LYTTELTON.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8573, 15 March 1906, Page 3

LYTTELTON.

£ ::■;']i '■■:■'■■"- ARRIVED. V March 15—Mararoa, s.'s., 1381 .tons, Man-, filing, ..from Wellington. Uiiion Steamship -Company, agents. PasEengers-'-Misses Dcv Jargy,:, Graham, Home, Kei.r, Dawsoh, Allen, Webb, .Hopkins, Higgie, Benaett (2), Fenwick, Carmichael, Campbell and Flightly, Mes- : flames Whitcombe, Allardyce, Medhurst, . Yates, Delargy, Turner,. Harbuff, Lawson, pudley and child, Collett, Webb, Livingstone and child, Soren'sen and child, Bio&d, Sorensen, Beaumont, Clayton, Smith and child, JPlwhtly and M'Mtaaway, Revs B. Midley • ikd I. Jojly, Captain Drewette, Messrs Wood, 'Grigg, Price, Aliaidycoj Brown, Yates, Grim- :■-. wade, , Wakeham, Bright, Kemp, Lawson, Frost, Clemisooi, Bates, Homer, Martin, ; Moore, Smith, T. Parana. M.H.'R.. Chapman, ; Campbell, Dix.' Gower, Whitcombe. Robertgpn, Poulton <2). Bold, Gasgoine, Kirk, Mcc, Johnston,: Broad, Graham, Dears'.ey. Beaumont, Goodman. King, Haig, Best, Clayion, K. Matthews and Bates and thirty-three steerage. '.';" Match 15—Star of Scotland, s.s., 4001 tons, Hart, from London, via Australian and northern ports. Kinsey, Barns and Co., agents. The s.s. Mararoa arrived from Wellington •t 8.30 a.m. to-day. . Captain Drewette returned to New Zea■l land fioin Sydney by th» s.s. Warrimoo, and at Lyttelton to-day by the s:s. Roto- : k anahana. He left for Timarn, to take com- ' mand of the s.s. Koonya. t; .The Auckland "Herald " of Monday says:-— ' The Huddart-Parker steamer Victoria, which ; Arrived from southern and east coast ports yesterday morning 1, is maintaining her reputation^ far fast steaming, sh* having cove-red theVdiktance from Gisborne to Auckland in /the good time 0f..19$ hours. The steamer's ibest^previous performance for the same pas\y. sage was 19| hours. V:\: The Tyser liner Star of Scotlaaid,' which her maiden voyage last year, did not £•_: : %nen t c6irte to Lyttelton, though she visited K^orth. Island ports. She first appeared at Iv.itlui port to-day, entering within the moles f :«t 9.80 ar.m., and being moored at No. € W jjeujr;. She comes from Wellington, having ;;:/!«** that port at 6.15: p.m. on Wednesday, and jP the object of her visit is to. load frozen meat '!-:_, «nd general cargo for London. . The vessel k Vi»rtlT«d in New Zealand waters on February 91, on which date she reached Auckland " from London, via Australian ports, hiviiag "•Iwitin her vbya?e from the English port eta 25. The Star of Scotland is larger *h«n ;-tk«■■"•e.thet " Star " steameis which. Jx*ve wlted Lyttelton, with the exception, of the Star of Australia, being 8230 tons gross and 4001 tons set register. She is a steel' single •orsw* vessel, 440.3 ft in length, 55.3 ft in beam -..- .JUid 30.3 ft in depth of hold. She has tiuree \-\iAml dscb, extending from stem to stern,

and the shelter deck is sheathed -with pitch pine the full length of the vessel. The cargo space is divided into five spacious hofds by sreel watertight bulkheads, which extend to the upper deck. The three main Holds, having a capacity of 300,000 cubic feet, have been completely insulated and prepared for the reception of chilled and frozen meat. For thepreservation cf these cargoes, an installation of refrigerating machinery has been fitted up. A large hatchway h*s been constructed for each hold, and is equipped with powerful steam winches and derricks, suitable for dealing with large and heavy cargo as epeedily as possible. Accommodation has been provided for a limited number of first class passengers. They are berthed in the steel deckhouse amidships, and a comfortable dining ealcon has been provided. The ensrines are* on the triplet-expansion principle, with all the latent improvements, and auxiliaries supplied -with steam by four large steel single-ended boilers of the muititubular type, working under forced draught/ The Star of Scotland was built and engined by Messrs "Workman, Clark and Co., of Belfast, and was launched in November, 1904. She belongs to the Star line, of Belfast, llessrs J. >P. Corry and Go., managers. Captain J. H. Hart, formerly of the Star of New Zealand, is in command. Mt. J. W. Paine is chief officer-, and Mir J. Fife chief engineer. The- Star of Scotland is to. leave to-morrow for Wanganui. The Shaw-Savill steamer Maruari, now at Auckland, made a creditable rum from Liverpool, the average rate of speed maintained being- 12.9 knots for the whole trip. Cawtarn Thomas Moffafr has the following deck officers with him:—Chief, Mr H. Clayden (late Rangatira); second, Mr E. S. Lewis {laic Maori)-; third. Mr Gilmore (late Aotea); fourth. Mr Lerack (lato Kuniara). Mr Arthur is in control of the engine department, with Mr Racisbottcm as second. Mr Day being the chief refrigerating engineer. The vesEel encountered a severe head gale on the 4ay she left Liverpool (January 2-i). Heavy seas did some slight damage forward, an 3 necessitated her stopping for an hour.