The Steamer Mimiro.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 221, 22 September 1904, Page 4

The Steamer Mimiro.

A TEMPESTUOUS VOYAGE. ADELAIDE, Sept. 18. The Tyser liner Mimiro, which arrived from Liverpool to-day, had a most boisterous voyage. An officer, describing the trip, said that he had been in vessels coming out to Australia for a number of jours, but hud not experienced worse weather. The steamer's troubles began after passing the Cape of Good Hope. A gale, blowing with hurricane force, antl seas mountains high, worked up, and broke over the steamer, " as if," an officer remarked, " there was no vessel there to stop its flight." The galley was eomplctly gutted, anil everything movable swept oil' the decks. The damage done was mostly amidships. Several doors wore broken in, the stokehole doors burst in, and the stokehole flooded. The doors of the officers' cabins woee completely shattered, and 0 n the lower bridge savenal of the rails were rejit asunder, and out! of the bo a l i shil'lted out of the chocks'. These conditions ruled until tho vessel was off the Australian coast, where line weather yef in, continuing until port was made, " You sellum Wood ?'•' tho Chiaaimui asked, The elk-mist his desk forsook, And favoured his interlocutor' With a calmly quizzical look. " You no wivee? Me Muchee cold. Me bossco tellee me, Vou catchum Woods' Gleat Pep'min Cu' Makum all li I You see ?" 4 An Interesting story 0 f the Greater liritain Exhibition, held at Earl's Court, London, was related to the butter Commission i n Melbourne, by Mr J. M. Sinclair. Mr Croker read a list of about 300 factories on whose behalf Mr Sinclair had been awarded diplomas 0 f honours. ''Yes," commented tho witness, "they were empty boxes." " Y o u don't mean to say that awards were given for butter whfu there was li.jiio —only empty boxes'?" inquired Mr Croker. "That is so," answered the witness. "Uoxes from those factories were arranged in the form . of an archway, and they were awarded' diplomas for butter." Only one of the lactones mentionwl, remarked Mr Sinclair, sent butter, and that was but a small quantity. Mr Sinclair's name was published in the list of jurors, ibut he was never called upon to act. He received a nicelyframcd diploma for "acting, as juror." He went on to state that some of the factories to which gold medals had .been given applied for them, and were informed that they could havo them if they paid the value of the medals. He had not heard of a single instance in which a factory got the award. "A nice exhibition," w a s Mr 11. Gyles Turner's 1 comment. Mr Tavemer, it may be remembered, went to London as the reprctentnr tiive of Victoria in connection with the exhibition.