ARRIVAL OF THE INDRA.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 290, 5 December 1894, Page 4

ARRIVAL OF THE INDRA.

A COASTAL CTJRRENT.

The s.s. Indra, the. arrival of which vessel we reported y/eaterday afternoon, berthed at. the Quee>Btreeb Wharf aboub 4 o'clock. She is fr.©m Barry "via. Batavia and Sydney in ballast, and comes under charter bo bhe New Zealand Shipping Company to load wool for London ab this and southern ports. The chief officer reports thab the Indra lefb Barry (Wales, England) oil September 28th for Ba'tavia with a cargo of coal. Fine weather was met with till arrival ab Port Said where tbe pilot was iakon en baard aad the Indra ■teamed.

through tha ieanal on October llth dropping anchor off Suez on October 12th. The same day she resumed her voyage meeting with fine weather till arrival at Batavia on November the 2nd. Cargo was discharged and the steamer left for Sydney on tho 9th. Several heavy bl'owa were met with, tbe vessel labouring heavily owing to being in very lighb trim. Porb Jackson was made on November 26th, and after a large quantity of bunker coal had been shipped the voyage was resumed on the 29bh. Fine weather with variable winds prevailed on the run across, tbe vessel arriving as above. After making tbe Three Kings a strong current was experienced, setting the Indra towards the land, the wind being strong ab the time also. The Indra is a modern cargo carrier specially designed for trading to India, in which she has been employed since ber launch in 1888. She was bnilb ab Liverpool by Messrs T. Royden and Sons, and is the property of bhe Indra Shipping Company, of Liverpool, who also own the Indralema and Indramayo, two steamers which have but recently visited this porb. Captain .Trotter, who is in command, has not previously visited Auckland. The following are the officers of the steamer :—Chief, Mr Baker; second,-Mr Hollies; third, Mr. Hume ; chief engineer, Mr Drew ; second, Mr McKay. The Indra being somewhat before her time will remain in port about ten days, after which she leaves for the; South td complete her loading.