ARRIVAL OF THE ELDERSLIE.

Evening Star, Issue 8609, 1 September 1891, Page 4

ARRIVAL OF THE ELDERSLIE.

The Shire line steamer Elderdio, from London via Lap Palmas, Hobarr, and Northern poita of New £euland, arrived at Port Chalmers at 8 a.m. on Sunday, and was berthed at the Bowen pier to discharge and receive cargo. Captain 0. Olseri is Btill in command of this favorite vesae'.', and the personnel of her officers and engineers remains anefcanged. She comes into port in her usual (rood order, and brines/ 500 v»..» ,» B ou C .ai vit> go ror .uuneain. After tikini; in frozen mutton Vio.o .u. r ......<.ci<i to Timaru, and from that port comes back to Otago to complete her homeward cargo Captain Olson reports leaving London on June 18, had fine weather, and cleared the Channel on Jane 20; mot light winds with fine weather across the Bav of Biscay, and atrived at Lao Pa'mai on Jane 24; ooaled and left again on the same day; met moderate winds with fine weather, and crossed the Equator on July 3 in longitude lOdegW.; met moderate S.F. trade?, and sighted the Gape of t>ood Hope light on July 15; after rounding the Gape she had favor ible weather for a few days, followed by stronj winds from N. to N.B. and very stormy weather until she reached Eobart on August 8; coaled and left that port on the same day, and thenoe encountered a very severe gale, which continued until Auguttll, attended by very heavy squalls and terrifio seas, which luckily did no damage, the ship behaving splendidly throughout the gale. She reached Auckland on August j 18, and after landing 1,000 tons of cargo left again on the 23rd; had moderate weather, and reached Wellington at midnight on the 26th inst.; discharged 1,100 tons of cargo and poshed on for the Sooth at noon on the 27th, and arrivad at Lyttelton at daylight on the 28th; land ;d 400 tons of cargo at that port, and Jef J again at 11 a.m. on the 29th intt.; had thick dirty weather down the coast, arrived off Otago Heads at 5 a.m. on Sunday, and waß berthed at the wharf as above.