THE CLAN GRANT.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14391, 5 January 1911, Page 4

THE CLAN GRANT.

The turr«t-<ieck steamer Clan Grant.' v nndtt ch«rt« to. Mr G. H. Scales of . .Wellington, 7 -and now* discharging jar--rih,timber from Bunbury.at this poit, ir limaru in " May - ISO 9. Since "then the Grant has made two . trips .to tbe Cape and to India. On -' thev>present voyage the Teasel •ieit Glasgow- for Androssan yia Liverpool and .Birkenhead on tfae,l6th Sep&em Jier to load sleepers for South' African . porta." Capetown was reached on -2' st October, and the next port ol call was ; Simonstown, the naval base of South -Africa. Moesel Bay, ■Algoa P.sj mod .East London, were the next E+epping places. From East London the Clan bner proceeded to Bimbury, where •ho took on board a cargo of timber far distribution at Wellington, limaray Oamarn and Ahckland. Txie voyage was continued to Port ' D ine, : where . a large cargo of concentrates was. loaded for Antwerp. Port Feinr . bta was visited for the purpose of re- < plenishing her .bunkers, and to lington direct -was the next • loufe.. rho Grant is' in command of Captain J. G. Cowie, who has associated w.'th ' hfm Mr F. W. Last (who was previously in Timaru ja ilw Clan Ogjlvie), Second, Mr J. H. »V o r r thington, and Third, Mr H. Ca*er. The engine-room is in charge, of Mi .'\F. McArthur, who has with tin:, second, Mr J. Oreber, third, Mr A. Poole and fourth, Mr J. Drshington. The Grant is expected to leave about to-morrow finf Oamaru, Napier and Auckland, and then {c es Home. The next steamers to take-the .loading berth in New. Zealand u'.der the auspices of the now well-kumsn Scales' me, will probably be tho Clan Shaw and the Clan Menzres. In.the current issue of the "P. ?rd O. SaflingsiTahles" attention ;'s directed to' the company's fortni/c'itly services, via Singapore, to the ii itch ' East Indies, and it is stated that frr travellers the attraction? are of <• r.-siderable-importance The season recommended for European- and Anstra.han visitors is from October to 'April.