(PER PRESS AGENCY.) DUNEDIN. 8th January.
The steamer Matau was launched to-day atPelichet Bay. She has been built for G. F. Reid for^the Dunedin and Molyneux trade, and is the largest iron steamer built in the colony. Her dimensions are — length of keel, 127 ft. j overall, 133 ft ; beam, 18ft ; depth of hold, 7ft. 9in. The saloon on deck will contain twenty sleeping berths. She will be fitted with compound engines of 50 horse-power, capable of working up to 200 horse-power, - and giving an i average speed of ten knots. She is built lin five watertight compartments. Mrs. Reid christened the boat, and the launching was carried out most successfully. The argument in the case of Jenkins, for ! arson, is postponed till Wednesday. The ! Judge has admitted him to bail in his own i recognisances.
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Evening Post, Volume XIII, Issue 7, 10 January 1876, Page 2
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136(PER PRESS AGENCY.) DUNEDIN. 8th January. Evening Post, Volume XIII, Issue 7, 10 January 1876, Page 2
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