Otago Witness, 17 January 1874, Page 14
No passengers on the barque Elizabeth Graham
No passengers on the barque Elizabeth Graham
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Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
Dec 31 - Claud Hamilton, ss, Bowden, from Melbourne, via Bluff.
Dalgety, Nichols and Co. Passengers:
Saloon:
From Melbourne -
Cameron Mrs and Miss Davidson Mr and Mrs Bloomery Mr and Mrs Ross Miss Slomans Miss Corrigan Miss Cameron Rev Dr Webster Mr Coventry Mr Mercer Mr Thompson Mr Steinam Mr Skinner Mr Yaldwyn Messrs (2) Wilkinson Mr Lawes Mr Ross Master 20 steerage From Bluff - Hawkshaw Mr and Mrs Birchill Miss Tope Mr Asher Mr Burwell Mr Mentiplay Mr Fisher Mr For Northern Ports - Saloon 20 Steerage 4
Otago Witness 3 Jan 1874, Pg 15
Death
De Paravicini George - On the 30th December, at Invercargill, George De
Paravicini, the beloved and only child of John and Emma Simon, aged three
months.
Otago Witness 3 Jan 1874, Pg 16
Telegrams.
Wellington, December 29th, The ship Duke of Edinburgh, from London,
which, was signalled some days ago only got into harbour yesterday. She was
placed in quarantine, owing to there being two scarletina cases among the
children on board. The pilot, however, was allowed to come ashore. She brings
211 immigrants, who are not expected to be detained long in quarantine.
Otago Witness 10 Jan 1874, Pg 14
Shipping Port Chalmers Arrivals
Jan 1 - Warrior Queen, ship, 988 tons, Wilson, from London. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents. Passengers:Cabin: Cook Messrs F and S 2nd Cabin: Claxton Miss Cook Mr Halliwell Mr Lane Mr Matheson Mr and Mrs Mayhew Messrs (2) Scon Miss Swan Mr and Mrs and 8 children Taylor MrJan 2 - Agnes Muir, ship, 851 tons, Anderson, from London, Oct 4th. Cargills and McLean, agents. Passengers:
Butt Mr and Mrs Culonhouse Mr Haville Mr Maidman Mr Moore Mr and Mrs Noakes Mr and Mrs and family (3) Redcliffe Mr U'Ren Mrs and family (6) Webb Mr West Mr and Mrs and family (6)Departures
Jan 2 - Claud Hamilton, ss, 662 tons, Bowden, for Melbourne, via Coast Ports. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents. Passengers:For Lyttelton - McKay Mr For Wellington - Brodle Miss Wyatt Mr For Melbourne - 5 steerage and 36 Chinamen for Hokitika
Arrival of The Warrior Queen
The ship Warrior Queen, some time due from London, was signalled
at the Heads on New Year's morning, and being promptly attended to by the
steamer Geelong, soon made her appearance inside, and was towed to the Powder
Ground by 1 o'clock and then anchored to discharge the two tons of powder and
some acids which she had on board. Reckoning from the time she left the East
India Docks, the Warrior Queen's passage would appear as 110 days; but as she
did not leave the Downs until eight days afterwards, and clear the land until
two days subsequent to that again, it cannot be said that the passage has been
of extraordinary length. She brings a full cargo, and 20 first and second-class
passengers. On December 11th Kerguelon lsland was sighted, and on the 30th the
land of Now Zealand at the Snares. On the evening of the following day she
sighted Otago Heads and was boarded by Pilot Kelly, arriving in the harbour as
above stated.
Arrival of the Ship Agnes Muir.
The good ship Agnes Muir, with her popular commander, Captain Anderson,
arrived at the powder ground, Port Chalmers, on the 2nd instant, after a fair
passage of 90 days from Gravesend. Her report states that she left Gravesend on
October 4th and ran through the Downs with a fresh NW breeze, was off Port und
on the 6th, and on the 7th discharged the pilot, and took a list departure from
Start Point.
On the 6th of December westerly weather set in, and drove her along with square
yards, and on the 11th the Crozet Islands were sighted. Dense foggy weather
prevailed from the 11th to the 21st December, with northerly winds, and then the
wind, freed again, swept her before it - the breeze hanging to the west and SW.
It was during this spell that she made her best running, one day, the 25th
December, knocking off 205 miles, She ran down her casting in 45 deg south, and
when abreast of the Leuwin edged away south passed south of Tasmainia and made
the Solander on New Year's morning. She took the Foveaux Strait passage for it,
was close in to the Bluff and made her number the same evening, and reached the
Heads and towed in astern of the Geelong last night. She sighted several vessels
during the passage, but signalled or spoke none. The greater number of them were
seen when she was stuck up off the Cape by the easterly weather. Amongst them
was the ship Pleiades from London, bound to Canterbury, and which was in
company with the Agnes Muir in the English Channel. The Agnes Muir saw nothing
of the ill-fated Surat as she came along the coast. We may observe
that she is one of Messrs Patrick Henderson's and Co's vessels and is chartered
by Shaw, Savil and Co. for the present voyage.
The Wreck of The Redcliffe
An eye witness supplies the North Otago Times with the following
information regarding the above disaster - "The Redcliffe (Halford,
master) arrived at Allday Bay about 9 am on Saturday from Kakanui Roads, where
she had discharged part cargo from Dunedin, and anchored at about half-a-mile
from the Landing Place. Including the master, her hands numbered three, all
told. She had on board cargo for Otepopo and about 700 bushels of wheat
(insured), the property of Messrs Anderson and Mowat, and proposed to take in
further cargo for Dunedin at Allday. A heavy NE sea and breeze prevailed, and
about 11am it was observed that she was dragging her anchor. She attempted to
make sail, but her halyards carried away and the vessel drifted fast and struck
on the reef. She then hoisted signals of distress, but owing to the heavy sea
running no assistance could be rendered from the shore. Captain Crawford, acting
beach master, signalled the ketch to launch her boat, which was done, but the
boat filled and swamped and drifted ashore. It was attempted to put off in it
from the beach to the vessel's assistance, but the boat was stove, and leaked so
much that the attempt had to be abandoned. The ketch went rapidly to pieces,
breaking up entirely between 1 and 2 p.m. One of the men was washed overboard,
and clung to a piece of wreck; but after drifting about 50 yards, was washed off
and struck out for the shore. One of the boatmen swam out some 200 yards to meet
him, and succeeded in bringing him in in a very exhausted condition, the rescued
man being for more than half-an-hour in an insensible state. The other sailor
(named Williams), being unable to swim, Captain Halford remained with him,
clinging to the wreck until he (Williams) was washed overboard and sank. Captain
Halford then struck out for shore. He succeeded in reaching a rope thrown to
him, and was brought ashore safely, but in a very exhausted state, owing to the
buffeting of the heavy sea. The vessel has gone entirely to pieces. The body of
Williams was washed up about 4 pm. We learn that the unfortunate sailor was a
single man, but are not informed as to his nationality.
Otago Witness 10 Jan 1874, Pg 17
Immigration to Otago
The following table shows the number of immigrants introduced into Otago during
the year 1873:
Otago Witness 10 Jan 1874, Pg 5
The Wreck of The Surat
Otago Witness 17 Jan 1874, Pg 14
Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
Jan 9 - Mikado, ss, 1002 tons, Newell, commander, from Hong Kong, December 9th. Driver, Stewart and Co, agents. Passengers:Saloon - Bathgate John jun 2 in the second cabin and 536 ChineseJan 10 - Gothenburg, ss, 591 tons, Pearce, from Melbourne, via Hokitika and Coast Ports. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents. Passengers:
Saloon - Bastings Miss Bastings Mrs and 4 children Crawford Mr Hunter Mr Kent Mrs McOwen Mr and Mrs Miers Mr Moore Mrs Munroe Mr Ponsonby Mr Prosser Mrs Townes Mr and Mrs Tregear Mr and 10 in the steerageJan 13 - Glencoe, barque, 159 tons, Dillner, from Hobart Town. G F Reid, agents. Passengers:
Brown S C Fan Mr J and Mrs and family (6) Holroyd Messers (2) King Messrs (2) Lloyd Mrs and family (5) Vaile Mr Wilson Mr and 20 steerageAlhambra, ss, 497 tons, Underwood, from Melbourne, via Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents. Passengers:
Arkell Mr Babington Mr and Miss Bernard Mr Brotherton Mr Brotherton Mr Coates Mr Coates Mr and Mrs Coombe Mrs and 2 children Cunningham Mr Dohey Mr Douglas Mr Dunk Mr and Mrs Dunn Mr Gibbs Mr Gillies Mrs and family (5) Hayzen Mr Henty Mr Hodgson Mr Lawrie Mr McDonald Mr Runting Mrs and Miss McDougall Mr and Mrs McKellar Mr Murphy Mr Petrie Mr Professor Mr Rood A Rose Mr Sale Mr Simmonds Mr Simmonds Mr Steane Master Steane Mr Thomson Masters H & J Webb A W and 20 in the steerage(note: there are two Mr Brotherton and Simmonds in the prior passenger list - not a double-up)
Departures
Jan 9 - Lady Jocelyn, ship, 2138 tons, Jenkins, for Melbourne. Matheson Bros, agents. Passengers:Buzin Mrs Murphy Mr and MrsJan 12 - Gothenberg, ss, 501 tons, Pearce, for Melbourne, via Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents. Passengers:
Barr Mr Kelly Mr Lyons Mr Sanderson Mr Woodward Mr and seven in the steerageJan 14 - Alhambra, ss, Underwood, for Melbourne, via Lyttelton and Coast Ports. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents. Passengers:
For Lyttelton - Fox Mr Smart Mr For Wellington - Corrigan Miss Jack Miss For Melbourne - Hislop Mr and four in the steerage and 212 ChineseOn Thursday, 15th instant, a full-rigged ship hove in sight to the southward, and soon afterwards made the number of the Dunfillan, the first own vessel of the New Zealand Shipping Company that has arrived here. She left London on October 29th, and consequently has made a rattling passage of 78 days, the quickest we have had to record for some time. She signalled for a tug, but the weather kept the Geelong inside until the evening, when, the gale having moderated, the Geelong ran down to the Heads, and in all probability towed the ship up to the Quarantine ground. She arrived, however, too late to be either cleared or regularly reported. She has 178 passengers and has signalled that all are well on board.
