THE CASSANDRA.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 25, 31 January 1887, Page 2

THE CASSANDRA.

Tho barque Casaasdra arrlv: d from Sharpness | o:i Sundry morning early. Tho Cassandra l,ef c I Sharpnera. Bristol uhannol on September llith, f aod na<l light to fresh S.W. winds for 10 days. * Took the U.K. trades in 33° N., and lost them In IS" N.; bad them light throußhont. Grossed the Equator on 26ih October, after, having experiencod meat distroseingly light ■winda and cums fur 17 days; took Iho aoutheas!; trades on the Equator, and had. them light throughout, and lost them in \%- S. Then to th meridian of Greenwich, wbich was crossed in W S. on U2nd November, had variable winds,, chiefly aoutlieriy and always ll(?ht. Had fayourab'.o wlndo for making tho easting, somenmos very Btrong, notably on Christmas Day, in lat. U' S., long. 100 V., and January lat in lat 16- S., long. 135' X., on which oooaalens terrific squolla w»re experienced. Had a SiW. swell from tho time ot passing the meridian of tho O»po of Good Hope until Taßmania was patsed, tlie seas being, gometlnios terrirjiy high Wad light northerly t?indß nnd oalms. whieb continuod day »ftor day with, heartbreaking porale ency undi off the Threo Kings, whon tho Tcssol experiensert a sorong S.B. gale, with a low barometer and » hii?n N.K. swell on. tho 35th inst Made Capo Bietbon Friday, and nnchorcd in Auckland horbonr *arly yosteraajf rooming. Tha Cassandra brings 303 tons anlt fur Auckland, and 300 tona fo» a-Su«tbern pcaU