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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7435, 23 June 1902, Page 3

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ARRIVED. ■ I Juno 23— ©eokenfcaan, ''a.«., 2988 tons, Rae- ; WTfrcon the Bluff. G. <*• Stead •=* Qt)> Sir P. HiH, formerly purser of «he Tavimii, is now purser on 43ie Moura. ■ # L A Lomdon n»roi encmeor cl«uns to Jwnre fleaigned a liner capable, ol orossinff '«h» Attantio to Canada in less fhan four days. | Mdssra KaMurf, Parker and Conipany'* new ttoamxs Viotoiia, whicfc in Jo^f ™™* $■ Mean* Ckrat&y <B»8. «b JDundeo, for the Auirtwilian-NW Zealand tr*de, vrf *°}™*±- txL in August, an<s i* expec 1 fed £**<h®£ colonies iS Novem'ber. Ofcptein aaiomas Free, WoU-knovrar in New Zea'kud, will leave Aus-. tralia immedkJtely to bring bet .oilt. .} The new oaigo «*teara«r (BeckenJi«n anaved eaxly *his moxning from *he Bluff «> waa /, oftte for South Affiosu She is •/^■°? B "7 tftetemship of 46«5 *on« gross wad 2988: tons' net register, fitted with engines of 429 nommsl horcMK>we». Sh* was launched at Stockton earfy $ub yW, and jbelonga Jo '■&& | '"torn Steamship Company (Wa-tte, 'W-atte »na Oo.), o* London, Captain, O. tßaebum is m cmBnand, ottd Bii3 officers are:— Mr <r. Ji- •»• Wood, fir^t; Mx D. Tihottnas, second, «naM* <X cTOarlisie, jlhinL 3& C. Stewart »<^f engineer; Mr J. Potter, s^ond^l^ ?r GSeve, third, and Mr T. (Ehufh, , ■iourfch.. It is erpeoUa ■Wia'ti ■&» eteamer will leave lot . BouOi Africa on Wednesday. '■■■■«__ The National Mortgage and. Agency Com»any has received information 9hm the as. a.-thenio airived «vb Plymouth on iPnday ev«n>Mir F. J. WmmSKrase, $&& officer We ■ Penguin, ha« beon transferred' to flie" Waaiui IfcOTrpoMrily a*» second officer. M* M'Kenzie CMhM taken Mr Wainhouae's pkce_on_<t!he IPenguin. Mr Blencowe, formerly .-thirdofficer of tfia RtkaM, has been temporarily appA^nted to i!hoW»«iui in ft «Lmdlftr positionv Some fifty tfteamera plying on tfit> Pacifia eoa«t of tJie United States axe now usmg oil The Brib&fc Consul -at Havre qiibote* figures lo show •Vtatb the . system of dißcharging seamen in * fowdgn port ia, in. part at least, responsible for the increaang proportion of foreign aailors in pur meroatttilo marine. In 1901 576 seamen were engaged at Havre for British vessels viaiMng the port, and 420 so engaged were foreigners. Six nundred .aaKf thirty-nine seamen were discharged, oi wnom 837 wero foreigners. In ClfliCT words, the proportion of foreign fieamen. among- the crews discharged was 53 per cent, while the proportion of foreign seamen among m& crews engaged to leplaoe them -Was 73 per cent. ♦Dhus in on© year iflie change)? in ifiie crewa ©f : British ships IMb Havre resulted in- «ho increase of tfhe foreign elemen* on board tnose Iflrips to the extent of 20 per cent.