ARRIVAL OF THE BARQUE ELIZABETH GRAHAM.
The New Zealand Shipping Company's third arrival (counting the unfortunate Surat as one), direct from England, occurred on Sunday evening, when the barque Elizabeth Graham was towed in by the p.s. Geelong from the Heads, where she had been lying at anchor the greater part of the day. She comes in first-rate trim and condition, and has had a very fine although rather long passage from home. As she brought neither immigrants nor powder she was towed right up to the lower anchorage and moored between the barque Duke of Edinburgh and the steamer Mikado. She is a smart little barque, sailing under charter for the New Zealand Shipping Company, but owned by Shaw, Savill, and Co. Captain Mordue, her commander, who is on his first visit to Otago, reports having left Gravesend on the 22nd September,.....No vessels were sighted during the passage until she was off the coast, when the ship Lady Jocelyn and the barque India wore seen on Saturday morning a little south of the Nuggets. Amongst the good things brought out by the Elizabeth Graham are seven valuable Leicester sheep, out of twelve that were shipped at London, five of them having died on the way. When first put into the lockup, and until a few minutes before death, the man was rather noisy, singing and dancing. He appeared to be quite insane. Persons who might happen to be taken to the lock-up when suffering from delirium tremens received every attention.Otago Witness, 7 February 1874, Page 4
CORONER'S INQUEST.
An inquest upon the body of James Walker, who died suddenly in the Port Chalmers lock-up on Wednesday, 28th ult., was held at the Police Court on the 29th, before the Coroner, Dr O'Donoghue. The jury having been empanelled elected Mr Henry Thompson as the foreman. Persons who might happen to be taken to the lock-up when suffering from delirium tremens received every attention, and if the case seemed a very bad one medical assistance would be called in. The captain of the Elizabeth Graham told witness that the man was entered on the ship's articles by the name of James Walker ; age, 33 years ; place of nationality, Dundee.Otago Witness 17 Jan 1874, Pg 15 Marriages
Bidgood - Lackhurst: On the 8th January, by the Rev Thomas Roseby LLD, George Bidgood of Roxburgh, to Aunie Luckhurst of Dunedin.
Macdonald - Hislop: On the 13th inst at Tweedbank, Dunedin, by the Rev Dr Stuart, Hugh Macdonald MD, Lyttelton, to Mary Helen, elder daughter of John Hislop, Inspector of Schools.
McLeod - Hamilton: On the 9th January at the residence of the bride's father, Saddle Hill, by the Rev Mr Watt, Mr Malcolm McLeod of Brighton, to Jane Hamilton, third daughter of Mr George McIntosh, Saddle Hill.
Otago Witness 24 Jan 1874, Pg 16
Shipping Port Chalmers - Arrivals
Jan 16 - Dunfillan, ship, 853 tons, Kerr, from London. A C Begg, agent.Passengers: Saloon: Kerr Mrs Tempest Miss Isitt Miss 2nd Cabin: Dench Mr and Mrs 163 assisted immigrants, equal to 142 statute adultsJan 20 - Tararua, ss, 520 tons, Clarke, from Melbourne via the West Coast and intermediate ports. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents. Passengers:
Saloon - from Melbourne: Chadwick Mr Clark Mr Farron Mr From other ports: Anderson Mr and Mrs Austin Mr Cotton Mr Forsyth Mr Hayman Mr Hordship Mr and Mrs McIllroy Mr and Mrs Mackay Mr Mein Mrs Newton Mr and Mrs Pepys Mr Shaw Mr Taylor Miss Twentyman Mr Willis Miss Willis Mr 13 in the steerage and 19 for MelbourneJan 20 - Gothenburg, ss, 510 tons, Pearce, returned disabled. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Jan 22 - Albion, ss, McLean, from Melbourne, via Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents. Passengers:Ireland Mr, Mrs and Miss Beely Mr Belcher Mr Donaldson Mr Fraser Mr Gray Mr Hart Mr His Honour the Superintendent James Mr Kemp Mr Leggatt Mr Malcolm Mr Park Mr and Mrs Paterson Mr Pillans Mr, Mrs and Misses (2) Roberts Mr Sievwright Mrs and child Somner Mr Theweneti Mrs and 25 in the steerageDepartures
Jan 20 - Otago, ship, 992 tons, Stewart, for London. Cargills and McLean, agents. Passengers:Saloon - Cobb Mr and Mrs and family Brown Mr and Mrs and child Tolmie Mr and Mrs and child Ritchie Mrs and two children Waldie Miss Cargill Masters (2) McMaster Masters (2) Hassell Master and 14 in the steerageJan 21 - Tararua, ss, Clark, for Melbourne, via the Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents. Passengers:
For Bluff - Brunton Mr Carandini Madame Carandini Miss Fannie Carandini Miss Isabel Cotterell Mr Gordon Mr Sherwin Mr Smith Mr For Melbourne - Bealey Mr Cameron Mr Cargill J Helsham Mr Lloyd Mr and Mrs and 2 children McMaster Mr Maitland Mr Read Mr Webster Mr West Mr and 12 in the steerage 5 saloon and 17 steerage passengers, transhipped from the steamer Gothenburg and 19 original passengers.
Arrival of the Dunfillan
The New Zealand Company's ship Dunfillan, Captain Kerr arrived on January 16th,
and her bill of health was of the cleanest, she suffered no detention, but was
once moored off the Railway Pier. The Geelong went to her on the previous
evening, but the hour being late, whilst the strong SW gale still blew in
occasionally heavy squalls. It was deemed advisable to let the ship remain for
the night where she was at anchor under Hayward's Point. The wisdom of this
decision was manifested in the morning, which broke calmly and the ship being
got underweigh on the young flood tide, she very soon completed one of the best
passage made this season by any home ship which has arrived here. The Dunfillan
has also done well in other respects, for she comes out a neat, comfortable and
clean ship, and brings a number of assisted
immigrants of very good stamp
indeed. A healthier and happier looking lot of people, or more respectable in
appearance, we have not had occasion to inspect for a very long time indeed.
That they are healthy is evident by the doctor's report, which states that the
hospital was not occupied during the passage; and that they arrive her in a
thoroughly contented mind, both with themselves and those who had charge of them
on the voyage was clearly demonstrated by the hearty, unhesitating replies of
satisfaction which were given to the interrogation of the Immigration
Commissioners. Although a staider bearing, the married people expressed no less
satisfaction at the treatment they had received, whilst the single men were
quite as emphatic in their replies. The passage out was a quick and pleasant
one, no bad weather having been experienced, whilst the ship was admirably
fitted up to accommodate her passengers. As in the case of the Zealandia,
especial care was taken to ensure thorough ventilation below. In the married
people's department the berths were arranged in blocks, with passages round
them, instead of being fixed, as is the rule, on each side of the 'tween decks,
with only one main passage between them. There were also such passages in the
single women's compartment, the berths of which lay fore and aft, but wore built
in athwart ship blocks. Each compartment was fitted with one main ventilator
besides the hatchway and had also deck-lights. These were scrupulously clean;
cleanliness was everywhere apparent and had evidently been practised on the
voyage, together with the kindred habit of tidiness. We are delighted with the
opportunity afforded us of according a full meed of praise to the ship Dunfillan
- but we still adhere to our formerly expressed opinion of the necessity of an
alteration in the manner in which the married people are berthed and also that
all emigrant ships should be pierced for side-scuttles in the 'tween decks. We
may observe that the Dunfillan is remarkable for ample galley accommodation. She
has a magnificent cooking range, whilst adjoining it is one of Granley's
distilling apparatus, capable of producing 400 gallons of fresh water in 24
hours. (more...)
