VOYAGE OF THE OBAN BAY. ICEBERGS SIGHTED.

Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 147, 22 June 1904, Page 4

VOYAGE OF THE OBAN BAY. ICEBERGS SIGHTED.

The bnrotip Oban lUy. from Liverpool, wliioli MV\f(l in the stroiun \pslprrla.v. win brought vii to Hip qiifMi'H Wli'trf Uih iiiornittg. Tin" vc>"."l li.i'l » tttniM-ehi'Hia vtnKjr, whitli orrn pet) ]J'J <livt>. Afler Iciivmjf bivrrpoul on 411: t\ uu Tj, ifio bur'\U!" cnooui,tfif 1 n sitcocaainr „{ lir.\\ rulph mill ly wiml*. ujf-misl v.'''.rli slic h.Uilcl fur •ilmut fiKtrpn 'lavr. am tl pii ( .iiit'un Smith thouitlit it advimililo t< be. -Iklui undrr the Ice i>E r,um»y Islam « r 1 I <!i nbatetl. F'jr tlirpe days uftn t'i i t-'ic Kale MReit, nntl tlTfn tlio wlnt . S '„,}.,. tl i-nni'l, iiii-l imotlier Bt;irt wna inoili or t).c v-uacf lo Wellington. Blgfiit through out tlia p^Vsokc tlio vessol encountercil uotliini Im' c-n*riiry Windi, aoldom having a. fair witu ti'V iwcnJvfour hour* together. About tin b, <r'i'Mins nf Jfay in Intitules 4Sdeg ftiltl 47do| B"Uil', :i innnber of hrgv icebersa nnd i lair? ii'i-uitity llf (1 '' ift ICP waa "'Bhtcd, am l,fjrt, with ibe veSsel f'.r some d.138.^ Tlic (leimvtiiro ot tUo Slmw-SntiU gt*q.mo Co.inHiio fur r,niifioii boa Ijccu yoatpoiied until 1 o'tlock on I'riilay luornliia 1 .

Ailvico lnvj been loceivuil by the Now Zenlnml Slumping Company Uiat tlio Knniiuliii Ml Fl\in.null on Snud.iy last tor Wolliiis'tou via Capetown and llobait. 'Iho Slmv Sunll steamer M.itntun, which ii Id lon\e Wellington lor Tionilon uilv no\t niuulh. lina to rail at Dunetlin l.irtellon, ami Tumuii befuru coming nn licit. She is c.v poolotl (o milvo i limit fith July. CupUm l'r.'isrr, until itcmitly in oommtml ■)( tho Sli«\v-du\ ill liner Wiuwtra, and Mcneu. Muttfii ami 'Allen, ilrst Hint thud nilleeis ie-biifi-ti>el.\ of the s.imo sle.imci, will Icava fur I.iniilnii by the Ciiiinthio, which is to t.iil on I'l-iitay mi»!im;(f. 'lhc Peiiftimi, from Nelson mnl I'icton, is psi'i-cted to snl from the lusl-uieiiliuiieJ puit ut 0.00 to nlglit. Aihicc ici-ihiul by the I'nion C'ninpuiy stuli'S that the llci'ftl'l left Auoklaml yeateuliU | ofU-iiiiion fin Wellincf'in via tiiual wn.v pmtii. bhc liai 100 torn of I'cincut for tins pint, und la due about Siiiiiiny. Slip will call ul. l'icton I to Itjiul for Napier aiul Auckland uu lc.ivinK Welluigtuti. Tin- Tyaer liner Nlwii-u. from I-midon iia Mi'lbourti'p, Syilncy, AiioMnrul, nnd Nup:n- in ilxod this lmnmiiKi ««'l WJ* berthed ftt I»o. 4, (jurrn's Whurf. •Iho llaup'il left Wiatp.irt for Nolsan (it 4 o'clock \fsteuUv altoiuimn. fllio h. to nail fiom Nelson for Wellington ul J,30 tins nltejnoon. A tdrsram rrcclvnl from Woatpoit today stntcj tlmt imi fifmt v. ill be m:idc to p.-t the J\'«ipon a«:i,v fi>r Wellington tn-nißht, but it Id f',o\ih{(»l If this c.in be. done. The Union Compnny'B collier Kotuku, which arrived Ibia nvinunj;. brought 100 toils of oval from the S'.nte minra for use on the ladwnjß. From here she is to ro on to Ijjttoll mi' (or whsoh poll sbn has about 500 toun of euftl und -v quantity of timber. Him will pmhnbty Ret wav to-moirow afternoon. The New Zcalnnd Shipping Company 's s.s. Walmnlp will not now reach Wellington fnnn Wmliiia bt'foio Saturday. Her departme for Niiplor, Uisbome, und Auckland baa been postponed until Momlny. Cuptnln Miiunliiß ond Mr. Tate, nommftiidnand eblef officer iMpeetively of tho Union Comp'in;'o •.«. Hotomnliaua, rejoined tlifiir vtiid Jo-duy. Captain Ifolfoul in to resume j rliiigi> nf thn To Anon to-morrow, Captain Niiidslrom ooming a^lioio for tho pieaput. Mr. Kliowman. who lias bren acting chief otllocr of (he Hotomabaua, is to go, buck to Im tmiKfr position as Rcomirt ofllocr, and Sir. .\1illlil!(ton, tbo netinjf scoond ollluer, tnKea bin •ild itand as third oilier!-. Mr. Riohardioii. who has been noting temporarily i»b mud olllecr, has come nshoto to await instruct loiid. The Kiitokim.', which 's expected to miive tomorrow aftcinoon, in coming diiect from Tin-aui. She will leave, here for Weatport on Friday. The Waikiifp is to icavc Tottrltou for WeiliiiHton nt 7 d'rloelc to night. The cargo for Wellington amounts 'to 15U tons.