THE SAM MENDEL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 131, 11 June 1885, Page 2

THE SAM MENDEL.

vhn trrniv: Sam Mendel watt tsken In tow by « A_. '~. in • > '.vhina insido ot Tiririri early *!" . vA,A_'; and about midnight she 4 ■•' '„, ~,, |, ~- :l t rhc pivMli-r L'vouiid. for tho "A' ',;. ,"f oi clv:-,'i:ia-' a qiv.ntity o( explosive matM-'pl Bh" will bo toworl aloDßHirteof QueenA A'A". •' on Saturday morning, and bo bortKea at the outer western tee. where the rro ; dor now lies. The first other cargo will to ai-charged at 8a m. or. Monday. The cam MnmVl is a «"«iron barque of 1,031 tons register, Sf, "ol the No* Zealand Shipping Cob SEnrtered vessels. Sho vinitcd this port preSSvnalv about aT months aj;o, in charge of CaptaiinPorsaon, who still has command. Thechlcf officer U Mr James Campbell, and tho seoond rir'-er Mr Tliomns Woodward. This voyage, lust concluded, has been an unusually lengthy ono, and quite a Blngrlar parformanoe tor tho Sam Mendel. Captain PeisBon attributes this misfortune to adverse wonther Ho reports having loft London nn February 2nd, butowing to head winds, was flntalned in tho Channel for Bixteen days, the land being cleared on February 18th. InfloeaTtho vessel's progress was impeded by contrary windß and foggy weather as far as the Leewln, the Equator haying been crossed on MarchUth. AftorppßtagTasmanla.thaflrstfalr weather waa experienced, and from thonce till

•trrlval fresh winds from W. to B.S.W. provailed. Tho Sam Mondel, notwithstanding her long trip, nrrivos in port in good trim. Sho brings a full cargo of general merchandißO valued at £10,1500, particulars of which havo recently been published in tho Star.