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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 256, 28 October 1874, Page 2

Jfi^lfc yC|ataur-The ship Chile, Captain Aitcbammj^fcbm London, arrived off the Lighthouse off-Mpncay afternoon last, after a -fine passage of 96 days, and was towed into harbor yts-erday 'morning by the steamer Mutmj. We are indebteJ to Mr Smith, the duttgnaer, , lor the following extra' t fiorn th^w^tUr-^Lefc Gravesend on Joly 22. passiffgsi|£3>owns on July 24, and landing the pilot off ßartraouth on Jnly 27, at 5 p.m ,- took final departure from Start Point on Jaljr29. Bad fight winds with calms %>> Capgj^Knisterre, when got moderate N.E. tradepf^Jjfch- carried the ship to 12 degs. of uft JEquatpr ; from thence had flHnable Westerly winds/ to. within 3 of tie Equator., when. caught brisk tnwle^ "the Equator on ■Kggnst 22, in longitude 25 degs.- W. Passed VGough's Island otr.september ; 12, 25 miles qff; r crossed the meridian^ ,pl Greenwich on t-eptember 15, passing tnc'tqeridlan of the Cape of Good Hope on September 19; ran the Easting, down between 46 degs. and 47 degs. S,ttie r wind prevailing from N. to S.W.;£nodtrate7 ,'Paased . Cape, Lenwin on October 12, rounding Tasmania on Oct. 19; from thence had Southerly winds, sighting Caj£ #aH*fes '$n Sunday, October 25, at 4 turn., arriving off the Lighthouse at 1 p.m. on Tuesday. Exchanged signals with the Miranda, on August 25, in latitude 1 deg. 42 mfosVN. 1 , longitude 22 degs. 58 mins. W., bound from* 3iverp6dl 10 Brisbane, 36 days days out The greatest running waa made off Cape Leu win, and on October 11th and 12th,itfce f .Gb^te logged. • 263 ■ and . 287 miles, respectively. The Chile js the. ieauu/ea/ of an exnigrant .ship, and' has splendid saloon aocommcdaticn, everything connected wiih the^alodn>beifig of a luxurious character, and th«;fpace divided most appropriately The { 'ir»recq devks and single women's compartnenf are very lofty and well ventilated, andrare well asa^ted for the conveyance of pass&ig#s.n . / Our telegrams mentioned a few days ago the sailing' from Port Chalmers ol the barque Splendid, which ba* been fitted but there as a irbaler t The TYnut furnishes the following accoon^df ber equipment : — Her try works, comprising two pots, a cooler and a receiver, are in position, and a ground tier of casks has betDlaro and filled with salt water, to act as ba'itaat-ibr-'the fhip, and her four boats have been put in first rate order, together with the rtquifite- gear for each. The Splendid is provided with the boom-barpoon, adeadiy'aod efficacious implement n»ed in th&.capjwe_'of whales. "The harpoon,' io the staff of which is attached the boom-gun i is thrown by/TxanUj'and when it enters the fish a certain 1 distance, a piece of mechanism attached to the gun is acred upon, and pulls a tt^ger, exploding the gun, and th"c bombatiff*f headed with sharp steel, is driven jrith great ftrce into the wbale. The explosion of the gun ignites the slow match or fuse of the°l>qmbj, and in about ten minutes^he latter cxptwiet, and, as a rule, instantly kills the fish The try works in which the oil is extraotedfrQm, the blubber are notable features of }fe Splendid'a appointment j. Two huge iroojpgff firmly set. in brickwork occupy the ceritrejot the main deck. Each hat its furnace, and the. latter are so arranged that | whe^fhei fires are going a layer of water can be kept between ,;them and the deck, thus obviating the, danger of the deck taking fire. A huge^oblong copper vessel, into which the boiliag oil is ladled for cooling purposes, is fixed on one side of the try works and is connected with, a receiver, into which the oil is baled in turn when it is cool enough to b« poured into, the .casks below.