THE KATHLEEN HILDA.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 141, 15 June 1892, Page 4

THE KATHLEEN HILDA.

s A' stranger to this porbin the shape of the new, woodon, Jocally-ownecl barque, the Kathleen Hilda, Captain Davies, arrived to-day from Newcastle, coal-laden, aftera very smart passage of 7 days. . Captain Oavie3 reports leaving Newcastle on the Bth inst. with light northerly winds, which on the 10th veered round to westward and .' blew a strong gale, lasting till Cape Maria '. Van Diemen was passed on the 14th, a nd from thence down the coast she experienced W. to S. W. winds till anchor- • ing off tho reef this morning. Sho was picked up by a Ferry Company's tug this afternoon, and berthed alongside the Hob-son-street Wharf to discharge. This is the first trip of the Kathleen Hilda to the colonies, she being quite a new ; .'vessel, built last year by Mr W. V. Cameron, of South Maitland, Nova Scotia, to tbo .order of Mr Donald Ross and Others, of Auckland. She is very sub- ,.-' etantially built of American soft-wood. v: It was the original intention of tho owners ■j' < j-q put her into tho timber trado, and for that purpose her poop deck is very small, which enables her to carry a very large i deck cargo. The cabin is also a small one, - but is fitted up very comfortably. She has Vine deck, and her dimensions are: Length, j6sftlin' .bc^.t!>. Hl* 7in s dentfe- 13ft

Bin, Her gross tonnage is 552 tons; under deck, 476 tons; and neb, 520 tons. Captain Davies, part owner, and formerly of tbe barque Wenona, is in command, and hashis wife with him on this voyage. He went to Halifax to take charge, and took the barque to New York, where she loaded American merchandise for Adelaide. She arrived at the latter port after a very smart trip on tbe 17th'of May, and lefb for Newcastle on May 24th, arriving there on June 2nd, and bhen cjming on to Auckland as above. Her initial trip haa proved her bo be a regular clipper in the sailing line, and her future performances will be watched with inberest. Owing to the dulness of bhe timber trade the barque will be put into the intercolonial coal brade, albhough ib is very probable that she may go on some foreign voyages.