SHIPPING.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 341, 22 August 1889, Page 2

SHIPPING.

.. High Wateb this day—2.3 ; 2.27 Sus Buses this day—6.36; sets, 5.29.

TELEGRAPHIC. Auckland, Tuesday. Sailed—Australia, at 6.15 p.m., for Gisborne. Wellington, Yesterday. Sailed—Southern Cross, at 7 last night, for Napier and Gisborne. The s.s. Australia, from Auckland via coastal ports, should arrive this evening. Her departure for Napier has been postponed till 2 o’clock to-morrow afternoon, The Union Companyis steamer Te Anau, from Sydney, hod not arrived in Auckland yesterday morning. She is at present fixed to leave the latter port at noon on Friday, arriving here on the following day. The s.s. Waihora having been detained down South does not reach here till Monday morning. The s s. Centennial has arrived in Sydney from Auckland. The s.r. Southern Cross arrives here early to morrow" morning, from Wellington and Napier. Last launch 6a m. The Union Steamship Company’s new cargo steamer Cairntoul sailed from Calcutta on Sunday last for Wellington, with a full cargo for all ports Letters received from Port Said state that with 2700 tons of cargo on bqard she had averaged 208 miles a day on a consumption of between 10 and 11 tons of coal—an excellent result. She may be expected here early in September. The mate and ten of the crew of the wrecked barque Mallsgate, from Newcastle to San Francisco, arrived at Brisbane a few days ago from Double Island Point, and report suffering terrible privations. They used a blanket for a sail. They had a email fire on board, but unfortunately it was extinguished ons night, shortly after which they sighted a red light, but were unable, owing to the loss of fire, to attract attention. Three of the crew complained to the mate, who thereupon loaded an old musket with nails from the boat and threatened to shoot them if they continued to complain, and by this means kept them in order, They sighted one sail, but were unable to attract attention. Eventually they reached Double Island, where an aboriginal gave them food and escorted them to the lighthouse. On May Ist Messrs W. Doxford and Sons successfully launched from their yard at Pallion the Marmsri, a beautifully modelled ataamer, built for the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company. She is built of steal with cellular bottom fore and aft, and is Lloyd's 100 Al class. Her dimensions are : length, 860 ft ; breadth [(extreme), 32ft; depth (moulded), Sljft. The engines are of the Ordinary triple expansion three crank by Messrs Doxford, the cylinders being 27, 44, and 71 in, with 58in stroke, and they are supplied with high-pressure steam from two exceptionally large boilers, which will give the vessel a mean speed of elevon knots loaded. She is fitted for the New Zealand meat trade, with exceptionally large machinery by Haslem and Co., and will have Insulated chambers to carry 40,000 carcases. During construction the vessel has been superintended by Captain J. M'Kirdy, of London. As she left the ways she was named the Marmsri by Mrs W, L, Byers, of Sunderland.