Otago Witness 31 Jan 1874, Pg 16
Shipping Port Chalmers
Jan 24 - Chanticleer, brig, 187 tons, Philips, from Hobart Town, Jan 18th. Guthrie and Larnach, agents. Passengers:Saloon - Davey Mr and son Gellibrand Mr Jones Mr Valentine Mr and 9 in the steerageJan 28 - Omeo, ss, 605 tons, Calder, from Melbourne, via Bluff Harbour. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents. Passengers:
For Melbourne - Briene Mr and 2 sons Chiaroni Mr Clapperton Mr Drew Mr Golby Mr Hamilton Rev Mr Harman Mr Kafferfield Mr and Mrs and child Mybred Mr and Mrs Styles Mr and Mrs and 2 children Terry Mr and 25 steerage For Wellington - Coombes Mr Hamilton Mr Mitson Mrs Rodgers Mr and Mrs Thompson Mr For Lyttelton - Spencer Miss and Master Taylor Mrs For the North - 6Departures
Jan 23 - Albion, ss, 591 tons, McLean, for Melbourne, via Coast Ports. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents. Passengers:For Lyttelton - Brown Mrs Chapman Mrs Lawrie Mr Towsley Mr Waldie Mr For Wellington - Cooles Mr Palmer Mrs Walter Mr and Mrs For Melbourne - Houghton Mr and Mrs Henry McNeil Mr 15 in steerage and 10 Chinese for the West CoastJan 24 - Columbus, barque, 744 tons, Atkins, for London. A C Begg, agent. Passengers:
Saloon - Ballarty Mrs Kay MrsJan 29 - Omeo, ss, 605 tons, Calder, for Melbourne, via Coast Ports. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents. Passengers:
Anderson Mr Bell Sir F D and son Cotterill Mr Strode Mr For Wellington - Donaldson Mr Keats Mr For Greymouth - Why Keo and 17 Chinese steerageOtago Witness 31 Jan 1874, Pg 17 Birth
Larnach - On the 27th January, at her residence, Tokomairiro, the wife of Albert Larnach, Esq, of a daughter.
Death: Reay John - On the 23rd January, at Catlin's River, John Reay, aged 15 months.Otago Witness, 31 January 1874, Page 19
During the week ending January 24th, sixteen patients were admitted into the Hospital, and fifteen were discharged there from. Five deaths occurred— Charlotte Levy, died of consumption ; William Murray, disease of the brain ; Mary Macmahon, bronchitis ; Robert Hawkins, disease of the kidneys ; and John Wasser, disease of the heart. The number of patients at present in the Hospital is 133, of whom 21 are females. A seaman, named Ebenezer Henry Nelson, belonging to the ship May Queen, met with a fatal accident on board that vessel, at the Bluff, on the 25th inst. Owing to his own mismanagement in taking a bale of wool on board, it struck him on the back, knicking him with great force against the winch, the spindle of which struck him on the left breast. Death seems to have been instantaneous. At the inquest the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death."
Otago Witness, 7 February 1874, Issue 1157, Page 14
Shipping Port Chalmers Arrivals
Jan 30 - Beautiful Star, ss, 146 tons, Hart, from Lyttelton and Timaru. J Mills, agent.
Saloon Passengers:Reach Mr Jadhead Mr Lawrie Mr Levy Master Stiller Master and 4 in the steerageJan 30 - Comerang, ps, 152 tons, Hughes, from Lyttelton and intermediate ports. W & G Turnbull and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: Wilson Mrs Johnston Mr Rolls Mr and 1 in steerageJan 31 - Paterson, ps, 260 tons, Kennedy, from Lyttelton and the North. W & G Turnbull and Co, agents. Saloon Passengers:
Garner Mrs Paishley Mr and Mrs Whitmore Colonel Raine Mr Randle Mr Dick Mr Stranem MrFeb 1 - Wanganui, ss, 179 tons, Fraser, from the Bluff. H Houghton and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers:Harrop Mrs Pollock Miss Levi Miss Barr Miss Barr Mr Brodrick Mr and Mr Henty Mr Beatie Mr Wallace Mr Young Mr Menzies Mr Drabble Mr Brockhurst Mr Wishard Mr and 6 in the steerageFeb 1 - Ladybird, ss, 221 tons, Andrew, from Lyttelton and the North. W F Wheeler, agent.
Saloon Passengers:Burns Mr and Mrs and Children (3) Dick Mr and Mrs Rattray and Children (6) Servant Robertson Mrs C Powley Mrs McNicoll Mrs Lamish Mrs Hughes Mrs and Children (3) Roberts Miss Hens Miss and Miss Matheson Miss Mannering Miss Preston Mr Gray? Mr Coates Mr Cornie Mr and Mr Pannett Mr Hay Mr Coates Master Variety Troupe (11) and 16 in the steerageFeb 1 - Samson, ps, 125 tons, Peterson, from Oamaru. J Mills, agents.
Saloon Passengers:Miller Mr and Mrs Gibbs Miss Gibbs Master Gray Mrs Johnston Mrs Black Mr and Mrs Cook Mr and Mrs and 7 in the steerageFeb 4 - Maori, ss, 118 tons, Malcolm, from Lyttelton and intermediate ports. J Mills, agent.
Passengers: Norman Mr and Mrs Evans Mrs Wilson Mrs McLean Miss Horne Miss Foster Miss Cairns Miss Ward Judge Livingston Mr Bidwell Mr Balfour Mr Saunders Mr Burrows Mr Corkcroft Mr and Mr Simms Mr Gage Mr McKerrow Mr Collins Mr Logan Mr Cairns Mr Miller Mr Howard Mr Quinn Mr Sherrer Mr and 9 in the steerageFeb 5 - Samson, ps, 125 tons, Peterson, from Oamaru. J Mills, agent.
Passengers:St John Mr and Mrs Moir Miss Moore Mr Mason Mr Shaw Mr Wylie Mr Thomson Mr Paterson Mr Lechmarch S Quinn Mr Young Mr Findlay Mr and six in the steerageDepartures
Jan 31 - Wallabi, ss, 101 tons, Leys, from the Bluff. H Guthrie, agent.Saloon Passengers: From the Bluff - Mcllroy Mrs Kerr Mr Burns Mr Kelly Mr Joss Mr From Catlin's River - Mills J Hyman Mr Guthrie H Moss Mr Jackson Mr Watson Mr and 7 in the steerageJan 31 - Jane, ss, 35 tons, Adams, from Invercargill. Thomson Brothers, agents.
Saloon: Passenger: Mrs AdamsFeb 3 - Wallabi, ss, 101 tons, Leys, for the Bluff. H Guthrie, agent.
15 passengers
Feb 3 - Lady Bird, ss, 221 tons, Andrew, for Lyttelton and the North. W F Wheeler, agent.
Passengers:For Lyttelton - Eskett Mr and Mrs and Child Styles Mr Campbell Mr Forsyth Mr For Taranaki - Dandsea Mr For Manukau - Genever? Mr and Mrs Bodell Dr and Mrs and Children (2) Parker Mr For Hokitika - Murr Miss Steerage 5 and 23 Chinese for the coast
Otago Witness, 14 February 1874, Issue 1159, Page 14
Shipping Port Chalmers Arrivals
Feb 7 - Beautiful Star, ss, 146 tons, Hart, from Lyttelton and Timaru. J Mills, agent.Passengers: Mossman Mr Cramond Mr Children (2) Lawrence Mr Odder Mr and 6 in the steerageFeb 7 - Wanganui, ss, 179 tons, Fraser, from the Bluff. H Houghton and Co, agents.
Passengers: Smith Mr and Mrs Anderson Miss Watt Miss Wilson Miss Smith Miss G Allan Colin and 7 in the steerageFeb 7 - Samson, ps, 125 tons, Edie, from Oamaru. J Mills, agent.
Passengers: Prescott Miss Stewart Miss Berry Mrs Wylie Mr Steawalt Mr Lees and 9 in the steerageFeb 8 - Wellington, ss, 262 tons, Carey, from Lyttelton and the North. J Mills, agent.
Passengers:Fulton Mr and Mrs and Mr Jnr Fereday Mr and Mrs Beasley Mr and Mrs Tulcher Mr and Mrs Winston Mrs Marling Mrs Livingstone Mrs and Child Reynolds Miss and Miss Westbrooke Rev Mr Bell Sir F D Murdock Mr Hill Mr Rees Mr Marshall Mr Froggatt Mr Disher Mr Marris Mr Morrison Mr Rowlands Mr and Mr Strachan Mr Kerr Mr Wallace Mr Smith Mr and Mr Massey Mr Reany Mr Buntin Mr Tolson Mr Mill Mr Lambert Mr O'Brien Mr and 14 in the steerageFeb 9 - Wallabi, ss, Leys, from the Bluff. H Guthrie, agent.
Passengers: Smith Mr and Mrs and Children (2) Perry Miss Perkins Miss Hallow Miss Aldridge Mr and Mr Jnr Edwards Mr Harnett Mr Peterson Mr Smith Mr Godfrey Mr Parry Mr Long Mr Ross Mr Leons Mr Drake Mr Herbert John Harrison Mr and 7 steerageFeb 11 - Comerang, pss, 152 tons, Hughes, from Lyttelton, via intermediate ports. W & G Turnbull and Co, agents.
Passengers: Blair Mr Waterfield Mr White Mr Leslie Mr and 3 in steerageFeb 11 - Samson, ps, 124 tons, Edie, from Oamaru. Jas Mills, agent.
Passengers: McJanett Mr and Mrs Easton Mrs Graham Mr Gordon Mr Farlic Mr Stark Mr and 4 in the steerage
Departures
Feb 6 - Claud Hamilton, ss, 520 tons, Bawden, for Melbourne, via the Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Melbourne - McIntyre Mr and Mrs St John Mr and Mrs Muir Mr and Miss Booth Mrs Rowland Mr and Mr Mayer Mr Engel Mr Tighe Mr Belcher Mr For Bluff - Paterson Miss and 9 in the steerage
Feb 9 - Alhambra, 487 tons, Sinclair, for Lyttelton. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Lyttelton - Yeend Mr Allan Mr For Wellington - Crombie Mrs and Children (3) Haworth Mr And 2 steerageFeb 10 - Wellington, ss, 262 tons, Carey, for Lyttelton. W F Wheeler, agent.
