EXPECTED ARRIVALS AT WELLINGTON.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12595, 2 July 1904, Page 4

EXPECTED ARRIVALS AT WELLINGTON.

Ocean-going Steamers — Star of Ireland, left London Ist May, via Australia and Auckland ; due about 15th July. Essex, left Glasgow Ist May, via Auckland. Kaikoura, left London 6th May, via Capetown, Hobart, and Auckland ; due about Ist July. I-dradevi, left New York loth May, via Australia and Auckland; due about sth August. Turakina, left Plymouth 21st May, via Capetown and Hobart ; due about &th July. Indralema, left London, 24th May, via Australia and Auckland; due about 27th July. Whakatane, left Manchester via Australian ports, 3rd June. lonic, left Plymouth 4th June \ia Capetown and Hobart ;due about 19th July. Pakeha, left London sth June via Capetown, Beaconsfield, and Auckland; due about 6th August. Ruapehu, left Plymouth ?v)th June via Capetown and Hobart; due about 3rd August. Sailing Ships — Amsterdam, left New York 24th December ; left San Miguel (Azores) 14th Aprii. Furst Bismarck, left Liverpool 14th March. Killarney, left New York 27th March. Titania, left Glasgow 18th February via Dunedin. Maelgwyn, left Liverpool 25th May. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ARRIVED. | Newcastle, July I.—Rakanoa, from Wellington. SAILED. Wellington, July I.—Tomoana, for Lyttelton, at 3.10 p.m. Waitara, July 2.— Waimate, for Wellington, at 3 a.m. j WRECK OF THE AUSTRALIA. j Melbourne, July 2.—The marine en- j quiry found there was no evidence that Pilot Dennis partook of any sort of stimulant or drug before his breakdown. THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON. Sydney, July 2.—The Boomerang and Ringarooma are under orders to return to England next month. The Cadmus, the latest addition to the station, arrived at Thursday Island yesterday. CHINESE ON STEAMERS. i Wellington, July I.—A deputation from the Trades and Labour Council protested to Sir Joseph Ward to-night against the employment of Chinese firemen and trimmers on -board the I Pacific cable steamer Iris, at present lying atAuckland. It was stated that there were 23 or 24 Chinamen employed, each of them receiving £4 10/ per month, whereas the New Zealand coastal rate was £6 10/. Mr Fowlds, M.H.R., said that seeing that New Zealand was a partner in the Pacific cable, the wages of the crew of the Iris should be the standard wages. Sir Joseph Ward said he was quite in sympathy with the request, and already the Government had intimated its opinion that Chinamen should not be employed on a steamer in which New Zealand and Australia were concerned. We did not support any race that lowered wages in the colony, and he considered the Pacific Cable Company should be able to make arrangements to man the steamer with white men. The colony's representative had been instructed to make strong representations to that effect. If the New Zealand Government could bring about the desire of the deputation, it would be done. The assertion was made by a member of an Auckland local body a few days ago that the Auckland harbour is aoihing more than a cesspool. Captain Sharpe, of the Pacific Cable Company's steamer Iris, states that about eight tons of sewerage matter were recently removed from the ship's bottom after she had been lying at the Railway Wharf for several weeks.