ARRIVAL OF SHIP LAJU, FROM LONDON.

West Coast Times, Issue 2741, 14 January 1878, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF SHIP LAJU, FROM LONDON.

(canterbury press, jan. 7.

This ship was signalled early on Saturday morning, and came to an anchorage of Ripa Island at 9 a.m. Powder being aboard she was not to come further up the ha"rbor. She was speedily cleared by the health officers 1 ; anS tfatf then visited by our reporter. The Laju is a nic^ little .Bhip of 556 tons, and is commanded b,y Captain M'Whirter. The passage, {ike. that of the OpaVa, has been a fine weather one, and, in fact, studding sails, which" are still the order aboard' the Laju have been carried nearly daily. Though not remarkable for speed the ship is a splendid sea boot, and "as dry as a bone and tight as a bottle." The ,trip has occupied 105 days from the dock to anchorage, and 100 from Portland to the Snares. She is rather a pretty model, and has a small but very comfortable saloon, which, like, all other parts of the ship, is most beautifully clean and tidy. The Laju is owned by Mr W. Taylor; of Dundee, and is a composite vessel, eight years old, having been formerly in. ,the, China trade. She is under charter io Che Zealand* Shipping Company, and brings a large and valuable car«o, but not passengers. The following is tbe report of the trip : — The ship Laju, Captain McWhirter, 556 tone, left the docks on September 22nd and had fine weather down channel, taking final departure from Portland" ou 24th. Hid westerly weather across the Bay, &nd c utrbt N.E. trades' in 18 N. <m October 17th. 'I ney wi te very moderate, and were lost io 6 N m October 23ni. Caught S.E trades on O"t. 29th in 1.30 N. nosse'i the Equator next day. The SE. trade's were modi-rat' and were lost on November Bth. That s tim day passed within Bight of Trinidad; rhence to Cape easterl3 r winds an 1 thick weather prevailed, the meridian of that promontory being passed on November 27th in lat. 43.30 S. Kan down easting between 45th and 46th parallels. The westerlies were fresh and ice was encountered on December 15th, several bergs being sighted. Paksefl the longitude of Tasmania 24th December in 46 S. and thence had light westerly winds and thick weather to within 200 miles of the Snares, when it fell calm, continuing so for three days; thin hud N.E. winds, the Snares being finally paßsed on January 2nd; had northerly winds up the Coast; sighted the Peninsula on Friday evening, and made the light at midnight; ran in on Saturday morning before light N.E. breeze, anchoring' off Ripa' Island at 2 a.m. not being able to come further np the harbor, having powder on board. In lat 26 S. long. 25 W. spoke the City of Calcutta, from Cardiff to Calcutta, forty days out; same day passed a full rigged ship from London to Sydney, but could not make out her name. On November Bth 21 S. passed the British barque Lainino, but was unable to ascertain her destination.