TO TAKE WOOL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 20 December 1909, Page 2

TO TAKE WOOL.

The Shaw, Savill and Albion Comnanv's chartered steamer Waitemata arrived from Wellington yesterday morning, and camfe into lar bow about 1 r, m heine safely berthed at the Kailwithout any difficulty. The s s Koi went outside and made a rope fast to the big steamer's bow and asUnion Steam Ship Company, and » » good type of the caTgo boat She is a IZparatlvely new steamer, having arTiveS in New Zealand last year. She was bSt by Mew* W. HamUto,! and Co., of Port Glasgow, and w 5430 tons gross. Tie vessel has a double bot-. Sm, and her decks are teak. Her engines are triple-expansion, of horse-power, and she steams U iaiots. She is^tted with Clayton's patent fireextinguislier. Her dimensions are as follows :-Length, 415 ft between perpendiculars, 435 ft, overall; beam, sfltt., Septh moulded, 30ft. 4itt. ; depth of hold, 27ft. 7in. . . . The Waitemata. is m command Ot CapUin J P. Crawford, who has associated with him the following officers: —1? W. Barrow, Ist nifate; W. A. Beswiflc 2nd- R B. Gard, 3rd; chief enSntr E/McCallum; 2nd, F. Henry; frd, W. Sand S ;4th, D. Stevens; 6th, T. Barr • Mr. Broughton is purser ; and Mr j. Livick is chief steward.