MELBOURNE.
December 6
The steamship Rotomahana, which etarted yesterday afternoon for the Bluff, grounded in the Yarra, and has not yet been got off. Part of her cargo is now being transhipped into lighters, and it is expected that she will float off with tonight's tide. So far as is known she has sustained no injury. All tbe persons who were injured at the recent railway accident are progressing favorably. December 7. Tbe observation of the transit of Venus from the Melbourne etation was success* ful. It was somewhat cloudy at sunrise, but the clouds cleared off before tbe critical time. Twenty-three good photographs were obtained, fhe observations at the Gippsland station were not successful, an the weather was misty and rain was falling. Tbe Rotomahana is still aground in the Yarra, and all traffic on the river is stopped in consequence. Messrs Goldsborough and Co. (limited) report that at their wool sale yesterday 4000 bales were sold. Greasy sorts realised from 7d to 14d and three-quarters and washed from 16d to 22f.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3561, 7 December 1882, Page 3
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