LATE SKIPPING.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 50, 28 February 1908, Page 8

LATE SKIPPING.

KIA OKA ARRIVES. A new iicqiir.inLinro to ''us P*" 1 " arrived this Ji morning. Tins was the Sh-uv, Savill, nnd Albion C'imymm's ntw stp.impr Kia Ora, which •arrived tins uiorniiifj after lirr first voyage, out from Liverpool, Ma AuoVl.uul. She 13 ,i fiist-eluse twin *crrw c.ir(?o boi>l, nml may lip hneflv said to l>e an lmpiovcd Mat.itua. Slip. lias' .xcuiiipliflied her maiden cfloit in smart - time, nntwitlistaiKling that she \vi>a net fa\<mu<ml with' un\i»u.'ll\ (jood wc.itlur. Tho * avpiatje <!i£t,iucp travelled per diem throughout I tlu tup is 302 miles wh.cli woiKs nut at 12.6 Knot* per hour. The chip'"! best clay's mil Q 1= 330 uules, which ppced njs attained mi two £qui'."tp reclaims. Tins ia(e n{ mngresß t i? c-n-'ideicd good fur » nrw stcuner, when i f w t.ikeu ui'o .iroiiiil ♦l.nt the Ku Oia left I^nciprol on n dinught of about irft. On tlit r mil down the cms! lipiuv head ncalhrr v, is , riiciiuntcied to E.iefc Cape, thence for tho re- j: nmr.dcr of the distanot' an .mrage. houily * ippFd of 124 lcnots \\:'S ni.iintaiiicd. The Km Oia iias a liivitfrt number of ealoon hcitln, and aft there is acconiiftodjcinn fitter' for tl'ird eliisß pa c .>enuei-3. In cases of necescity slie r.iv c.itrj -IGO pcoplo m th i clans. For the corrjinij of raigo she has fi\e laige hold*, thice of which "ie insiilateil .nil two for general r.ngo. For lo.id'ni? and unloading innpescs thcic are 14 den 'dm and 13 Winelic:. Capuiu Cluidlo\-, H.X.R., is sn ciiminmid, and j the lollov mjr i? a h=-t of the oflicei-; connected w'th the ship:— Chief, Mr. R. Lewm : Feennd, ] Mi. W.'Kri-Bliaw; third, Mr. C. Curtis; fourrli, ; Mr. TJ. 'Glascell; chief engineer, Mr. Ferffusou ; * second, Mr. Arthur: thiid, Mr. M'Ra." ; fourth, I Mr. Midd>ctrm. Mr. M'Lpit.v :s chief refrißeratiug engineer. Tlie Km Oia will after d'schargins, proceed to h) ttelton and Dunedin. ' THE AMOKURA. 1 The Marine Department ad\ ises that the training ship Amukuru ariived at Russell jesteidaj- fr<»m Auckland. >She will inanoeuvic , at the Bay of Inlands, and will then crime < further up the coast to Whangaroa. and Mongouui. BY TELEGKAPH. FREMANTLE, 28th Fcbius.ry. Arrived — Orients nfw steamer Astiuwf, from London. l'assengei'B for New Zealinid : Saloon — .Misra Stoddait, Mesdames llutchinson, Milhvard, Andetsui and child. AlcsaM. D.ivj , Andcifou (2), Flicker, Hohy, Holthani, llulchnifon, Ta.ilor, Maynard, Nichols, Captfin J.'me^, Revs. O'Hari and Micdonald. Fiji, £Bth Febriiaiy. Si.iled— Haurcto, for Auckland. Arrived— Sin a, from Sulney. LYTTKLTOX, 27th February. Arrived— Petone (6.30 p.m.), fioin Ureymouth. Sailed — C\gnct., for Kaikoura. i 28th February. Arrived— Ripple (6.5 a.m.), fiom Chatham IsLinda; Rotomuh.in? (8.25 a.m.), fn>m WcHinjt.>n ; Alexarder 1,12.30 p.m.), from Tftiranpri. To eail — Rotomahan.i (6.15 p.m.), for RUSSELL, 26th February. I Arrived— Amokura, from AurMinfl. KAWHIA. 28th February. I Sailed— Tore.iutcn. for Onehunga. j BLENHEIM. 26th February. Arrived— Waihi and Opawa (4 a.m.), from Wellington. . PICTOX, 28th February. Arrhcd— Rakanoa. (II p.m. yesterd-u 1, fiom Wellington. Arm ed— Queen of the South (6 a.m.), from Wellington; Storm (9.10 a.m.), from Wangaii'u. WESTI'ORT, 28th Februiij. Arrived— Canopns (2.30 a.m.), from Well ngton. Sailed— Mapoiuika (10 a.m.), for Nal.on. To sail— Koiapoi (6 p.m.), for Wellington GREYMOUTH.^th Februan. Sailed— Taieri (5.15 n.ni.), for Huou River, Tasmania. OXEHUXGA, 28th Fcbruarv, Arrived— TaUapuna (8.15 a.m.), from Sew Plymouth. Sailed— Taka puna, for ICev,- Plymouth. Paseengeis : Saloon — Misses Leggatt, Black, Aieken (2), Thomas, Lusty, Lawes, Dieki" (2), Hannah, Soniby, Mainland, Edw.irds, JlesdamcH Wilson, Muiphy, Mtssase and 1 Infant. Hinge and infant. Grant, Dunn and 2 children, Rodgpia and child, Teague, WiKon. Walter, Roe, Cooke, M'Munn, Hobertson, Qiclfie, M'jilacc, AM:ins, Bignall, Thompson, Dulcan. Qii'lliam, Thompsm, Mr. Justieo Edwards, Lieu*. White, and Mostei- Kiotu. BLUFF, 2Sth Februaiy. Sailed— Aotea, for Gisborne. BL'NEDIN, 27'-!i February. Arrived— Waikare, lrom Lyttrlton.