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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 74, 17 May 1881, Page 2

The steamer Stormbird, Captain Dawson, r Wfc . Wellington ,on Saturday . evening ; ' caved air Kapiti and landed some cargo, and arrived at the wharf at 10 a.m. on Sunday. Stormbird will leave again at 8 o'clock this morning for Wellington. The Tui may' be expected to arrive this riforning from Wellington. ~~/P)ie -schooners Bee, K. U. Cameron, .Emerald, and Hannah Barratt have not yet left the river. Ciptaiu Dawson, of the "Storinuird, intends to go down the river early this-morning and tow them all out to iea. ,'. . . The' schooner Wild Wave, from Wangaiiui, was towed in by the Stormbird on Sunday last. She will load timber for Lyttelton from Me3Sr3 Freeman & Wylds' mill. A topsail schooner, which will be either the Dido or Julius Yogel, was off the bar jpn .Sunday last. Shu will be towed iv this riVorniog, '' Tne fallowing fcr an extract from a circular:, of instructions issued by the Union Steamship Company, on Nov. 2o: ISIS, signed by the M anagiug Director, Mr .l;uues Mtlfe I- 1-" Give porticnlilf instructions to the officer in charge of the bridge that when , ho. has any doubt as to the safety of the cotarse on which the steamer may be at any /litnc proceeding, he shall, on his authority, hud without waiting to consult you, stop the steamer, and then seek your directions. Any officer neglecting this duty shall, on .proof of the sainj, ba dismissed the Com- • pany's service. . . . In dense fog, the read must be kept constantly going, and if the Boundings suggest the smallest doubt fif'the conrae yon are running you <ihall then turn the vessel's head off fom what you conceive to he Mw direction of the laud, arid wait until you are enabled to ascertain your position. . . . . These directions are placed before you for yonr guidance, and yon will exercise what further j precautions yonr experience and judgment ; may suggestl" 1