BLUFF.
... : - r . v .... Thursday. Arrived jth« ; aJ»ip|Timaru, lQs?days out from Glasgow;* Eeports eight deaths —three from scarlatina, the last case occurring 23rd March. She brings 184 immigrants; all well. They will l;kely. be landed to-morrow. After considerable delay, caused by the interchange of a; number of telegrams between the^ authorities in Wellington and Dunedin, 5 an'order came in the shape of a special proclamation by the Superintendent to land the ova to-day^ This message being communicated to the master of the ship Timaru, he, after conferring with Howard, the curator, some distance from the vessel's aide, undertook the breakingpmt process. -A large>boat was provided With appliances, and quickly sent alongside to receive. the boxes containing the ova, the unpacking of which occupied till 3 p.m. No person being allowed on board, it was/impossible> ito see the appearance in»ide. The packing boat came nlongside the wharf at 3 30, and landed thejirst batch.which was put in the railway trucks. The.4ce- appears to have kept well. The balance of the ova wjU be landed about six, and a special train distance of the ponds.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1966, 23 April 1875, Page 2
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182BLUFF. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1966, 23 April 1875, Page 2
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