LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH. — PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
WKLUNOTOtf, Wednesday, Thb interruption to the southern wire wan cuiied by a largo pole in the W liau Rher h ivinsj been carried away. The river being in heavy flood the men have been un.iblb to effect repairs, but they hope to be able to get to work by daylight to morrow. John Munday, IS years of uge, a cowboy, in the employment of Mr William Irons three miles fiom Mabtciton, was found by Mr Irons fit 7 o'clock this morning, hanging by the leg rope to the top of the cow bail quito dead. The deceased was tho son of the postmaster at Akaioa. He w.is last seen nine at 7 o'clock last night. No cause is a«signed for suicide. The Wellington Hospit.il Committee will hold its hrst meeting to morrow. At the R.M. Court this morning, Mrs Nioholh, the wife of a labourer at Upper Ilutt, was charged with having on tho lKth August committed a breach of the Public Works Act by placing hci child on the railway line. The magistrate thought the cave one of carelessness, and as the woman had had troublo enough to make her inoro cautious in future, dumissod the case.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2053, 3 September 1885, Page 2
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205LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2053, 3 September 1885, Page 2
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