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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1217, 28 June 1895, Page 28

The ships Oronsay and Imberhorne, which arrived at Sydney on the 30th ult., report that they encountered an exceptional number of icebergs in the Indian Ocean during their voyages from London. The area of ocean covered by these icebergs, was 600 miles in length and 250 miles in breadth. The ice was right in the course of ships bound for Australia, and the vessels had to make south from 42-£deg. to 45deg. to avoid the immense mass of ice. The Oronsay sighted 50 bergs in one day, and the Imberhorne was hove-to for a night among them, as it was unsafe to proceed. In some cases the vessels passed so close to the bergs that the men could have jumped from the ship's rail on to the ice.

During the last five years an average amount of more than .£20,000,000 yearly has been wasted in England in the promotion of companies yielding no return to shareholders.

At Liverpool the other day two stones weighing 1 51b were discovered in the stomach of a fish of the ling species weighing 151 b. The stones had been used as sinkers for a deep-sea fishing line, and the fish did not appear to have suffered any inconvenience from their presenc'e.