MOVEMENTS OF UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY'S FLEET.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 9300, 16 December 1891, Page 1

MOVEMENTS OF UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY'S FLEET.

Tuesday, December 15. Lyttelton—Blararoa arrived S a.m. from Dunedin; sailed 5 p.m. for AYeUingtou. AA raihora arrived 9 a.m. from AVellington; sailed 5 p.m. for Port Chalmers. Penguin arrived 9 a.m. from Dunedin; sails 0 p.m. for AVellington. Herald arrived 7 a.m. from Greymouth ; sails 8 p.m. for Greymouth. AVellington — Jlangana arrived 7 a.m. from Nelson. Omapere arrived 10 a.m. from Lyttelton. Nelson —Rotorua arrived 8 a.m. from AA'ellington ; sails 7 p.m. for Picton. Greymouth—Janet NicoU saUed las t night for Lyttelton. Orowaiti sailed last night for AA7ellington. New Plymouth—Takapuna arrived 0 a.m. from Blanukau"; sailed 7 a.m. for AA'ellington. Jlahinapua ai-rived 9 a.m. from Nelson ; sails .10 p.m. for Manukau. o

The Union Company's s.s. Manapouri, Captain JE. AATieeler, from Melbourne, via Hobart and Bluff, arrived at Port Chalmers at 4 a.m. yesterday, and, steaming up the A rictoria channel, was berthed at the tongue wharf at 5.15 a.m. Jlr Beaumont (the purser) reports she left the Queen's wharf, Jlelbourne, at 4 p.m. of the Sth inst., cleared AATlliamstown at 6.45 p.m., and passed through Port Phillip Heads at 8.45 p.m.; had fine weather, and reached Hobart at 11.30 a.m. of the 10th inst.; left again at 7.15 p.m. of that day, had light winds with smooth seas and fine weather during the passage across, and arrived at the Bluff at 6 a.m. of tho 14th; left again at 3.30 p.m. of that day, and arrived at headquarters as above. She leaves again this afternoon for the East Coast ports. The s.s. Napier left Dunedin on Jlonday evening with cargo for Fortrose. The barquentine Ocean Ranger was towed up from Port Chalmers-on Jlonday evening, and commenced discharging cargo at the Rattray street wharf yesterday. The ship Canterbury commenced preparations for discharging cargo j-esterday. The barque Natal Queen was to leave Hobart on December 10th for this port with a cargo of timber. In addition to three steel line of battle ships of 4278 tons each, and one torpedo vessel, which has been nearly finished in France for Japan, the Japanese Jlinister of Jlarine will shortly submit proposals to the Japanese Parliament for building 11 ironclads at a cost of L 9,000,000. The s.s. InvercargiU left the Rattray street wharf yesterday afternoon with cargo for Preservation Inlet, via InvercargiU. The barque Lindores Abbey was hauled into the graving dock on Jlonday afternoon for the purpose of sighting her bottom, and on examination it was found that owing to the heavy straining of the vessel during the hurricane several of her rivets, principally abreast of her fore rigging, were started, which wiU be taken out and replaced by the firm of Jlessrs Gardener and Co. Her rudder was also found to be split some 2Jft, caused, no doubt, by a heavy sea striking it. The repairs on deck are being pushed on with all possible despatch by Jlessrs A\ r. Blurray and Co., the con-tractors-for the whole of the work. The fore part of the poop deck, which was lifted up by the sea, has been replaced, and the whole of her poop deck caulked, while the after boat skids and the front of her poop are in a forward state. Her saloon is being redecorated. The whole of the work is under the supervision of Jlr AA r. Menelaus. According to recent advices, the barquentine Jasper was loading sugar at Jlauritius for Dunedin. Tlie barque Pactole, owned by Jlr J. C. Ellis, of Sydney, and now on her way here, has recently been allotted by the registrar-general of shipping the letters SA 7TP of the commercial code. Steel sailing ships are greatly in favour in Great Britain at present. Blessrs AY. Hamilton and Co., of Port Glasgow, in October entered into contracts to build a steel sailing ship of 3200 tons dead weight for Jlessrs Broderseu and A'auglian, of Liverpool, and have also contracted to build one of JIGOO tons dead weight for Jlessrs Potter Bros., of Liverpool.