THE UNION COMPANY'S LATEST TURBINE STEAMER.

Otago Witness, Volume 23, Issue 2684, 23 August 1905, Page 61

THE UNION COMPANY'S LATEST TURBINE STEAMER.

Some interesting particulars are to handby the mail about tae new turbine steamer Mahcno, built for the Union S.S. Company, which will leave for New Zealand in a few weeks. The Maheno is 400 ft long, 50ft wide, and 33ft 6in in depth. The entire main deck, together with a large central house on the upper deck, is devoted to the ■accommodation ot passengers, of whom about 240 first cLass and 12:0 second will be cairied, while provision is made for about 60 third class, when on the Vancouver run. The first-class passengers are accommodated amidships, mostly in three-berth rooms, which are elaborately fitted out. The dining saloon, at the fore end of the midship deckhouse, is framed in a classic design of lumed oak, with a ground treated in reeded oak, stained green. The upholstery is in green and gold moquette, and the floor is laid with Wilton carpet* of a red shade. The music room, on the deck above, is an "Adams" design in white enamel, with gold silk panels. The ceiling, which is flush with the under side of the " beams, is in Tynecastle tapestry. The piano is a Bechstein grand, in dark manogany. A, feature of the apartment is the leaded glass, which, together with the rest of the decorative work of the vessel, has been -entirely carried out by the builders. The smoking room, on the shade deck, is framed in Burmese padouk, a simple classic design being adopted to display the rich figure of this wood. The frieze represents ancient war galleys, in relief. The accommodation for second class is of less costly and elaborate design, but is little short of the first class in the essentials of comfort' and convenience. The cargo-gear consists of hydraulic hoiste, . working double derricks at each hatchway. A powerful windlass, with warping ends and. a warping winch in the wheelhouee aft, will enable the vessel to be expeditiously nioor-ed in harbour. The following vessels arrived at this port during the seven days endea August 20: — Orellama, barque, 86b tons; Koonya, s.e., 663; Rimu, s.s., 143; Storm, s.s., 185; Monowai, s.s., 2137; Rose Casey, s.s., 81; Tarawera, s.s., 1269; Kini, s.s., 702; Mamari, s.s., 4286; Warrimoo, s.s. 2076; Victoria, s.s.. 1870;— total tonnage, 14,128 tons. The departures were : Invercargill, «.«., 123 tons; Mokoia, s.s., 2154; Kaitu'na, s.s., 1246; Storm, s.s., 185; Koonya, s.s., 663; Monowai, s.s., 2137; Rose Casey, s.s., 81- Tarawera, s.s., 1269: Warrimoo, s.s., 2076;— total tonnage, 9938 tons. Dunkirk iournals give details ot the arrival of the Royal Adelaide, an old English man-of-war, in that port to be broken up. She is described as having been built at Plymouth more than two centuries ago. and to have taken part in the battle of Trafalgar. For a long time past she is said to have Served as a hulk, and she i 3 now moored at one of the quays as a show before being taken possession of by the shipbreakers. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company s steamer Mamari will probably discharge at Port Chalmers, and has 3100 tons of cargo for this port, 700 for Lyttelton, 2600 for the Blutt, and 300 for 'other port?. It will be noticed that the Bluff quota is unusually large, and the agitation of the Southland merchants to have^-their imports landed at their own wharf has had fruitful results. It is reported (says an exchange) that a direct steamship line is to be started between New Zealand and Germany. The chief object of -the movement is to avoid the transhipment at the port of London of the immense quantities of butter, cheese, and meat now being exported from New Zealand to Germany. .. The s.s. Aotea completed coaling- on Inday at the export pier, Port Chalmers, and took in a quantity of frozen mutton, with some tallow. The .Shaw, Savil, and Albion Company 8 twin-screw steamer Mamari (45 days out from London) arrived on Friday. The Mamari, which is on her first visit to Port Chalmers, was launched at Belfast in September, 1904, by Messrs Harland a.nd 1 Wolff, of Belfast, and built under the special survey of Lloyds and the Board of Trade for their highest classes. The principal dimensions of the Mamari are: — Length, 475 ft 4in; breadth of beam, 56ft 4in ; and depth of hold, 30ft 6in. Her gross tonnage is 6689 tons, and net 4286. The ship has a deadweight cargo carrying capacity of 12,160 tons, and is equipped in the most complete and up-to-date manner with refrigerating mecliinery. insulated chambers, electric li^ht, and all the latest improvements. Her propelling machinery consists of quadruple-expansion engines of 803 nominal and 4000 indicated horse-power capable or driving the vessel at a speed of 13 knots an hour, steam being supplied by four large steel multitubular boilers working at a pressure of 2151b to the square 'inch. She is fitted with Hall's 0.0.2 refrigerating machinery, and has three insulated holds with snaoe for the carriage of 100,000 ca.rcases of "mutton. The Mamari is also fitted with Harland and Wolff's patent steam steering-gear and Wilson's patent winches, a<nd all the most recent appliances for working cargoes.

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