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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10976, 16 June 1903, Page 4

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> '*,',' LONDON,. Frid«ay. Arrived—Tonsjari.ro, front Wellington. -'- •-' SUVA, Saturday.- -> Sailed—Hana^rouri, . for' 3 -oSamoa«- and Tou'ga. ■■>' . r j " - r-> ' ' ■ ' : MEEBOtJENE, Saturday. • - \rrivcd—Monowai, from Bluff and-llo-baft. •,-,.-.-..••' ■' , - , ,LUW READ, fSsvturday.A'rrivod—Helen, $tdth New- ZpaittnW.* ~ * :■>.... .STBWJST^ Monday. "■ - S-iilcd—Sonoma (2 o'clock), ffov» Mekbnd. . t . Arrived—Balmnin. from Ivi-.ipara. ' WKSTPORt', Tuesclay. -Sailrd—3erl.ie. (1.85 "p:m., VlSfch)* 'for Wangfstnui. ' v •■*■ '■ r. ' ' * Sailed—Oreti (9.p.m/, 15th), fo^r'Wanganui. • • - •Arrived—Eimu- (9.^0- a.m.), from Wan»ganui. * - ' ' , " Arrived—Aotea- (noonVfrcm' Wanganui. • ' -BLUITI, Tuesday: Suited—Wswrrimoo (5.10 p.Tv., 13th) 1, f6r Melbourne. l i ' Railed—Cornwall'- (tioin), °for LytleUon, 1 ' via Hobnrt. •-' ' ' .'- • '...■. WELLINGTON, Tnesdav. Sailed—indr.-idevi -'(7-.lo'-a.m.); for" Lyttelton. .. '•:■ -t.''<l- 'A ■ Arrived—Waimat? (9.55 a.m.), from Pic--ton. ' • -.-v-...""; •-■--' . TIMAHU, Tuesday. Arrived-Maori' (10.-30 A^k^;^! .'.from O.unaru. .* **°*" NEW PLYMOUTH, .TuesdiVV. Arrived—Takapuna (3 a.ni'.'J, Onchung'a, c;nnof<i:;g- with% expreps. EXPECTED ARRIVALS *AlT WELLINGTON^ . Mocraki, from to-mnrrow. lndralenia, left London. 17th April. Euapehn, left .Landon, 28th Aprii, via Capetown and Hobarl. Omba, left New York, 3Uth April, via Auckland. ,r Pakeha, left London, utS 'May". 'Via Lvtt'&l-' .ton Whaiatane, left London \ May sth, via Auckla/Ld. ' i. Tokomaru, left-London, Bth Mayvvia Lyt-i' "" telton. " • Niwaru, left London. 13th May, Via Au3 t- ' ' tralian p^^ts iiud AuVklHrtd. 1 ' ' • Rimutaka, left London 23th* May, via %t ' Capetown and Hobat*t.', ■r. ' ' Mimiro, loft London, 29t!i»M-.y. > Cannpu--- 1, l?f{ Lundcu 2nJ Juaie, via A:ickland. . >•'"•- • Bak.ua, \-Ai Lonaon, 3pL-ifiaic, via Port CL-.il-.iu.-s a- d Lyltel" ;»:-. ppljiM:. X ft L-ySun, C'-h Jn«p. Cori.illiii-, ]oh London, Gt"h Juuc, via Lyttflton. •'„ , :m- ■> ■ ' gStar of New Z^altwd) left New York. sth Jmiv, via. -A usira]/^ nxul Auci]«t«<l SAILER^ EXP^C.TEP-'. , ' Kiidston, left Glasgow,. 31st January. > King George, left New* York,' February 1. Europa, ship, left -Liverpool, 4th April.' Gladys, left Auckland,".'26th February. Colvert, left Olasgfow, lOthApril.Lady Penvhyn, Jeft, London, 17th April, via, Lyttelton • ... •■ . ■ Northern Monarch. M<fc*Liverpool, May 5. • J. T. Chapman, left New York. Bth May. J. F. North,-left New York, Bth May/ria Lyttelton. * ' ■ Star of the East left New York, 22nd May, via Auckland.- ■ ' - ' • J/oreley, left Liverpool, 29th May. Ben Avon, left Glasgow, 6th June., via Diuiedin.'- s • - , •" ' HOMEWAP.t> BOUND. Lettercwc,'barque, from W^Uin^ton,- 11th . February". •. ,i , • • - Lutterworth, from Auckland, 20jth. Feb. Finsbury, from Wellington^-for New York,' Bth March. . - Don, barque, from -Lyttelton, 9th March Akaroa. from I'ort Chabners* 11th Mavch. 1 Taraiiaki, ship, from Oamaru. 9th April. Banffshire, from the Bluff, -20th April. Silverstream, from Pott .Chalme^ii'29tlr Ap*ril. •t. ' i .'> „-.;< •:< . <r <-t ■ TTaramca. froio Wellin'ortpT3 f l«t May*"- o Tomoaua, from,Wp]lin3tan-,'6th May. ;■ '; Turakina, from, WpHing^oh, M^y 41th.« • '«-> Athenic, from/.Wcjjinsjton^ Mtlr May.* '" Star of Australia,,, from. Bltiff. .ISth.'May," Perthshire, from the Bluff-,. 2,4 th Miiy.?.' Gothic, from Wellington,*MJ9t4i"-May:...--**'' tu ' Wakanni, from Port Chalmers. 29th May. Rangati™, from>W*l]&£roh.' I^^ Hermoine, ship,'from Slsfifo^. 1" '' TO DEPART FOR JTf>VF. Essps, for South Africfi, from Wellington, June 10th. - • Papanui, frmn Lytrollon, Juno 13. Kumnra, from Wellinsrton, June 25th.' I,udradovi, from Wellington^ 15th June. Ruanehu, from Wellington, 9th July. WELLINGTON - WiYNG.VNUI STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. NEW STEAMER Ft)K''TtlE TRADE. An order (says tho Auckland Star) for the construction of a stool cargo-carrying steamer has b^eonj secured,,,by:'t)}ijj(loqa,l firm , nf Mcssr:; Sofipfsir Bros.' from \\nf- W'olling- . ton and Wtingiinui SlcAm N'avip'atinii Conj-