Passengers: For Lyttelton - Matthews Miss and Miss Mossong Mrs and Children (2) Goldsmith Mr For Wellington - Dean B C Moore Mr For Manukau - McNicholl Mrs and three in the steerageFeb 10 - A and AMSS Mikado, 1992 tons, Moore, for San Francisco, via Lyttelton, Wellington and Auckland. Driver, Stewart and Co, agents.
Passengers: For San Francisco - Douglas Mr and Mrs Thomson R H Roberts F and five third class For Lyttelton - Murray Rev W H Bunten Mr For Auckland - Terry Mr Hudson Mr For Napier - Five in the steerage
Otago Witness, 21 February 1874, Page 16
Shipping Port Chalmers Arrivals
Feb 14 - Samson, ps, Edie, from Oamaru. J Mills, agent. Saloon Passengers: Hawden Mr and Mrs Doughty Mrs and Children (3) Currie Mr and Mrs Corrigan Mrs Campbell Mrs Hartley Miss Wales Mr Campbell Mr Hunter Mr Cowall Mr Joad Mr Luke Mr Barr Mr Hutchinson Mr and seven in the steerageFeb 15 - Otago, ss, 1000 tons, John McLean, from Melbourne via Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: From Melbourne - McKenzie Mrs and Miss Swanston Mrs and Misses (3) and Servants (2) Wolf Mrs Rekel Mr and Madame Claus Madame Jenny Robertson Miss and Miss Jacobs Miss Hudson Dr Chechi Signor Campbell Mr Raphael Mr Muller Mr Quiggan Mr Coombe Mr Cogle Mr Atkinson Mr McLeod Mr McGlashan Mr Brotherton Mr and 18 in the steerage From the Bluff - Kingsland Mr and Mrs and Miss Swanston Mr Cleland Mr Locksby Mr Pepys Mr Gibbs Mr and five in the steerage
Feb 15 - Wanganui, ss, 179 tons, from the Bluff. H Houghton and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: Brown Mr and Mrs and Miss McGill Mrs and Children (4) Hamilton Mr Cleve Mr Tusson Mr Smith Mr Powell Mr Clarke Rev J and 11 in the steerage
Feb 15 - Taranaki, ss, 299 tons, Wheeler, from Lyttelton and the North. W F Wheeler, agent.
Saloon Passengers: Douglas Mr and Mrs Inksar Miss Isitt Rev Mr Beck Rev Mr Rigg Rev Mr Coughtrey Dr Borrows Dr Cameron Mr Morrow Mr Hursey Mr Pitt Mr Pyke Mr Sherriff Mr Spriat Mr Buchanan Mr McMartin Mr Fraser Mr Mason Mr Moray Mr White Mr and 29 in the steerage
Feb 15 - Beautiful Star, ss, 146 tons, Hart, from Lyttelton and intermediate ports. Jas Mills, agent.
Saloon Passengers: Fleet Mr and Mrs Forne Miss Fan Miss Ward Mr Wright Mr Opie Mr Staunton Mr Wilson Mr Danber Mr Coraten Mr McNaught Mr and 10 in the steerage
Feb 15 - Wallabi, ss, 101 tons, Leys, from the Bluff. H
Guthrie, agent.
Passengers:
Hunter Mr Weston Mr Kingsland Mr Reed Mr Holt Mr Butler Mr Dukrist Mr Grimley Mr Jonasy Mr Granger Mr Perry Mr Stockley Mr Walker Mr Burns Mr and seven in the steerage
Feb 17 - Alhambra, ss, 487 tons, Sinclair, from Lyttelton and Wellington. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Burke Mr and Mrs and Children (5) Palmer Mrs Harker Mr Jacobs Mr Ancell Mr and 1 in the steerage Feb 18 - Samson, ps, 125 tons, Edie, from Oamaru. J Mills, agent. Passengers:
McLean Hon John McLean Mrs McLean Miss Renton Miss Hay Mr Luvingston Mr And 8 in the steerage
Departures
Feb 14 - Gothenburg, ss, 510 tons, Pearse, for Melbourne. Dalgety,
Nichols and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: For Melbourne - Roberts Mr McKellar Mr and five in the steerage For Bluff - Rodgers Mr and Mrs Witson Mrs Tomes Mr and two in the steerage
Feb 16 - Otago, ss, 1000 tons, J McLean, for Melbourne, via Lyttelton and coast ports. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Melbourne - Weld His Excellency Governor Thomson Mr and Mrs Ireland Mr And 1 steerage For Lyttelton - Sale Professor Hayman Mr For Wellington - 2 steerage For Nelson - 1 steerage For West Coast Ports - 1 steerage and 10 Chinese
Feb 17 - Taranaki, ss, 299 tons, Wheeler, for Lyttelton and the North. W F Wheeler, agent.
Passengers: For Lyttelton - Hardy Dr Webb Mr For Wellington - Calcutt Mr Capper Mr Grant Mr For Manukau - Stewart Mr Bathgate Mr And 5 steerage for all ports
Feb 19 - Wallabi, ss, 101 tons, Leys, for the Bluff. H Houghton and Co, agents.
Passengers: Watson Mrs and Family (3)
Feb 19 - Wanganui, ss, 175 tons, Fraser, for Invercargill. H Houghton and Co, agents.
Passengers: Morris Mrs and Child Smith Mrs and Children (2) Gray Mrs Thompson Miss Cotterell Mr Murray R G Murray John and the Queen's Variety Troupe
Feb 19 - Alhambra, ss, 487 tons, Sinclair, for Melbourne, via the Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: McIntyre Mr and Mrs Humphries Mr and Mrs McFarline Mrs Pogson Miss Wilson Miss Thompson Mr Spiller Mr Taylor Mr Fleming Mr Price Mr Pitt Mr And 6 steerage For Bluff: Saloon - Murray Mr and Mrs
Otago Witness, 28 February 1874, Page 14
Shipping Port Chalmers Arrivals
Feb 20 - Lady of the Lake, ss, 60 tons, Urquhart from the Molyneux. G F Reid, agent.Passengers: Moore Mr Larkson MrFeb 21 - Samson, ps, 124 tons, Edie, from Oamaru. J Mills, agent.
Passengers: Holmes Hon M Jameson Mrs Ritchmore Mrs Jameson Miss Ford Miss Lambert Miss Sidey Mr Cross Mr Solomon Mr Jameson Mr Thomson Mr Wallace Mr Burnside Mr Clarke Capt and 10 in the steerageFeb 22 - Wanganui, ss, 175 tons, Fraser, from the Bluff. H Houghton and Co, agents.
Passengers: Caldwell Mr and Mrs and Children (4) Fish Mr and Mrs Powell Mrs and Miss Haycock Mrs Roberts Mrs Grant Miss Craig Mr Sherar Mr Hamilton Mr Pollard Mr Roberts Mr Cooper Mr Raine Mr Robson Mr Tatchell Capt Flamming Sergeant and prisoner and 8 in the steerageFeb 22 - Comerang, ps, 152 tons, Hughes, from Lyttelton and intermediate ports. W & G Turnbull and Co, agents.
Passengers: Buck Mr an Mr Jnr Barry Mr Cook Mr Fidler Mr and 3 in the steerageFeb 24 - Beautiful Star, ss, Hart, from Lyttelton and intermediate ports. J Mills, agent.
Passengers: Leslie Miss Roberts Miss Wilson Mr Parker Mr Shipton Mr Grey Mr Rodgers Mr Sweeny Mr and 3 steerageFeb 24 - Phoebe, ss, 416 tons, Worsp, from Lyttelton and the North. W F Wheeler, agent.
Passengers: Benjamin Mr and Mrs White Mrs Haggar Miss Hudson Mr Redwood Mr Blundell Mr Brodrick Mr Schwartz Mr Jacobs Mr Mendelshon Mr Sargeant Mr and 14 steerageFeb 26 - Wallabi, 101 tons, Leys, from the Bluff. H Houghton and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: Watson Mrs and Children (3) Wilson Mr Toms Mr Richards Mr Malcolm Mr Williams Mr McAndrew Mr Wilson Mr and 3 in the steerageFeb 26 - Samson, ps, 124 tons, Edie, from Oamaru. J Mills, agent.
Saloon Passengers: Ellison? Miss and Miss Young Mr Ross Mr Macan Mr and 3 in the steerageDepartures
Feb 21 - A and AM Co's ss Mongol, 2262 tons, Flamank, for Lyttelton and the North. Driver, Stewart and Co, agents.Passengers: For Lyttelton - Jacobs Mr and Miss Moore Mr White Mr Morey Mr Ostler Mr Roskruge Mr Parke Mr Murison Mr For Wellington - McMaster Mr Haimes Mr Smith Mr and 3 in the steerageFeb 24 - Lady Bird, ss, 286 tons, Andrews, for Lyttelton and the North. W F Wheeler, agent.
Passengers: For Lyttelton - Saunders Miss Grierson Mr For Napier - Fulton Mr For Wellington - Peterson Mr, Mrs and Children (3) Anderson Miss Peterson Mr Jnr Thomson Mr Newman Mr For Nelson - Simon Mr Murison Mr For Manukau - Carandini Madame Carandini Miss Fanny Isabella Miss Neale Miss Lambert Miss Barnard Mr Gordon Mr Cotterill Mr Sherwin Mr 6 steerage and 11 Chinese for Hokitika
Feb. 23 Otago, barque, 340 tons, Bicknell, for Lyttelton.
