MOVEMENTS OF THIS UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY'S FLEET.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8555, 25 July 1889, Page 1

MOVEMENTS OF THIS UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY'S FLEET.

Wkdnbs'jav, July 21. Lyttelton—Takapunaarrived 9.10 am from Dune.iin; Bailing 10 p.m. for Wellington. • Wellington—Mawheraarrived 10a.m. from Nelson; sailing 3 pm. for Lyttelton. New Plymouth—Hotorua arrived early from Manukau; sailing 7.30 a.m. for Nelson. Kussell— Walrarapa arrived 7 a ni, from AuckUud j sailed 11 a.m. for for Sydney.

The 8.6. Waihora, Captain T. Pophara, from Auckland, via East Coast ports, arrived at Port Chalmers at 9 a.m. yesterday, and steamed alongside the George street pier. Jlr Fenwick, her purser, reports leaving Auckland at noon of the 18th met.; called at Gisborne and Napier, and reached Wellington at <iay)fgut of the 21«fc; sailed again at 4.20 pm. of the 22nd, arrived at lyttelton at daylight of the 23rd j leaving again for headquarters at 6 p.m. same day, arriving as above.' She experienced light southerly and variable winds with line weather throughout the passage, The s.s. Grafton, Captain P. Nordstrura, from Westporfc, via Tlmaru and intermediate ports, arrived at Port Chalmers at 7.lsa.m;yesterday,andsteamed alongside the Manapourl to discharge quantity of grain for Melbourne. Mr Hume, her purser, reports leaving Westport at 2 p.m. of the 19th inst, arrived at Nelson at 9.15 am. of the iOth; sailed again at 11.15 a.m., and reached Wellington at 10.30 p.m. came day; galled again at 9 a.m. of the 21st, arrived at Lyttelton at 6 a.m. of the 22nd ; pushed on again at 11.15. p.m. same day; called at Tlmaru at noon of the 23rd; leavlag again at 8p m. same day, arriving as above. She experienced light variable winds with fine weather down the coast. ;

The s.e. Uinrarooma, Captain Q. Allman, from Sydney, via Wellington and Lyttelton, arrived at Fort Chalmers at 10 a.m. yesterday, and steamed alongside the Bowen pier Mr G. H. S. Martin, her purser, reports leaving Sydney at 5 p.m. of the 15th insfc.; cleared the heads at 6 p.m.; had S.B. winds with moderate sea across, and breasted Cape Farewell at 4 a.m. of the 20th, arriving alongside the wharf at Wellington at 8.15 p.m. same day. Left again at 0.55 p.m. of the2l»t, passed the s.s. Dnplelx at midnight, and arrived at Lyttelton at 6-s.m. of the 22nd ; left again at 1.30 p.m. of the 23rd, and arrived as above, having met variable winds with smooth sea from Wellington, The U.S.S. Company's ss. Tarawera left the Victoria wharf at 2 p.m. yesterday with passengers and cargo for Auckland via the Bast Coast ports. The s.b. Hauroto took in cargo for Sydney, via Cook Strait, at the tongue wharf yesterday. The s.s. Pukakl landed cargo at the Jetty street , wharf yesterday. The s.s. Grafton steamed up from Port Chalmers yesterday afternoon, and landed cargo at the Kattray street wharf. The s.s. Bingarooma steamed up from Port Chalmers yesterday, and was berthed at the Kattrny street wharf at 1 p.m. to discharge cargo. I The ship Balston was towed up to Dunedin yesterday afternoon, and borthed at the cross wharf at i 2 30 p.m. ! A. large ship waa reported 13 miles east of Cape ] Saunderß at noon yesterday, and at 4.30 p.m. the waa reported as the New Zealand Shipping Com- j pany's ship Waimate, from London; flying a'- Jack " four miles off the lighthouse. The ketch Catlin, which put in last week, having ■ shipped a new foremast, left the George street wharf , and anchored In the stream, waiting a fair wind. ]

AEBIVAL OF THE BALSTON. The ship Balaton, from Glasgow, which arrived off Otaeo Headß oa Tuesday forenoon, was towed Into port yesterday by the s.s. Plucky, crossing the bar at noon, and reaching the cross wharf at 3 p.m. The Balaton is a bandtome little Iron ship ot 814 tons register, and was built nnder special survey In 1868 by theoelebrated firm of Steele and Co., of Greenock, for Messrs Klchardson and Co.. sugar refiners, of ; th.it port. She is commanded by Captain Adums, who has bean In her from the time Bhe entered on her career. The Ealston Is consigned to the National Mortgage and Agency Company, and brings a large and valuable cargo, consisting of 1769 tons of weight i and measurement goods. I Her passage from anchor to wharf has occupied 109 days—rather a long one for so smart a ship as ; she hai hitherto proved herself, but accounted for bvthe prevalence of light weatherwhich hasmarked the voyage; Indeed, no greater proof of her having had a continuance of light winds can be oited than the f«ct of her maintopgaliant-sall never having been taken off the ship from the time Bhe left Greenock until she crossed the meridian of the Cape of Good Hope—a period of 68 dajs. She left Glasgow on April 4 and proceeded to Greenock j lay-there until April 6, and then proceeded to sea, passing down the North Channel; had light favourable winds with fine weather across theßav of Biscay, and took the first of the N.K. trades on April 22 in latitude 28.13 H., longitude 23.33 W.j had strong trades down to

