(From the Star, Saturday.)
The commission of inquiry relative to the Charlotte Gladstone attribute the mortality to the low plnsique of the immigiauls,an I want of proper medic il inspection before cmbirkation. The Go\ eminent intend to proceed nga-nst tJlmw, Suvil),. intd Co., for bre.ieh of contract. Only aboat two-third •< of theiegul allowance of wider was issued. Tne captain admitted tluit he lvi I onl\ two ('aya 1 i-u^ply o-' fivsli H^teron arrnal, although tlie} h.idonly un n\erngc passage There was only one ton ot coal for eookinjj, and tlte tanks were defectixe, and leaked so much that three weeks' supply of \va ler was lost. Tue cjndiMning apparatus was defective. Only one-lburlU oX the proper qiuntity of so.ip was placed on board. T!io Government Inn c addres-ed a strong memorandum to tl'io Agont-tfenijral ng.miet siMiling private pissetigers in tlic same vessel with smsjK 1 fetnale Gorermucnt immigrant?, as tending to prevent discipline. Mr Foy returns to town nevt week. Messrs Hewell, Moor-hou->e, and tVebb are expected to* contest the seat forLyttelton. Tlic Auckland T»les have been leased hy Mr Monelcton. M. IJ-. Hart,from (Jhristc'inrch, is e\h'biting Jlay mihills coal, and is endeavouring to induce fclic (io\ernmcnt to construct the Mnlvern-hills railway. The number of deaths at Wellington during the month of February was 22, 12 being children.
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Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 134, 18 March 1873, Page 2
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