THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam." DUNEDIN, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1863. Shipping Intelligence.
SEVENTY-ONE YEARS AGO.
PORT CHALMERS— September 13th. The ship Sir Ralph Abercrombie, which arrived at the Heads on Saturday afternoon, and was since towed up, has had a passage of 90 days from the Downs, or 91 days from Gravesend. . . . On the 18th August spoke the ship Annie Wilson, from London to Auckland witl# emigrants. On the following day, the chief officer of the Annie Wilson boarded the vessel, and reported the crew and a number of passengers to be in a mutinous state. Violence had . been used towards the captain. The cargo was alleged to have been plundered; and there was generally a spirit of mutiny prevailing, which necessitated the_ officers arming themselves in the execution of their duty, and the enrolling of sixteen of the passengers as special constables, _ for the preservation of order. The Annie Wilson had sailed from London fourteen days previous to the departure of the Sir Ralph Abercrombie. ... The ship Mataura, expected from Glasgow, is an American built ship, and was formerly named Neptune’s Bride; is an eight years old ship, and is under- 1 stood to be a vessel of fast-sailing qualities.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22367, 14 September 1934, Page 3
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204THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam." DUNEDIN, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1863. Shipping Intelligence. Otago Daily Times, Issue 22367, 14 September 1934, Page 3
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