PROPERTY SALE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10305, 12 March 1895, Page 1

PROPERTY SALE.

, AVellimgton, March 11.—Sailed: Star of the Bast, barque, for Auckland; Mawhera, forthe West i Coast; Mahinapua, for Onehunga; Rotorua, for iyttclton. Passengers: Misses Dillon, M'Lean, Earrop, Mesdames Gosney. Luckie, Dillon, Pratt, Harrison, Thomas. Thompson, Dunning, and Hons. Johnstone and. M'Lean, Messrs Fergusen, Morrison, Fox, Allen, Hobbs, Booth, Martin, Harrison, Stacey, Grace, Wills, Evans, Barley, Dunning, Perrett," Hoggart,. Matthews, DawsoD, Cutts, Deelandes, Thomas Lightband; Thompson ; and 22 steerage. Lyttelton, March 11.—Arrived: George 0. Perkins, barque, from Newcastle; Alexa; barque, from the Bluff. Sailed : Tongariro, for Dunedin; Dingadee, for Napier. Sydney, March XL— Arrived: Hawke'a Bay, fts., from London; H M.S. Warrimoo and Kingdove and German warship Falke. Mblbouune, March 11.—Arrived : Taraweray from the Bluff. THB DIRECT STEAMERS. The s.s. Mamari (Lyttelton, February 7) left Rio on the 9th inst. for London. The Kaikoura left Plymouth on the 9th inst. for 'Wellington and Lyttelton with 35 passengers and 1853 tons of cargo. Wellington, March 11,—The Tainui arrived from London at 5.15 p.m. to-day. She brings £000 tons of cargo and 77 passengers, besides five booked for New Zealand who left at Hobart. She had fair weather all the way. Passengers for Dunodin: Miss Hart, Rev. Mr Boreham, Messrs Garden, Bell, Harrison; 12 steerage. ♦ .- The s s. Anglian landed cargo at the cross wharf yesterday, and leaves this afternoon for Sydney, via the Kast Coast ports. Tha s.B. Flora left the Rattray, street wharf yesterday afternoon for northern ports with passeu-' gers and cargo. i During the week ending March 10 nine vessels, with a total of 4946 tons, arrived at the Dunedin wharves, and 11 vessels, with a total of 6810 tons, left them. The schooner Jessie Niccol completed loading at the Rattray street wharf yesterday. The ship Canterbury has now on board 1870 | bales wool and skins. There is also some wcol in the shed ready for shipment. The barque Wairnea has how on board about 27C0 bales wool, 56 bales rabbitskins, and six casks ainc ashes. The s.s. Hauroto discharged a quantity of coals at the George street pier yesterday, and afterwards steamed up to Dunedin. The barque Onyx is loading at Melbourne for Dunedin'. *

The Waterwitch, now at Hobart, is the latest, but by no means the newest, of her Majesty's, ships added by the Admiralty to the Australian squadron. She left Portsmouth in August last, and as she arrived at Hobart only the other day, her outward voyage has taken the form of a lengthened cruise. The fact is, much of the time was taken up surveying harbours and bays on the African coast. Lieutenant and Commander James W. Combe is in command, and has the following staff:—Lieutenants Charles D. Johnson and Godfrey E. Corbett, Sub-lieutenants William P. Thorp and William T. P. Wilson; assistant paymaster in charge, Robert R. Hastings; surgeon, Frederick A. Capps; boatswain, George H. Roberts. The ship's complement all told is 74. She left Portsmouth on 12th August, called at Grand Canary, where she made a etay of nearly a week, and proceeded to Sierra Leone, •coaled, and after a brief stay sailed for the Portuguese port of Benguella. On the way soundings were taken and a number of observationd made, special attention being paid to the curTents off the Guinea coast and equatorial streams. A complete survey was made, occupying 18 days. At Great Fish Bay the Waterwitch stayed three weeks. The ship recovered one of H.M.S. Phcebe's torpedoes. On November 16 she sailed for Wolfish Bay (British); surveyed it in a fortnight. The only white residents are Mr Cleverly, an English magistrate, and a German Lutheran missionary. From thence she went to Simon's Bay and steered thence 800 miles to west of the Cape to run a continuous line of soundings. It was Christmas when the Waterwitch reached there, and Bhe remained three weeks. On January 12 she left for Hobart, and logged 3400 miles in 17 days under canvas. Crossing the Indian Ocean she took a few soundings, showing the greatest depth at 2975 fathoms. Originally she was named the Lancashire Witch, owned an.d. sailed by Lord Scarborough 17 years ago to the Mediterranean and on other cruises. Messrs James then bought her for a hunting trip to tho west coast of Africa. One of the owners was killed, and the other returned to England and sold the vessel to the Admiralty 18 months ago for £10,000. Been from the water line she is described as a prettily-modelled vessel, rigged as a three-masted schooner, with lofty spars and graceful lines. Her engines are for a speed of 10 knots. Shewaß built by Robert Shute and C0.,----of Greenock, ib 149 ft Sin long, 26ft 2in beam, draught 12ft 7in forward, and 13ft lOin aft. She stays at Hobart for several weekß before sailing for survey work in Fiji. ,

Messrs Park, Reynolds, and Co. yesterday offered for sale at auction several prope.tiesm the ctty, but all were passed in with tho exception of part of section 35, block XVIII, with an eight-roomed house, situated in Cargill street, which was sold for £760.