'■ pany', of Wellington. Tlie vessel will li^ somewhat similar in si?e to tlio No'rthprn (Jomp.iny's Uairloch, and Ilio •vvofk" of cojistructiosi will be prweeilrd with shortly. Tiio iniportar.cr of this c-on- • tract to- the port aa. a shipbuilding ecu t re is fai'-reacliing. The principal dimpiisi<mn of the new steamer will be: [iCU^tli loOtl, and beam 23ft, and. she ivill have cargo spaet* for about- 350 tons. Iliis steamer will be about Ihe largest steel vessel that has been constructed iv Auckland. The Jluia and Stormbkd, from Welling-, ton, arrived at mid-day to-day. The Rtmn Iravcs Dunedin and Tim mil . Moiidav next for this port, and may be • expected aIK-ut to-mnrrow week. ' Thp,-.w;»t iS^Vlh* ATrioan 'steiifnpT will i Jojj&rfJtf, if*<l.-;*'l'?% -will 'bc-t*o'^ii'istf ,tjn«}(,fi 4><jnt iuo'tho«»ts*ii}',<lias-;loftded,iaib th^r^icni vj>rt r .^. ' .. ,• „, , Ffom.'tk-' [MaTaiira Freezing Works the ' : P<apiQiQaii* tocfk lI'J.OO carcases of mutton ,ajid J^)Op,q^ißTJM'ti'ei"laccf/to .F.Hgtlaiid. »\<r • The.tyser steanieis J^r^ma*. wl^c^ leit:-Itfmdon.on the 17th oLJqixiln^s, ,au&r at Anqkiancl on tlip 20th iu*fn-d,~aiid fro:n il V n.a,nTO<xc<ls to Nfl^iel'/.'ltJm'O ahCiiUiJi^, , .neet-ed' about tho 2sfch, 'anct di^- 1 ' charges -0^,4 tons of cargo. From there &he y'roceeds tv WrUhifjton. ( „ . • Homo- mails via San Frsncisco, per Ventura from Auckland, ou tho BLh May, arrived in London d*n the ni.r>ht of< the 10th of June, four days late. <.It is reported that orders are to bi» placed for the coiiFtructimi, .for the llud-dart-Parkor CVmpiny,' of two iipw steamers inljudrd for thp'intpVSiitf Hue. One of them will- be kept in the Hobart-Sydney trad.-^. . ' • They dischafoe oarj^o • ships quirkly m London. Lloyd b Summary of 1 .says: "The discharfti of the fitpaiuKhjp - West I'omt. of- -the Philadelphb Tsaiisatlantir line, in the West India Dock last week is worthy of record. Her, entire cargo,consisted of 1100 ts'in'o of '"rain a'n'fl 4"88 Tofis of- "cinjral. - Tho whole e.tr/ro, bol h «rain nad soncral. was dhclira-ged in 28 hours. Something Yfko <i tccotH Jor xmm\ -wosk/' .Apart from the construction of a few very fa&t ocemi steamers by the " (Jennjm , ,imd -H.ow •by the Fiiiulish lines (scys the gpiQiitinc AmoTipajJ.), tho tendency is toward the. construct ion of extromcly laype, cargo . pa-?seii£cr steamers of nioderai c Fi]>eed, say from 14 to 17"khoti an hour. Tt is found that tho cost of rnrryiiisr frpisfht is -steadily' reduced as the size of.'tho-sllip -i<4 increased, and ns there seems to >bo no lifiiit... t^ tlte •application' .of, -this '.'rule, in, Ihoory,-iit becomes an interesting question just how larsre- the ships of the noar fifturo ■will be.builfc.'rAt present it • GOcnia that , the . only limit- will bo that of depth' ofchanncls and length of do.ck acqomraoda-

