Returned from Kimberley
(FEB UNITED PR KBS ASSOCIATION.) Wellington, This Daj. Arrived — barquentine May, Captain Kobb, from Cambridge Gulf. She left on October 17, and experienced a heavy gale lasting three days, between 22 and 24 S. latitude. On the 3rd of November a boy belonging to the vessel, named Ernest Short, fell overboard. Bvery possible effort was made to save him» but without avail. The May brings about 50 returned diggers who are unanimous in condemning the field. In regard to Wyndham, Captain Robh states that it is the most disreputable place he ever set foot on.
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 76, 30 December 1886, Page 2
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98Returned from Kimberley Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 76, 30 December 1886, Page 2
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