THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12653, 6 September 1904, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO MA IL.

; __* . , ;Vf^ i ARRIVAL OF THE VSENTDISA. 'v/' 1 The mail steamer Ventura arrived from Baa ■': : . Francisco anc! Island ports shortly b*ior» i six o'clock las-; evening, and after the usui medical and Custom uispeditm berthed ~ ;. at the Queen-street Wharf, whne the p Aa . 1 sengers and their luggage ware promptly' landed, and the woik of disabusing cargo."and taking in coal for the run across to Sydney proceeded with. The Ventura made-, a very good voyage of - : 17 days 1 hour from the Cjliforuian port' including detentions at Honolulu and Pago • Pago, the actual steaming tfee being 15 I days lb. 38m. Tins Weather preTail«4 : throughout the voyage. The Ventura had a fair camber of ■ sengers ;in all' classes for Auckland and ,- :< Sydney, there being 71 saloon, 30 second saloon, and 10 steerage. t The cargo. by the .-■'. steamer consists of 1163 tons of yenersl ra&jj chandise, of which 704 tons are -for Auck- ' land, the balance being for Australia. r - s J|f| The in&ils by. the steamer- were of the i following dates: —London, August 6 ; San Francisco, August 18j Honolulu, August 23; Samoa, August 31. Personal Itejps . from London and other, interesting news will be found elsewhere in this issue. The Southern portion of the mails were brought on shore by one of the ferry ' : steamers, whiob had been specially engaged 1 by the postal authorities, and transferred to 1 a special, train at the Railway Wharf, and taken out to Onehunga and shipped on board of the Rotoiti. which left in the e&ki ing for New Plymouth and Wellington! The Ventura is timed to proceed on fa Sydney at tea o'clock this morning. ' : **'