SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SHIPS.
TO THE EDITOR or THE SPECTATOR.
19. 13i.hopsgate street within, 24th February 1937.
the Spectator of February Pith, I perceive an interesting article headed "News of the South Australians ;" in which is detailed much which must be gratifying to the hien& of those who have departed in all the ships not in connexion nith this Company, hut which will, at the same time, cause un- necessary uneasiness in the minds of the relatives of such as are in the Com- pany's employment, of whose ships you merely give a glance in passing, with- out notifying that they too have (with one exception) been all spoken with. I doubt not that the omission has arisen from the want of information on the subject : I therefore herewith hand you an account of the ships whichhave been thus heard of, and other matters in connexion therewith. The John Pine was spoken with on the 23d April, nearly a month after her departure, and again on the 1st July, off the Cape of Good Hope ; where like- wise the Duke of York and Lady Mary Pelham were both spoken with on the II th Jur.2, in the same latitude ; and advices of the arrival of these vessels in the New Colony are expected daily. Those who are interested, however, in the welfare of the Colony, will be grateful to know that the Company's vessel, the Small and Elizabeth, which ship left the Downs on 21st October, was heard of before she reached the Line on the 27th December ; prior to which, she had taken one hundred and fifty barrels of sperm oil, and was then in pursuit of more whales, with every prospect of success. Trusting I may have the pleasure of seeing this in your nest number,
I am, Sir, your obedient servant, EDMUND J. WHEELER, Manager.
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