THE DIRECT STEAMERS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11402, 20 April 1899, Page 4

THE DIRECT STEAMERS.

The Rakaia (N.Z.S. Company), from Lyttelton (February 27), arrived at London on the 18tli inst. The Delphic left Plymouth on the 15th for Auckland. WELLINGTON, April 19.—Sailed : Maori, for London. Passengers: Messrs Holfnrd, Mudd, Kunwin. Steerage: .'Mis? M'Maslor, Mvs Tennant, Messrs Arthur, Pollock, Frost, Murray. The Maori takes from this port 1059 quarter*; beef. 20,414 carcases mutton, 4957 do lambs, 1756 pieces mutton. 561 haunches, 12.000 legs, 107 cases kidneys, 2407 boxes cheese, ■ 2485 cases cheese, 49 bales basils, 14 do. leather, 351 do flax, 664 do tvool, 41 casks casings, 27 do tallow, 79 cases leeds, 10 do general. The s.s. Tlimu sailed for Invcreargill yesterday morning. The s.s. Herald, from Greymoulh, arrived at I'orl,' Chalmers yesterday morning, and riirae up to Dunedin in the afternoon. She left Gr'eymo'uth at 1.20 p.m. on the 16th inst,, had line weather till off Akaroa, thence stronsr S.AV. winds and head sea to arrival. She .brought 442 tons of coal. &000 firebricks!, and general cargo for Port Chalmers and Dunedin. The s.s. Flora, from Auckland, is due today, and is expected to arrive between 7 and 8 a.m. After discharging cargo she goes down to Port Chalmers and into dock for .cleaning and painting. She then returns to Dunodin and loads for Auckland, for which port she sail? on .Sunday. The s.ii. Mmiowa.i, from Melbourne, via Hobavt and Bluff Harbour, arrived nt Port Chalmers at 7 a.m. I yei=lcrday. She left the wharf at Melbourne at 4.43 p.m. of the 12th inst., and cleared Port Phillip Heads at 9.25 p.m., pas;ed Swan Island at 1.44 p.m. of the 13th, and reached Holiarl at 5.45 a.m. of ilie Hlh; wished on again at 4.18 p.m. same day. arrived off the Solamlr.rs at 10.4 a.m. of the 17th. and reached the Bluff at 2.5 p.m.' same day ; pushed on iigain at 6.30 p.m. on the 18th. and arrived as above. She had light easterly winds, smooth peas, and fine weather' from .Melbourne to Hobart, thence lialit easterly winds and sea. with cloudy

weather, until the 15th, followed by light lo mmlonUo S.W. winds uuti] Hie 16th, and afterwards X.W. winds, rainy weather, bigli seas to arrival al I lie BlufV, followed by N.W. wind and sea U> arrival. After discharging iiiml la-king m cargo slie left again yesterday afternoon for Sydney, via Cook Strait.

The k.s. Manapouri left the George nlrccl pier, Port Chalmers, yesterday for Sydney, via Tiiiiaru, Oamaru, and the BlulF, in command of Captain Crawsliaw. 'Air Holiord acct m|)iinius him as chief olliecr, Mr Tulloch t-econd. and Mr Carev third.

The wrecked barque Regent Murray was Buld by auction at Newcastle on Ibe 6th insl., and realised £53.

The liarqno Acacia, which was telegraphed as passing the Bluff on Tuesday afternoon for Dunedin, docs not come here. She is bound for Oamaru with a timber cargo fnyi llobarl, which port she left on the Utli insl. The bawpio Oupica left Glasgow for this port and Wellington on the 10th insl. 11.M.5. Albatross, torpedo destroyer, built by Messrs Tlioriicycroft- at Clusivick for the Admiralty, has made a sueciv'jful speed trial, running an average of 37 miles an hour, being live knots pok hour more than stipulated in her contract. The Albatross is of 300 tons displacement, 7500 horse-power indicated (under forced draught), and carries six 12-poun-

dci guns. During tho discussion which followed the reading of Mr Roper's paper before the Institute of Naval Arehi.tucU on the direct attachment of popper plates, one speaker (Mr Denny) deprecated the electro-deposition of copper. From tho reports sent in to tho tTmtcd States Navy department by two of thei. office™ on the efficacy of a system invented by Mr T. S. Crane for coppjer plating the hulls of ships, it would seem the speaker referred lo had evidently no knowledge of this system, for it appears, that the vessel under" lest was electro-plated as far back as February. 1E95, and that she had been in rcgulai 'use ever since without having been cleaned, although in the waters in which this vessel has been plying frequent cleaning of the hulls of imeop'perccl ships is_ necessary. found that a current rale of 7i amperes per squaro foot and a difference of potential uf 1_ volts are sufficient to deposit a perfectly uniform, smooth, and adherent coating to the metallic surface of a vessel.

TIIO s.s. Corinna, from Westport, via intermediate ports, arrived at Port. Chalmers yesterday, nnd went alongside the George street pier to tranship 561 bales wool to tho ocean steamer Ruahine. She left Westport on the 13til insl.,- and arrived at Wellington on the following day; left again on the 15lh inst.. and reached Lyttelton on tho 16th; pushed on for the south on the 17th, called at Timaru and Oamaru, and left the latter port yesterday morning, arriving at headquarters as above.