latitude 5 N. on April 21, find thence met a Bpell of doldrum weather, which lasted for 1Q days; the equator was crossed on May fi, in longitude 24 W., and the Bouth-east trades then taken up; they proved very poor, and were well to the southward, compelling the ship to lay off as far as longitude 3i5 west (which spoiled tho passage), and were lost on May 10, latitude 23 21 B.,longitude3tUo W., 44davs days out. Thence she had a succession of very light winds, with fine weather, making little or no headway worth speaking of, and croßsed the meridian of Greenwich on June 4, in latitude 40.30 S , 60 days out. otill keeping light fair winds, she rounded the Cape of Good Hope on June 10, in latitude 40.50 S., aud thence took the steady passaga winds, which veered from S.W. to N.W., with flue weather, all across the Southern Ocean, varied by an occasional gale, her maximum latitude in running down the easting being 44 S. She crossed the meridian of Cape Leuwin on July 8, had fresli westerly windß, and passed the Island of Tasmania on July 15; thence she had strong westerly winds and very heavy weather until July 21, when she raaoe her first lam fall off the Snares; had light variable winds from N. to 2f .W. alone tbe const, and made Cape Saunders on the morning of the 23rd lust.; had baffling windß, and stood off aud on until yesterday morninit. when she took a light northerly wind, which, brought her up to the heads. THE S.S. DUFLEIX. Thes.s.Duplehr. the second steamer of the Ellis line, arrived at the tongue wharf at 1.45 p.m. yesterday with 37 passengers and 240 tons of cargo from Sydney, via the Bast Coast ports. She is a finelooking iron vessel at 1450 tons register, and was built at La Ciotat in 1862 by tho Messageries Maritimes Company for the Eastern and Australian trade, and some few months back was purchased by Mr J, O. Ellis, of Sydney, who haa made great alterations and improvements to her since she has been in his hands. She is rigged as n topsail schooner, and is a really fine vessel, with a shapely bow and round stern. Her dimensions are:—Length, 292 ft; breadth of b?am, 32ft lin; and depth of hold, 24ft Mn. Hor engines are of the compound surfacecondensing type with three cylinders, the diameter of two of them being 52in, and the third 35£ in, with a length of stroke of 31jin. Steam is generated in two steel boilers, each 9ft 6in in length and 14ft 3in in diameter. They were built for the ship in Australia, and are tested to' a pressure of 2001b to the square inch. The pressure allowed to that weightof steam is 801b, and 26in vacuum, the revolutions being 81 per minute. Her speed is between 11 and and 30 tons of coal per day. She is fitted with a sixbladed propeller, with a pitch of 21ft. and this drives the vessel without the slightest vibration. She has been fitted with a complete set of new steam steering gear, and has appliances for discharging and receiving cargo of the most recent design, and being a very roomy vessel, is calculated to carry 2500 tons of cargo. She has a deck saloon aft 98lt long, above which is a promenade deck for the saloon passengers; there is a hurricane deck amidships, on which is the captain's room and wheel house ; the officers' quarters, saloon bathrooms, and latrines are in the alley ways under the hurricane deck, while the second class passengers are accommodated forward. The saloon is under the poop, and is on a level ..with the main deck. It is handsomely furnished and decorated. The state rooms are on either eide of the main saloon, the sides of which are very pretty by the mode of decoration employed. In every panel is a beautiful cheval glass, 4ft by 2ft in size, Burmounted by very prettily carved headings in white and gold. At the entrance to the saloon stands a sideboard, surmounted by mirrors, encated in artistically-designed scroll work, and another sideboard also terminates tho saloon, over the end of which are three embossed windows, with the Australian crat-of-armß on each. The beams overhead are nicely moulded and tastefully lined with colours, and between the beams, nicely carved in the form of a tulip, are ventilators for the staterooms, in white and gold. This part of the vessel ia entirely new, the old saloon, which was below the deck, having been swept away. The Btaterooms are upholstered In rep, and the saloon in maroon plush. About 60 passengers can be comfortably provided for in the saloon, arid the berths are large, well ligbted,-:and splendidly ventilated. The ladies' cabin is very handsomely furnished, and includes bathroom and lavatories. The second saloon is situated forward In the 'tween decks, and is particularly well arranged. Tho chief features are, that the berths are enolosed, and the dining saloon for the steerage is equally as private as in the first saloon. Moreover the beds, wli'ch are single, one over the other, and put up two high (not, as in many steerages, three-or four high, and several abreast of each other), are fitted with first-class bedding and an abundance of bedclothing. Tbe jiiace is large and light, and contains also a ladies' cabin, fitted with all the conveniences for comfort-' able travelling. The dining saloon for the steerage is also fitted with settees, upholstered in . green plush and American leather, while the floor is covered with a nice bright oilcloth, which makes it very light and attractive. The Dupleix ia under the command of Captain J Hansby, late of the U.S.S. Company's steamer Hawea. The deck officers are—Mr Frauklln, chief; Mr Clements, second; Mr Baker, third. Her chief engineer is Mr Christie; Mr Culleri (late of the Hotomahana), is second; Mr Fitzgerald; third ;Mr F a Armstrong is purser, and Mr B B Tweddle (who for a long time was chief steward in Metßrs Howard, Smith, and Co's B.c. Illawarra), is chief steward. The Duplelx left Sydney at 7.15 p.m on July 10, and cleared the heads at 8.15 p.m.; reached Auckland at 1 -pm- on July 16; tailed again at 12.30 pm. on the following day, aud arrired at Wellington at 9 p.m. on July lD.Jeiiving again at 1220 p.m. en July 21 -, arrived at Ljttelton at 9130 ».m.- of tlia 22nd inst; left again at 5.20 p.m. of the 23rd, and reached Dunedin as above. A heavy S.K gala with cross sea wbb experienced from Sydney to Auckland, thence I light S.W. winds and fine weather to Hast Cape, i followed by a heavy head Bea to Wellington. After leaving Wellington light head winds with thick foggy weather were met with.