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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11252, 10 May 1904, Page 4

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'„'',■■ ." - : LONDON, Friday. <* Arrived^— Delphic, from Wellington; Arifel','. from ..the Bluff. ' Sailed— Eangatira and-Gbthic, for Wellington. < ••.'*: . WESTPORT, Monday. * Sailed-^Gertie (7;.50 p.m.), for >AVangannl. , . • .: \ - .';.>:;.■■' ,- ' BLUFF,. .Monday.. • ; 'Amxedr-rWaarrimoo .(4.40, p.ml), . from M elbb'uftie. and Hobart^' with English mail. > - "; x • „' .'NfcW PLYMOUTH, 1 Tuesday. Arriy^d^Takapuna (4.30 a.m.) from Oneconnecting with '•express.

i" from .Wellington tliis morhiiig after' a- week's absence, having undergone a painting and overhaul during tifefc-fufie. S'he"will v Kit'for Wellington to|iight. :•■.,- ; . f-rif^ie', Storin&itd -is expected to-morrow morning from, Wellington. . Tho,- Glenelg will probably . arrive here f&ra^Oiyehtinga on Thursd,ajy morning. . ' , .The Tyser steaine'r 'Star of Australia left Sydttey-on Saturday for Auckland, in continuation *of " het ' voyage from London . to .New" Zealand. ' -; : The Toriffaxirb, which arrived at Wellington yesterday' morning, from London, has 2300 tons of general r cargo to discharge at Wellington.. •■* • " ' ' ' ' ■ •-£'^ertrarshi£ Clio, arrived at Sydney yeste?rdayV'.' She replaces the Sparrow,^ "* .JQie;'SEa.w 'Savill steamer Delphio arrived afr London on, Friday last, from Wellington. .The Shaw- Savill and Albion Coy.'c steam-era'-R.attga.tira and Gothic sailed from Londott'on. Friday last for Wellington, - The, Board of ■Admiralty'is first floating ooal depofc-'* was launched in' March •by Messrs Swan; Hunter, and Co., at Wallsend •pn..' Tyrie. ' 'The vesleal, which is to be stationed atj, Portsmouth, will store 10,000 £oris ■■ of • cOal;. and is .emiipped with every possible . apWiance for the rapid coaling of warships. The "output is estimated at '500 tottp,per hour. • ■ Captain Harwood, of the Indraghiri, was fined J£s_ and- c£3 l4s cos^s at Wellington for nd£;<h&vihg put 'on. the articles a- greaser wH6 was ejlgag'ed-by the chief engineer, and judgment was given against him for 4112 §s foi? the" man's witges, with 7si costs. Tlie Post, in its' report of the case, says a certain free, and easy air which defendant had in conducting his ca6e led his Worship to remark that because defendant was master of thelndratghirfhe scented to think he 'was Premier of New Zealand. In the second case his Worship also, had -occasion to inform- defendant during the proceedings that" the. Court -was, his Worship's quarterjlecfc and not; defendant's, j The Wellington pilot staff experienced an exceptionally bußy time during the week •ju&fc; en<jcs, having handled 65,l<x»,tons of fcieign shipping since last Sunday — a record feat for the port of Wellington. i' A -twenty-five feet ship's boat, saved from tife wreck. of the ill-fated barque Ben Avon., i» -being -altered into an oil launch by Mir R.Huffam, Oriental Bay, for her owner, Mr'G. H. Baylis, New'town. Besides ptrengthening 1 the boat, a counter has beon.added and; also'a false sternpost. The bikt'Jraa -been*" decked in, and'wheh ready |or v re-launching' will be one of the ' most Berviceilble and "comfortable pleasure f&tfkches in the liarboxir. — Timeo.