PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 203, 31 August 1887, Page 4

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Hermione, ship, for London, loading C. W. Janes, schooner, for New York Tarawera, for Melbourne, via South, Thurs-

day. noon . Wanaka (Onehunga), for the South, Friday, 9.30 a.m.

The brig Syren sailed last evening for Kaipara to load timber for Sydney. The schooner Mimiha left Lyttelton for this port on the 29th inst. The brigantine Eillan Doonan left Newcastle for Oamaru on the 25th inst.

The schooner Gael left for Thames this morning with part of her original cargo from Lyttelton. She will load timber at Thames for Lyttelton.

It is expected that the s.s. Whampoa will require a supply of coal on arrival at this port next week, for which tenders are now advertised in another column.

The following were passengers for Southern norts by the s.s. Penguin : Messrs W. F. Miller, H. R. Hart, Harris, J. B. Williamson, Mrs Harris, G. A. Pearce (2 children), Miss Shot, Mace, and Seals.

The brigantine Parnell arrived ab Hokiansa, on Sunday evening and proceeded to Kohukohu to load timber on Monday. The barque Diamond was outside on Tuesday and was expegted to, get in yesterday afternoon.

Shipping was almost at a standstill today, very line weather and absence of wind having prevented various sailing vessels now due from putting in an ajificarance. The first change of weather will probably make things' look somewhat livelier at the wharves.

The R.M.S. Aorangi is expected to arrive at Wellington from Plymouth about a fortnight hence. She will land mails, passengers, and possibly cargo at that port, and then come on to Auckland. She will arrive here about the 17th September, and pave for the South again about the 19th. The remarkable feat of the Orient Company's R.M.S. Ormuz on her last trip to Australia was claimed to be the fastest on record, and now wc learn that this performance has been equalled by the Oroya, which arrived at Port Jackson a few days ago. The Oroya has only accomplished on this trip what was expected of her. The massive triple expansion engines worked splendidly, as the record given below of the runs from Suez to Adelaide will show. On the first day out from Suez the run was 301 miles, then followed 342, 342, 348, 356, 310, 341, 351, 335, 322,316, 285,310, 324,342,330, 352, 358, 367, 354, 324 and 331.