THE S.S. TASMANIA.

Otago Witness, Issue 2104, 21 June 1894, Page 36

THE S.S. TASMANIA.

The Huddart, Parker, and Co.'s s.s. Tasmania, Captain Thomas M'Gee, from Sydney, via Auckland and East Coast ports, arrived alongside the .Bowen pier at 10 a.m. on Saturday. The Tasmania was berthed at the tongue wharf on baturday afternoon. She is a steel screw steamer of 2252 tons gross, and 1265 tons net register. She is a fine looking vessel, rigged as a schooner, and is classed as 100 Al at Lloyd's. She was built in June 1892, at the yards of Messrs Swan and Hunter, at Newcastleupon-Tyue, and eDgined by the Wallsend Shipping Company, of thesame port. She is a vessel of the well deck type, and is 286 ft long, 38ft sin broad, and has a depth of hold of 20ft 9in. Her poop deck and bridge occupy some 170 ft, and the topgallant fore, castle 68ft. Her engines are of the triple expansion class, and are of 290-horse power nominal, the respective cylinders being 25in, 41in, and67in with a length of stroke of 42in ; her boiler pressure is 1601b to the square inch, and in every respect the vessel is in perfect order. Her saloon accommodation is of a very superior description. It is extremely lofty and well ventilated, and the tables will accommodate 100 passengers. There are 24 state rooms, which are also well lit and ventilated, and instead of the ordinary teak floors, they are laid with encaustic tiles. The lavatories and bathrooms are of a very superior class, and the greatest attention has been paid to the sanitary arrangements The social hall ia on the upper deck and is luxuriously and ornately fitted up. There is a vory comfortable second cabiD, which is neatly fitted and will accommodate 50 passengers, and, like the saloon, this compartment is thoroughly ventilated and well lit. The Tasmania carries four large lifeboats and two cutters, together with a raft capable of carrying 25 persons. The ship is lit throughout by electricity, and her cargo working machinery is of the very latest type. . Every part of the vessel is in perfect order, as we should expect any vessel to be that was comnianded by that well-known and popular commander our old friend Captain Iho mas M'Geo.