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The commercial instinct is said to be very strong m Glasgow. The following extract from an obituary notice m the latest number of the Glasgow Herald to hand is very suggestive : — "Deceased, who was a native of Glostonbury, was 51 and a bachelor. He was highly esteemed, and was insured for £3000." The Polynesian Gazette of October 26 contains particulars of the wreck of the schooner Lurline. The schooned left Levuka on October 4, and -arrived at Rabi on the 9th. Here the wind blew strongly on shore, and on the '11th a heavy sea caused the vessel i to niisstays and get on the reef, where she lay all day. She was got off with the rising tide. At 7 p.m. the captain picked up the .Tasman Straits and steered inside, heading to Gamea side of the Strait* to look for auchorage, which, unfortunately, could not be found. The vessel either struck a patch or the shore reef. After thumping for a, short while she slipped ofi into deep water, so *ha.t nothing could be seen of her when the crew lett. The schooner Lurline arrived m Fiji mr the very early seventies, to the order of Cakobau Rex.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9305, 19 November 1901, Page 3
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202TOWN EDITION. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9305, 19 November 1901, Page 3
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