ARRIVAL OF THE OAMARU.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 4531, 6 December 1884, Page 5

ARRIVAL OF THE OAMARU.

The ship Oamaru arrived from London early on 23rd November, tho passage haying, occupied 95 days. The Oamaru is a large iron vessel of 1,306 tons, under the Shaw. SaviHe. and Albion Comp my's flag, and is in charge of (.apt. Maxwell. The chief ofllcer is Mr Heard, and the second officer is Mr Little. She brings only oart cargo for this port, the balance beingt for the Bluff. The Oamaru brings 60 jjnasongerg, all in goodhealth. The vessel was vlaited by tho Health Officer on arrival, and passed. The Oamaru left London on the 19th August, and Start Point on the 23rd. Light N.E. winds, with exceptional y fine weather from that out, Prevailed to latitude 12deir N A .continuance of southerly mnds forced tho vessel over to the Brazilian coast, £S about ICO milns from Pernambuco. The Equator was crossed on tho 17th of Septembsr jn'long. SO W., and the £j.K. trades woro ift&d up inikt. 3deg. ££ The tranes proyld. - fresh, and carried tho vessel to lat. 30..eg. S., when thoy werb succeeded by fresh westerly winds, which lasted for two days, during which some little better progress was made on her onward course. Easterly weather had to be contended against for the npxt sii days, which left the vessel in 39deg. &, and gigtt'y w the westward of Tristan d'Acunha. Ran.downthe eaitlngs on the parallel of .ISdcg. until past the Cnwetts. when the wind again proved troublesome, setting In fjorn M ti° q K F 1 :^ 1 > which drovo the ship down to mis. S From there light N. and N.E. to variable jg»" JWf Tailed and continued until in the meridian of Tasmania v/hich was crossed on the 9th No™S. Ateht N. to.N.IS. airs and calms prevailed thenc6 to tho New Zealand coast the Three Kings being sicbted. on the 20th inst at Hlioii MiVa kllnn Jourdain. Miss Kditli JomdiuNtr William H. McCandlish. Mr^Ctaploa •M. McCandlish. Master John A. McCaiulhsh, Master George G. L. McOindlißh, Mws Lsttie M. McCand&h, Miss A. M. Lonnan. Second cabin-Missea"Lucy and Ada i fortune, Mrs Frances Crossley, Mr Charloa W. Xelsn. Mrs L. Winklemann and family J).'Miss Rebecca Schotteld. Miss PrisciUa. Scott, Mr and Mrs Jacob Holt and child, Mr and Mrs George Holt. Miss S. A Holt, Mr Alexander Steel, Mr Alexander Lang, Mrs Marie M. Balton, Mr Tom Wilson, Mrs E. Pheney, Miss Phenev. Third cabin: J. G. Popplowell and child, James and Mrs Grainger and 2 children, •Robert W. Jones, Mrs .8. Haydon, Miss 8. », Haydon, Master G. A. Haydon, Master Krncst Haydon WilUam B. Knight, Mark Johnson, Ernest Harris, John Lund, Samuel O. Garllck, Mr and Mrs Joseph Hawkins and child.