LETTERS FROM A LONELY ISLAND.
The captain of the French barque Ville du Havre, which arrived at Melbourne on Christmas Day, after a vcyage of 102 days from New York, landed a mail for despatch from the lonely island of Tristan d’Acunha. It is some years now since a similar mail was handled by the G.P.O. employees, the last occasion being when Captain Rullier du Baty, an adventurous French explorer, arrived in a small schooner from Kerguelen Land, where he had been engaged in Charting the coast of this “isle of desolation.” Captain Halduitte, of the Ville du Havre, found the islanders very short of flour and biscuits, and for a supply of potatoes and fresh mutton (the islanders have many sheep, bartered fresh supplies with them. They said they had not sighted a sail for many months, and handed the captain a large packet of letters to post.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 8, 4 January 1913, Page 5
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149LETTERS FROM A LONELY ISLAND. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 8, 4 January 1913, Page 5
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