THE VANCOUVER SERVICE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2840, 19 August 1908, Page 62

THE VANCOUVER SERVICE.

SYDNEY, August 11. I Passengers per Marama for Auokland : ' Mksee Holder, St. George, Mr and Mre Spragg and family. Mr and Mrs Lovell and family, Woolley, Saul, Stevenson, West, Patmer, Case, Mies. Lloyd, For Wellington— Mr Hill, Mre M'Gregov, Misses M'Rae (2). Cargo: For; Auckland— Ca^e itats, 81 '

casee clrugs, 10 cases typewriters, 14 bundles? rubber goods, 12 cases desks, 10 ..cases _ organs, 5 cases paper, 3 oases "'wall-paper," 2 cases samples, 21 bundles eottonis, >I* crate laundry machines, 3 -cases , shoes, 97»» cases gasoline engines, 1 box machinery,. 2 orates window screens. ' For Wellington- 1-'1 -' 3 cases corsets 1 case hose - supporters, 20' bales cottons, 2 boxes hardware}- 10 bun> dies rubber hose, 2 cases shoes; " 29 cases drugs, 20 boxes scales, 24 oases lanterns,15 cases lamp globes," 2 boxes chairs,- 7 cases desks. For ]kyitelton<-^2 cases sani- .' tary appliances, 13 oases rubber, 1 cratemetal fch^eting, 14" "cases \autos,^7 bales tanned hides, 8 oases -.organs,- 7 7 cases^ Balmon. For Dunedin— 26~ cases" lantern globes, 12 cases paper, case corsets, 10 boxes egg 6. 25 cases rubber goods, 63 cases drugs, case cotton rope. j ,_ v ." • The schooners Eliza Firth, from Kaipara,. and Falcon, from Havelook, commandedrespectively by Captains D. M'lntyre and F. M'lntyre, who are brothers, arrived at Lyttelton on the 17th, and reported having been subjected to rough usage during, the recent, gale, - but escaped' serious •damage. Both yewe-ls- had to seekt shelter. * The - Falcon's - jibboom, was snapped in two • and the fore, staysail blown away, and.-fche* outer jib torn to ribbons. The barque Polly, laden with timber for Australian porte, grounded below therailway wharf at Whangarei-, and? as her back is apparently broken, no hopes arfi entertained of her being floated off. Thobarque has 7ft of water in the hold. \ ' Some uneasiness is felt as to the safety of" the steamer .#son, from San Francisco to Auckland, via Apia. The steamer had not reached Apia on the 4th inst. The steamer left San Francisco on July 5, and, in the ordinary course of events, should have reaohed Auckland after a passage of 28 daye. She has a cargo of a million feet of Oregon pine for Napier. The Tokomaru peached the Bluff on Sunday morning. She Kings 2650 tons of feneral cargo for discharge at "that port, o * a £ s^ e as scoured no outgoing cargo. The Rumataku gob in early on Monday morning, a.nd was to leave, at midday on Tuesday for Port Chalmers. She loads 10,000 carcases of mutton, 4000 crates rabbits, 1400 bales wool, 100 bales flax, and 130 casks tallow and pelts.