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Yesterday morning intelligence was received in town from South Head that the fine barque Centurion, a well-known Aberdeen White Star liner, commanded by Captain Charles Taylor,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In attempting to cross out this morning the schooner J. G. Kondio, timber laden, for Jennings, Pickering, and Co., struck on the outer bar, and since half-past 11 she has been in the break with the waves washing over her…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →PORT MACQUARIE, Monday.--The J. G. Kondio, schooner, struck on the bar to-day. The tug Alert tried to move her, but failed. The schooner is now flying distress signals, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--On Saturday night when it became known that the Centurion was on the rocks at North Head, the South Head lifeboat was rushed by a crowd of raw hands (clerks, &c.)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messrs. John See and Co. have just made an important addition to their fleet of steamers engaged in the coastal trade. Since the lass of the Brunswick on the Manning bar, and the accident to the Helen Nicoll, the operations of the firm have been…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Since the date of our last summary the Jonnings Ministry has resigned, and a new Administration under Sir Henry Parkes has been formed. The very strained relations between Sir Patrick Jennings and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sir,—One would infer from the report in your paper of the 17th about the wreck of the Centurion, that the accident to her happened because the Manhegan was, as it states, at anchor between the Heads. Will you kindly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The China Navigation Company's steamer Chingtu arrived to-day from Hongkong, having one case of smallpox on board. The sufferer is a passenger for Sydney. There are 80 passengers and a quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A meeting of the Marine Board was held yesterday, for the purpose of inquiring into the loss of the burque Centurion, on tho North Head, which occurred on the morning of the 16th instant, us the vessel was being towed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday morning the Marine Board held an inquiry in reference to the wreck of the wooden barque Centurion, 965 tons--an Aberdeen White Star liner, owned by Messrs,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A f[?]her notice will be given on the arrival of the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In attempting to cross out this morning the schooner J. G. Kondio, timber laden, for Jennings, Pickering, and Co., struck on the outer bar, and eincc half-past 11 she has been in the break with the waves washing over her…
Continued on Trove, page 202 →Fews has been received from Coff's Harbour that the schooner Patonga, which went there to load cedar, parted from her moorings, and came ashore this morning. She lies between the reef and Coff's Harbour Creek. No lives…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"Well, master Willie, here's St. Helena for you at last. and now you'll have a chance to go ashore a bit." There it was sure enough, that grim mass of black…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Passengers on the Bald-Rock Ferry have had their curiosity aroused lately by the peculiar appearance of a new steamer lying off Pyrmont-shore next the A. S. N. Co's works…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SEMAPHORR, Friday.--The M.M. Company's steamer Natal, from Marseilles, arrived here to-day. The following is a list of her passengers :--…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELAIDE, Friday.--The China Navigation Company's steamer Chingtu, with 30 passengers on board, arrived at Port Darwin from Hongkong yesterday. On the arrival of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One of the most extraordinary accidents to shopping that have been recorded for a long tune past happened early on Sunday morning, when the well-known barque Centurion, which, has been a trader between London and this port…
Continued on Trove, page 181 →—Early on Sunday morning the Aberdeen White Star barque Centurion went ashore at the Sydney Heads. The ba[?]que left Parbury's Wharf, Port Jackson, at 1:30 a.m., bound…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →SEMAPHORE, Sunday.--The steamer Duke of Argyll, Captain Prentice, arrived here to-day from London December 1, via the Cape route. Passengers:…
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