The inquiry at Napier into the alleged cruelty on board the Bebington to an immigrant girl is concluded. A. civil action for damages will probably be brought by tho girl. The captain also is said to contemplate legal proceedings on his side. The evidence is said to be contradictory. The girl states that she refused to give up a pocket-book containing memoranda of incidents on the voyage, and concealed it about her person". She was seized, tied up, and stripped, when the book was taken from her.
[For remainder of news see ifh pagc.~\
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Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1234, 4 December 1874, Page 2
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