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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4018, 21 January 1892, Page 2

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(Per United Press Association), Parmll to the Governor. Ajjomiro, January 20, At a meetlng'to-iiay, convened by the Mayor, it was decided' that' the citizens of Auoklnnd should entertain the Governor at a farewoll. luncheon before his departure from New Zealand, and present him with an address, ; • KilforlEwaWo^sign.■ Donedin, January 20, A private telegram to the Union (Jompany states that'the Tarawora bad. magnificent wither (or the trip up Ibe West Cqast Soundij, amj the excursion was a great- supo'esq'. '■ 1 luyekoarbill, January 20. At the Police Court, Middleton and MoGuire, the ttvo Milford esoapk, were dealt with by Messrs Feldwick 'and Todd, Justices. " Both pleaded guilty. Middleton made a statement to show, he had cause for clearing out. wid the fooa at Milford. was unfit for men to live on for any ieligtll of time, l'lie potatoes were rotten, ana the meat stinking, through being left in the sun. The flour was bad, and {here was no medical comforts in case of sickness, One prisoner lay unconsoious in his whare for ten days; without medicine, and died. I'he mau was unable to move, and gradually sank. : The flies sucked

liis blood away. The sight wa siokening. The gaoler pooh-poohed : the idea he .was ill, and said nothing was the matter with bim. He left because lie thought the same treat- , ment might be meted out to liim. : MoGuire made no"' statement. Her- \ geant MoDonnell read a long list of previous conviotions against Middleton lor larceny, burglary, horse steal- *- ing, and escaping from prison, and six against McQuire, the last m burglary.' He also stated the latler got a remission of one term for saving a fellow prisoner, George Tillet, from ■ drowning at Kipa Island, The Benoli dealt with the case under, the Police Offences Act, and said that Middleton'a complnint ought to have been made to the Visiting Justices at M ilford, when an enquiry would have been held. Hiddloton had a long record-of crime, and would be sentenced to two years' penal servitude _ MoGuire, who stood in ft nao?f r favourable l.' o 'ht, one year. Both sentences were cumulative on their present.