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This may be, of itself, a legitimate and praise- lives and living with reasonable safeguards was no has estates under control exceeding longer admitted even by ourselves. £11,000.000. A special Act of Parliament worthy aspiration, and we are ready to concede renders the whole of the Company's that many motives, without doubt, are playing Whatever may h* ihe outcome of the Coiw capital and assets—over one million actively behind the demands at the conference ; pounds—liable for the protection of | ; Ceilings within the means of even the ference.it will h»./e done at least one lasting good; j j modest Homebuiider. but such an one is not the stuff out of which olient8' interests, thus ensuring absolute 1 the reminding of all British peoples that their security. After 39 years' service, the Send to-day for our free Catalogue M. 2 ' disarmament is woven. 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THE NAVY LEAGUE JOURNAL. ' 15 3 / \ Interstate Steamship Sailings The Pirates of the Phoebe. From Shoalhaven to the Society Islands and to Samoa. Modern Passenger Steamers: When Queen Maihara Wrote to Governor Darling. Regular Passenger and Freight Services IIY THOMAS DL'NHAHI.V. KATOOMBA N the year of grace, 1827, just a century ago, " DIAR FRIKND OAKLING." things were stirring at the Shoalhaven. CANBERRA to all Australian Ports. I That was the last ever seen in Australian waters Alexander Berry and David Wollstonecraft had of the Phoebe. Nearly a year later, however. ZEALANDIA secured a large land grant there. On this they Governor Darling received a letter dated August KAROOLA BUILT FOR SPEED AND COMFORT. had a large farming establishment out of which was 25, 1828, from Maihara, Queen of Huahine, in .he BOMBALA to grow the great Berry estate of later years. In Society Islands of which the following is a literal addition quantities of cedar were being cut on the translation made by one Robert Brown :— DIMBOOLA Shoalhaven River, and shipped to Sydney by the " Dear Friend Darling, Peace be to you from KANOWNA 25 ton brig Phoebe, owned by the partners. God. FOR FULL PARTICULARS APPLY TO ORUNGAL On December t4, 1827, the Phoebe was lying TELEPHONE "Some white thieves are here who have come at Crookhaven with 8,000 feet of cedar on board ORMISTON A dm laid* Steamship Co. Ltd. - 22 Bridge Strati, Sydney . 9520 from Botany Bay in a boat which they stole from A. U. S. N. Co. • -7 Bridge Stmt, Sydney - 10SSS to he taken to Sydney, when she was seized for a Botany Bay; they are here with us. They have Australian Steamship Ltd., Kembla Building!, Margaret St., Sydney 6221 much longer voyage. Fifteen assigned servants, stolen a boat belonging to Barff; they have also McOwraith, McEacharn Line - 61 Pitt Street, Sydney • • 7566 prisoners of the Crown who were working for Berry broken open a house belonging to Mahine and Huddart, Parker, Ltd. - - 10 Bridge Street, Sydney • 9566 and Wollstonecraft, went on board and took th, have stolen therefrom six muskets and a cask of Melbourne Steamship Co. Ltd. • Cr. Clarence and Barrack Streets 6213 vessel. powder; in fact they have left nothing in the At daybreak on December 15, they put to sea house. intending to reach America. They had a map of INSURE WITH THE " We despatched a boat after them with a num- the Pacific, and one of them, Hunter, who had ber of our men ; they overtook them out at sea been a seaman and seems 'to have been an op- when they commenced firing upon our people, timist, told the others that they could reach killed two and wounded six ; five escaped unhurt. America in 25 days. Three others, Taggart and The thieves escaped. MERCANTILE MUTUAL two brothers named Bowes, seem also to have had INSURANCE CO., LTD. some little knowledge of the sea. The others were " This is our word unto you, the Governor of landsmen. All the fifteen were Irishmen. Botany Bay, unto all the inferior chiefs and in- ferior Governors, and to all the people of Port An Australian Insurance Co. Established 1878 Their provisions for the voyage consisted of 56 Jackson, agree cordially to our word ; this is what bushels of wheat, two tons of potatoes, a little pork, we say : send one of your ships Darling, and fetch three pigs and seven casks of water. FIRE, ACCIDENT, MARINE and these thieves, and take them again to Botany Bay : The runaways compelled John Henry Smith, they are a set of evildoers; behold two of our WOREERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE who was measuring the cedar, and three other people have been killed, and six wounded. These men who formed the crew of the Phoebe, to pilot MOTOR-CAR, PUBLIC RISK, BOILER EXPLOSION, PLATE GLASS, BURGLARY, men are very troublesome : they are murderers : ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS, LOSS OF RENTS, LOSS OF PROFITS, them out of Crookhaven. In fact they asked they are ungrateful: we have behaved kindly to FIDELITY GUARANTEE PLUVIUS (RAINFALL) INSURANCE Smith to make the voyage with I hem but he them, and they have behaved ill to us. It is prudently declined. AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE, CROPS, HAYSTACKS, FENCING, because the Gospel has influence over us that we It fell calm and the Phoebe had to be towed out WOOL FROM SHEEFS BACK TO WAREHOUSE. have not killed the white men who remain amongst HOUSEHOLDER'S AND HOU8EOWNER-S COMPREHENSIVE INSURANCE. of Crookhaven. When she had cleared the heads us. We are striving to prevent any difference Smith, the three men of the crew and two sawyers arising between you and us and then it will be wel Be Patriotic. Insure Australian Property in an Australian Insurance Co. who had been pressed into the work of towing with us all.