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Waikato Times, Volume II, Issue 88, 21 November 1872, Page 2

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(i'l'ofti ike Dail'.y Sotttjiehn. Cross;)LATEST. SOUTHERN NEWS. Wellington, Monday. To-day's Gcizette. in compliance -with the resolution of the House 01, Representatives on the subject of colonial industries, offers the. fallowing, bonuses j—£s,ooo for the production of 1,000 tons of good pig iron • £l,oob for 100 tons of steel from itoa sand ; £2,000 fox 250 tons of the beat root sjugar: £'2.500 for 100 tons of printing paper manufactured, by machinery ; _ 4s . per cwt for cured fish, dry or pickled, exported for consumption, aUi-oad. —An inquiry into the,cause of the wreck of the barque City of Newcastle is to. take place tormorrow. Hamil, tbe mate, whilst hanging on to tiie cliff, had his front teeth pulled out in attempting to hold on to a rope to save Mr. Abbott. The men saved from the wreck owe their lives.to him. The ships' boats were very.bud.. There is no hope entertained as to to the safety oi the women.. The general opinion is that the boat must have, swamped, as the, sea washed over her stern at every lurch, she being so shallow. The captain only left ship after much persuasion from. the mate, who told him that behig a mrtn with a family he should go. The vessel nearly, went to pieces < befoue the last of the cfe\Y got safe oil tlie clift. Tuesday.. Ai the.Divorce Court to-day, in tha.cassSeagcr.v. Scagar, a decree anniillin" marriage ttas made absolute. In the case Blackwell v Blackwell and Moss co-respondent, a divorce was granted for dissolution of the marriage. In the. case Overton v Overton, a decree,nki was obtained, to be made, absolute unless cause be.showii at the first sitting of .the full Court in three months. The Court of .Inquiry into the. wreck of tho City of xsewcitHle sat all day. The., result is that all the blame was thrown on the captain for leaving, the deck .in. .charge, of an, inexperienced person. His certiticate was cancelled. No appeal cases have been .decided yet. Christchurch, Monday. A h,orse driven by Mr. 8.. Black, of, ChAstchurch, on the Akaroa ltoad,. bolted and< capsized: the baggy over a precipitous bank into Horseshoe Gully- ivlrs. Black* Who was- thrown out of the, buggy, was killed, and Mr. Black has since been reported dead; Thsre wove 90(1 p.eople present yesterday at. the. Gity and Suburban. Sunday .-school Gathering. Tuesdays Mr Black, injhred at Akaroa, Road, through his horse, bolting, waa much hurt, but .is not dead, Invercargill, Tuesday.. At the Supreme Court, a lad named Coroll, for placing an obstruction on . the. railway, was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment.. .named Hoare, with several alluiscs, an old offender, has been .sejitepeed ,to lour years imprisonment for Stealing iv. watch.. , . „■ The trial of Morrison, on the charge of mu; der.ng oioimous, lasted all day, and is not yet over.