Dalgety, Nichols, and Co., agents. Flying Squirrel, ketch, 19 tons, Maine, for
All Day Bay.
Feb. 24 Christian McAusland, ship, 962 tons, Tilly, for London.
Russell, Ritchie, and Co , agents.
Feb 25- Elizabeth Graham, barque, 500 tons, Mordue, for London. A.
C. Begg, agent.
Zealandia, ship, 1110 tons Curry, for London. Russell Ritchie, and
Co., agents.
Passengers : Saloon - Barker Messrs (2) Brownlie Miss Calvert Miss Coe Mrs and 4 children Duncan Mr Glassford Mr and Mrs , 9 children, and 2 servants Grant Miss Hills Mr McLean Mrs Scott Mr Whybrow Mr and Mrs , 4 children, and nurse Young Dr and 10 in the second cabin.
Feb. 20 Carl, brig, 215 tons, Otzen, for Auckland. W and G Turnbull and Co., agents.
Otago Witness 7 March 1874, Page 16
Shipping Port Chalmers Arrivals
Feb 27 - Albion, ss, Underwood, from Melbourne, Feb 14th, via
Coast Ports. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Allan Mr Cameron Mr Chapman Mr and Mrs Farra Mr Flexman Miss Gabetes Mr Guiness Mrs Heywood Miss Higginson Mr and Mrs McIntosh Mr Rees Mr Rooke Mr White Mr and 15 steerage
Chanticleer, brig, 186 tons, from Hobart Town. G F Reid, agent.
Passengers: Davy Mrs and children (6) Howis Mrs and child and six steerage
Curnatic, ship, 871 tons, Moon, from London November 23rd:
Plymouth, January 8th. A C Begg, agent. Passengers:
5 second cabin and 208 statute adult emigrants
March 5 - Selmittar [Scimitar], ship, 1220 tons, Fox, from London, via Plymouth, Dec 21. A C Begg, agent.
Passengers; Fox Mrs Gough Mr Hoskins Mrs and children (2) Lewes N Lewes S And 350 statute adult immigrants
Wild Deer, ship, 1066 tons, Cowan, from Glasgow. Russell, Ritchie and Co, agents.
Passengers: Cowan J and D Duncan Mr Fraser Mr Howden Mr Inglis Mr McDougall Mr, Mrs and child McGregor Mr McGregor Mr and Mrs Robertson Mr Wilson Mrs And 258 in the steerage.
Departures
Feb 27 - Albion, ss, 591 tons, Underwood, for Melbourne, via
Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Begg C Faulkner Mr Faulkner Mrs and children (3) Jamieson Miss Soutter Mr and Mrs Wilkinson Mr Wood Mrs and child and 18 steerage For Bluff - Brodrick Mr
March 5 - Jessie Readman, ship, 926 tons, Mitchell, for London, Cargills and McLean, agents.
Passengers: Muston Mr Fulton Mr and 2 in the second cabin
Otago Witness 7 March 1874, Page 16
Whales seem to be particularly abundant this season in New Zealand waters. Only
the other day a large school of 'sperm critters' was seen off Timaru and news we
hear from Captain Russell of the schooner Canterbury that several schools of the
right whale species were seen by him between the Kaikouras and Timaru. As he
remarked, "If I had had the 'fixings' on board the schooner I could have done
well whaling this trip." The schooner fell in with many fine fish on the West
Coast. What a pity that our local whaler the Superb is not about.
Arrival of the Carnatic
The ship Carnatic, which arrived at the Heads on Friday, the 27th
ult, was towed in astern of the Geelong on Saturday afternoon, 'and came to an
anchor in the Quarantine ground. The announcement at her not having a clean bill
of health had preceded her, but the character of the disease which she had on
board was not known. The worst was, however, apprehended from the fact that a
direct admission of sickness amongst the emigrants was made by signal when the
ship reached the Heads, such a circumstance never having before occurred in the
case of any vessel arriving, the rule being to say as little as possible until
inquisition on the part of the Health Officer was made. However, the admission,
and a very proper one too, on the part of those in charge of the Carnatic, put
the Board of Health on the qui vive, and one of its members, Professor McGregor,
came down to the Port and proceeded to the ship in the steamer Result, along
with Captain Thomson, Health Officer; Dr O'Donoghue, judicial adviser to the
Board of Health; Mr Monson, of the Customs; and Mr Colin Allan, Immigration
Agent. Representatives of the Press were also of the party. Dr Robert Gibbs,
surgeon superintending the immigrants, and Captain Moon of the ship, were
waiting on the gangway when the Result ranged alongside, and to the
interrogatory of the Health Officer replied that measles and scarlet fever had
broken out, that nearly all the children on board had had the fever, that four
deaths had ensued from it, and that there were diseases still under treatment.
The first case of sickness in the form of measles appeared on the 13th day after
the ship left Plymouth, and on the 21st day scarlet fever appeared. It seemed to
have run its course, no new case having occurred since the 14th ult. Every care
had been taken and close attention paid to the sick, but owing to the lack of
space on board, it was found to be impossible to practise isolation. Fumigating
the ship had not been attempted, but chloride of lime and carbolic acid had been
used freely. There were no measles on board then, the disease having entirely
disappeared on the 14th ult. The fever was not confined to the children, six
adults having taken it, but all recovered. When asked by Professor M'Gregor for
an opinion as to the probable source of the disease, Dr Gibbs replied that he
believed the contagion was brought on board by one family, the mother of which
one day remarked that she had no fear for her children, all of them having had
the fever, and, in fact, had recovered from it only a fortnight or so before the
ship sailed. The six deaths which have occurred lay amongst children of ages
from a few months to six years. One, an infant named Cox, died from exhaustion
whilst Fanny Larkins, Morley Cox, Eliza Maher, and Elizabeth Lainchbury were
carried off by fever. Of the six cases in hospital, five were progressing
favourably and one was considered to be very critical, indeed. A violent death
had also happened during the passage. - one of the seamen whose name we did not
ascertain - having fallen overboard, was drowned. The ship has 251 living souls
on board, besides her crew of 30 men and boys. Reckoned by standard, the
immigrants number 208 statute adults, of which 60 are single women. The
proportion of children is said to be immensely large. The investigation having
been concluded, the health-officer ordered the yellow flag to be hoisted, and
informed the captain that the Board of Health would meet early, and decide upon
the steps to be pursued with the immigrants. Before the Result shoved off, we
succeeded in gleaning a few particulars relating to the ship on her passage from
home. The Carnatic is a fine, substantial wooden built ship, of 871 tons
register, and commanded by Captain Moon. She belongs to Messrs James and John
Waite, of North Shields, and is under charter for the present voyage out and
home to the New Zealand Shipping Company. She left London on the 23rd of
November, and "when just clear of the Channel, had to run back to Plymouth to
procure repairs to the fresh water condenser, which had gone wrong. She reached
Plymouth on the 7th December, left again next day. She arrived oft the Heads in
good time on Friday. She brings about 1100 tons of cargo, of which 550 tons
consist of railway and other iron. The immigrants thronged the side of the ship
when the Result went alongside. They appeared to be a tolerably fair sample, not
of the best, certainly, but possessing bone and sinew, and seemingly in hearty
condition.
Otago Witness 7 March, Page 17
Birth : McBryde - On the 15th February, at Macrae's Plat, the wife of Mr John
McBryde, teacher, of a son.
Otago Witness 7 March, Page 26
Our Own
If I had known in the morning
How wearily all the day
The words unkind would trouble my mind
That I said when you went away,
I had been more careful, darling
Nor given you needless pain:
But we vex our own with look and tone
We might never take back again.
For though in the quiet evening
You may give me the kiss of peace,
Yet it might be that never for me
The pain of the heart should cease!
How many go forth at morning
Who never come home at night!
And hearts have broken for harsh words spoken
That sorrow can never set right.
We have careful thought for the stranger,
And smiles for the sometime guest;
But oft for our own the bitter tone,
Though we love our own the best.
Ah! lips with the curve impatient,
Ah! brow with the shade of scorn,
"Twere a cruel fate were the night too late
To undo the work of morn!
Otago Witness 14 March 1874, Page 16
Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
March 7 - Omeo, ss, Clader, from Melbourne, February 28th, via
Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: From Melbourne - Allen Mr and Mrs G B Benham Mr and Mrs Christie Miss Evans Mr Gunning Mr Hallam Mr and Mrs Hobbs Mr Johns Miss A Johns Miss Johnston Miss Lambert Miss Lyster Mr and Mrs Mitchell Mr Richardson Master Richardson Mr Richter Mr Rainford Mr and Mrs Stoneham Mr Templeton Mr Vernon Mr and Mrs And 35 steerage From Bluff - Coleman Rev Mr Dunlop Mrs Holmes Miss Rose Mr Van Blarcom Miss
Claude Hamilton, ss, 529 tons, Bandon, from Melbourne Feb 21st, via West Coast and Wellington. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: From Melbourne - Barr Mr and Mrs Coleman Mr Kelly Miss Reed Mr Tyrel Mr and 5 steerage Coastwise - Batlsni Mr Bowsey Mr Clive Mr Conley Mr Forsyth Mr and Mrs Grilsay Mr McFarlane Mr Mabcus Mr Neal Mr Sale Professor Saunders Miss
March 8 - Pakeha, brig, 173 tons, Paterson, from Hobart Town, March 28th. Guthrie and Larnach, agents.
