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Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 109, 1 November 1879, Page 2

On Saturday last the schooner Upolu arrived iu harbour from a labour-recruiting ■Cruise amongst the islauds of the New Hebrides Group, from which place she Lao brought 106 us line a looking lot of men as we huvo seen brought to this harbour. The healthy uudcleuuly appearance of the men speaks .volumes for Uiu care -uud attention tnoy have received at the hands of the captain, officers, and recruiting agent since -thoy have been on board tho ship. Ihe labourers were passed before Th. Weber, Fsq., Imperial German llwuul, jm4 ivoro ..tl.cu dialled on to tho various plantations of the Deutsche Haudeis-und Ji'lantageuGesollschait.

The British three-mast schooner Sirocco took her departure for Sydney on Sunday fast, and sac may bu expected to return about the middle of January. <Jn Sunday the American schooner Undine arrived iu harbour from San Francisco, alter a passage of thirty-one days. The schooner Fogoloa arrived iu harbour -■on Monday .last, from Tutuua, with a full turgo of island produce. ■On Wednesday last the brigautino Ma.tautu arrived in harbour, from a cruise amongst the islands of the Kllice Group, calling at Wallis Island on her return. She left Funafuti on tho 6th of October, and \\ uilis Island- on the 2uth ; she brings a full curgo of island produce. The schooner Venus left Funafuti on the 4th of October, for Sydney, with a full and miscellaneous cargo of island produce. The schooner Ovulau has been windbound iui'liuruuur lor the past two or three days. S9w will leave for liji to-day, weather perm.tting. Captain liahlmnn, of the schooner Tongatabu reports that when iu latitude 2!) S. longitude 176-36 W ho spoko tho ship Horatio, of J»«w Bedford, "Charles Gram. master, twenty-live months out, with Moo i.u- rels sperm oil; ell well.