THE SANDFLY.
Thf host ir'wl trip o\' this smart and most eili cifii* liitk- steamer is that which w ( are about
to relate. On Tuesday, at 7.li>. i>.in., beiiii-; ; under orders tor the Thames. she took her de],ar- * ture from aloim-ide 11.M.5. • Cunujoa.' an - mu , > inside the bar oi' t lie Thames, near M r. L-iiil'i ar -. ! ill 2 In, n. 111. There %\ ;i <. llien. I'lilv live Icel i on the bar : hut. as it was -<<it mud. nur little ■ pet xm n;tl boldly and safely t it. landiiiir Mr. Mackay of the .Native de, ar'ineiit. and ' starting forthwith on her return to Auekiand. ■ She made a detour of at lea.-t I<> miles to com- ': inunicate v ith 11.M.5. • I ,-k.' taking her leav.- ' ot the corvette at 1. Jo. and arriving I the "Bella Manna' at K.io. a.m.. alter a cruise j of u] wards <>f Jin mihs. mir a .-j t rd of j»» knots an hour, the engines making ;5'J revolutions, and working ex] iiu.-i.civ with I; nibs steam. Tlie:-e are inch i d >al.-;actory results u> all concerned—am! w c heart d\ coiie: at ulate Mr. Marks, her commander. Mr. L<>dder. engineer, j Me.-M-.s. \ ick( ry ;;11<1 Masetield :or il,< ir s>kid in remodelling, and ihe i olt liy in the ] ",-se:-siuii ot' so invaluable a di>] alcli-1 (>at. • Sandfly' -ails this day tor Tauiamra. and j takes down M ajor ].'runm,ond 11,-y and ] -arty. I who are j roi-c< tiing to join the A raw as for the \ ]-urj>ose of dnlliit£ tliem. and oll:cerni<_; tliem in '. their ro.-istanee to the rebel Maketu.*. !
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New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 119, 31 March 1864, Page 3
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267THE SANDFLY. New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 119, 31 March 1864, Page 3
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