouth March 18

At the Raw son Commission, Wallath said he did not go to tho police over the loss of the notes, but told McLaughlan, who 'shrugged his shoulders, and said " accidents can not be helped." He did not know if he said to an) one he had been lobbed. Witness admitted that the affidavits refened to in the chaige vCero written in his presence, and ftom answois given by him to ques lions asked b) Mr Samuel in the presence of Bawson ami (Mill. He signed all the affidavits lodged m Court, If witness' evidenco did not agree with his affidavits now m Court, he would leave it to the Judges. He told Mr Samuel at the time he know English very well The chief men who advised hira how to act before he filed his bankruptcy weie Bellnnger, WilhamHumphues, McLaughlan, and William Bayly.

Inpest.

Wakganm, March 13,

.The inquest on the.;' bodies of Dawson and'Newing, drowned.'ih ihe river last Saturday and found this morning,;" wis -held this afternoon The verdict was accidentally drowned, with no evidence to show how.. The funeral took plac<). this evening, and was largely attended by members of the Post and Telegraph Depurtrnpiit, of which Dawson was a member,

Malingerers.

DuNEDitj; March 13,

Mr Solomon, chairman of the Benevolent Trustees, stated to-day that while the outdoor relief was fairly managed, he believed tliey were sometimes imposed da through .want of strict inspection, He quoted a letter from a Borough Council, which. spoke of a man who had been oil the books for three years, arid described as paralysed oil that time,.and it now appeared that he had been driving a cart and was well'able Jo work; Another man said to be in' the hospital had been in Wellington for the last three months. He therefore gave notice that ah inspector be appointed.

Masonic- . . -. ■ HoKiiiKA, March 18. At a largely-attended meeting of the Board of General Purposes of the District Grand Lodge of Freemasons, 8.C., a resolution was unanimously carried. "That the formation of a Grand Lodge for Sew Zealand at tho present time is inopportune and unnecessay,- and calculated to destroy rather than advance the "best interests of Freemasonry throughout the Colony." _

. The Storm* Inveroabgiuv Thursday. • Advices from Luiusdeii,.so miles north of Inverciirgill; report 16 hours rain and a heavy fall o ( snow. Tho rivers are in flood and carrying away quantities of grain, while part of the .'railway- has been washed away near Eauiwa. It is feared great damage will be done to crops in stock.