CAPTAIN CASEY'S NEW STEAMER.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1687, 15 July 1875, Page 2

CAPTAIN CASEY'S NEW STEAMER.

The new screw steamer Messrs Finis and Brown Bft'-o built for Casey, at the North Shore, will be launched by the time th's reaches the eyel! of our reader*, the Mine of launching being fixed at four o'clock, this afternoon. The vessel has the following dimensions :—Length of keel. 100 ft; breadth of beam, 36ft Sin; deoth cf hold. 7ft tin; register ftbeut 60 tons'. *he has two cabins fore and aft. In the fore cabin, which mmw s iß't lov>g, there is accommodation for about 20 passengers, th?ra beiDg 14 slee iog berths besides the side leckers, which can be used as such. The after cabin (for ladies only) is about 14ft 1 ng. snd is provided v.ith sleeDine accommodation for eight person?. The woolwork in both cabins is completed, and the decorations and painting will re proceeded with »t rnce. The quarters for the captain and engineer will bs on deck, under and aft of tie bridge, wMch will ba six feet wine, right amidships. Therfi will be two holds—one fore'ard, and the otiier aft r.f tbe engine-room, which will thus be well away from the cabins. Th« deck la flush fore and aft, with nothing upon it but the onVers1 ouarttr3 &b<">ve mentioned. Messrs Sims and Brown h*re u?ed their be«t efforts to turn oat a strong an-i seaworthy craft. The ne«r boat, which is to be named the "Nellie Casey," will be mited to cope w th any rough weather Bhe may came across and at the simp tirau i=s expected to atta n a f<?ir r*te' f spec s. it is said 9 knot*. Messrs Fraser and Tinne hwe cons racted the ergines and boile--. which are all re^dy for putting in The br.iler i* In.rs?. and strong, being tested for sust in'ng a pressure ujto 75 lb? to tbe square inch Ths engines are 25 hor-p-power nomii al, and <vipab!e of working ud to 100 h'>r. e-t:ower. The bo;.t is exrected to be rsady for running in about three weeks tirre. Immediately after her launch, tiioNel ie Casey wiilbe towed over to Mechanics' Bay, where she vi'l bAtted with her machinery. She will supply the place of the Lady Bowen till that vesstl has b< en lpn?th°ned and repaired, when she will proceed to the Kaipara to relieve the Lily.

HThe schooner Go'den Isle cleared out today in ballast for Russell. The ss "Luna 3eft Wellington for tho Mmukau at noon yesterday. The cutter Wangarei brings a cargo of coal fiom the rewly developed Wangarei mine?. The ship Forfarshire was brought alongside the eaate n T of the -wharf this morning. The schooner Agnes is to coma on to-day from Coromandpl, where she has put out part of her Duaedin cargo. Tbe Kowena arrived yesterday evening from TauTanga with a quantity of cvrgo. and passengers as already published in te?ej?ram. "i he A..S.P. Go' 3ss Southern Croa3 left last evening for Nauier and Wellington. Passer gers—Messrs Ellis, T. Hunter, Nation, Abbott, and a few others. r The schooner Effie Meikle his cleared to-day for Mercury Bay with a general cargo. The schooner being built hy Messrs ?ims & Brown, at thdr yaid in Cust-irchou'e-strett, will he ready for lauuchirg on Thursday next. She is intended for Messrs Forcl an>l Hol'and, and is de&tined fur the Bay of Islands trade; Her dimensions are—s2 feat length rf heel, 16 f»et 6 inches beam, and 6 feet 6 inches in depth of hold. The second of the Government steam launcte3 bciDg coi strncted by Messrs Fiaser and Tinne was urder steim yesterday. and marie her official trHl trip wi h Sir Stewart (the Governroeat inspector for these boats) and the Collector of Customs on board. The tip was made to < rakei Bay. a,.d then vp the harbour As in the case of the first, the rate of speed attained was about nine knots, and she machinery worked well snd FmooihTy. One of these vessels will probably go t-'outh Dy the Luna on Saturday, and the other by the Phoebe next trip.