Telegraphic.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3221, 4 June 1889, Page 3

Telegraphic.

/ n "A Hardened Character. Wanganui, June 8. -' named Patrick Dillon, who ™|airested late on Saturday night, wa9 charged before the Besident Magistrate this afternoon with M oarnally knowing two girls of tender "yearß,ftgedfour and sevenrespeclively. The prisoner was remanded for eight v, %& Dillorhvas sentenced to two years and to receive forty strokes from the, cat for a similar offence sorno twelve years ago. It is said' he lias " been in the habit of treating children ,to lollies with the supposed object of - alluring them. . \Wreckoftkelaitai.

Auckland, Tuesday, The chief officer of the Maitai says ■n lowering the boat one end was let n$ before the other, and the steward, . Archer, was shot into tlio water and never seen again. The others in the boat contrived to hold on till she jighted. They had to jump for lh<)ir lives, the ship went down so fast. There was not the least sign of cowardice, otherwise they would all «ffe been drowned to a certainty, per accounts show the scene was ry exciting. The boats could not ' t'ome close to the ship, and tho captain ordered the passengers to jump into the water. They were afraid, and ho threw them in, and ..- they were picked* up. Tho orew numbered 21, passengers seven. Supposed Murder. A DraEMN, June 8. H Very few particulars are yet to Inland as to the supposed murder at ••pitahuna ofJas. Bradford, by his Knate Robert Waddel. It appears ™lhnt' the deceased and the accused ~ v worked together in a claim a milo N from any one else, and it is known ; that thoy did not agree. Bradford been missed since the 20lh ult. ",.'A search party was out yesterday V'looking for him, and his body was I fonnd after dark last night in a gully ..about a chain from where ho was last working. There are marks of a violent blow on the side of the head. . The body was partly concealed with ». Waddol has been working at claim siuco his mate has been _; missing, but took no active steps .to "4 search for him. Mr Bevoll opened | the inquiry this afternoon, but after 3 the identification of tho body an 'i adjournment was made. Dr Withers ■is conducting the post-mortem ex- ■? Wination,

Tuesday. A Waitahuna telegram says Bradford and Waddel wore not on good terms, The claim is nob of ranch ' account, the partners had not water rights. Bradford made an application -, for a water race in his own name, ignoring bis mate. The relations between them thereafter was less agreeable. Waddel never reported his mate was missing or took any part in the search, for his body, which was found at night by the search party, directed to the very spot by the letter which was found tied to the constable's gate at eight o'clock on Sundav night paying "Bradford's body may be , found in a gully a little above the »i at the claim." Nothing isknown to tho writer of the note. • The constable got a search party together and found the body at the spot indicated. The body was bidden by the growth of ferns, not by anything placed over to conceal it. It had the appearance of having been in water.

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