ARRIVAL' OF THE S.S. AUSTRALIA.

Evening Star, Issue 4135, 29 May 1876, Page 3

ARRIVAL' OF THE S.S. AUSTRALIA.

The Australasian PaolfUf' Mail steamship *Aus- ; tralia—a full description of which we published in : our issue of the 22nd—arrived off the Heads on Sa- , turday and crossed the bar at 3.60 n.m . I passing Hobart Town Point at about three-quarter speed, but upon black buoy she hours, when the tide 'made and she was backed grounded and-remained " thorp for a couple ,of •n and continued her course up the har- ,^ r 1 ai ‘p ll onng just: above the Quarantine Ground it bad been detennimd to moor this splendid vessel at the railway pier, briT owing {©‘ her great length, and it being dark when she was brought up the idea was abandoned; Wo thank Mr“ Lloyd (purser) for onr coastal files and the following re- . port Left Sydupy at ,4 p.m. on the 6th inst.faud encountered a strong N.V. breeze, with equally ' Z&W W fT w drae ¥ • 0U tho v7«h the wind shifted to N.N.W, and increased to a gale, the vessel laboring heavily and shipping several seas one of which stove in the doors of the purser;a .room office,, and smoking-room. WID<l9 until reaching Kendavau. ut, I.JS p.m. on the 15th, Found the steamer Colima waiting for her, transhipped mails, etc., and the Cohma proceeded on to San Francisco at 4.45 p 7n The Australia then waited for the Citv of New York, winch vessel arrived on the 17th. Mails an ,i Cf w the Australia, leffe foi AiicklandatGp.ua. head winds and fine weather were experienced until arriving at Auckland at midnight on the ‘.list; left mraiu at 11 a.m. on the 22nd ;■ and arrived ptf Napier nt ; 5.40 p.m. same day; but owing to the thick weather could not communicate with the shore, and left ;iigaiu at 7.-30 p.m., encountered a strong N.E gale witu thick romy vteather, passed Cape TalLser at •in ?o a „ m .;° n ~ sa -’ a, . 1<1 arrivsd at Wellington at 1 10,50 a.m.; .eft again 4 p.m. same day, arrived nt : Lyttelton at 7,0 a.m. on the 26th; left again at 5.3.) p.m., had strong S.W. breeze along the coast .aud arrived os above, her mails being • to the Steam launch Ylrc and conveyed to Dunedin by the 5.80 p.m. fram on Saturday. The Australia being thrown open to tJ.„ public yesterday was visited by close upon 3,000 persons p ho 10 ceivcd every attention at the bands of' the officers aud found the lime they were on board fully occupied m inspecting tne ship ; the appointments machinery, Ac., of which excited universal ndl Wednesday Sbe WIU be aßa; ' u open-to the public on ARRIVAL OF THE SHIP ZULEIKA FROM LONDON. The ship Znloika. which wo reported in onr Saturday s issue as having arrived at the Heads was towed up in the evening by the Geelong as far as, the Quarantine Ground,- where she anchored Imvnig on board of powde The Znloika is a handsome iron vessel, had is on her‘maiden trip having been built at-Glasgow in 1875W Messrs dimensions are—length •T« aU, bean of SSJft, and depth

of bold 21 ft,' She is owned by Capt. j. A. Simpson, of Leith, and is under charter to I’. -Henderson and Co, She brings a cargo of about 1,700 tons dead weight-and measurement, also some stock in capital condition, viz , a shdrthorn thoroughbred bull a - d two heifers belonging to Mr. Beavan, one of her passengers, and n Clyd-sdnle entire and two Highland mares. The Zuleika loft London on Feb. 12, and anchored at Gravesend to take on board powder; but was detained there owing to the heavy weather until the_l6th, when die made a start down channel, b’it meeting a heavily westerly gale was compelled to anchored in the Downs the same evening. Remained there until the 20th. when she weighed anchor and left with a light E S.E. breeze, which shortly after shifted to tie S W., blowing heavily, accompanied with very thick weather. She did not clear the land until the 4th of March, on which day she too** her departure from Ushant with a strong -W,N.W. wind; strong squally W. N. W. winds prevailed across, the Bay of Biscay, On tie oth she sighted Cano Pinistevve;- thence to the 14th had moderate N. winds, and jdeked up the N.E. trades, which were poor, in lat. 24 N,; lost them in 2 N,; thence a Jong spell of doldrums until reaching lat. 642 S. Crossed' the Equator in long. 27 W., on tho 2Sth, and picked up’ , e ,5-E- trades, which were, very, moderate, on April 8. After losing the trades had a spell of doldrums for eight days, and oil the 14th picked up the westerlies, crossing the meridian of Greenwich onthe24th. Had moderate westerlies until 12th May, when she experienced a heavy gale from tho S.W. for twenty-four hours; thence until sighting the Snares had N.E. and N.W. winds, with thick rainy weather, having ran down her lasting between the P n ™B e '‘S of 46 to 50 S. Prom the Snares lad baffling winds to arriving off the Heads at 10 p.m. on Friday and towed up as above. Tho followings vessels were spoken during the passage Ship B°cks Je y Hall on the 4th March i ilat. 1.40 N., long, «*•«! from Sydney to London: ship, Glen Tilt, April, from Callao, to Falmouth, in lat. oa'jc 30.51 W.; on the 16th April, in lat. 30.45 S., long. 26.52 W., barque Dennis Brundritt.