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  2. Black Slavery in Queensland.

    At the present moment the kanaka labor question has been brought forward so prominently both in Australia and in England that the narrative of a cruise in a Queensland labor vessel to the New Hebrides and Banks Islands in 1877, by an old Queenslander, should be of interest to the general public, for so far I have not observed that any one who has actually taken a roal live ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 722 words
  3. ARGUMENTS.

    The next fortnight of our voyage was marked with but few incidents of either interest or importance. The evenings we e usually spent either in the cabin or sitting and lounging around the ...

    Article : 346 words
  4. THE CREW.

    Hitherto I have not referred to the subordinate officers of the ship. The chief mate was. a Scotchman of about 40 years of age, as brave and cool a man in moments of danger as I have ever seen; ...

    Article : 213 words
  5. RETURN ISLANDERS.

    We had only three return islanders on board with us coming home; and they were always to be found willing to give a hand, in the woiking,of the ship, or chopping firewood, for the cook, and ...

    Article : 106 words
  6. THE START.

    On April ll, at 5.30 a.m., the steam tug made fast to us alonsgide the whatf, where we bad hauled in the previous day to receive on board the last of our stores, and we commenced our voyage ...

    Article : 490 words
  7. THE SLAVER.

    The craft, which was now to constitute my floating home, was a shapely looking brigantine of some 170 tons register, painted black, and on a merely casual survey appeared to be a ...

    Article : 611 words
  8. OBSTACLES IN THE WAY.

    I knew the captain of one vessel fairly intimately, and he told Me that he doubted whether I should be allowed to t avel in her, as the depa tment in Brisbane had a deeply rooted ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 338 words
  9. OUR COOK.

    Our cook was found early in the voyage likely to be a disturbing element, and on the tenth morning out I was woke up by hearing a great noise on deck, followed by the chief mate's voice ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 208 words
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