Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848), Thursday 16 December 1824, page 3


SHIP NEWS.

Arrived on Sunday the brig Fame.---- Monday the Government sloop Mars, from Port Macquarie. On Monday arrived the colonial brig Governor Macquarie, Captain Hunter, from Otaheite, laden with

60 tons of cocoanut oil, and 7 tons of arrow root. Same day sailed the brig Amity for Van Diemen's Land, with a cargo of wheat. The Midas, which sailed from Sydney harbour on the 16th August, touched at one of the Auckland Islands on the 27th of the same month, in lat. 51. S. long. 166. 26. E. where she took 1600 skins on board. She sailed from thence for England on the 16th Sept. having staid there 10 days. Had good winds on leaving Port Jackson, but heavy weather while off the Islands ; rode with two anchors a head. She is ex-pected to touch at the Island of St. Helena. Mr. Warren arrived among the passengers per brig Deveron.