S.S. ARGUS.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7441, 15 October 1889, Page 4

S.S. ARGUS.

On Sanday night the new Australian o-smed. steamer Argue arrived in port from Auckland to load for Sydney. She Wa* the bearer of apart cargo of sugar ;tor the mills at the northern port from Jafa. On the passage down the ooasfe fine Weather was experienced to nearing Lyttltton. when W.K. thick weather was met Via, She was berthed at the Nα 7 where the work of loading her will jbe earrled on. She will take some 8000 tone of produce away for Sydney. Captain .J« D. C. Arthur, her master, although a : Stranger here, is well known on the Australtan coast, having commanded vessels . of-the E. and A. line and China Navigation line. Hβ has with him as officers— .cUit, Mr -Forrester; second, Mr J. D. Ttrtn* Mr W. Laing. . The engfneenng department ia presided over oy Mr W. H. JBroogh, who has Jinth him as assistants—Mr Glover second Mr'Kriox third, and Mr Fuller fourth ..These, with the steward, are the only White men on board. The firemen are ,Beugalese, and the deck hands Malays. ~Tb» Argue is a screw steamer of 27»1 tone j SMe tonnage, 2479 tons under deck, and 881 tone net. She was built in 1888 by ; felmer'e Shipbuilding and Iron Company. : limited. Newcastle-on-Tyne. Her enwhich are by the same firm, are on SM triple expanelon surface condensing Jffndple, and when loaded she can steam . Meten knots on an average consumption of twenty-seven tons of coal per diem. Her length is 325 ft, beam 40ft, and depth ;BkW She is built of steel and schooner rigged, and has an elliptical stern. ! Hir owners, Messrs A. Currle and Co. of HeXbourne, are also the owners of the Bnoephalos and Clltaa. The former vesseL haa been here and took a load of horses Mltoefor Calcutta some two years ago. The Argus is eepecially designed for carrytng horses, and the fittings for the stalls, ' &&, are built with the ship. As a cargo boat she should be very serviceable, having ft good beam and fine clear hatches for