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Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1852, 13 July 1874, Page 2

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[Anglo-australian press [telegraph agency.] Wellington, July 11. . The Waikatika arrived. She left London on March 24 ; and is the first of the new line of immigrant ships built for the New Zealand Shipping Company. Four hundred souls on board, all well. Auckland, July 21. Charles Dyer has been brought down from Rukiri, charged with the murder of Eliza Batterson, a woman he was living with. He was jealous, "and they were constantly quarrelling, and it is alleged; that last Wednesday he beat her in a most brutal manner, then poured kerosene over her clothes and set fire to them ; wrapped a sack round her, carried her to the river, and threw her in. A man named Watson, seeing her there, took her out with Dyer's assistance. AH the hair was burned off her head, her clothes burnt to the waist, and the whole upper part of her body half roasted. She lived for two days in great agony and then died. Dyer alleges that she spilt the kerosene over her3elf, which accidentally ignited. Mr Blackall, chief officer of the barque Pet, ha 3 died from a fracture of the skull, caused by an accident on board. An inquiry into the origin of the fire at G. W. Owen's store, showed that the fire commenced in some casks of matches. An open verdict was returned. Owen estimates his loss in excess of the insurance WU ZIOOO. The inquiry re the alleged murder at Rukiri has been adjourned for a week. Arrived — Barque Hokulele, from Puget Sound, with a cargo of 195, 227 ft timber, 39,600 laths. The vessel comes for sale.