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ARRIVAL OF THE KINI.

The steamer Kini, the latent addition to the tTnion Company's splendid flV' of steamers, anivedoff the heads at 8.30 p ... on Thursday, hud anchored until early oa Friday morning, •when she steamed into port under the charge of 3Pilot Thomson. She was met coming up the harbour by the customs boat, when the crew were mustered and inspected by the health officer, and all bsing well she was admitted to pratique and promptly cleared in by the customs .surveyor, and continuing lier course was herthed along-ide the Bowen pier. The Kini, which is intended for th? West Coast trade, is built of steel, fitted with rolling chock--, straight stem, and schooner iiggedj ? She was ftuilt by Messrs Short Brothers, of Sunderland, in 3894, her dimensions being : Length 225 ft, beam Bsf t, and 16ft in depth. She has a gallant forecastle, with raised quarter deck and budge deck "Sex main decks and bridge decks'are of iron. On her bridge deck the galley is situated, and on the forepait the chartroom. —Under the bridge deck are the quarters for the engineers and her saloon, which, although small, is comfortably fitted up with, sideboards, mirrors, &c, and is approached from a staircase on the quarter deck ; there are comfortable sleeping berths, and the pantry is situated abaft the staircase. The TCini is well adapted for the trade she is intended for, being of a light draught, and on leaving Sunderland with 1200 tons of coal her draught was a little over 13ft.. She has three very large hatcliwaj-?^ two 'forward of the midge deck and one abaft. At each of her hatchways are powerful steam winche«. She is also fitted with steam steering gear. Her bulwarks are also of iron Her engines, wbfch weremanufactured-by Messrs John Dickm*son, of Suhderland, are of the triple-expansion ■principle, the diameter .of the cylinders being J7^in, 29in, and.47in, with a 33in stroke, and worked most satisfactorily on the passage out, having only to be stopped on two occasions— once for 'about two and a-half hours, and on the other occasion for half an houi\ She has two steel boilers fitted with "two furnaces each, and has •bunker space for about 150 tons, her consumption of coal being about 10 tons per day on a speed of about eight and a^half knots. She has been hrotsgbt out uncjer the command of Captain John George Gray, who is on fiis first visit to Otago.

The Huddart-Parker Company's s s. Eliagamite, from Sydney, via the-East-Coast ports, arrived at the cross wharf at 7am. on the 12th. She left Sydney wharf en. March SO. After being cleaned and painted, the s.s. Kawatiri was floated out of tbe graving dock on the 12th inst, and steamed up to Dunedin wharf to discharge cargo. Her place in the dock wa& taken by the feotokino. The first vessel of the new steam line from the United States to the Australasian colonies will be the s.s. Sfihwa, which is to leave New York at the end of May for Sydney and Melbourne, and «vill probably cill at other Australian ports. During the week ending Febiuary 23 four British and seven foreign sailing vessels, with .three British and two foreign steameis, were posted at Lloyd's as lost. The U.S.S. Company's steamship Tarawera, Captain J". Gibb, from Melbourne, via Hobart and Bluff Harbour, arrived at the tongue wharf at 8 a.m, i n Thursday. She left Melbourne at 5 p.m. of the 7th inst. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Compiny's steadier Matatua left London on April 2 for Port Chalmers direct with 2700 tons of cargo for this port and 1000 tons for LytteUon. The llangatira, now in Wellington, loads at LyLteltdn., Oanmru, and Port Chalmers, taking her final departure from this port for London about the 2Sth insfc. During the month of -February, 1898, the losses reported to the Board of Trade, London, were 63 sailing vessels, with 9827 tons, and 19 steam vessels, with 19,701 tons. The live 3 lo3t in the sailing vessels were 93, and in the steamers 104, making a total of 82 vessels, with 29,52$ tons, and 197 lives. During the recent passage of the Shaw, Savill, aud Albion Company's steamer Eangatira from London, and when about 700 miles north of the Cape of Good Hope, on March 1, a large meteor flashing white was seen. Captain Burton states the meteor was very luminous. Again on April 1, when about 10G0 miLas off the Tasmanian coast, another meteor, like a ball of fire, bursting and scatteiing particles in all ditections, was seen. In fact Captain Buiton states that all across the Southern Ocean numerous meteors were observed, fcut the one off Tasmania was particularly luminous.

The s s. Waikare, from Sydney, via Wellington

and Lyttelton, arrived alougoide the Bowen pier " It 8 a.m. on Saturday, and bs soon as the tide was favourable she steamed up to Dunedin. She left the company's wharf, Sydney, at 11 a.m. on the 9th inst. The s.s. Ovalau was berthed under the sheerlegs on Saturday forenojD, and after her old funnel had been hoisted out' she was hauled into the graving dock for cleaning and painting. The ship Euterpe put out the last of her cargo

on Saturday, and completed preparations for sea. She goes from this port to Newcastle, and will there load for San Francis?o.

