A CITY AFLOAT.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2438, 1 March 1909, Page 7

A CITY AFLOAT.

A WHITE STALt LINER

The big direct liner A theme (12,334 tons),' which arrived at Wellington last week from England, left Home with :no less than 875 persons, on a voyage of nearly thirteen thousand miles. The floating ©|ty s P°P^ lation was comprised of bye passengers (131 o which were children of under fourteen years of age), and a crew of 180 all told. Following are the details of aie . the stores which tb® vessel voyage with: —38,0001 b beef, - 34,000 mutton, 300 barrels of flour, 800 fowls, 400 ducks, 650 head of game, 20,000 eggs, 1 ton jam, H , tons marmalade lftons cheese, U tons sausages, I2cwt biscuits,- 3 tons butter, 14001 b. coffee, 12001 b tea, 10,0001 b fell, milk, 500 gallons pickles, 50cwt ham and bacon, 14,0001 b sugar, 1500 rabbits, 30owt dried fruits, • tons peas, 5 tons soap, H tons .oatmeal, 22 tons potatoes, 14,663 bottles beer and stout, 225 gallons tefj® beer 1000 bottles whisky, .800 bottles minerals, 1300 bottles assented wines ~170 bottles brandy, 2500 cigars, 13,500 hiio-arettes, 4001 b tobacco, 4000 plates, ' 1450 oups and mugs, 2000 tumblers, 60 000 pieces of linen and sundry other items far too numerous- to mention. ’