SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF OAMAftC. ♦ VESSEL %X PORT. A'lii-stUi). Barque—William fi-tfforti. IJtWAttt'W. Afursf 2!>. Mabel Jane, schooner, "* tons-. Graham, from Dun*din. F. J. J«ltrcy»» ajrcnt OUTWARDS'. ArocsT 30. Snm»on, p.»., 121 tow, Edie, for Dnnedln. K. Aitken, .runt. „ Jtabcl .I'ana. schooner, 33 tons, •*• Graham, for »«• ganui. S'. J. Jeffreys,, ascot, IMPORTS'. P«r Mabel Jane, from Pwied'm -M bates .tack*. Andarwu ami Co,; ami 01 u-inal or;'i> fur Wan-jaruii. EXFHRTS. fur Samson, for Cxim-din—Jt hides. U Booth: •'* fcumtTe* skins. Council and Co,: V- bnp< wheat, >. At,, and M.A. Co,; (. U.*r- honey, Draper : « packages In*aiiiie. Falkindcr : t ba'c. froo.tand Shennanl Itronlts. it. Attken ; •" him|..is>- i-aw. '..ditto casks.lt. .M'Ef™ '- 2'ease*, 2 tinhoies, t'.i'oyif''ii and funs: * hides. T. St. Brown ;. t bus. Keid and' Cray : 1 P'|."'. t parcel. Anio* ; fift sack* wheat,. Anderson, and Co. for transhipment to tnvum.rsrill iri-mr-tv ""*!<*. W. Pert. Per Mabel ,Iano„ for Waim-aimi Tot has* flo'ff. Hav and Barr ; and original eai\o from: Sninedin. ■♦ Th« Pnion Company's steamer !*i(nwn, Captain ffdie. took her departure for E'oct Chalmers- at ten minutes to eleven oVlocfc this ■ ♦ toe nu*'K .sTrvVMia:.To <-K.m* thk ATLANTIC; tn the address delivered l>y Sir .fohrv Kawkshaw last Aitlfiwt, as P>-sii!rnt of the British Association, referMtieu w:w made (viitii "Ki>:,-im.";ri?n:.'* j»W t'.io. vol. sO to the Sirius as be-in.- the first steamship to cross nhu Aftantii; by steam-alone, nh« Finn* having crossed tn h-tty. From documents whi.h have recently come under imr notice, however, this appears to have been an error, as in April. t.~:"Mtive years bei'oru the vnya-rtj of t.hu Strlus), SP.IM>. Rhadanianthui*. u> steamer ai«> torn* burden, wan taken out. to Jamaica by Captain. (now Admiral). *J«si>Pir« Evans. The Khadamanthn* did uo«id Burvtcu in the West rmliei* in conveying troop* audi aiding in the suppression of the nejfw rebtdliort. whlurt took placu in t*;a. We may aild that fit-tort-hdfiff appointed to the nhadamanthiW, Atlmtraf (then timifemint) Evttiis was placed in command vt the tiiflitninif. the fir>-t steamer appointed fi» be eommiHsiunuil by the Admiralty. Admiral tlvan* »w Mills tntinlivtulj- associated with tho early iJe*etop«ttrnC f>t stmvni-niwtiiation, while in October, 13"»; be drew rtp for thu Admiralty a most aMu report on the employment of Mm screw propeller and its advantages over puildlu wheels, 'flu? predictions made in this report have sines been fully fulfilled, ft would be hitert-stuii Co know whether, in the interval between the crossing «E the fthiidauuint.bn;.- in April. t-t;:::.and that of the Sirliw in- U*H». no other attempt wtv* ma-le to. cross the Atlantic by steam. As far as our information at crßSunt (puis, the Sirius was the first merchant uttiiHUwr to make Cliu passage by steinu alone. —" tnjrlnuurtnir."
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 112, 30 August 1876, Page 2
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