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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 110, 8 May 1880, Page 2

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May 7, steamer Murray, 78, Conway, for Wanganui. Passengers : Misses Fielding, O'Neil, Mesdames South, Trimble, Hodgson, .Capt. Palmer, Messrs Davidson and Carter. — steamer Charles Edward, 125, Whit well, for Wellington. Passengers: Messrs James, Nottage, Mitchell, Hamilton, Wilson, and 3 others. — steamer Hawea, 461, Kennedy, for Taranaki and Manukau. Passengers: Miss Alexander, Mesdames Quick, Gill, Wallace and child, and Smith. — cutter Maid of Italy, 15, Clarke, for Riwaka. *' 8, schooner Sisters, 15, Reardon, for Havelock. \ — cutter Dauntless, 12, Ricketts, for Havelock.

The Lyttelton leaves for Blenheim at noon to-morrow. The Kennedy leaves Hokitika for Greymouth to-morrow morning. The Dido ha 9 not yet arrived at Oamaru from Foxton. The Murray arrived at Wanganui at 8 o'clock this morning, and left on the return trip at eleven. Tbe Hawea Bailed for Taranaki and Manukau last night, and arrived at the former port this morning. The Charles Edward made a good run to Wellington reaching there early this morning. She leaves again on the return trip at 5 o'clock this afternoon. The Grafton is expected to arrive here from Wesfc Coast ports on Tuesday morning. She is annouueed to sail for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Oamaru the same day. Tbe Taiaroa, with the San Francisco mail, • arrived at Lyttelton at B*3o a.m. to-day. She leaves there to-night, wi 1 reach Wellington to-morrow afternoon, and leave again at noon on Monday, arriving here on Tuesday morning, and sailing for Picton, Wellington, and South hy the same tide at 10 a m. The Albion came into harbor at 5-30 p.m. yesterday. Sho left Melbourne on the afternoon of the 29th ultimo, and reached Hokitika on the morning of the sth instant. The tender Waipara came off and took the mails and passengers, ashore, returning in the afternoon and taking on board a full load of the ocean Bteamer's cargo. The Albion then steamed on to Greymouth, and after landing her passengers and cargo for that port, returned to Hokitika, where she transhipped the remainder of her cargo into the Waipara, after which she sailed for Nelson. She was placed on tbe Boulder Bank this morning for tlievpurpose of being cleaned and painted. The Albion will come alongside the wharf on Monday night, and sail for Melbourne via West Coast ports at eight o'clock on Tuesday morning. A number of ship masters were recently charged at the Adelaide Police Court with not providing proper gangways to their vessels. The gangway, according to the by-law, -should be three feet wide, while those belonging to the defendants ranged from 16 inches to 24 inches. The defendants were each fined £5 and costs. The proceedings were taken in consequence of a fatal accident occurring to a sailor belonging to the barque Signal. The managers of the Inman line of steamers are, building a monster steamer to run between New York and Liverpool . She will be kuown as City of Rome. Her dimensions are lo be as follows :— -Length of keel 546 feet; length over all, 590 feet; breadth of beam, 53 feet; depth of hold, 38 feet 9 inches; and depth from top of deckhouses to keel, 52 feet. Her measurement will be 8300 tons,' or over 2000 tons larger than the City b£ Berlin or the Arizona. * She will be , over four-fifths of lhe size of the Great Eastern. The engines will be of 8500 horse power, with six cylinders, three of which are high pressure and three low pressure. There will be eight boilers, heated by 48 furnaces, and the vessel can be propelled at rate, of 18 \ knots an hour. She will carry four large masts 'and three smoke funnels. A large spread of canvas can be set, which will enable the steamship to make good • time, if necessary, without the aid of the engines. She will be built of steel, with a a double bottom and eleven bulkheads. Two longitudinal bulkheads are to be run through the engines and boilers' space. These will greatly decrease the danger of the vessel sinking in case of a collision. The top decks are to be of the best teak. No expense is to be spared in making tbis magnificent steamship perfect in every respect. She will have the highest classification of any vessel in the Liverpool Red-book and in the British Uoyds. The Inman people expect that the City of Rome will prove the monarch of the seas.