SHORT OF PROVISIONS.

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SHORT OF PROVISIONS.

A D.U'QrH'S LOXfJ JOURNEY

I'r.itfri Fre'.i .Vfociruk-r.-- By £'c:t:*e Teles:--:.". -Copyright, lIORART. Mar S. The barque Don, wh:V!i has been 100 days out. on her journey from tho I'oltic *.<> Dunedin. pnt in here. She ;.. .-liert of p:ovi ;ions, ouiti'.' to bad v. eat her prolonging her voyage. Por Mir.o v.eei.s tiie crew were compelled to i.vo on biscuit.-..

Tim Don 1.-ft Cello. Sweden, on. Nowmb.-r lltii la-:" year, with a cargo • I .1,i.-I"!.).<K)M i'..,.l ot I'altic- pine for Dunedin and l.ytti !ton. After being 5-1 days at sea, th-i J>oti pnt into Plymouth. tviniilf.'Uiid. on January -Ith. lyht, days lat'-r resumed her pasf.i'.e. and v.a- !'.'- d-ys oil from I'ly-ri'i.-uib. -.vl-.en dii- put into Jlobart. Tlio Don i> v..! ]-!:!i< i v.ri at- Lyttelton, as -ii.- v»n. hero ior somo mnii'iw iv 15103, iiiid v.as then under the fiiitish flag, and w.-i-. roii'.iiiaiidi d by Captain Chamberlain. She is now owned in Norway, mid i.. f-oiiiiiiaudod by Captain Jensen.

PARIS. May 7. Ti.r bnrqi'e Pivkdale, bound from Taifal .'or S.ivona. was drifting i<>r ;"■_ dr.y*. iv iii-. Mediterranean- Thoso ot; yard vrr.j v. itb.iuf food for several day-, hut tlm -. i •-.-■< 1 wa.s re-victualled ;.! -.-a. Tie' liirh'.aV- i>, a British !i:!r<;u<* of 1 '■'-:'> tr»n.-: % owned in Liverpool. >h. !--lt Talrai (Chili) on DecernIn r lii th his;, .war, with a cargo of nil r:iin for S.-ivo-ia, Italy.