THE BARQUE CASABLANCA.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12481, 18 April 1906, Page 9

THE BARQUE CASABLANCA.

The barque Ouablmnoe w now eigiht weeks out from Auck.and on her -voyage to the Uluff, and her nonrarrivad «t the kttw port is causing oonaiderable anxiety to thoee intereeted in th<» vessol. She is a Xorw«sJin weael of 520 totw regiater, buih of iron, and arrived at Auckland -from Maiden Ishiud wrth » carpfo of guano on February 16th, huring r,"u-. m .' t ' lrou S ,i of provieiens. W hi.st in Auokla.r.d eh* was ptuchesed by Captain W. H. Hwives, of the barque Ze!atciir, on behalf of himself ajid * load syndicate. Tli« C-aaablunoa sailed for the Bluff on 1-obruary 25Ui, and on that a very heavy g»l B preraite-d, and it is sunmsed that the YWsre! K ot blown o<l the crnst. She had not b«.n docked for somo months!, and her hull -wan very foul when she left Auckland, and Oapfain He-ayes ( hod made arranswnents to have her docked'at Port Chalmers after discharging her oargo at tha Blufl, where Captain Hcayee hae •been eaiirouely awictirag , her arrival for eorrw» linio past. It ti-us rumoured tbait the vessel wue eiybbod by the Kuaporhn; recently off the Nuggwts, ,but tie report lacks confirmation. It is to be hoped that the TM»I was well provisioned before l«iTin«r Auckland!, othemriee the orow will have h Booond erperienoe of short rataons, evea if nothing worse befale them.