THE NGARUAWAHIA PUNT CUT ADRIFT.
Thk now punt on theWaipaat Ngaruv wahiawaeonTuesday, March2stb,cjitadrift atter being seriously and wilfully damaged, and it was found some four or five miles down the river, partially submerged. Constable'Murrny has been engaged for the lust few dayß investigating the we hear he has obtained sufficient evidence to sheet the charge home to the guilty party. On examination Constable Murray found an .attempt,had-Tbeen made tp scuttle the by boring !aug'ef holes" in the bottoi i, but the auger not biting apparently, the holes did not reacli" through and a more method had to be resorted to.An axe being brought into requisition a hole was driven through tho bottom, with the result that after being cut adrift she floated away and eventually'"eahlti' jnfiir-; mation will be laid to-day against the suspected party.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2765, 3 April 1890, Page 2
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135THE NGARUAWAHIA PUNT CUT ADRIFT. Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2765, 3 April 1890, Page 2
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