WALKURE ARRIVES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 17, 8 June 1914, Page 4

WALKURE ARRIVES.

INAUGURATION OF DIRBOT *% STEAM SERVICE. *Jf r 4 BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND NEW PLYMOUTH. A MIDNIGHT ARRIVAL. Those wliorc business keeps thelft ot»t of bed late experienced a glad thrill Urt : night when a long black steamer, bearing > to tlie experienced seaman "all tnoa»^, , peculiaritieH of lights and rig that da, 'X note the ocean tramp, caßt her anchor rf off New Plymouth, for they had witness. '] , ed the completion of the DO-days' jour- '\ ney of the Walkurc from Hull, and with ■)■ it the inauguration of direct steam com- \ muiiieation between the Old World and '' the port of Xew Plymouth. The Walkurc arriveu in the wake of ' iiie Tongariro, which was heading for Waitarn, and it appeared to the watoh. em from the shore that the captain of had not bccn-able.to get in touch with the newcomer by means of the IfOTM , I signals. ' ■ yi The Walkurc rounded the Bugarloave» | at about a quarter to twelve o'clock, and";* soon the telephone clerk whose business it is to attend to message* after tniinight had a record busy time for (he hn.all hours'flf the morning. At half- ' p.ist one JoVloek Captain Waller telaplioned Jffie Daily News office that-A had not been able to get in touch wioT the vessel, " The Walkure is the first direct .ocean- '• going steamship to enter the port, and ' tiho largest ve?scl by manvytona wUefc - has ever 'been berthed at i The chief object for wrwthe "\?U- -A kuro" was chartered was te'eecurc Un*l; supplies of ba«ic ,slag (a fertiliser wfcSM has become very popular an Taranaki of'.v late), at the cheapest possible rate., .| ''M She was chartered airect from Htijfjl (the nearest port to Leedw) by MrNVnr*il , ton King, of New Plymouth. For th|«| , trip she flew .the flag of the Shew BnM ill and Albion Company. She is a QtfU . man steamer, registered at Hambuig, . the steel turret type, 3835 tons groan,. register, 2<fo3 tons nert, 350 feet long,' 48* feed wide, and 2Cy 2 feet moulded depttul Fully loaded, she draws 22ft Bm, and,'? has a maxinrnm speed of ten knot* "J She left Hull on March 9. cam-in* 500& i ton* of dmdl weight, including 3500 Um4 of luxie :-1'ii»~]lfl0 tons of cniperptaM.] pate*. and 4f)o tons of >ilt, all oonugnj ed to M[- Newton King. •'! I'REVTOUfI .SHIPPING. ;!s From it ime to time it. .will be bered several vessels, fov the of New Plvnwuth merchant*, ftnve •brought direct from England to Plymouth. In 1910 4he ' Viimnella, kM jßcrmin wiling, shin of flf!2 to n «, draw- f in? 17 feet of water, arrived with a mix- | ed cargo. and> was safely hawied. She ,Mj was the flirH of the direct ve«"els. Then • J came the Ifliudwdale, of ISO!) .tors, and " in JHv Iflll. onmo the Afargiil, a barque m ,: of 124-2 tons, drnwin™ 21 feet r\t inches "J <vf water--the l.i wrest boit to* enter Hie port of Moturoa to date. Up till to-dav no other direct boats Jmve nVide the port, but, it is more than vain iVmiQining now, that nees a regular service of '/ ocflan-goin" fttcaimers in the Tiftf far *~, distant, future. To-dnv, the harbor •-., work fa nenrinu cnmnletion. an<J -when It '• is finished the yiort. will be able to handle' -' the Niaeia.m, wiiic.li is to-dav the largest ,' boat visiting New 25eaJand.