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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10966, 4 June 1903, Page 4

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SVDN'BT. tVcdnesStay. Sailed—Z?alandia (5.15 p.m.) N KWCAtSTIiTS,"., yS' ednesday. The Norroa has tueen^'saf^lj iowed in. Sailed—Nairnshire. for Auckland; F.lmville, for Napier. ' <•_" HOBART, Wednesday. Arrived—Runpehn (noon), frpm London. GRKmOUTU, Wednesday. Sailed—Himitangi (T. 30 p.m,), ior Wanganui. • . . „ WTESTPOJIT. WQdJiPsrlay, * . Sailed—Gertie <loi*ortp.m.), for- Wauganui. ' }•"► '•* • , AUCKLAND, Wednesday. ' Sailed—Sonoma 1" (8.20 p.m.), Inr Sydney.* NEW PLYMOfTTlLTliursday. Arrived—Takapuna (10.30 p.m., 3rd), from Onehunga, wjth inward 'Frisco mail. Arrived—Ngapuhi (4.20.a.m.), from Oaehnnga-, connecting withtexpress. v ,• Sailed—Takapuna (l^O fcm.),' for AVellington with 'Fri«fo mail. Ueceived May 4, 9.30 a.m. , ' PERTH, May 4. Arrived: Cfceanic from"* London. PasBcngers for New Zealand—Mesdaines T?abon, Izard, Rev Iz'ard," Messrs McNeil], | Cameron, llaimer, and Gaptain Babon. ' EXPECTED ARRIVALS AT WELLING TON.' ' ' > Bapallo, left N^w York, 19th' March, via ' Melbourne and Sydney. Louise Roth., lef^ New York,, Bth April, „--- via Auckla-id. " '•• Tndralema, left London,, I7feh April. • Ruapehu, left London ,28th April, via < apotown. and Hobart. Ornba, left New Yoik, HOth April, via ■ 'Am-kliml. ' • - Fukehii, left London, sth May, via Lyttelton • ■ Whakatane, left London' May sth,'lvia Auckland. Tokomaru, left London, Bih May. via Lyttelton. •.' i •• Bimutaka, left London 35th May, via Capetown and Hobaut. Mimirb, left London, 29th May.' RATLERS EXPETT^D Meda, left London, 23rd January. Kildaton, lett Glasgow, 31st January., King George, leit New York, February 1. Europa, ship, left Liverpool, 4th April. Gladys, left Auckland, 26th February. Colvert, left Glasgow, 10th' April. Lady Penrbyn, left London, ITth April, via Lyttpltnn Northern Monarch. I<*ft Liverpool. May 5. J. T. Chnpmnii, lpft New York flth May. J. F. Noith. leit New York, Bth- May, via Lvttplton. Star of the East left New York, 22nd. May,, via Auckland. • ■»" Lore ley, left Liverpool, 29th May. ■ • - . ii.HOMEWAPtr» BOTTND. Letterewc, barque, from Wellington, 11th February. - » Lutterworth, from' Auckland, 20th Feb. Fihsbtiry, from Wellington, for New York, Bth March. . Don, barque, from- Lyttelton,' 9th March Akama, Port Chalmers,, 11th March. Taranaki, ship, from OamariO 9tK April. Marere, from Wellington, 15th April. Tonjjariro, frpm Wellington, 25th April. Banffshire. from" tha Bluff.S9th Anril. Silverstream, from Poet CValmers; -29th April. ' Karamea. from Wellington, let May. Tomoana, from Wellington, 6th May. Turakina, from Wellington. Mny 9th. Athens*, from Wellington. 15th May. Star of Australia, from "Bluff T6th May., Perthshire, from thp Bluff, 24th May.' Gothic, fxo'n Wc])in<rtnti, 29th Mny. Wakanui, from Port Chalmers, 29th May. TO DEPART FOR B"VY.. Essex, for South Africa, ffdlni'We^hJgton,' June 10th. « ' '" "?■ " ' Papanui, frnm L^fet^'p^, I ' Kumara, from Wellinjjt^nf Jiiji? ■*#% v '[ Rangatira, from W(elHn'A<tth':"§/]'<H''MW. Hermoihp. ship, fr^tii May,. .'! Indradevi, from vV'plJingto!i f,' lalli'tfune.' Thp Mao1! rppo"tp«l at NVllington, from London, with cargo f»r Wamrcuiui. A stenmer unique ko far, as Svdnfy is coricernpil is to hr> constructed thorp for the Admiralty. It is^to bo a tiii'k bo-t. fire float, and t'iwinor,stn ?inpr corahim-d and. will be used principally for. y tUp purjiose of oonvevir>rr frpph, Wctt^C.^O thp witpV?ps Ivinor at their rpppociiye.' moorings, The steamer is to Ije ,of, large,diniennmio. fully 115 ft lone, wifh 21ft b<rjin..and w'll he fitt^ wifli f-vo,jjnTOPiisf tgnks c^pnl l-o cf holding 300 tons' o* wtcr.. ..T r,f"} engines n^e to b« i)3pt'-fljed t^> pnablp th«» et»a»iir>r to tow witrshins to-dps k, pid in addition a firo-ppmpil!^' planjj'.will .bo placed amidships so thfit tlie vessel may be of sorviee i<i ootnbaHna? an outbrpi)k,of fire on any of the Ayarflhips. ' , ,',.'. ./. • *

-\.A S.\n Francisco papßi^has jLhe following alrnul tho last t»ip of lh<» s.s. Sierra — The Sierrn, aiiXious to arrive on schedule ■j.iie with her .>>•() bags of mail for Lonnon,* I'vcragc ! 17 knots nn hour for the last tivu divs < f live trip to poit, ami (Mnof E .c»nc-er N.iuian is t'm antliority ior Mie st^.t^uiLMil tli-ic cuiiy R»e ha-d weatlier prewuteJ 'the «ttMm«T from arriving iivf hours soo?»«r> and the^pby making a record. An average of ."'7H.6 lnilw a day or an hourly average of about .l"»j knots was i ma-Je. O-i her oitward trip "Chief Eagi- ! nee.- N;unn,u walked up an average of i 353.9 kuots a day. or 16.* p'ii ho^T, ftmn [ Rwo Piofo t^i Sydney, the running: time j -rodi S n 'Fr»p cisoo "<o Sytloey beins 1 I^' ' l'iy?, and 55 minutes, or .eight hours bet.Ar.i th vn pvf?r before. The time from, here ttf.A-ic.kland was 13 days 18 hours ani 20 \ -'ihiutfe?, o T fiv hoiyp better than ever be- [ fore raa^e by th<" Mcf steamer.