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Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 140, 15 June 1891, Page 4

The fine now steel stoamor Talune, which arrived in port today from tho South, is a valuable addition to tho fleet of tho Union Steamship Company, and from all accounts should prove to bo a great favourite with the New Zealand travelling pubiic. Tho Talune (pronounced a3 if spelt Talooney) was ono of the eight vessels composing the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company's fleet recently taken over by the Union Company, and is a fine-looking substantial roomy vessel. Her tonnage is 2000 gross register, and she has powerful engines of 1.600 horse-power, which enable her to attain a slashing rate of speed. She made the run up from Gisborne to the Queen-street Wharf in the good timo of 23 hours. She is said to be a capital seaboat, and has excellent accommodation for about 185 passengers, 120 in the saloon, and 65 in the steerage. She is quite a new boat, having been built a couple of years ago at Leith (Scotland), and claesed 100 Al at Lloyd's. She is, perhaps, more of a cargo-carrying stamp of vessel than tho Rotomahana, Manapouri, TeAnau, and other like vessels in tho Company's fleet. Capt. Chatfield, lately of the s.s. Wairarapa and Mararoa, is at present temporarily in charge. At the Police Court this morning before Messrs J. Savage and D. C McDonnell, J.P.s two young men named John Dunn and James Robertson wero charged with having been found by night without lawful excuse in tho dwelling-house of Annie Hooker, in Chape! - street. Dunn was further charged with being an incorrigible rogue and vagabond, having been previously convicted as such. A ploa of not guilty was made. Constable McCoy depored that on Saturday night, through information he received, ho went to the dwelling-house of Anuie Hooker, in Chapelstreet, and found the accused in bed there, the nccupants of l he house being away at tho time. They had entered tbe house through iho window. Mrs Dunn subsequently re-j turned, Ki;d etatrd that the men were in j li«r hou.-e without her pelmi.'sion, Annie' Dunn g.-ivo t-KtroLorative evidence. The' iwo men l .vei<! -etnei'ccd to 14 clays' imprisonment with hard labour each. i Mr Clark, engineer iv charge at the i J -.-rn!,,:! J ' t.1.!,; buttery, Puhipuhi, had a v-iy , ..••■" ,>•.<•» lie from being completely •' pu \. n....... ... .lit butU-ry on Saturday, j A'" rdui_ io i r\M" received in town | b'.niuy lioiii Whutii/aiei. Mr Clark was b'isv ni. ihtr b-iiiery on Saturday, v h-n hw shirt-sleeve suddenly caught in !!ib t..„U'i oi i.i.e pulveriser, and was carried ro'uid the shait, i-i.-! collar-bone being btirlct** t;< her minor Injuries being iiiiiicled. Had it not been for his presence of mitid in jumping with the motion of the v hce', he would almost certain! ' ''aye been killed.