THE AUSTRAL AT AUCKLAND.
. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION) AUCKLAND, June 14. The Orient r steamer Austral was signalled' shortlyßafter A. o’clock,; and afterwards came.slpwly up the Gulf and anchored off Rangitoto Reef. The Austral left Sydney ion; the 9th instant for Glasgow direct, via Cape Horn, and encountered a heavy gale on the 11th, with a beam sea. Captain Slade, R.N., formerly of the Oaronne, is in command. She has put in for setting up rigging and overhaul of machinery, and leaves to-morrow-at noon; Captain Slade intended to put in to'the Bay of Islands, but the weather was thick and squally, and 4 he came^omto Auckland.' He expects to make the " passage' from; here under forty days. The crew of 140 are under the medical charge, of Dr West, well known in the New Zealand trade, in the ship Hermione.
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1047, 15 June 1883, Page 3
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