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LONDON, Thursday.--Mr. John Hay, the United States Secretary of State, has sent a vigorous note to Russia and China, insisting upon equal rights and advantages for all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PRESENTING THE LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION'S GOLD MEDAL AT SANDRINGHAM.--("Black and While.") James Haylett, the old Calster lifeboatman, a brave, stalwart man of 78, received a medal at the hands of the King, at Sandringham, in recognition of half a century's services, resulting in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The steamer Titus anchored last night in Watson's Bay from the Solomon Islands, Santa Crus, New Hebrides, via Norfolk and Lord Howe islands. She left Sydney on December 31, called at Lord Howe…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →News from Tahiti states that a boat and crew from the wreck of the Savernake which put out to obtain assistance was found by a French gunboat at sea, 400 miles distant from the wreck. The crew…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A special inquiry into the wreck of the schooner Prosperity was concluded to-day. The finding of the Court was that the wreck was due to negligence of the captain in not ascertaining an error in his…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →After two years' operations, involving an expenditure of some £6000, the Trinity House authorities have sufficiently dispersed the wreck of the Hamburg-American liner…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Friday.--The special Court of Inquiry into the wreck of the brigantine Prosperity to-day found that the loss of the vessel was due to the negligence of Captain Peterson in not…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →AUCKLAND, Friday.--Latest advices front Tahiti state that the boat and crew which left the wreck of the Savernake to obtain assistance, and were supposed to have been lost, traveling…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Particulars of the wreck of the Prosperity, referred to in last Issue, show that the captain has gone off watch at midnight, and the mate had taken his place. A seaman…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The steamer Isle Holme, bound from Melbourne to Durban, broke her eccentric rod when 130 miles south of Cape Willoughby. She arrived at the Semaphore today, and will probably be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The cable steamer Anglia left the Semaphore at 1.30 p.m. to-day for Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The London Missionary Society's steamer John Williams left yesterday afternoon on the return voyage to New Guinea and the various mission stations. There was a large gathering of friends of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A common object of the sea shore that calls for our respectful admiration is that strange, amphibious creature, the water policeman, who, though he may be a constable afloat, is always a seaman…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, February 27, 2.25 p.m.—The Union Company's steamer Aparima was launched from the yard of Messrs. Denny Brothers, at Dumbarton, this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Th cable steamer Anglia is expected to arrive here to-night, having signalled at Wilson's Promontory yesterday morning. After coaling she will proceed to Brisbane, in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It has just struck me that there are thousands of my readers who were never on board of a big steamer in their lives. There are hundreds who never saw the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The American mail steamer Sierra has arrived here. Her pasengers for Sydney are:—Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Hughes and daughter, Messrs. W. Finley, W. H. Vivian, C. H. Durham, W. J. lorring, H. A…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A telegram received from the pilot at Bellinger Heads on Friday stated that the ketch Moona, when attempting to sail in over the bar, grounded on the spit. She .was floated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Saturday list a handsome four-masted twin serew steamer, the Anglia, of 6500 tons measuremetn, and owned by the Telegraph Construction and M[?]tenance Company, Limited, made fast at the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A rakish-looking steamer, differing in many respects from the ordinary merchantman, took up moorings in Neutral Bay on Saturday. She proved to be the Auglia, a cable steamer…
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