EARLY SHIPPING DAYS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17178, 23 October 1923, Page 10

EARLY SHIPPING DAYS.

VOYAGES FROM THE OLD COUNTRY. TALES OF THE EMIG.F ANT SHIPS. Th.a r omance and some of the hß.ids.hipß of the early shippingflayo of New Zealand are recalled In the series of articles now being: published in the “Star” relating to the early shipping days. Many people aro interested in the subject, as there are atill many old identities with us, while thousands of cltlsens of the Dominion are descended from the old stock which braved the voyages in the sailers of the ’fifties, ’sixties and ’seventies. Vhc article printed to-day consists of extracts from the early files. ARRIVAL OF THE CERES. (From the ‘•'Lyttelton Times,” June 21, 1870.) Arrived.—June 19, Ceres, ship, 861 tons, Cochrane, from London. Passengers : Saloon —Mr and Mrs Dawber, Misses Elizabeth, Mary, Gertrude, Florence and Clara Dawber, Messrs John G., Alfred and Frank Dawber, Dr C. B. Stoney, Mrs and Miss Swane, Mr W. L. Edge. Second, cabin—Mrs C. Lyddon, Misses Lyddon (8), Messr E. J. Evans. A. Stoddart, W. Harris. J. Roland, R. A. Snook, Lewis and Duke; and sixteen in the steerage. The Ceres, commanded by Captain Cochrane, arrived off the heads on Sunday afternoon. There being only a light wind she was unable to make the harbour and anchored yesterday morning at two o’clock. As there had been no sickness during the voyage the vessel was passed. Captain Cochrane reports that he left the docks on February 22, and the Downs on March 4. She experienced eastery winds and thick weather and was unable to land the pilot. On March 13 called a f Madeira and landed home pilot an left next day. She crossed the equator on April 1 and the meridian of the Cape- of Good Hope on May 8. From Mar 29 to June. 3 she experienced a succession of heavy gales and snowstorms* from June 7 to June 10 heavy gales: on June 11 hove-to for twenty-four hours, the hatches being battened down. Heavy seas swept the decks and carried away the starboard bulwarks. Phe sighted the Snares on June 16 and experienced another heavy south-west gale ur> the coast. The Ceres brings a small number of passengers but no immigrants. ARRIVAL OF THE MONARCH. (From the “ Lyttelton Times.” September 7, 1870.) Arrived. September 6, Monarch, ship, Paddle, from London. Passengers Mrs and Miss Wheeler, Mrs Graver, Dr Hay, Messrs Clabburn, Ashburn. Families and children—

Farm labourers—Robert Bilfcon, wife and two children, Yorkshire; Thomas Fa rant and wife. Middlesex : Henry Jenkins and wife, Gloucestershire; Alexander Povey and wife, Berkshire. Henry Freeman, wife and seven children. Sussex : Edward Prior, wife and three children, Norfolk. Ploughmen—James Gifting and wife, James Spence, wife and two children, Oxfordshire. Grooms-—Georg© Sopp and wife, Middlesex ; William Smith, wife and three children, Northamptonshire. Engineers—John Boyle and wife. Forfarshire ; Henry Rais beck, wife and two children. Yorkshire; Thomas M’Fedrie.s and wife. Ayrshire. Ironfounder—Jpdward Henry Cooper, wife and child, Middlesex. Millwrights—Joseph Biltcliffe and wife, Middlesex: Hector Bond ana wife, John Burns and wife, Lanarkshire; William Ben Wickham, wife and two children. Hants. Pattern makers—Robert Seager. wife and five children. Devonshire: William Henry Roberts, wife and child, Cornwall. Wheelwright—William Read and wife, T/eicestershire. Bootmaker—William Lane, wife and five children. Devonshire. Saddler-—Shrewsbury Kingsford, wife and four children, Kent. Coaclibuilder—Josiah Harband, wife and four children. Warwickshire. Coach joiner—Alfred Alfrey, wife and three children, Sussex. School master —John Brunett, wife and five children, Middlesex. Single- men—• Farm labourers Thomas Stockbridge, Kent; Frederick Jud, Mark Soanes, Ambrose Standen, Oxfordshire , Charles Brown, Somersetshire ; George Lloyd, Kent; Alexander Cormack, Caithnessshire. Ploughmen.—George Forster, William H. Buttle, Yorkshire ; Robert Ganatt. Somersetshire; Neal Tolan. i Donegal; William Ramsey, Fermanagh : Nathaniel M’Cluie, Donegal; John Gluckin, Tyrone. Gardener.—John Joyce, Cork. Labourers.—Henry John Seager, Lancashire; William and George Freeman, Herts; John William Stemford, Norfolk; Joseph Morling, Yorkshiro; Henry Mudford, Somersetshire. Shepherds.—John Thatcher, Middleser; William Stockbridge, Kent; Joseph Gray, Somersetshire. Millwrights.—William Osborn, Devonshire ; John Milne, Forfarshire. Moulder—John Mali burton. Wheelwright—John Ponsiord, Devonshire. fred Prior, Norfolk. Single Women : General servants. —Emily Freeman, Herts; Alary Ann Foster, Olive Jenry, Middlesex; Kate Cosgrove, Lancashire; Henrietta Burleigh, Fanny M. Barlow, Herefordshire; Martha J. Harriet E. Mottlee, Surrey; Eliza Allen. Helena King, Kent; Jane A. Wollams, Hannah M. Taylor, Middlesex ; Helen Stephens, Oxfordshire; Clara Andrews, Devonshire; Kate A. W ingyett, Amelia H. Loader, Middlesex ; Eliza Knowles, Mary A. Tremlin, Kent; Elizabeth Smith, Staffordshire; Klspeth Moir, Elizabeth Young, Aberdeenshire; Margaret M’Bride, Down; Margaret AX’Nutt, Jane Thompson, Donegal, Eliza A. Larkin, Margaret Harvey, Antrim ; Bridget Jones. Clare; Eupha Stephenson, Ann Wiseman, Elizabeth Breeze, Durham. Cooks.—Sarah Moore, Somersetshire ; Amelia Cassin, Yorkshire ; Mary Kelly, Queen’s. i Housemaids—Emma Foard, Middlesex ; Ellen Crowe, Staffordshire; Susan Moore, Antrim. Dairymaids.—Alary Baker. Waterford ; Emma Seager, Devonshire. Nurses. - Caroline Williams, Elizabeth Mason, Middlesex ; Hannah Breeze, Durham. Dressmaker- -Mary Spillitt, Kent. Matron.—Agnes Smith, Staffordj shire. j Summary. Farm Labourers 13, i ploughmen 9. gardener 1. labourers 6. j grooms 2, shenherds 3, engineers 3, i founder i. millwrights 6. moulder i. | patternmakers 2, wheelwrights 2,

bootmaker 1, saddler 1, coachbuilder I,.coach joiner 1. schoolmaster 1. Single Women—General servants 30, cooks 3, housemaids 3, dairymaids 2, nurses 3. dressmaker l, matron 1. Male adults 56, female adults 71, male children 13, female children 17, infants 10. Total souls 167, equal to 142 statute