AUSTRALIAN.
♦— ! ARREST OF A CAPTAIN FOR PIRACY. A LARGE SAPPHIRE. [ [UKFXSO PIIEBB ASSOCIATION.] Biubbanb, January 12. A telegram announces that Captain ; Carpenter, of the barque Costa Rica, was , arrested at Ternate, m Malay .Archipelago, by the Dutch authorities for alleged piracy m stripping a wrecked Junk. After som« difficulty the British Consul at Batavia secured his release. Three fine sapphires have been discovered near Rochhampton. One of them is the finest found ia Auitralia. It vroigh3 12G carats, and is valued at £300. Hobabt, January 12. At the meeting of the Advancement of Science Association yesterday Professor Hutton, of Christohuroh, Nevr Zealand, read a paper on Australian birds. Stdnet, January 12. Muoh needed rain is falling throughout tho colony, except at Broken Hill and west of Darling.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXVIII, Issue 10, 13 January 1892, Page 2
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127AUSTRALIAN. Marlborough Express, Volume XXVIII, Issue 10, 13 January 1892, Page 2
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