-non. • ■ • . The ship Nclteou, .whil-h' left Port' Chal-mers-on February 28 for-3iahia.Bla.uoa, ar.rived r.t the Avgc'iitinc port on April ,i:J, after an excellent nassa<re <>S 44' days. . .TheiSiiaw, S.i'vill, and Albion* Company ,.s &;fi^ Tokbmaru is due at Wplliiigton from London, via the Cape and. Hobar'l? about tlnv27th inst. „"«.■- - Hie reront heavy gales in the Tasnwu Sea are* responsible, for apipe s.cyqre cnsua,l-. ties fcj.shippiner/'The ship Tomdon; bound from Port Piric to Antwerp, 'put- into Sidney, on i^the 30th nit. in a 'crippled condition. • The seas were of alarming- size, and .the ship laboured heavily; and had a trying time of if. .OntTie anorning of the 25th' ult. a tremendous wave struck the j-ship. It -thundered OA-er h6r with, terrific force, causing her to tremble from end to *end. The iron buhvards. *,cnt like bo much paper; A piatc just under the covering: board also parted. Sf»a after sea tumbled .on board in nniric succession, j\n(l wrc^'ka»c was washed about*, "daniaijinpf " the decks, but jportuualelY no water gel inU) tin' hold. .Several of the crew. wore washed off their fpcfhy tho'scu!?, and miraculously escniiort beiner wiivbod ovcrlioarrl. ' ,' ■ Tbt v Fnnris Jt>rr, a fonr-iaastor sir^l barque undf-r., British colours, waH'rwently. reported to have sfoue ashore at Formosa. Tlio hirctorv of- .this drift- is mos«" interesting, the diataficti covered by the .abandoned 2 wrn-k bping tho mast rrmaxkablo.on roeord. She was abandoned oiv May. 29, •1902, in hit. 2G.W N., Ion";. ICO W. At

tlits ■ tiiue all the .hatches wero blown off, and'flamos wero cominfj out of tlio-liatcli-.ways. . Tii« captain and crow landed al Kauai on Jnue B}<8 }< find ai- Honolulu 011 the 10th. On March 22, 191)3., the vessel w:us Righted in lat. 21.51- ,N., loiur. 124.14 Iv., by the British steamer Ifcnthdpnc.. The Francis Ketr w:is at thaUtime half loadi'd, nid Jiad 110 masis, and only a bow-spril. She was '-reported as dangerous to navi'^atloii.'and that she would have to- h n dpstToyedfbut it was blawmp fdo freEli at the Vuiie. She was last sighted on xYpril 4. off the south end .of Formosa, by the NorvrogHn schooner Taunis. She was toardca by some of the crew of that" vessel, who discovered nothing but? a UHlo

senp. It v.as decided the hnik was nol '"worih takiuq in tow. • Perhaps Iho longcnl ilrii'l -voyage- on record was that of the r.filish' br.rquo Ada. Iredalc, wkicli after <-btftiiii!: about two. years, was recovered-, mß'_ afterward btiilt over, beeoiniujf in. her "new, form the American- barque Ann.ie Johnson. Tho Kwste/cn iSlu'plititlaiue' (Uimynuy . of New, Lnmlon, U.S.A., have , recently, launched the Minnesota, the biggest ship ever built- iv America. On tlic maximy* tlraujjht. of '.WJi the riiKphiwintmt \yill be ' 37,000 tons, making the Minnesota Ihe third largest ship in the world, and inferior iv siz<* ouly to the great White Star liners Cndritv and (Vltic, Iv the new ateamp'r two now feat,nrep are lliq,,longitudinal bulkheads, which dividp the holds into se]):iTatc roin})arljnpiiis. and i!U,o --lai'in£ of the coal bimkci-K above" "the Hoilrrs. The latt?r feature enables the cc;nl to fail, by gravity into the firing platform, and presumably does Hway with the necefisity of coal-passors, Th« Minnesota and her 7 sister ship (still on Hit tst-ocks) will })ly bewbcu Seattle Mid Yokohama. A uujouo (vrcutnstniicr is cpunqeted with tlj,c- buildiiig.of 'tlie^e fillips. Two; years ago iho Kht>fe»'rn Shipbuilding Company, possessed uo-pla'nt, nor did.t-hoy then- own one fotft of c[rounrt whMTou t(> crcrt a plant; 'yet to-day thov have launched' one ship arifl have another under wny, Tlvolh of w'-iiich are considerably bigger than the old Great Eastern. ,