Passengers: Gordon Miss Jones Mrs and Miss and 14 steerage
Jungfrau, barque, 585 tons, Scotland, from London December
17th. A C Begg, agent. No passengers
Kassau, barque, 324 tons, McConnachy, from Mauritius March 1st. W
and J Scoular, agents. No passengers
Serene, barque, 549 tons, Sogerman, from New York Nov 26th. A Briscoe and Co,
agents. No passengers
Departures
March 10 - A and A Co's MSS Mongol, 2262 tons, Flanank, for
Kaudavu, with English mail via Lyttelton, Wellington and Auckland. Driver,
Stewart and Co, agents. Saloon
Passengers: For San Francisco - Hall Mr Scoullar Mr Watson Mr And one in the steerage For Lyttelton - Hugh Mr and Mrs and children (3) For Wellington - Buchanan Mr McAndrew Mrs and Miss For Auckland - Anderson Mr and Mrs Anderson Mr Sutton Mr and Miss Turton Mr and Mrs and three in the steerage
Omeo, ss, 605 tons, Calder, for Newcastle via Lyttelton and Coast Ports. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents. Saloon
Passengers: For Lyttelton - Goss Mr For Wellington - Arkell Mr Biscacciauti Miss Cecchi Miss Claus Miss Jenny Gleeson Miss Gore J B Mons Miss Rekel Miss Jeanne Rekel Miss Three in the steerage and 36 Chinese for Hokitika
(Arrival of the Wallabi - Wreck of the Brig Silver Lining
)
Otago Witness 21 March, Page 14
Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
March 18 - Alhambra, ss, 530 tons, Sinclair, from Melbourne, via
Coast Ports. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Ballantyne Mr Batton Mr Delamain Mr Downey Mr Howey Mr Hutton Mr Nicholson Mr and Mrs Stont Mr Yuille Mr And 5 steerage
Woodville, barque, 360 tons, Huge, from Newcastle. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Launder Mrs Veale Miss
March 19 - Otago, ss, 642 tons, McLean, from Melbourne, via Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: From Melbourne - Christopher Miss De Lacy Mr Dickie Rev Mr Eastwood Mrs and child Gibbs Mr Gorr Mr Hislop Mr Hooper Mrs Keely Mrs Lyons Mr and Mrs McLean Mrs Martin Mr and son Orr Mr Pallant Mrs and children (3) Snider Mr Stale Mr Taylor Mr And 51 steerage From the Bluff - Dunn Mr Pritchard Mr, Mrs and Miss Sheenan Mr Swanson Mr Todd Mr Tulloch Mr, Mrs and Miss Webb Mr
Departures
March 18 - Alhambra, ss, 530 tons, Sinclair, for Melbourne, via
Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Melbourne - Bathgate Mr Eskdale Mr Glass Mr Grogan Mr Jones Mr, Mrs and Miss Leggett Mr Munro Mr Mills Mr Smith Mrs Stevens Mrs and 31 steerage For Bluff - Brodrick Miss Goodman Mr Tennet Mr Woodlark Miss and 1 steerage
Otago Witness 21 March 1874, Page 15 Passing Notes
Everyone must have noticed that the mortality among the children in the recent "
sick vessel " was considerably beyond that of the adults. But probably everyone
has not noticed causes which may account for that fact. In the first place,
considering the sort of accommodation that a generous Government is obliged to
provide seemingly for steerage passengers, it is little short of wholesale
butchery to ship a lot of young children under five years old at all. The whole
circumstances of a child's life must be so entirely altered by going on board
ship, that it would be but common wisdom not to tempt the chances too far. When
we also consider the peculiar diet which young children of two or three require
- a diet consisting of just those things which can only be procured on board
ship with difficulty - it becomes still more obvious that shipping children is a
most hazardous proceeding. One hundred and twenty babes, without a pound of sago
between them, launched on a three months' voyage, is a condition of things
likely to eventuate in murder. Has the Agent-General forgotten his own childish
days or the babyhood of his family? I should suppose so; but it would do no harm
to remind him that he was not sent home to out-Herod Herod, and that it would be
more merciful to send even fewer immigrants, and not to kill all the poor
chickens at one fell swoop.
Otago Witness 21 March 1874, Pages 15 & 16 Telegrams
March 18th
A telegram from the Agent-General, dated March 6th, states that the following
ships, with emigrants, sailed during February:
The Veruna, for Canterbury, with 326 souls;
he Atrato, ss, for Otago and Canterbury, 770 souls;
the Schiehallion for Napier, with 150 souls;
the Hague, for Wellington, with 440 souls;
the Fleming and two other vessels, for Otago, with 720 souls;
the Roukaron, for Auckland, with 360 souls
and the Ballochmyle, for Canterbury, with 480 souls.
Twenty-four vessels were to be despatched during March and April.
Auckland March 13th
The schooner Kenilworth has arrived from Samoa, and brings the
mate of the schooner Enigma, wrecked at Gilbert's Group on the
11th August. The crew; were brought to Samoa by a German brig, commanded by
Captain Clarke. One of the crew was burnt to death by the explosion of a
kerosene lamp, which set the vessel on fire about a month prior to the wreck.
March 16th
The RMSS Mongol sailed at five o'clock with 33 passengers. Captain
Flamank, the master, was charged at the Police Court with wrongfully landing
John Williams, a passenger, at Port Chalmers instead of Auckland. £15
compensation is claimed, but the hearing of the charge has been adjourned to the
30th inst.
Bluff, March 18th
The ss Otago, under the command of Captain McLean, arrived at 9
o'clock this morning from Melbourne, which port she left on the 12th inst. She
brings 38 cabin and 76 steerage passengers, together with 506 tons cargo for all
ports. The Otago sails for Dunedin at 6 pm.
Passenger List : Eastwood Mrs Kelly Mrs Goodwin Miss Christopher Miss Pallant Mrs and children (3) Dickie Rev Mr Gerrand Mr Snider Mr Gibbs Mr Orr Mr Hislop Mr Taylor Mr Lyons Mr Lyons S Delacy Mr Staile Mr and 42 in the steerage. She has 284 tons cargo for Dunedin.
Otago Witness 21 March, Page 22 Select Poetry
STAR-GAZING
Closing is the autumn gloaming,
Lined the sky with red and gold;
On the clover-breadth the shepherd
Pens his white flock in the fold.
Show the distant hills in outline,
Pale and blue, and sharp and clear;
In the willow-tree the throstle
Pipes the requiem of the year.
On the purpled brow of evening
Sits one trembling silver star;
I and Nellie, 'neath the hazels,
Stand and watch its light afar.
May it be, that sphere is peopled,
Even as ours, with busy brains,
Loving hearts, and honest toilers,
Subject to our 'oys and pains?
Who shall say? The book is scaled.
Many worlds perchance there be
In the universe of Heaven,
Many isles upon that sea.
Nell's dark eyes are turn'd upon me,
Neither longer looks above;
Gone are all our dreaming fancies,
'Tis enough to live and love.
Astley H Baldwin
Otago Witness 28 March, Page 14
Shipping Port Chalmers Departures
March 20 - Otago, ss, 642 tons, McLean, for Melbourne, via
Lyttelton and Coast Ports. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents. Saloon
Passengers: For Lyttelton - Portage Mr and Mrs Lyttle Miss Walters Mr Kahu Mr Apes Captain For Wellington - Gore Mrs and child Chillingworth Mr Batkin Mr For Nelson - Robinson Mr For Grey - Rae Mrs For Melbourne - Glass Mrs Taylor Captain Pope Mr 14 Chinese for Hokitika and 22 steerage passengers for all ports
March 25 - Dunfillan, ship 353 tons, Kerr, for London. A C Begg,
agent.
Passengers: Blair Mr Hewlett Messrs (2)
Otago Witness 28 March 1874, Page 15 Birth
Small: On the 10th March at Cardrona, the wife of G W Small, of a daughter.
Death : Scott Jane Elizabeth: On the 6th February, suddenly, at East
Strafthdownie, Casterton, Victoria, Jane Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late
Rev John Scott, HEICS, Hourah, Calcutta, and sister of Mr D McP Scott,
Schoolmaster, Macetown.
Marriage : Drummond - Harrison: On the 20th March at Otepopo, by the Rev Mr
Ryley, Mr Peter Drummond, late of Stirling, Scotland, to Helen Harrison, sixth
daughter of Mr Thomas Harrison, Westwater, East Taieri.
Otago Witness 4 April, Page 5
We have elicited a few additional facts from Captain Loftus of the
Trevelyan, in reference to the singular mutiny on board the barque
Satsuma, a report of which appears In another column. As soon as the
Satsuma was within distance of the Trevelyan she signalled
what had occurred and upon that Captain Loftus presuming that she stood in need
of assistance, lowered his boat and went on board. He then saw enough to
convince him that a serious mutiny had occurred. There were the wounds of the
captain and marks in the smashed companion hutch and other damages, of the
Satsuma which had taken place. Captain Leslie of the Satauma, stated that
during the passage he had had a great deal of trouble with the men, and that
three of the six men who went away in the boat were old Californian rangers. The
Mutiny and the subsequent action taken by the mutineers are certainly most
astonishing, and, we may add, unparelleled in as much that it is the rule for
mutineers to stick by the ship and send their unfortunate victims adrift,
instead of vice versa. But in this case the men deliberately launched themselves
in an open boat in the middle of the wide ocean, with but a very inadequate
stock of provisions for a voyage of 900 miles- that is, if they meditated
fetching Rio Janeiro, the nearest part of the South American coast -whilst the
inhospitable island of Trinidad lay 300 miles nearer to them. These were their
nearest land points. However, their chances of reaching either place were
exceedingly remote, because firstly they set out upon their mad cruise in the
belt of doldrums, south of the SE Trade belt and might therefore be tossed about
for days by unfavourable weather; and secondly, it is more than probable that,
having an abundant stock of spirits with them, they would engage in a heavy
debauch and meet their fate either at each other's hands, or be overwhelmed by
the elements. It is of course possible that they may have been picked up by a
passing vessel, as they were right in the track of outward-bounders to the
Colonies and East India. But if rescued that way, it would be but to answer to
the laws they have so audaciously outraged, for of a surety they would be
brought within reach of the hand of justice. This latest story from the sea is
truly singular, and almost incredible, were it not for the authenticity of its
details. The Trevelyan was not the first vessel which the Satsuma fell in with
after the mutiny. She was fortunate enough to meet with a German ship, from
which she obtained three seamen, who, with the remnant of her original crew,
were enough to take her to the Cape of Good Hope, from which she was only some
700 miles distance when the Trevelyan spoke her. Hence she did not require
assistance from the latter vessel.
