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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5614, 27 March 1879, Page 1

Shipping Notices PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. FOR HONOLULU AND SAN FRANCISCO. t j IHE magnificent Steamship AUSTRALIA Will leave Auckland for San Fraocisco, via Honolulu, on TUESDAY, Ist APRIL. Passengers from Wellington will be conveyed to Auckland by the Wellington, sailing from Wellington on SUNDAY, the 30th MARCH, at 10 a.m. Arrangements are now made by which passengers can be booked from San Francisco to Liverpool. W. & G. TURNBULL & CO., Agents. BARQUE ALBERT, FROM NEW YORK. THIS vessel is now entered at the Customs. Consignees will therefore please pass entries in terms of their bills of lading. Bills of lading must be produced, and freight (if any) paid, before orders for delivery can be granted. The attention of the master must be drawn to any cargo in bad order before removal from the discharging shed, otherwise no claim can bo recognised. Goods impeding the discharge of the vessel will be landed and stored at risk and expense of consignee. Captain ErskiNE will not be responsible for any debts his crew may contract without his authority. W. & G. TURNBULL & CO., Agents. SHIP WARWICK FROM LONDON. ALL Claims against al the fes- t\ above ship must be rendered in duplicate on or before FRIDAY, 28th INST., otherwise they will not be recognised. LEVIN & CO., Agents. 27th March, 1879. TENDERS wUI be received up till 10th April for the Purchase of any one, or of the whole, of the following Barques : CONFERENCE (iron) 399 tons, carries 620 tons coal, 165 x 26 x 15.9; draught loaded, 16ft.; fitted with iron water, ballast tank, steam pump and steam winch; docked June, 1878; very fast. FREDERICA (wood), 375 tons, carries 520 tons coal and 50 tons ballast, decked over, 128 x 25.7 x 15.6; draught loaded, 16ft.; ballast, 110 tons; opened out and refastened in June, 1878, at a cost of £1600; splendid oak frame and very staunch; sails fast. MEDEA, 423 tons, carries 580 tons coal over tanks, decked, 132 x 28 x 15.6; draught loaded, 15ft. 10in.; water ballast tanks; docked November, 1878; copper good for 3 years; new wire rigging (January, 1879); very strong. OLIVIA DAVIS, 509 tons, carries 670 tons coal, 135 x 31 x 17; draft loaded, 15ft. Sin.; ballast, 70 tons; docked December, 1878; coppered and refastened throughout at a cost of £3OOO, in 1877; very fast and staunch. QUEEN EMMA, 314 tons, carries 420 tons coal, 126.6 x 26 x 13.4; draft aft (loaded), 14ft.. 10in.; ballast, 7Q tons; refastened and coppered with heavy metal over felt and cbennara for £BOO in July, 1878; very fast; large cabin accommodation. RESULT, 742 tons, carries 1180 tons coal, 146.6 x 30 x 22.8; draft loaded, 19ft. 6in.; ballast, 280 tons; docked, June, 1878; Messrs, Mort, of Sydney, repaired this ship in November, 1874, at a cost of nearly £4OOO, since which time she has done little work; metal good for three or four years; very staunch; grand timber ship; bow ports; large accommodation.

SPARROWHAWK, 445 tons, carries 580 tons coal, 199 x 27.4 x 13.9; draft coal (laden), 13ft. 9in.; ballast, 70 tons; splendid timber ship; no hold beams and large deck room; now at Trinity Bay loading round cedar; docked August, 1878; pure copper'fastened; sails very fast. Note.— The Result is the only vessel that requires stiffening, the others move empty under canvass. MIRANDA, schooner, 40' tons, carries 75 tons, 65.5 x 14.5 x 72, built at Geelong of colonial hardwood in 1877 ; coppered; yacht-like proportions. The above barques are now running between Melbourne and Newcastle, and can be .in-, spected at either port as they, arrive. - These ships are in hard working order, thoroughly well found, and are money.making vessels. References are invited to Mr.’ Turner, hull surveyor ; ’to Underwriters’ Association ; also to Captain Daish, marine surveyor, and to Mr. i Douglas Elder,, shipwright - surveyor, all of Melbourne ; to Captain J. M. Banks, Exchange, Sydney ; and in New Zealand to the Union Insurance Company, head office; Christchurch. . ; ! Copies of survey, reports, and all particulars will be sent by post to all bona fide inquirers.; Tenderers to state where delivery is required,‘ and their terms of payment. These ships are for sale, to provide for the dissolution of partnership of this firm by effluxion of time. The highest nor any tender will not necessarily be accepted, but the vessels will be sold at prices to meet the times. Should tenderers desire a twelve months’ charter can be given to' the whole fleet. Tenders will be opened on THURSDAY, the 10th ABRIL, 1879, at 2 p.m., but should any buyer require a vessel before such date we, retain the right to sell. HUDDARD, PARKER, & CO., Coal Importers, 85 Elinders-street W., Melbourne. Conveyances N 0 T __ l c COBB AND CO.’S MAIL COOHES. E. Wellington, dep. per train Eeatherston .. Masterton ... Masterton ... Eeatherston... Wellington ... Ist Coach. 2nd Coach. 7.40 a.m. 11. 0 a.m. 3. 0 p.m. 5.45 9. 0 a.m. 12.10 a.m. 3. 0 p.m. 6.12 p.m. 10. 0 p.m. 11.15 a.m. 3.10 p.m. 6.25 p.m. NAPIER SERVICES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Masterton 3.15 p.m. Eketahuna ar7. 0 p.m. Eketahuna, dep. following morning . 4.15 a.m. Kopua 2. 0 p.m. Napier 6.30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Napier, dep. 7.35 a.m. Kopua 11.45 a.m. Eketahuna 8.30 p.m. Eketahuna, dep. folio wing morning 7. 0 a.m. Masterton 11. 0 a.m. HASTWELL, MACARA, AND CO., O T I C E WELLINGTON TO BOSTON. . COBB AND CO.’S TELEGRAPH LINE OF COACHES. PASSENGERS BY COACH are requiree to book the day before starting, to ensure their seats. Office next door to Bank Hotel, Mannersstreet. S. SMITH, Agent, Habiwell, Maoaka, and Co., Proprietors. ■ Every care taken of parcels for the Wairarapa.