THE LOCH KEN.

Press, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5139, 22 February 1882, Page 2

THE LOCH KEN.

Captain Wilson, in «ommand of the barque Loch Ken, ii to be congratulated upon having completed one of the fastest voyagm from Liwpool that baa been male t« «"" iwrt. His •nival was lewt looked for in the hmts o! yes, 'ada-dne, as it was known that thervwKel was A Mythingbut good sailing trim, tatfljtwas with BftSlMnountef Mtoniahßent thattja aeente heard that he w«* makwe the port«» night before last. The Loch Kea left Liverpool in Sea 2nd, and cast off from tt c tug on the 3rd. She departed out of view of the SaßJar Islands on the 7th, and crossed tbe >qnator in3l W. on the 26ih. Upon the fiftieth d«y out the Cape of Good Hope was pasted in 47 S.« and the vessel after that averaged 241 miles per day for a full fortnight, the beet days ran being 312 miles. The Snares were made last Friday, since which equally nor'-westera have prevailed- Captain Wileen was formerly cbief officer of the Loch Dee (now in harbor), and for several years in tbe Aackland Jtrade with Captain Black, than wham there is scarcely a more popular mariner to be found in the Home-New Zealand trade. The Loch Ken is owned by Messrs J. and D. Sproat, of Liverpool, a smart iron barque now about twelve years afloat. Sac is ono of tbe Clyde bailt West Coast American traders, and the passage she has jost finished entitles her to rank amongst the clippers. No doubt Captain f?i]Bon on his maiden voyage as master tried her- sailing powers to some advantage and lost no opportunity, in proof of which it may he mentioned that the vessel came into port with her Btnnsail booms up. The agents and charterers, the New Zealand Shipping Company, entered the barque at the Customs immediately upon her arrival, due notice of which v given » consignees in another column. SHIPPING TELEGBAMS. Auckland, February 21. Sailed-Pengnin, for the Sonth. .Pamengew .- Colonel Haulfadn. Mrs Stone, Major Murray, J. Mwpby, L. Mclvey, J. Smith. F. B. Sanderson, nine members of the Bifle AsEOJiation, Vols. C. Fathers, E. Cooper, Cameron, C. J. Kemp, Banks, Arrived-Examiner, b»rqne, from Grey, month; Elizabeth, ketch, from Otakij Alhambra, from Melbourne, via South; Eeward, echooner, from Lyttelton. Sailed-Annie, brigantine, for Hobart; Alhambra, for Greymonth and Hokitika ; Kiwi, for the East Coast. Timabtt, February 21. Arrived—Go-Ahead, from Onmarn; Anthone, from Greymouth; Edith May, from Mewcastle. Sailed—Martha Beid, for Hokitika; GoAhead, for Lyttelton. DtrHXDiN, Febrnary 21. Arrived—B. H. Steinken, brig, from Hong Kong (November 25th). Sailed—Handa Isle, for Sydney; Canterbury, ship, McMillan, for London, with twelve passengers ; Phasis, ship, Brown, for London; Manx Qaeen, barque, for Glasgow. Bluff, Febrnary 21. The Botomahana was detained here all day owing to no certificate being aboard from Hobart for Burton's Circus horses. A telegraph certificate was received from Hobart, and the steamer Bailed at four o'clock.