The Rose M, a handy barque of Yankee build and sightly appearance,
arrived at Port on Tuesday from Calcutta. Her coming is an event in its way,
because the Rose M is the first vessel direct from East India to this port, and
has thus opened a trade that we trust will increase and prosper year by year.
The barque has done very well since she left Calcutta on the 22nd of January
last, during the height of the NE monsoon season. She cleared the Hoogley on the
27th, and crossed the Equator on the 9th of February, having experienced a very
poor monsoon in the Bay of Bengal. She, however, carried it to the Line. On the
14th of March she met with a first slant from the westward, she then being in
134 cast longitude. The breeze took her to Port Phillip Heads by the 18th; the
same day she ran in and anchored under Queenscliffe. Landed passengers and
watered, and left again on the 20th, had variable winds across, and made the
West Cape on Sunday last. Passed the Solander shortly after midnight, and Dog
Island at 9 am on Monday; and after a slashing run along the coast, arrived at
the Heads at 10 pm. Stood off and on during the night and anchored yesterday
morning, was towed in by the Geelong in the afternoon, when the gale abated.
Captain Dennis, of the Rose M, reports remarkably fine weather during the
passage from Calcutta, topgallantsails being carried right to the Heads. The
barque brings a mixed cargo, rice predominating. We may observe that she went
from Melbourne to Calcutta. She did not fall in with a single vessel between
Calcutta and Queenscliffe and only sighted one coming across a barque in Foveaux
Strait.
Arrival of the Ship Trevelyan
The anxiously looked for ship Trevelyan arrived in port on Sunday
evening, after an exceptionally long passage of 117 days from the Downs, and 120
days from London. She, however, comes in good order and condition - the length
of her passage being accountable to light weather, the exceedingly foul bottom
of the ship, and also to the fact that, although a remarkably fine vessel and
good seaboat, the "go" is not in her. She is anything but a clipper. However,
she has made a very comfortable passage; and after getting over her first
mishap, when she carried away some of her head gear, and had to run back to the
Downs, she made a final start on December 2nd, and cleared the land on the 8th,
taking a last departure from Start Point. Kerguelen Land was passed on the 3rd
of March, the ship did good running, and also to the south end of Tasmania,
which was passed on the 21st of March. Then she was headed by easterly weather
three days, and the westerly start that followed took her to within sight of
Stewart's Island on the afternoon of the 26th, thick cloudy weather prevailing.
Light variable weather was experienced on the coast. Otago Heads were sighted at
2 pm yesterday, and the ship towed in astern of the Geelong and anchored
at the powder ground at 7 pm. She stays there to discharge 10 tons of powder she
has on board, and then will remove to a berth higher up the harbour. The
Trevelyan brings 20 passengers and a large cargo, particulars of which are
published in another place. She is a fine ship of over 1000 tons register, and
belongs to Messrs Shaw, Savill and Co, and comes here consigned to Messrs
Russell, Ritchie, and Co. She is of iron build, and her dimensions are, length,
overall, 245 feet; beam, 33 feet; depth of hold, 21 feet. She is on her first
visit to this port, as also is her commander Captain Loftus, to whom we are
indebted for the report of her passage, and its incidents, which are more than
usually interesting. Only one death occurred during the passage, that of Alfred
Jeune, the cook of the ship, from an attack of bronchitis, from which he had
been suffering off and on for five weeks. He died on the 15th of February, in
lat 28 south, long 21 cast. February 9th, spoke and boarded the barque
Satsuma of Sunderland, bound to the Cape of Good Hope; lat 36 south,
long 5 west - which reported of a mutiny aboard: (Story above)
Otago Witness 4 April 1874, Page 14
Shipping Port Chalmers Arrivals
March 29 - Southern Cross, barque, 324 tons, Boon, from Hobart
Town / Guthrie and Larnach, agents.
Passengers: Besier Mr and Mrs Brooks Mr Currie Mr Haskel Mrs and son James Mr Levien Mrs and 2 children And 18 steerage
Trevelyan, ship, 1041 tons, Lofus, from London, December 2nd. Russell, Ritchie and Co, agents.
Passengers: Austin Mr Davis Rev Mr and Mrs, Miss, Master and servant Downes Mr Gardiner Mr Harkness Mr and Mrs Navin Mr Pycroft Mr Southerland Rev Mr and Master Vowell Mr 2nd Cabin: Jackson Mr Lodge Mr Nicolls Miss Richards Mr and Mrs
Rose M, barque, 366 tons, Dennis, from Calcutta. Lange and
Thoneman, agents. Saloon Passenger: Captain Pendleton
Albion, ss, 591 tons, Underwood, from Melbourne via Oamaru and
other ports. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Bergren Dr Ellison Mr Haworth Mr Huie Mr Kenney Mr Lees Mr McKenzie Mr Manson Mr Matthews Misses (2) Mitchell Mrs Ostler Mr Palmer Miss Smith Mr and Mrs and 3 children Taiaroa Mr And 25 steerage And 26 for Melbourne
April 2 - Claud Hamilton, ss, 570 tons, Bawden, from Melbourne March 26th, via Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Bawden Master and nurse Chapman Mr Cottier Miss Davis Mrs, Misses (2) and Master Foster Mr Harris Miss Ireland Mr Jarman Mrs Levison Mr McCarthy Mr McNeill Mr Rankin Mr Roberts Mr Scott Mr Seeley Mr, Mrs and Miss Wilkinson Mr and Mrs And 45 in the steerage
Departures
April 1 - City of Dunedin, ship, 1085 tons, for London, Russell,
Ritchie and Co, agents.
Passengers: Cabin - Hockon Mrs Kerrow Mr Kroning Mr Shaw Mr 2nd Cabin - Faulkner Mr Forrest Mr and Mrs and 5 children Gregg Mr Guthrie Mr L?arty Mr McEwan Mr and Mrs Malcolm Mr Moss Mrs and Miss Richardson Mr Scott Mr Steinmetz Mrs and 4 children Stoddart Mr and Mrs and 4 children Sweeney Mr and Mrs
Otago Witness 4 April 1874, Page 15 Marriages
Marshall - Drysdale: On the 27th March at the residence of the bride, Ida Burn,
by the Rev J McCosh Smith, Presbyterian Church, Naseby, William Marshall, to
Georgina Isabella Douglas Drysdale, both of Ida Burn.
McLean - Stevenson: On the 27th March, at Roslyn, by the Rev John Gow, Charles
McLean, to Eliza Jane Stevenson.
Otago Witness 4 April 1874, Page 22 Select Poetry
The Plough and the Press. (From the Wimping " Nor' Water")
We envy not the princely man,
In city or in town.
Who wonders whether pumpkin vines
Run up the hill or down.
We care not for his marble balls,
Nor yet his heaps of gold;
We would not own his sordid heart
For all his wealth thrice told.
We are the favoured ones of earth.
We breathe pure air each morn,
We sow, we reap the golden grain,
We gather in the corn.
We toil, we live on what we earn;
And more than this we do;
We hear of starving millions round,
And gladly feed them too.
The lawyer lives on princely fees,
Yet drags a weary life;
He never knows a peaceful hour,
His atmosphere is strife.
The merchant thumbs his yard stick o'er -
Grows haggard at his toll -
He's not the man God meant him for,
Why don't he till the soil?
The doctor plods through storm and cold,
Plods at his patients' will;
When dead and gone he plods again
To get his lengthy bill.
The Printer - bless his noble soul!
He grasps the mighty earth,
And stamps it on our daily sheet
To cheer the farmer's hearth.
We sing the honour of the Plough
And honour to the Press,
Two noble instruments of toil,
Each with a power to bless;
The bone, the nerve of this fast age -
True wealth of human kind -
One tills the ever-glorious Earth,
The other tills the Mind.
Disaster to the Somersetshire on her voyage from
Australia
The Argus has been favoured with the following account of the disaster to the
Somersetshire by a gentleman who was a passenger on board:
Valparaiso, December 1st,1873.
The Somersetshire left Melbourne on the 28th October and proceeded
on her voyage to England by way of Cape Horn. Nothing of note occurred until the
morning of the 14th November when the ship, while running before a moderate gale
took over a sea which smashed into the saloon doors and flooded all the cabins.
