... colonial rate of postage to her Majesty's ships serving on foreign stations, a letter addressed to the Postmaster-General has elicited the following reply:— Letters sent from this country to her Majesty's ships in any part of the world are now prepayable ...

... Risers Kangwei and Chaoyung were driven th re* The Chinese, however, assert, that ftf*3 ^uPas'f3e finally withdrew, having lost ships, sunk. The remainder of the Jn('Se ilset has reached Wei Hai Wei. j Jo Central News says; On enquiry at the ^icn Office ...

... TOTAL WRECK OF A VEfcSEL. Lloyd sagent atPera telegraphs that the steamer irenarth from Odessa, was wrecked and totally lost. The ship's cargo .and all- on board are sup- pOiCd to have been saved. The Penarth was built m *n 18o'3, and owned by Messrs. T ...

... LATE SHIPPING NEWS. [LLOYD'S TKLEGHAMS.] A Hamburg telegram states that the German steamer Gutenfels, whilst in tow to dry dock, collided with the Jiritish ship Salamanca, and the latter re- ceived injury to the extent of about £200. She was at anchor ...

... foundered, involving the loss of five lives three were reported missing, with 30 lives lost. Four ships met with miscellaneous casual- ties, in which five lives were lost. BREAKFAST IS READY I'll take a cup of Maza- ¡ wattee. Reduced pric s 18 10d 2s, 2s ...

... but so bad was his dition that he could not do that properly, and to bp, told to stop by the assistant-superintendent He lost the ships articles, and on leaving offices staggered and fell over the steps. Vachell directing attention to tho fact that members ...

... TWO BRITISH SHIPS LOST. The English ship Four Winds from Iquiqua tvith nitrate, was stranded and sank on Monday night in a heavy south-west gale at Heligoland. The crew and twenty-three persons were saved. The four-masted ship Falls of Foyer, from Junin ...

... upon them, and attacking with impetuousity, speediiy engaged all the war ships in the estuary. The Japanese had the advantage in the weather bektb, and so manoeuvred their ships that both Chinse warships and transports had to fight it out. Foundering ...

... lower part of New- port. Two uninsured ships lost away at sea, as the rhyme has it, and worth 24,000, appeared to be the beginning of the firm's troubles, and then in the case of another barque, the Governor, also lost, the insurance company successfully ...

... missing ships atone ...

... sea-keeping power of British ships and seamen. Briefly put, Lloyd's figures shew that 29 out of 2,452, or 1*18 per cent., of the sailing ships owned in the United Kingdom were lost in the period before mentioned. Of French sai'Jiog ships, 10 out of 549, or 1-82 ...

... were upon them, and attacking with impetuosity, speedily engaged all the war ships n 1L estuary. The Japanese had the advantage n the weather berth, and so manoeuvred their ships that both Chinese warships and transports had to fight it out. FOUNDERING OF ...