EARLY SHIPPING DAYS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17245, 11 January 1924, Page 10

EARLY SHIPPING DAYS.

VOYAGES FROM THE OLD COUNTRY. TALES OF THE EMIGRANT SHIPS. i ■ The and some at the j bardahip* at the early ahlpplnc <Sa.y* ol X?b- Zealand are reca!l«l | .» the senes cf articles now l^Snc pub!l6lietf la the - Star ** relation to j tfcr early abippins daya Many i *N?ople are interested la the subject, as there are etiil many old identities with us, while thousands of ! entire ns o I the Dominion are i descended from the old stock which braved iho voyages Sn the sailers of the ’fifties, ‘sixties and ’seventies. The article printed to-day consists of extracts from the early tiles. ARRIVAL OF THE HIMALAYA. (From the “ Lyttelton Times,” November 19, 1875.) Arrived, November 17, Mimifaya, ship, 1008 tons. Grant, from ixmdon, with 1494 Government immigrants. This ship, which .has been iooked for anxiously during the past fortnight; wsus signalled yesterday morning at seven o'clock, and came up with a fine spanking north-west breeze, and anchored off Stoddart’s .Point at 1 p.ra. The commissioners being on board the ship Duke of Edinburgh, the s.s. Gazelle being specially engaged, conveyed tlie agents and the Health Officers to | the other ship, but on arriving along- ! side it was seen that despite all orders I given the deck was. full of visitors, j amongst whom were noticeable captains 1 °f ships in harbour, polico and watermen. The reporters asked permissibly to board the vessel, but were told to wuit. Finding, however, that all on the steamer went on hoard, they scaled the ship’s side. The commissioners, being otherwise engaged, they had ample opportunity of inspecting the ship. Of the accommodation and the rations no word of dispraise 'can !>.j said ; indeed, as far as tho single girls’ compartments were concerned, they occupied berths which many have had to pay from £3O to £4O for. It may here be stated that the whole of the saloon has been partitioned off, the ! port cabins and the greater portion of i the saloon being apportioned for their I !_ ISe> and nothing could have been betI ter or added to the comfort of the l,lrls. Mrs W arnes, who comes out a* j matron, pres the girls (thirty-seven in I number) an excellent character. Thev are mostly domestic servants and sueh ;'*as will, without doubt, in the various ! at once find employment. the compartment occupied bv them was I scrupulously clean. The single men ltd *, m ° S *7 apncultural labourers, and those in the married compartment, j comprising twenty-eight families, equal ir? * adult8 ’ ! ook » flue healthy lot. I afnnets T' b J fair to th « commwj 6loners, under the present regime, to ' wrl d n T rK ’ rt /* to Aether the offlj ers, did their duty or that the sur--1 geon attended to the wants of the immigrants ; these are matters, according I *?„ regulations, for the commis I .-.loners to report upon; but whv tho ! ST? 1 , p »W.c should he allowed to peri t )“ b " , le decke of the vessel whilst the reporters have to cool their heels sitting on the steamer or the bulwarks conjecture^ 0 ' “ ° ertaialy * “ atter The following is the captain's r<yr°i.V~ Left PI .VCloud, on July 27 ■ *4, id n tl, ; irt ea f the latitude of Madeira m thirteen days. Until crossing the equator on August 23 experienced variahle northeast trades. From the meri- !' a " , of ®r ecnwl °li contrary winds prer ailed The meridian of the Cape was passed on October 2; on November I the bnares bore north fifty miles Sighted Stewart’s Island on November 11 ; thence to Banks Peninsula experir n - d thick and foggy weather and light head winds, hoye-to in conso quenee ; when the fog cleared a favourable wind was blowing. Arrived in I.vttelton yesterday. On October 26 tell m with icebergs, two of which were estimated to be over 300 ft in height. The commissioner, having passed the vessel, the single girl immigrants were landed yesterday afternoon and sent to the Barracks. The remainder of the immigrant, will be landed to-day.