WELLINGTON.—Last night
Castaways on Crozet Isiand.
(Peb Pbess Association).
Particulars about the supposed castaways at Crozet Island have been received. An albatross was picked up at Freemantle with a tin ring on its neck, with an inscription in French punctured on it. The inscription was to the effect that thirteen shipwrecked people had taken refuge on the Crozet on the 4th August last.: The Government of South Australia hare telegraphed to Admiral Fairfax on the subject. ; The Colonial Treasurer has made arrangements which hare giren great sat* isfaction in London, by which the necessity for negotiating the North Island Trunk Line or any loan in substitution for it during the present year is obriated. Robert Mansfield and David Francis, on a charge of robbery front the person, were committed for trial.
The is. lonic arrived from London at 3 o'clock this afternoon after an unerentful passage of 46 days 2 hours. The Government hare received no official information respecting the alleged outbreak of small*pox at Launceston.
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Thames Star, Volume XIX, Issue 5824, 29 September 1887, Page 2
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166WELLINGTON.—Last night Thames Star, Volume XIX, Issue 5824, 29 September 1887, Page 2
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