Page:Sailing of the 'Symmetry' - The South Australian - 1844-12-17 - Nla.news-article71613657.5.pdf/4

 Captain Elder takes with him the best wishes of every one who knows him, and, indeed, we may say of the colonists generally, and we trust the hope he lately expressed publicly will be realised, and that by this time twelve months, we shall have the pleasure of welcoming him again to the colony, accompanied by "a noble band of Scotsmen," and Englishmen too.

About 4 o'clock the Symmetry hauled from alongside the Ville de Bordeaux into the middle of the stream, and then proceeded to Snapper Point. She will go to sea, we believe, this morning at daylight, weather permitting.