SCHOONER BAINBRIDGE ARRIVES

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14842, 6 December 1913, Page 13

SCHOONER BAINBRIDGE ARRIVES

At about noon yesterday a large fourmaated echconer wea eighth from the Ad7i er y , Heed signal station, the vessel being then about twenty miles out. T3]f tug Lyttclton wae cent out and brought th-o wsscl, which proved to bo the American echooncr Bambndgo, into the.stream, whew she anchored. Th* Bainbridgo belongs to the same fleet as the Blakeky, which visited Lytto.ton » few weekß ago, but is not so larjje, having a tonnage of 496 as against th© Blakeky'e 630. Captain i-njelurethen, wh» is in charge, has a crew of ten men. acd is making his first visit to Kcw Zealand. He described i the trip from Puget Sonnd as being a pleasant one. lhe schoonerf took her departure on October 4th, and good progrees wae made LS , * v * Cap€ w «> eighted on November 26th, when a eerice of strong nor'-westers enco « nt wed» against .which th* .v«sd oould make little headway. The Bainbrid-e TO»s oS Cook Strait on Sunday kst, heV. slow-passage, for the remainder of the dist«nce being accounted for by nclverse winds expenenocd. She has a cargo of about 700,000 feet of Oregon pine to discharge nt Jbyttelton, and upon completion will return direct U> Paget Sound. The Bambrjdgc, which is carrying a large part of her cwgo on d«V reffi . a - m , at »J>chor until a bert- »• avail! able, which will probably be on Tuesday