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New Zealand Mail, Issue 29, 12 August 1871, Page 12

Native Land Court.—Judge Smith, with Ropata as Assessor, opened the Court at Greytown on Thursday. The bad weather has prevented the Maoris attending. Bone Crushing.—A bone-crushing mill is being started at Mount Gambier, Adelaide. Deep Sea Soundings for Telegraphic Cable .between Sydney and Nelson.— we are informed on authority that Captain Moresby, of 11. M. S. Basilisk, was directed by Commodore Stirling to take a line of deep sea soundings between Sydney and New Zealand, with a view to the future laying of a telegraph cable, a line and sounding apparatus being supplied by the Postal Telegraph Company at Sydney. The fh-st cast made was under most favorable circumstances, when Sydney Heads boreN.W. 114’. 1700 fathoms of line were paid out, and no bottom obtained. On attempting to recover the line, both line and apparatus were lost in consequence of the line breaking by its own weight, and thus Capt Moresby was unable to take any further soundings. This solitary cast has, however, proved that probably much greater depths than previously anticipated will be found between the two countries ; possibly not. less than 2500 fathoms. It is very much to be regretted that the Postal Telegraphic Company at Sydney did not supply Captain Moresby with lino sufficiently strong for the purpose required.