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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6767, 24 May 1890, Page 2

The a s Aorere arrived yesterday from Hokltlka. : The Union Company's s sOmapere left :> last night for Grey direct. The s a Ohau arrived last night from 'Auckland and sails for Wellington on Monday. - The a ■ Kennedy arrived last night from Westport and sailed again on the same tide on her return trip. The s h Graf ton leaves Netaon this vjnorning for Greymouth 1 via Westport- . The s s Herald arrived last erenicg ■from Wellington. ■■■■■•■ _ The a a Murray will arrive here this afternoon from the north with dynamite , wad tails again same tide for West port— having dynamite to land there also. The s s Mawhera sailed 'yesterday morning for northern ports. The a a Moa sailed yesterday for WanganuL The New Brazilian Government at the outset was aoting in a high-handed raan- -. ner towards foreign vessels at Rio. The captain of a British ship was ordered to lower the flag of his country, and this he did. But he did something more. The : flag he hauled down was a faded one ; he Immediately replaoed it by a gorgeous new one, and hoisted that up. A new steamship, The Time, the latest addition to the fleet of Messrs M. Howard Smith aod Sons, has just been launohed on the Tyne. She is a oargo Teasel, and is intended for the trade between Melbourne, Sydney, and .Newcastle. Steel has been used in the construction of the hull, which has been built under Lloyds' rules, to^ class 100 Al, ■nd m lll be speoially strong. The principal dimensions ot the vessel are : — Length. ' 300 f t; beam, 41ft j and draught (loaded), 80ft 4in. There are six watertight bulkheads, and as the steamer is built on the cellular bottom principle she will have a capacity for some 800 or 700 tons of water ballast. The builders of the hull were the Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Com* pan*, but the engines are from the works of Messrs T. Rlbhardson and Co., of Hartlepool. These are on the triple expansion principle, fitted,with all the most recent improvements, and have cylinders 23in 37in, and 62in in diameter respectively, and a stroke of 42in. They will Indicate about "1500 horse power, and ' drive the vessel at an average speed of about 11 knots.