Boat and fire drill was held on board the s s. Tarawera on Saturday morning, and was smartly c&rried out.

During the week ending April 17 the following^ Vessels have been at the Dunedin wharves :—: — Arrivals-: Elins-amite, g.s., 1675 tons ; Kawatiri, s.s., 286 tons ;.Eoherua, s.s., 749 tons; Te Anau, ».s., 1028 tons ; Taiawera, s s , 1269 tons; Taupo, * s.s., 411 tons , Ohau, s.s., 408 tons ; Waikare, s.e., 1901 tons ; Invercargill, s.s., 123 tons ,— total, 7870 tons. Departures : Monowai, s s., 2137 tons ; JElingamite, s.s,, 1675 tons ; Kawatiri, s s., 256 tons; Tnvercargill, s.s, 123 tons; Poherua, s.s., 749 tons ; Te Anau, s.s., 1028 tons , Taupo, s.s., .. 411 tons ; Ohau, s.s., 408 tons ;— total, 6830 tons. The ship Canterbury, with 6531 bales wool and skins, 98 casks tallow, and 55 cases machinery, was towed clear of the heads on Saturday foiencou and bailed for London. The s.s. Waikare steamed down the harbour t>n Monday afternoon, and after embarking »as.

sengers at Port Chalmers left for Melbourne, via Bluff Harbour and Hobart.

During the passage from Sydney to London of the ship Thes?nlus she pa3sed several small icebergs on December 2 in lat. 49 S., long. 180 W., j and on the following day, in lat. 49.20 S., long. 179 W., the ship was gurrouuded with seveial large i and small icaberg?. On December 4, iv lat. 49.40 ; S., long. 170 W., she passed two very large bergs, | and one shaped like a church steeple, a tremen- | dous height, being visible quite 40 miles ; from thence to lat. 50.50 8., long. 1C8.20 W., she sighted several bergs to the northward. Mr J. Fletcher, of the Etna Ironworks, Port Adelaide, has completed a steamer the design of which is new to the colonies. She is intended for the River Murray, and is built to the order of the Crown Lands department for the u^c of the I village settlements expert and inspector of | fiiheries. The characteristic of all the river Iwats is their shallow draught, and the Etna, though having a length of 45ft, only draws 12in. Hai beam is Bft and her depth 3ft 6in. A fleckhouse, 6ft 2in head room, gives plenty of accommodation, the forecabin being 10ft long, and the after cabin 9ft long. The vessel is fitted with a nine-horse break power Campbell's oil-engine, and the paddle wheels are 7ffc in circumference. Her internal arrangements are very comfortable, as she has convertible sleeping berths, sliding doors, lockers, and tables, while her durability is ensured by hut iron-bound jarrah bottom and pine top-ane? On Thursday afternoon last the secretary to the commissioner for Crown lands and the en^inet-r-surveyor of the Marine Board went for a trial trip in the little steamboat, when a speed of eight miles an hour was attained. The latest addition to the Ro>al Navy i 3 the torpedo destroyer Msrmaid, which was launched on February 22 from the Holborn shipbuilding yard of Messrs Hawthorne, Lsslie, and Co. The Mermaid h the second of the two under construction by the firm, and is of the latest type of torpedo destroyers. Her length is 210 ft, breadth of beam 21ft, and depth 12ft Sin, while she has a displacement of SOS tons. The main propelling machinery consists of two s?ts of vertical tripleexpantion engines- of specially light design, in the construction of which steel and the strongest bronzes have heen used with a view of combining lightness with strength. The engines at full power will develop GOOD horse-power indicated when running at about 380 revolutions per minute. Steam will be supplied them by four Thorneycroft water tube boilers, working at a pre3suie of 2501b to the square inch, and arranged ia two separate compartments. Mr A. lleidel, of Baltimote, U.S.A , has submitted a plan to the Faculty of John Hopkins Hospital for reaching the Noith Pole, who have examined it, and will give careful con- | sideration before pronouncing judgment. Mr i lleidel's plan is to construct a submarine boat I similar to one which has been carefully tested in the harbour of Baltimore and pronounced a succpss. Mr Reid el proposed to take hw boat to SDitzbsrgeu, and from that point follow up j Nanten'a loute to the lime when the F. am was j frozen in. Then the boat (submerged) would proceed under the ice. Scientific instruments would j deteimine' when the Pole was reached. If an j open polar sea was found the boat would be j brought to the surface ; if ice surrounds the Pole i Mr lleidel claims that with the aid of a steel 1 screw of large dimensions a hole might be bored i through the ice, and the occupants of the boat would ascend through this opening. I

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Otago Witness, Issue 2303, 21 April 1898, Page 38

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ARRIVAL OF THE KINI. Otago Witness, Issue 2303, 21 April 1898, Page 38

ARRIVAL OF THE KINI. Otago Witness, Issue 2303, 21 April 1898, Page 38

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