PAPANUI, FROM LONDON.

Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 17, 20 July 1900, Page 4

PAPANUI, FROM LONDON.

The signalmen at Fnrewell Spit report that a large Home steamer ]ius.-ed there at 8.30 this xntiyiiiifr, but they were ttnuble lo ascertain her name. She is almost certain to he the New Zealand Shipping Go's steamer Pupauui, from London, Plymouth, 'ieneiiffe. and Cnymtowu, which is due at this port to doy. She may be loolted tor bel.ween 4 and 5 o'clock this afternoon. As the vessel will Lnve to undeigo nn inspection by the Health Officer she is Jiot likely io be berthed until early iv the evening-. There lire several invalided members of tbo New Zenlaud contingents on bosnd, mid an English post and South African JB&il. The Fapauui left Plymouth on Ist June. A few days ago Cnpbuii Coulson, of the Jane Douglas, which wns uoiny- from Hokitikato Westport to l..ad for Wellington, steamed close up to the Greyinoulh bar to ascertain whether it was in a navigable stnt» to enter, as there were indications of stormy weuther. On getting- well up to llie bar, the vessel refused to lespoml to her Steering- way. nnd. Cuptain Coulsou, to avoid the danger of the cable parting-, and so going ashore, dropped, anchor in seven fnlliomn of water. Ho •ignnlled for a tug to take him out into deeper ■water, but the tug was disabled in Greymouth. Eventnnlly Ibe Gertie put in an appearance, and towed, the Jane Douglas further into tbe load•tead. The question of towage money will probably be settled by the Law Courts. The Jane Douglas brought up aearly 40 tons coal for the "Westuort Cool Company. Tbe barque G. M. Tucker, from Newcastle, with about 670 tons coal consigned to Mr W. C. Gnscoigne, arrived this morning. She left the New South Wales povt on 29tb June. Cnptaiu ■ larke brought the Union Co's steamer Wbangupe fiom the Old. Country to Austialia. She called at Capetown en route to laud war ■aatenal for the Imperial Government. A letter to a local resident conve> a news of the death of Captain Hart, for many years chief officer of the 'Frisco liner Huriposu, and who subsequently was appointed commander of the United States transpmt VVurren, nnd later of tbe Sheridan, one of the largest ti nnsports in the fleet. The sad event look place n few weeks ago in the military hospital at Sun Francisco. The deceased had many friends in New Zealand. While there is a s.nck time at the Union Company's rfpninnsr ya'd, Ibe stenm launch Snark will be given mi extent>ive overhaul. Several plates on the staib"»id nnd port sides, floor plates, fiames, etc. will be leplaced by newer material, the machinery and boiler will tiu thoroughly looked into, and a 15-inch bulwark fitted round the vess-el will serve for protective purpctCß fiom the water in 101'gli weather. Tno uiisuccussfiil attempts weie >• ade by the Knbu to woi k. Tui nugitin. The steamer landed Dmliiiiiil at Wmignehu, but the passage from that stnllon to Wolliii-rtoii, x> liieh under ordinary cirenmr tiiuceb nonld occupy about. 16 hours, was pjol< iifid"! to <K> Ijouis on this occasion, owing to a frlili i-oui hcrly. JirtfcNifo "*V iiud G. Turnhull and Co, local Hf-eiils-. w ndvit-ed that tbe Aotea is leßTUiy Li Utltbu loi Wolliajilon ut 6 ntn to-day.