THE "LUMBERER."

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1710, 29 March 1913, Page 2

THE "LUMBERER."

PUGET SOUND TO, ATIGKLAND, , • : (By lVslefraph.-aiicci4l;Corrcspbndcht.) , Auckland, March 28. "™ arrival of a lumber- ship from {lie Pacific Slope is 110 longer regarded as an ordinary occurrence, So that when, at infrequent intervals, ono Makes tin appear* aiico an port, she .attracts a good deal of attention, S ~ Yesterday morning, soon after daylight, tho four-masted American G43-tttn Schooner ICona dropped anchor in the stream after a passage of 87 days from I'uget Sound, j-lio Vessel is of tlio fore-alid-hft typfe, with a square sitil forward, Ami her decks ato covered to a height of about 7ft.'with; a cargo of SJO.OOflft, of, Astoria Orojfon pino. Captain ,Hnnsen, who is in Charge of the sailer, has 011 board 'ivitli him his wife and two,children, httd :tl men, comprising tho crew. After leaving l'uget Sound' on January 10, a succession of southerly gales delayed progress consider* ably, apd, for tho remainder of tlir vafce, calm's and adverse winds'Wefo the general ofdS?. The Kollii Wafe Off tho cbast on Saturday morning last, and, till arrival had a dead bertt down against a strong sou'-woster. When tho vessel was passing the l'alnierston 'Islands sOlno weeks ago, three sailing boats, containing a considerable portion of the 80 or 90 inhabitants whlbh make up the total population, put out to the Kona to ask for provisions. They stated thiit no boat had visited their group for neatly eight mouths, and that their solo diet was Coconuts, a plentiful] supply of Which they took out to the Kona. Captain Hiihsen gave them a quantity of old clothes, potatoes, flour, and other necessities. A vessel witli fiftivisiotis Was exported lat the islands daily. Although the inhabitants appeared in be very short of provisions, their plight was noli regarded as h particularly serious one. The islands are to tho norlli of tilt! Cook GVotlji.