OUR SHIPPING TELEGRAMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 March 1907, Page 2

OUR SHIPPING TELEGRAMS

ONEHUNGA, This Day.—Arrival -a 10.10 a.m., Rosamond from Grey"o'.th. WELLINGTON, This Day.—The steamer lonic, which sails for London tomorrow, is carrying the record total *,i 308 passengers from New Zealand. WELLINGTON, This Day.— \vr\ea at 11.25 a.m., Athcnic from London via Hobart, [Pbess Association—Copxrioht.] THE SUEVIC WRECK. LONDON, March 26.—1 tis intended to cut the Suevic in half across the No. 3 hold. This will enable threefifths of the vessel, including the engines, to be saved. DESERTION IN PELORUS SOUNDS An officer of the steamer Wootten, when in Westport a few days ago, told a Times' reporter the extraordinary story of the desertion of the schooner Eniii \ Sims by three men forming her crew, : n I'elorus Sound. When steaming up the Sound, and within six miles of Havelock, the officer in command of the Woottan observed the Emma Sims an anchor and a man aboard waving a tablecloth, fie steamer was taken alongside, and Captain McDonald was" transhipped and given a passage to Havelock. The captain >- 0 ported that the men had left him, without any cause or reason. Shortly aftsi sailing from Havelock, timber laden, for Lyttelton, they told him they had "hal enough of it," and wanted to leav ths ship." v The captain at first did not !,■•- lieve the men were serious, and told them to go and get their breakfast. He went to his cabin, leaving the vessel, undir full sail, in proper charge, and while he was absent from the deck the men dropp ed the anchor over the bow, bringing the vessel up, and left her in the only boat, that had been towing astern. When Uifl captain returned to the ship in an oi! launch from Havelock he found that ml the provisions had been removed fnio her. The boat was found covered with tree branches in a cove. After *me searching the police found the men &*A [wrested them on charges of desertion and theft of the boat. Captain McDon-'d could give no reason for the men's r<culiar behaviour. A new crew has e»*en sent from Wellington to take the S'ins to Lyttelton.