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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1216, 8 January 1872, Page 2

Five indies of rain fell in 40 minutes at Mahableshwar (India) on Oct. 4. The average sa ! arj of teachers in the primary schools of Prussia is about £4O. The Nautical Magazine says :—The voyage of the steamship Australian with the new teas from Hong Kong through the Suez Canal is worthy of notice. The splendid clipper sailing ships have had their da}* ; it is not at all likely that we shall again hear of the exciting ocean races of these tine vessels unless our coal supply is exhausted sooner than we calculate. We have been favored with a short account of the passage of the Australian, the vessel which brought the first cargo of the new season’s teas. This vessel is one of the largest of the steam fleet of the Pacific and Oriental Company, tier gross tonnage being 3,648, and she was laden with upwards of 35,000 packages, which included 34,616 chests of tea, besides mails, &c., which she carried. She commenced her voyage on the 9th of June last, and reached Southampton on the 29th July, thus accomplishing iier voyage in 49 days. This makes ||ie 9.0 days’ passage of the clipper ships look rather absurd in comparison. It appears that seven steamers started and endeavored to make something of a race of it; indeed a rumor reached those on board of the Australian that the Enterprise, ope of the seven, a Sarge and powerful vessel, had entered be Suez Canal the day the Australian lift • -»' * -J •• * - • v‘* •

left, and Lad ta f ken on extra engineers and was piling on the coals, with the intention of doing her best to overtake the Australian if she could; but she was not .successful. The Australian grounded rather seriously once in the .Canal, but with the assistance of a tug which happened to be near was gob off without much difficulty or loss of time.