Margaret Turnbull baa been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for killing her infant at Collingwood. A vessel having become waterlogged by a tor-, rifle gale, the ci’ovv were compelled to take to the boats. After drifting for a day and a night, as the dawn was breaking, the watch perceived a vessel at no great distance. ‘A sail! a sail!’ he cried, with the full force of his lungs, effectually arousing all his mates, excepting an old Jew, who still kept his eyes closed, and muttered disconsolately, ‘ Why, blesh my soul, Isaac, and we haven’t got a catalogue!’
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Western Star, Issue 143, 3 June 1876, Page 7
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98Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 Western Star, Issue 143, 3 June 1876, Page 7
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