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[NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Aug. 13. Captain Chapman, of the Dido, says the ship Bulwark is now 92 days out from the Cape. He is of opinion that she encountered icebergs far south and foundered. Napier, Aug. 13. In the Supreme Court, Shuker, charged with assaulting Mrs Hardy and servant at Poverty Bay, has been sentenced to penal servitude for life. Judge Johnston said he would deeply regret if the grand jury was abolished in a Colony like this. He considered it would be a great misfortune. Firth, owner of the Te Ante saw-mills ! was sentenced to three years' penal servitude for receiving stolen property. Dunedin, Aug. 13. An inquiry is being held as to Plummets escape. He is not yet captured. Invercaroill, Aug. 13. Morrison, landlord of ths Benmore Hotel, has been imprisoned on a charge of manslaughter. A witness swore at the inquest that he saw him strike Simmons over the head with a potato masher. The man afterwards died in the Hospital. Timaru, Aug. 13. Lay's stables, opposite the Herald office, were burned last night. The property was insured in the New Zealand office, for L2OO.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1261, 14 August 1872, Page 2
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