Page 4 Advertisements Column 1

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8355, 8 September 1890, Page 4

THE U.S.S. MOHICAN. Early on Saturday morning the United States cruiser Mohican arrived here unexpectedly from Sydney. The Mohican has been for some considerable time on the Samoan Station, but was relieved there recently by the U.S.s. Iroquois. The Mohican then left for Sydney, where she received orders to proceed to Honolulu, and accordingly sailed on August 31, and after a fine weather trip, called here for coal. Owing to the strike of the various miners, particularly at Westport, from which place the Mohican expected to get a supply, there was some little difficulty in securing the necessary fuel, but arrangements are now under way for sufficient to carry the ship to the American depot at Pago Pago harbour, Samoa, where the United States Government have an ample reserve stock. . The Mohican is a barque-rigged vessel of an old-time type of 1950 tons. Her armament comprises one Sin rifled gun, one 60-nouuder rifled gun, eight Pin smooth bore Danlgrens, besides the usual complement of quick-firing Hotchkiss and Catlings, and small arms. Her ship's company numbers 200, and Capt. E. M. Shepherd has with him as officers Lieutenant-commander, F. W. Crocker Lieutenants G. W. Tyler, R. H. Gait, J. S. Shearman, W. G. Hannum; chief engineer, C. J. MacConneli; paymaster, S. Rand;