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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10365, 14 June 1901, Page 2

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June 13— Gertie, s.s., 100 tons, Simp■Bon, from Westport. l Ju»e'l4 — Stormbird, s.s., 137 torn, JMclntyre, from Wellington. June 14— Moa, s.s., 11l tons. Sawyer, Trom .Westport.

Tho Ored left Greymouth at 8.45 p.m. yesterday for this port- . The Takapuna arrived at New Plymouth this morning in time for express. The Gertie ib discharging her cargo of coal at tha Heads \9haii for the Wanganui greeting Compo"**. The Monowai leaves 'Wellington for Sydney to-morrow at 4 p.m. The Stormbird arrived this morning a little before 8 o'clock, and will remain here till Sunday morning at 9, when she will leave with excursionists to the great Ducal reception at Wellington. We understand tickets for the trip are now selling at a premium, ond we feel sure that Captain Mclncyre will attend in his usual courteous style to the comforts of his companions. The Roteiti brought to Wellington from New Plymouth on Wednesday the following dairy 'produce: — Butter — 2070 boxes -for Capetown (transhipped to Indramayo), 2139 boxes for Australia, 123 boxes for Tasmania, 140 boiM for -Southern ports; cheese, 73 oases for Australia. Th«-N.Z.S. Co.'s Papanui arrived at Hobart on Wednesday from London en route to. Wellington. The Warrimoo dropped anchor in Wellington- Harbour on Wednesday night, after making the 'passage- across from Sydney .in an- hour and a half under tour -days. v Tk» -Takapuna is now on her old run again between Onehnnga and New Plymouth. Since she has been laid up some extensive additions to her passenger accommodation have been accomplished, and at the same time her en-gine-room has received every attention. The Takapuna is a great favourite with

passengers. , The amount of compensation for services rendered by the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Tongariro in towing the Norhata Castle to Ascon-, sion Island has been settled for .£3500.. Th« length of the tow was 521 miles, and th» Tongariro steamed an extra ! 683 miles, and lost four days in coneeqaance of the deviation. By the last 'FrißCo mail to hand, Mrs J. Williams, ot DoroJiport (Auckland), received news ot the- untimely death of her ISfth son, Albert H. Williams, aged 19, who was washed overboard off Cape Horn on February 25th last while engaged in bir duties aa a sailor on the Auckland-owned barque Star of the Eait (bound from New Zealand to New York) and drowned. One of the deceased's sisters ww 1 drowned in thr - wreck of the Wairarapa on the Great Barrier.lsland is 1894. Captain Yule, of the British steamship Myrtledene, which arrived- at Philadelphia on April 4 from Carries!, Reports that the obstruction which is charted in both the American and Brit-

iah Admiralty charts as a* rock off Cape Thorns proves to be a large vessel bottom up, held in position *by . her -■ •anchors, and at time/ submerged. .This' .obstruction was first .discovered about two 'yean ago. Captain Yule had an .excellent opportunity of making -an investigation of the obstruction, as the weather was -fine and clear when he passed. Cape Thorns. The wreck is a targe wooden vessel, and is a. very dangerous obstruction to navigation.