ARRIVAL OF THE EUTERPE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10034, 27 April 1894, Page 1

ARRIVAL OF THE EUTERPE.

The first of the expected Home ships made her appearance off Otago Heads early yesterday morning _m the shape of the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's ship Euterpe. She was brought into port at 4 p.m. by the b.s. I'lucky, and anchored in the powder ground an hour la);er, having too great a depth of water to proceed direct to Dunedin wharf. She was met on arrival by the health officer (Dr Canninghame), with Mr Grey (custom's surveyor), and everything being in order she was at once cleared in. Captain Streater is still in command, and brings with him on the present voyage Mr .Richmond as chief officer, Air Strickland as second, and Mr Hahanoy as third. She brings 1500 tons of cargo of which 1200 tonsare for Dunedin, and the reaaining 300 tons for Wellington. All things considered the Kuterpe has made a very excellent passage out, only 117 day 3 having been occupied between Balfast Bay and Otagp Harbour. Of course this would have been considerably lessened had it not been for the continuance of adverse winds and weather which she has encountered from the outset of her passage. The Euterpe comes into port in very pretty order, and reflects very great credit on Captain Streater and his officers. Her draught of water being too great to allow ol! her coming up to Dunedin wharf, she will-lighten in the lower harbour and no doubt reach the cross wharf hr the enrlypart of next week. We are indebted to Captain Streater for the following report of the pit-sage taken from his private journal :—She left GlaßgoW on December i and proceeded toAilsa Craig; thence she had light N.W. winds which

lasted for 24 hours, when it veered to W.9.W., increasing to a fearfully heavy gale, which Continued until December S; thence it shifted to the southward, increasing in strength and attended by tremendous seas, which compelled her to run into Belfast Bay for shelter! tbenca She encountered heavy gales from W. to W.S.W. until December 21; when she left again brtd light N.W. winds for 24 hoita, and. then encountered a strong S.W. gale With heavjr seas, which gradually, increased and compelled her-to run back from Ilolyhead id Belfast on December 22: this weather continued till December 29, when light N.W. winds set in, and she left Belfast again on December 30 with a light fair wind, clearing the Irish Channel on January 1; thence she encountered fearful weather from S. to S.W. all across the Bay of Biscay and down to lat. 40 N., long. 15 W"., when she took a N.W. breeise, which ran her into the N.E. trades in lat. 35 N., long. 17 W., on January 22, the N.E. trades were steady and strong, and gave out in lat. 1 N. on February 5; light doldrum weather was then experienced, and she crossed tho equator on February 7, in long. 24 W. The S.JE. trades were taken three days later in lat. 3 S.; they were fairly good, and carried her down to lat. 30 S. on February 23, when variable winds again set in attended by moderate weather, She crossed the meridian of Greenwich on March 10 in lat. 37.30 S., and thence had moderate variable winds, principally from the westward, until she rounded the Cape of Good Hope on March 20 in lat 42 S.; afterwards she met fine weather with moderate winds until she reached the meridian of 60 E. on April 3, when heavy westerlies set in; they veered from N.W. to S.W. attended by very heavy seas all across the Southern Ocean, and on April 14 she passed the meridian of Cape Leuwin in lat. 49.30 S.; thence she had strong westerly gales, and passed the Nuggets at 9 p.m. of tho £sth itist., still keeping similar winds; she came off the heads at 9 a.m. yesterday i and came into harbour as above. Neither ice nor wreckage was sesn during the passage. She spoke the barque Routenbeck, from Esquimalt to Liverpool, on February 12 in lat. 5 S., long. 27 W. In relation to the weather. Captain Streater informs us that on the 24th inst. his barometer fell to 2820, with an inclination to a lower level, the wind being from the westward and the weather fairly fine.