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    1. [AUSTRALIA-NEW-ZEALAND] HBH 1892 August 9 2 aus content shipping
    2. Elaine Mattsen
    3. HBH 1892 August 9 2 Shipping and news Arrival Port of NAPIER 8th Orpheus, Captain SMITH, schooner from TIMARU Departure 8th-Norval, schooner for GISBORNE. Messrs HOWARD, SMITH and Co's s.s. PEREGRINE has beaten the record between SYDNEY and MELBOURNE, her time from wharf to wharf having been 38 ½ hours By the s.s. Te Anau on Sunday there arrived a couple of young lads, stowaways, from Wellington, The passengers on board good-naturedly made a collection towards their expenses while waiting to be returned home again. The s.s. Bancoora, which was at Newcastle on July 15, had an unusual cargo on her last trip from India to Australia. -"The British India steamer Bancoora from BOMBAY arrived, having left Kurrachee on June 3, with a consignment of camels, shipped by one Zamadar Taz MOHAMED, who is a merchant in AUSTRALIA carrying on a large transport business. The camels on board number 349, on having died during the passage down, while the rest of them are in good health. With the exception of about 26 they are kept in the hold, the animals are well looked after, and are fed with Indian grass and water. Taz MOHAMED has already taken 700 camels to south Australia, where he is doing business with his brother Zamadar Paiza MOHAMED, on a large scale, in the same line. The present consignment will be taken to Fremantle and Geraldton."

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