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  2. SHIPS OF THE PAST

    Sir,--It gave me great pleasure to see in "The Age" supplement of 28th February a photo of the good old Superb, in which I had some happy times many ...

    Article : 234 words
  3. REMINISCENCES OF A BRITISH OFFICER

    QUEER things were always happening on that ship. At long last we were rigged, loaded and cleared for London. Our doctor had left, as he had signed ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,820 words
  4. The World of Science

    A FEW weeks ago a correspondent addressed to me an inquiry on the subject of the Goodwin Sands, those sandbanks in the English Channel ...

    Article : 1,269 words
  5. WINGS OF ROMANCE

    They were sitting, primly separate, on the chesterfield when the door opened presently, and their supper arrived. By and by, when they had started eating ...

    Article : 2,499 words
  6. ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION.

    An article in the American paper "Science" of 11th January states that Dr. Karl T. Compton, chairman of the Science Advisory Board, has ...

    Article : 1,121 words
  7. Blanche Moore.

    Sir,--My mother, then ten years of age, left England in the Blanche Moore about the end of November, 1863, landing in Melbourne in February, 1864. She is ...

    Article : 69 words
  8. R.M.S. Australia.

    Sir,--Re the R.M.S. Australia, P. and O. Co., I wish to state the above steamer struck the Corsair reef at 3 a.m. on 20th June, 1904, shortly after the pilot ...

    Article : 257 words
  9. Marine Surveyors.

    Sir,--Reading with interest W. G. Ogden's references to marine surveyors, I would like to remind him of another fine old captain of the past. Captain ...

    Article : 70 words
  10. Cape Verde.

    Sir,--I get "The Age" sent me, and am greatly interested in the Ships of the Past, as I was living in Williamstown for ten years during the clipper ships period, ...

    Article : 220 words
  11. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--R.M.S. Australia was wrecked on what is known as the Corsair reef, named after the pilot schooner which was wrecked there in the early days. ...

    Article : 301 words
  12. Matilda Atheling.

    Sir,--The Matilda Atheling was a bonnie little vessel. Built at Sunderland, and owned by Tighe and Smith, London, she brought a cargo of sugar ...

    Article : 65 words
  13. Famenoth.

    Sir,--I was pleased to read the letter published from Alfred G. Davies re the voyage of the Famenoth in 1888. I was a passenger on this trip, leaving ...

    Article : 78 words
  14. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--Having been a reader of your valuable paper for some 45 years, I would like to ask if there are passengers in Victoria that came out on the ...

    Article : 341 words
  15. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--In reply to questions asked by your correspondent A. E. G. Bennett (Fitzroy), I was on board the R.M.S. Australia at the time she was wrecked. ...

    Article : 93 words
  16. Hoogly.

    Sir,--In "The Age" of 9th March inquiries were made about the ship Hoogly. She arrived at Hobart on 21st December, 1859. Captain H. H. Simpkin, Dr. ...

    Article : 111 words
  17. John Elder.

    Sir,--In a recent issue of "The Age" "O.D." inquired if there were any passengers of the John Elder living in Australia. I came from England with my ...

    Article : 76 words
  18. Kensington.

    Sir,--There is one ship I have not seen mentioned, viz., the old Kensington, a full-rigged ship of about 2000 tons. We carried general cargo and twelve ...

    Article : 113 words
  19. Inquiries Answered.

    Sir,--I will answer the few questions submitted as best I can. Question by "A.J.D,"--Hooghly,--No vessel of that name appears about the ...

    Article : 282 words
  20. Agostina and Mary Nixon.

    Sir,--Among your readers may be some whose old folk arrived in Australia by either the Agostina or the Mary Nixon, which carried my maternal grandmother ...

    Article : 272 words
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