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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8403, 3 November 1890, Page 12

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THE R.M.S. AORANGI.

Port Chalmers, October 7.—The R.M.s. Aorangi arrived at the Heads at 5 a.m. from Plymouth, via Capetown and Hobart. She brings 1953 tons cargo, 135 passengers, 240 bags mails, and 23 cases parcels post. Her passage has been an uneventful one, no births or deaths having occurred. She commenced to discharge vith no.i-union labour, her cargo being received into railway trucks by only men belonging to the goods department. The personnel of her officers is unchanged. Her dates are : Plymouth, August 25; Teneriffe, 28; Capetown, September 13; Hobart, October 3. At the latter port she landed 53

passengers and 238 tons of cargo. The passengers for Auckland are Saloon : Mr. A. E. Gilmour. Second cabin : Mr. and Mrs. S. Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. T. Sherwood, Misses E. A. Bennett, J. A. Bennett, J. C. Bennett, A. Collett. Steerage: Mr. and Mrs. J. King, Misses H. Bremner, K. King, E. King, B. King, E. Parkea, Masters W. King, E. King, Messrs. R. Baxter. G. L Baxter, 1). Bremner. J. Griegson, S. Sperry, A. Reid, R. Tanner, 0. A. Bowers. She has '206 tons of cargo for Auckland. Lytteltox, October 30.—Sailed: R.M.s. Aorangi, for Rio and London. Passengers : —Mr. Charles Rata, Miss Johanna Lohse, Miss Kate Wilsoa, Mr. Frank Cordeaux, Mr. Louis C. Pareto. Second saloon : Mr. W. Courtenay, Mrs. Jessie Brown, Miss Edith Brown, Mr. Thomas Booth, Mr. C. Difford Harris, Mr. Charles Beetham, Mrs. Clara Beetham and child, Rev. E. E. Austin, Mrs. L. W. Austin, Masters Austin, Mr. F. W. Haslem, Mr. John Reeves, Miss Marie McDowell. Steerage, 19. THE R.M.S. ARAWA. Wk lung ton, Thursday.— : R.M.s. Arawa, Captain Stuart, for London. Passengers : —Saloon :W. C. Howard. Second cabin: Misses Walths (2), Messrs. E. S. George, H. E. D. Flenker. Steerage : Mrs. Hutchinsou, Messrs. R. Little, Metcalfe, Long, R. Barlow, B. Dongahan, A. J. Lear, THE R.M.S. COPTIC. VVklungton, October 24.— R.M.s. Coptic arrived at 3 o'clock to-day, after an uneventful passage. She left London on September 4. Plymouth on the (3th, Tenerifle on the 11th, the Cape on the 28th, and Hobart on October 19. At the Cape she had no communication with the shore, owing to small-pox having broken out there. Oil the 2Sth inst. a steerage passenger for Wellington, named Caroline A. Ashdown, died of cerebral apoplexy, and was buried at sea. Mr. G. Wright, late of the R.M.s. Bekic, comes as chief officer, having succeeded Air. Lindsay, who has joined the navy for twelve months' drill. The Coptic brings two liens of live partridges, consigned to Lord Onslow.

PASSENGERS FOR AUCKLAND. First saloon : Major and Mrs. F. George, Miss McGlashan, Mr. G. F. Onier. Second saloon : Messrs. D. Gill, 11. N. Goodwin, S. Priestly. Third Saloon : Alesdames Atkinson and Decrff, Messrs. Watkinson, Cook, Decerff, Mackenzie, l'attison, RcdcliiF.