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MELBOURNE, Saturday.--It is the intention of the inter-State steamship companies to increase the rates of freight to West Australia on and after the 1st of April, owing to the stringent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON. Friday Afternoon.--Reuter reports that the steamer Ban Righ, or Libertador, which was recently successful in running the blockade of the Venezuelan ports, has been ordered to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following telegram was received frond the pilot at Smoky Cape yesterday. It reads as follows:--"Smoky Cape reports: A[?] disabled schooner was sighted at 10.40 this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The schooner Premier, which left Sydney 10 days ago, has not yet arrived. Fears are entertained for her safety. She has not been reported anywhere. The schooner is owned by Mr. A. E. Ellis. She was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--The steamer Gabo, which grounded in Hopeto[?] Channel off Geelong on Friday last, was still aground late to-night, although a large quantity of cargo had been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MACLEAY RIVER, Monday.--The ketch Wave, bound from Camden Haven to Sydney, loaded with timber, made Trial Bay today in a disabled condition, having lost her foremast and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It was reported last night that the ketch Wave, which was disabled on the previous day owing to losing her mai[?]st, had anchored in Trial Bay. No further particulars have yet been received…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Nambucca arrived to-day. The death of a child occurred on the voyage from Sydney to Nambucca[?] and the vessel is placed in quarantine pending the arrival of a doctor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A singular succession of disasters is reported from the United States. In the State of Tennessee great floods have Occurred, as the result of which 22 people…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →With reference to the wreckage recently washed up on the east coast of New Caledonia, our Noumea correspondent writes:--"The wreckage is from the wrecked ship Dame de la Garde, lying…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ARAKOON, Tuesday.--The ketch Wave is at anchor in Trial Bay. Captain Louis Monmesson, the master, when interviewed, stated:--"We were loaded with timber, bound from Camden…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The steamer Bobbie Burns has been purchased by Messrs. Nelsen and Robertson for the hordwood trade for the Northern rivers. She carries a large cargo on a draught of 6gt., and is will fitted up with winches, &c., for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A number of Parramatta residents had a good taste of "the briney" outside tho Heads—at one or other of the ocean trips, to Cowan or Port Hacking, respectively—on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the summons division of the Water Police Court to-day E. Proux, master of the steamer St. Louis, trading from Noumea, was proceeded against by Customs Officer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A telegram from Smoky Cape this morning advises that the ketch Wave, which put into Trial Bay in a disabled condition on Monday, is coming south in tow of the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Lane Cove steamer Daphne, when the southerly gale was raging late last night, collided with a rowing boat off Darling-street. The small boat was smashed up and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Indradevi, of the Tyser line, reached Hobson's Bay this afternoon from New York, and reported that three of the crew were suffering from smallpox The health authorities at once took steps…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The Premier has despatched a letter to Mr. Barton on the subject of the Queensland pearl fisheries in Tories Straits, pointing out that the present aspect of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MACLEAY RIVER, Thursday.--The disabled ketch Wave left Trial Bay at 6 a.m. for Sydney, in tow of the steamer Macleay. A telegram from Smoky Cape yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The schooner Premier, reported here as being lost, is now off the bar. A tugboat tried to get out, but there was not enough water. It is 14 days since the Premier left Sydney…
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