Selvizs land load voyage and shore events at St Johns
Reports from St Johns include loading pyrites for New York, a wrecked Rose with 43 men to be sent south aboard Virginia Lake, and the Galatea towed from Herring Neck after discharging salt. The Methodist Conference opens at George Street Church with Rev Dr Carman attending. several ships bring cargoes and seals to E Dutler’s firm, while over forty thousand units of seal products are expected landed. The Alasonic lodge attends service at St Peter’s Church with regalia. The Nikita from Cadiz and Lade from Cadiz arrive with salt for Owen and Earle. Rev W Harris and family return to visit friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Street
St. John’s
Carman
Canada
Witte Bay
E. Dutler
Sultan of Morocco named after turmoil and plunder
Telegraph dispatch from Halifax reports Abdul Asiz has been installed as Sultan of Morocco amid beheadings and fears of insurrection. Concurrent items note Colorado freight derailment, failed passenger train seizure, Erastus Wiman forgery conviction, Archbishop Tache dying, and other world events including the Intercolonial Conference in Ottawa and Balkan tensions.
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Halifax
Abdul Asiz
Morocco
Coxeyites
Colorado
Erastus Wiman
Tache
Winnipeg
Vigilant
Greenock
Bayne
Pennsylvania
Ottawa
St. John
Miss McCormack
Britain
Congo
England
Germany
Hong Kong
Post Office Regulations and New Parcel Insurance Policy
The article outlines anti counterfeiting postage rules and a new parcel insurance service effective July 1, 1893. It details detained letters for fictitious or reused stamps, alterations to Article 18, and allowances for address cards without wrappers. It also announces compulsory insurance for valuables and a fee schedule, with enforcement in the United Kingdom and colony. J.O. Fraser, P.M.G., St. John’s, June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
United Kingdom
Universal Postt Union
Great Britain
Europe
T. Xou Yi
Carcely
J.O. Fraser
P.M.G. General Post Office
St. John's
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New York
W.W. Edmondson
Virginia
Lake
Rev. J. Hill
Crosby” Lodge
Wim
Rose
Lascie
Virginia Lake
Cross
RE. Dutler
Herring
Ileta
Polino
Montreal
Messrs. Owen & Earle
Fogo
Nikita
Kandes
Cadiz
Messia
Owen & Earle
Lade
Gantesen
W. Harris
Harris
Westeyville
Taylor
Griquet
Intyre
George Gaden
Telegraph
Carter’s Cove
Thomas Farr
Ship News
Twinliingate
Lachance
Yia Fogo
Lucie
Gautesen
Cow Bay
Ballast
C. McPherson’s
Water Street
Mariners
Harbor Grace Island
Geo. W. Mews
Union Bank of Newfoundland
OTICE
Ramefer Books
Post Office
F. Berteat
Potier Orriere
Ablio
Supreme Court
Bowring
For All
Thomas Beecham
St. Helens
Lancashire
Newfoundland
George Knowling
Sion
Disston
Sorby
Joseph Rogers & Sons
B. M
Potosi
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