HBH 1892 July 29th Thistle SHIPPING NOTE The schooner Thistle from the Solomon Group, which put into Newcastle recently with the captain ill, left the "coal city" in tow of the steamer Alice for Sydney. The Thistle has had a successful trip so far as trading is concerned. She left Sydney on April 8, and arrived at St. Anna on the 23rd. Here a boat came off for mails, and reported the murder by natives of a trader named Francis NYBERG. He was murdered ten days previous. The island of Munia was called at, and after collecting a valuable cargo the return trip was commenced. Bunyetta Point was cleared on the 18th instant. Variable weather was had till abreast of Crowdy Heads on the 24th, when a heavy southwest gale was encountered, in which several sails were carried away. Two heavy seas were shipped, smashing part of the bulwarks and washing the captain away from the wheel. After this light winds and calms prevailed to Newcastle and Captain HAWKINS decided to run in for medical advice. Captain HAWKINS was attended by a medical man, and was found to be suffering from rheumatic fever and injuries received by being washed away from the wheel.