A STARTLING cry is that of "Man overboard," even in the largest and best-disciplined vessels—how much more so, then, in small, ill-found ones, where, besides the generally useless boats, few, or perhaps none, of the usual life-saving appliances are at hand ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 2,125 wordsThe first Grand National Steeplechase Meeting under the management of the Victoria Racing Club was hold on the Melbourne racecourse on July 23. Though the weather was pleasant the attendance was not quite so large as might ...
Article : 631 wordsSIGNOR CECCHINI has just completed two oil paintings in Melbourne, one of which is intended for exhibition in the Royal Academy of Venice, while the other will probably remain in this colony. The first represents a ship bowling ...
Article : 388 wordsTHE Hobart Mercury thus describes a fine specimen of the almo salar which was recently captured in the Derwent:—The fish is a handsome specimen, 27½in. long, 15½in. greatest girth at dorsal, and 6in. girth at tail. The head is line, very unlike the ...
Article : 235 wordsAt the Theatre Royal, Mr. J. Dowhurst has appeared in a round of Shakspearian characters and other rules of tho classic drama, in which ho achieved fair success. Mr. Fred. Marshall concluded a moat remarkably successful ...
Article : 235 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 102 wordsPlease choose from the following download options:
Share this item on:
Print page as...
Testing
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
With your Trove account you can: