ARRIVAL OF THE TRIUMPH.

Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 108, 30 May 1885, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE TRIUMPH.

Tbe steamer Triumph, now in charge of Captain Fernandez, which loft Auckland for this tort on 30th November, 1883. and rin on the rocks close to the island ot Tiri Tirl the same orening, arrived hero this morning. Onr readers nre not to infer from this that sho has been eighteen months on the royago The particulars are wellknown of the extraordinary oireumstanoes ot her wreck, ot her abandonment by the underwriters', and purchnsa by Mr. Goo Fraser. of the firm of Frtiser & Tinne; of her subsequent extrication from her position ot peril, and dncVing and rep iring in Anokland. The Triumph ha* now been rlncod in the intercolonial trade by the compauy who are her proprietors, and conies here from Sydney, via Anokhnd, with coals and goneral merchandise. Tho Triumph is an iron steamer of the OArgo carrjinfr type, and is fitted with all the most modern improvements. Her engines are on the compound prinoiple ; «he has good accommodation for passengers, and thoso who travel by her will find h«r a comfortable regsel. She has just benn over to Sydnoy, where she was docked .Slio left there ou tho 17th inst, for Auckland, with cargo and passengers, including 400 tons mineral cargo and 17vO tons Newcastle coals. «ml arrived at Auckland at midnight on the 21st; loft on 27th, with favourable weather until reachin? Bust! Cape, when heavy swell from southward wns experienced, arriving at Wellington at 7-30 tliis morning Sha sailed Sonth this afternoon. W. & G. Turnbnll & Co ore agents for her.