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Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 249, 13 December 1873, Page 2

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•i -i-iijont . of 273. Mr Curtis polled 1307, und O'Connor I

Wellington, Thursday. A deputation from tho. Sugar Refinery Company waited on the Su['crnituuJcnt regarding the Government £ivinn a free grant ot lnnd at a site for the work* The situ indicated 13 beyond the. limits of l!n proposed Te Aro reclamation The Superintendent inti-nafed that tho Government would be f.mi.u ihly inclined to rccoinmcud such a gift. 1 he Empire's London oorrespondent, confirms the itatement tint tho Asliantees new united ufl< r on obitinate re* a. stance, and nfter fighting for thirty liours. The revoluti viists at Carthagfna are preparing t<> surrender. '• c

London, December 2.. Tlio trial of the Claimant is again proceeding. The evidence ol John Line, who deposed that ho had been steward ol the barquo Osprey, mid thnthe remembered the Chiinant being rescued from a boat off the Brazilian coast in the spring of 1831, has been contradicted by American witne«si>s — New* from Cape Coast Castle, under date Bth Nov., state* that Sir Garnet Wolseley has met with an obstinate resistance, but that lie has utttrly routed the Ashnntees. 43 Bntish soldiers have been wounded during the conflict. — The French steamer Villehavro came into collision with anolher vessel, and received injuries which caused her to sink. 226 persons were drow ned. — The bombardmsnt of Carthagena is being carried on with great energy. The batteries of Jfce^iiuurgents aro replying vigorously to the cannon of the baneiing forces. — Senor Cnstelar has consented to givo up the Virginia oiul the survivor*, and to submit the legality of t'm» capture to a mhed tribunnl. If it should bo decided that Spam has acted illegally ho will submit to the payment of damnges assessed by nrbitrition — the arbitrator to be the Sovereign of one of the Great Powers. — A duel has been fought by Baron Yon ManteufTel and Count Gobeon. The Inttcr is seriously wounded — The lI. M. s. u. Nubia left Galle on the 24th November, with English mails for Australia. — Tlio Pcnang and Singapore cable was repaired last Sunday The fault was caused ry the cable being fouled by ship's anchors, ro clear whiuh it wa> deliberately cut through with an a\e. A reward is offered for the discovery of the perpetrators. The Spaniards dem the alleged further execution ■< Sixteen Britishers were shot. — The inquiry into the circumstances connected with the nationality ot the Virginia and the shooting of n poition of her crow is not yet concluded. Tlio evidence ia contradictory as to the execution of American subjects, but the Government of the United States is making naval preparations to provide for the contingency of being unable to obtain from Spain, except by force, the concession it demands — Tho prosecution in the Tichborne case has recommenced. The American witnesses contradict tho evidence upon which a portion of the lino cf defence was based. The naval preparations' of America, for tho exaction of satisfaction for the alleged shooting of United States citizens on board the steamer Virginia, are being vigorously carried out, and the Washington authorities are fully prepared, in the event of Spain being nnablo to afford reparation, to provide ample means to foicc concession.