MOVEMENTS OF THE UNION STEAM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 9907, 28 November 1893, Page 1

MOVEMENTS OF THE UNION STEAM

Monday, November 27. I Timaru-Herald arrived this morning from -sj Grepmouth. - ', Lyttelton-Omapere sailed 1 p.m. for Welling- ' m" ,B o runner/ailed 4 p.m. for Tituaru. Wareatea • sailed 8 p.m. for Westport. , Wellington—Wainui arrived 8 p.m. yesterday , from Nelson. Waihora arrived 9 a.m. from • - t Napier. Napier — Kawatiri arrived 8.30 a.m. from ' Lyttelton. '' - Auckland—Taviuni arrived 7 a.m. yesterday from' Fiji ;• sails to-night for Wellington. - The ship Taranaki broke bulk yesterday, and ..' commenced discharging cargo at the cross wharf. ' ' f h! s.s. Flora discharged cargo at the Rattray btrest wharf yesterday. She leaves this afternoon - for Lyttelton and Wellington. During the month ended November 26. six vessels, with a total of 3674 tons register, arrived ■ ' , at tbe punedin wharves ; while 12 vessels, with a total .of 7563 tons, left them. - In' 1 he/- Up Auoklaild left Glasgow on October 5 for 'Uunedin. A topsail schooner passed the Port to Dunedin • jjresterday evening with a fresh N.E. breeze. . lhe b.s. Manapouri was floated out of the graving dock yesterday afternoon. After taking . •£ cargo at the George street pier. she embarked " -SSI", Passengers; and Bailed in the-evening for . "STOttey, via East; Coast ports and Auckland. % The s.s. Wakatipu was floated into the graving dock yesterday afternoon. ........ :• The Lucania claims the palm for the fastest ? western passage across the Atlantic. She arrived* « e n w o 7 ork(Sas dy Hook) lightship on October . • fa at 10.20 p.m., after a passage of 5 days 10 hours v and 25 minutes; average 20-8 knots an hour Her • were 462,503,542,508,560, and2lO miles t The ship was .very steady throughout the passage. The Lucania. thus holds, the record for the fast- • , est westward passage across the Atlantic, as her . sister ship the Campania does the eastward. It " ~ will be noted that the time in which they respec- - = y Tw Olme? *hVl estward and eastward pas- . sages differs only by J hour 10 minutes, and their t average speed by the4ooth of aknotperhour. TheLucaniahas, however, run for a whole day at the - phenomenal rate of 22J knots per hour, which the J^impama aLso attained in a 10 hours 3 minutes ' $?£ from. Roche's Point to the Liverpool bar. • ■ When the last westward record was broken the fortunate vessel had the most favourable weather , possible throughout, her highest day's running only differing from the lowest by 27 knots, so that . it is evident if ever the Lucania arid Campania - . are favoured with similar weather and circumstances they Bhould make the passage at an average rate of about 22 knots in 5 dayß 6 hours Huddatt, Parker, and Co.'s Tasmania is 'to leave Sydney to-day for Auckland, via the East •- . Coast and Lyttelton. Our old friend, Captain T , M'Gee, formerly of the Hero and Triumph, has . been appointed to the command of the Tasmania We have been asked for some information of • the ship Woolton, which is posted at Lloyd's as missing. The Woolton was an iron ship of 2102 tons, and belonged to Messrs Leyland and Co., Liverpool. She was built at Southampton in . ISBS, and measured 274 ft in length, 40ft in breadth, and 24ft 9in in depth. The Woolton took away fiom Newcastle 2807 tons of Walsend coal for Valparaiso and sailed on June 14. The following .' are the names of the crew:—Captain, 6. 15 ■ Johnston-; chief mate, W. .Brass ; second mate, , W. N. Gardiner;. steward, L. Schuerder; cook, C. Pi. Hogg; sailmaker, A. C. Anderson; carpenter, N. Linguird; A.B's.—J. Genger, J. Calder, ' G.Wilson, C. S. Ojilvin, W. Searle, J. Linskill, . W. P. Bass, G. T. Kerahaw, D. Allen, T. Stouts, , J. Garcia, J. Martin, H. Walton, C. Allie, R. , Busing, H. Mackhaven, E. W. F. Steen, T. Karaen, W. Elmer, J. K. Kobertson, W. Smielt, and H. Tinsley. The two last-named were shipped at Newcastle. . Amongst other veosels expected at Otago Heads for orders are the barque Andes from Buenos A\res, the Cammoney from Monte "Video, the Columbus, Samarkand, and Van Galen, from Eio de Janeiro. These vessels are chartered to load grain for Home ports, and will call off the heads for instructions to proceed to their loading ports. ♦'— • ■ • THE S.S. GOTHIC. Our London correspondent writes: —"Mr H. Grey, the London dairy expert, who inspected the * new Shaw, Savill, and Albion steamer Gothic, at .- Belfast (going thither solely for that purpose), expresses himself as greatly pleased with the altered view now taken by the shipowners as to the value and requirements of the New Zealand dairy trade, with the desire manifested to meet the wishesTjf ,'' those engaged in a trade which is regarded as a .„ very important and growing one. So far as , " possible, I hear, every suggestion made by Mr Urey is being adopted and carried out." The Gothic is to leave London on 21st December for New Zealand.