Arrival of the Himitangi.

Manawatu Herald, 27 June 1899, Page 3

Arrival of the Himitangi.

The latest addition to the coastal steamers trading out of Wellington arrived from Glasgow yesterday in the shape of Messrs Levin and Go.'s new steamer Himitangi. Captain Fraser reports having left Glasgow at 8 a.m. on April ist, and experiencing most beautiful weather throughout the voyage, during which the little steamer behaved remarkably well. The total time occupied on the voyage was 86 days 17 hours, actual steaming time 74 days 22 hours. The weather was exceptionally fine during the run from Albany to Wellington, the barometer at times standing as high as 30.50. The Himitangi ("Weeping Jimmy ) is a steel screw steamer of r4g tous register, and was built at Paisley, Scotland, by Messrs John Fullarton and Co., to Lloyd's highest class. She is 136 ft long 24ft broad and has a depth of gft Bin, and when leaving the Clyde with some 300 tons of coal and

stores on board* was drawing 9ft of water. She is supplied with triple expansion engines of the latest pattern and fitted with every modern contrivance of a useful and up-to-date character. Her boiler is of 400 h.p. and the propeller has a pitch of 10ft. Her saloon is situated amidships with large roomy cabins on either side for the accommodation of 26 passengers. Overhead is the steam-steering gear-room and captain's cabin, on top of which is a comfortable bridge, fitted with a powerful searchlight that was used with eftect in the Suez Canal. The officers' nnd engineers' quarters are also amidships on the main deck, separated by an alley- way on either side from the engine-room, which is a model of 1 cleanliness. There is no deck-honse or any construction abaft the after hold. The delay in her building was caused through a variety of drawbacks, one of which is that it rained for 71 consecutive days during her construction. — Times.