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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12588, 18 August 1910, Page 4

BY TELEGRAPH.

WELLINGTON. Wednesday. Sailed—Sti&rmbird, 4.5 p.m., for Wellington, Wetlresday. Arrived—Breeze, 0.00 p.m., from Wanganui. Arrived.—Warrinioo, 11.30 a.m., from Sydney. Arrived—Kapuni, 5.45 a.m., from Wanganui. WESTPORT, Wednesday. Arrived—Moa, 3.10 p.m., from Wan-, •gajini. MOKAU, Wednesday. Sailed—Tainui, G. 30 a.m., for Wanganui.

The Alexa is to leave Newcastle this week with ironbark and coal for Wanigamii. She will load white pine here for Sydney. The s.s. Tainui left Waitara yesterday morning with a cargo of Mokau household coal. Sho should arrive here this morning, and will load a full cargo of merchandise here for Messrs Hatrick and Co.'s new warehouse at Waitara . Tha overhaul'of the Arapawa was to be completed yesterday, and the vessel brought off the slip during the day. She sails to-day for Wanganui. It is stated that the ste?l barque

Adderley has besn purchased by the

Paparoa Coal Company, nnd will be used as a coal hulk at Wellington. The barcjuo was built in ISSS. and her registered tonnage is 1147 tons. The vai-ving fortunes of sailing ships nre well illustrated by the ■experiences of the big French barques Marie and Bossuor, on their respective passages* from Port Chalmers to Newcastle!- Both vessels are of practically the same tonnage, and belong to the same owners. The Marie, in ballast, occupied 31 days

on the passage, reaching Newcastle list The Bossuet, on the other hand, left nineteen days later than the TVlarie, but arrived only four dnys behind her, having been sixteen days on the passage. It is not generally known that the small steamer Moa, s^ys the "Lvttwlton Times," was practically built at this port -10 years ago. She was brought out from Glasgow in sections, and was built at Corsair Bay. and launched from

the slip there in 1864. She was a very _ small iron vessel, and for some years slk; was a regular- trader between Lyttelton and Kaiaooi. She was after-

•wards purchased by Wellington owners, and transferred her snhere of activity

to that port. In 1884 she was considerably altered, and was lengthened to 118.9 ft. She is at present owned by the Wellington and Wanganyu Steam Packet Company. It is said that it is now over 30 years since the Moa was last at Lyttelton. Sly* sails from Lvttelton to-mcrrow for Wangaliui and Nvdia Bay.