EXPECTED ARRIVALS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9340, 8 April 1893, Page 2

EXPECTED ARRIVALS.

Rotomahana, s.s., from the South, to-day, re Aiiau, b.b., from Sydnoyand the Nor ib, 9th Apiil. Waiilmoo, e.s.i from Southern ports, 9th AprlL Orowaili, b s,, from Gioymoutb, 9th April. PROJKCTKD DEPARTURES. Botomahans, b.b,, for Sydnoy and Northern ports, to-div . Te Ao&n, b.b,, for Melbourne) and Soithorn ports, 9th April. Warrlmoo, c.c., for Sydney and the No.-th, Btb April. Th» local ogenta ol tie New Zealand Shipping Company reoeived word yesterday in connection with the movements of the b,s. Kuahlne, that as a lot of tha Wellington oargo is found to be b towed In the meat oh >mbers, It has been decided to send the Rvahine there from Auckland instead of to Napier, After discharging har Wellington oargo, she Is to oome on to Napier, and Is due her* next Friday. The as. Lily let b tor Walroa at 12.30 a,m, yesterday morning. The barqnendno Pendle HIU waa towed out by the aa Ahutlti yeatorday morning, and at onoe Billed for Mondonui, where she Is to load with timber for Sydney. The S.B. Td Kapu airlved from Walroa ab 1.20 p.m. yesterday with a Quantity of hide;, iheepsklns, and Wool. SUn leaves again for Vf altos ta-nJakt, • The b. 9. Weka steamed for the coast late on Thursday night, taking a full load of general itatlon stores. ,*._.,,. The b.b. Rotomahana is due from South ports this forenoon, and leaves for Sydney and the North this evening. The i,9i Ahorlrl takes off the passengers at 6 P.m. The s3. Warrlmoo is due from Southern ports to-morrow morning, and will proceed on her way North soon after arrival. The launch with the outward passengers leaves tha wharf at 10 a.m. The b.b. OrawalO, with a cargo ot coal tor the Gas Company and Railway Department, will artlre from Greymouth to-morrow afternoon. The schooner Orpheus sailed for Lyttelton yesterday afternoon. At Lyttolton she wilt 10 «1 back for Napier. The 8.8, Te Anau only arrived at Auokland yesterday from Sydney. She Is due here tomorrow morning. Lnßb lsmnoh. at 10 a.m. leaves the wharf with the outward passengers. Though the pioneer American whalebaok steamer hid so short and unsatisfactory a career, the whalebaoker principle still Uveß, and a large steamer of this type nas just oeen launobed at Lake Superior, intended fcr the conveyance of passengers at rhe World's Pair between Chicago &nd the butiaings at Jackson Park. The Ohilstopher Columbus, as she Is called, is 362 teet in leogth, 12 feet beam, and 24 feet deep, she is said to be the largest excursion steamer afloit, having accommodation for 5000 paßseDgers. She la the usual type of whalebacker, save that she will have a continuous deck with seven ranges of deokhouses, supported on turrets, tor the aoenmmodUlon of the passengers. The steamer will bo handsomely fl ted out and decorated, and will be a striking object to tha visitors ti the World's Fair. The maohinery Is being contracted by M°Bsrg Samuel F. Hodge and Co., of Detroit, and will ba of 2600 indicated horse power. Tho cylinders are 23 Inches, 42 Inches, and 70 Inches diameter, whilst steam will be supplied by six boilers of the Scotch type, 11 feet diameter by 12 foot long, working *t a pressure of 1001 b per square Inch, there will be a single iirooeller 14 feet diameter, with 19 feet pitch, and the speed expected to tie attained is 20 miles an hour.