From that time until Monday the 17th we had very light winds. On that day, when
in about latitude 53 S longitude 113 W, the barometer. Fell to 28'25, and there
were other indications of a blow. About 7 pm the wind had' increased to a strong
gale, and occasional seas began to come over the poop. This continued still
increasing until about 10 pm, when the wind blew with the violence of a
hurricane. The ship, still running under the same canvas, a very heavy sea came
over on the main deck and again broke in the saloon doors, which had been
patched up since the gale of the 14th, flooding the saloon and cabins and
rushing down the stairway, which is immediately inside the poop doors. While
this was going on below, the gale had carried away all the sails on the foremast
and the seas had smashed in and carried away nearly all the starboard bulwarks,
along with the spare spars which had been secured on deck alongside it. With the
bulwarks, of course, all the braces which were made fast to it went, leaving the
yards to swing about at every roll of the ship. The only sail now left on the
ship was the lower main-topsail and that, as will be seen, only lasted for a few
minutes more. Our most serious danger, however, arose from the after hatch -
which is, immediately under the break of the poop - being stove in. One of the
skids on which three of the boats were placed bottoms up had been broken by some
means, and when this gave way one of the boats fell upon the hatches, which not
being very strong, were broken in. This allowed the seas to rush down and flood
the 'tween decks in some places to the depth of over 2ft. While some of the
officers and men were trying to cover it with sails, one of the harness casks,
in which the mess pork is kept, having broken loose, was carried by the sea down
the hatchway, and falling upon the hatches of the lower hold, broke through
these also, and thus allowed the seas to pour into the hold of the ship. All
those who were cognisant of this state of matters thought that our fate would be
that of the London, as the water was still rolling on to the main deck in
immense volumes, both over the rail and in through the breach where the bulwarks
had gone on the other side. The men who were endeavouring to secure the hatch
were in constant danger of being washed overboard; some of them, indeed, were
carried down the hatchway into the 'tween decks along with the hatches which
they were striving to fit on. They ultimately, however, partially succeeded in
stopping the gaping hole which threatened our destruction. About halfpast 10 our
last sail went to ribbons. To give some idea of the strength of the wind, it may
be stated that this was a new sail procured in Melbourne, made from the best No.
1 Gourock canvas. When this sail went the helm was immediately starboarded and
the ship brought up to the wind on the port tack, thus bringing to the lee the
side which had lost its bulwarks. This prompt action, in conjunction with the
stopping up of the hatchway, we believe, saved the ship, as without a rag of
sail she would have lost way and then was as likely to come up on the one tack
as the other, and if she had come up with her exposed side to the sea, nothing
could have saved us. The ship fortunately came to the wind without taking over
any seas, and the mainyards having been braced round and some tarpaulins put on
the weather mizzen rigging, she kept her bow to the sea and rode pretty easily.
We now felt that we, had some chance of being saved, but during the hour from 10
to 11 pm, no hope was entertained by anyone. After the saloon doors had been
barricaded, the passengers had nothing to do, and prayers were read by one of
their number. Everyone was perfectly calm, the ladies behaved with great
composure. As soon as the ship was brought to the wind, the passengers and
others commenced to bale out the 'tween decks. This occupied them six hours, and
steam was got up on the donkey engine to pump out the water which had, made its,
way to the hold. When daylight broke, about half-past 2 o'clock next morning,
the ship presented a most woeful appearance. The gale still blowing with great
violence, the upper main topsail, which had been stowed as above described, blew
clean out of the gaskets and at once went to ribbons, so that the whole ship
from stem to stern was garnished with tatters and the foreyards swinging round
at every roll of the ship, threatened to bring the mast over, which it
ultimately did about 7 or 8 am breaking close off by the cap and all the yards
going overboard with it had to be cut away. The decks were lumbered up with
broken boats and, tangled ropes, and the ends of the starboard quarter-boat,
which had been smashed by a sea, were, dangling by the davits and bumping
against the side at every roll of the ship. The seas washed constantly on the
main deck by the breach in the bulwarks, but otherwise the ship rose easily to
the high sea which was still running, and took very little water over the
weather side. The sad part, of the disaster: now comes to be told. When the
skids gave way, and the men fell on the deck, three were severely crushed; one,
the boatswain, only lived for about half an hour, the others happily, are
recovering. Next morning it was also, found that two of the firemen were
missing. For a time it was hoped that they might be found in some part of the
ship, but as the day wore on the conclusion was forced upon us that they had
been washed overboard when engaged in putting a cover over the grating which is
over the stoke-hole. One them leaves a widow and five children; the other was
not married, and the boatswain was a widower without children. Taking into
consideration the destitute condition in which the widow and children of the
fireman McCarthy are left, the passengers and ship's company got up a
subscription on their behalf, and although there were but few passengers, the
fund at this time has reached £146. During the whole of the trying time, the
captain and his officers conducted themselves with the utmost coolness and
bravery. Captain Atwood, who had hardly left the deck the whole day previous,
was disabled about 11 pm by a sea, which washed him halfway along the poop and
landed him among the relieving tackle of the helm. This sprained his knee and he
was obliged to keep his bed all next day. The wind having gradually abated on
the 18th, steam was got up. After consultation with his officers, Captain
Attwood decided that his best course was to proceed to Valparaiso, distance 1800
miles, to refit. The storm which we have passed through had shown us several
weak points in ships like the Somersetshire. Poop ships seem to us to be
very unfit to withstand the heavy seas which are met with in both the Southern
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the main decks of' such vessels, when at all deeply
laden, being mere traps for the seas, which, when once on board, do not readily
find their way to the scuppers, but wash about everything that is not very
firmly secured, endangering the hatches, and frequently breaking in the front of
the saloons, as was done both in our own case and also in that of the
Dallam Tower.
Otago Witness 11 April 1874, Page 16
Shipping Port Chalmers Arrivals
April 7 - Tasso, barque, 264 tons, Moulden, from Newcastle.
Master, agent. Passengers: Mrs Moulden and child
Departures
April 3 - Duke of Edinburgh, barque, Sampson, for Newcastle.
Findlay & Co, agents.
Passengers: Cain Mr Galloway Mr Hooghan Mr Langley Mr Larkin Mr McLean D Moss Mr Nugent Mr Rae Mr Ritchings Mr Toomey Mr
Albion, 591 tons. Underwood, for Melbourne, via Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols & Co, agents.
Passengers: Atkinson Mr Brough Mr and Mrs Burke Mr Campbell Mr Evans Mrs Fleming Rev R Hagger Miss McLean Mr Notman Mr Roberts Mrs and 2 children Smith Mr White Mrs And 36 steerage For Bluff - Atkin Mr and Mrs Bagley Mr Belcher Mrs Boyes Mr Malaghan Mr Moran Mr and Mrs And 1 steerage
April 5 - Claud Hamilton, ss, 570 tons, Bawden, for Melbourne, via Coast Ports. Dalgety, Nichols & Co, agents.
Passengers: For Lyttelton - Dunk Mrs Irvine Mr Tainui Mr For Nelson - Aldridge Mr For Greymouth - McGowan Mr Steerage 6 And 11 Chinese for the Coast
April 7 - A & A Co's MSS Mongol, 2262 tons, Flamank, for Kandavu, via Lyttelton and other ports. Driver, Stewart & Co, agents.
Passengers: For Liverpool - Moore C G For Ireland - Coleman Rev Father For San Francisco - Donald Mr Duncan Mr, Mrs, Misses (4) and Masters (5) Forster Mr Guthrie Mr and Mrs, John, Miss and Master Hancock Mr and Mrs and 2 children Jeffrey Mr Moody Mr And 1 in the steerage For Lyttelton - Foster Mr Smith Mr For Wellington - Cullen Mr Dowse Mr Stuart Rev Dr For Auckland - Crowhurst Mr For Kandavu - 1 in the steerage
(Page 13 - Cable Telegram London, March 25th The body of Dr Livingstone has
arrived at Aden, en route for England)
Otago Witness 11 April 1874, Page 26 Select Poetry
Growing Up
Oh to keep them still around us, baby darlings, fresh and pure,
"Mothers" smile their pleasures crowning, "mother's" kiss their sorrows cure;
Oh to keep the waxen touches, sunny curls, and radiant eyes,
Pattering feet, and eager prattle - all young life's lost Paradise!
One bright head above the other, tiny hands that clung and clasped,
Little forms, that close enfolding, all of Love's best gifts were grasped;
Sporting in the summer sunshine, glancing round the winter hearth;
Bidding all the bright world echo with their fearless, careless mirth.
Oh to keep them; how they gladdened all the path from day today,
With gay dreams we fashioned of them, as in rosy sleep they lay;
How each broken word was welcomed, how each struggling thought was hailed,
As each bark went floating seaward, love-bedecked and fancy-sailed!
Gliding from our jealous watching, gliding from our clinging hold,
Lo! the brave leaves bloom and burgeon; lo! the shy sweet buds unfold;
Fast to lip, and cheek, and tresses steals the maiden's bashful joy;
Fast' the frank bold man's assertion tones the accents of the boy.
Neither love nor longing keeps them; soon in other shape than ours
Those young hands will seize their weapons, build their castles, plant their
flowers;
Soon a fresher hope will brighten their dear eyes we trained to see;
Soon a closer love than ours in those wakening hearts will be.
So It is, and well it is so; fast the river nears the main,
Backward yearnings are but idle; dawning never glows again;
Blow and sure the distance deepens, slow and sure the links are rent;
Let us pluck our autumn roses, with their sober bloom content.
Otago Witness 18 April 1874, Page 16
April 12 - Himalaya, ship 1008 tons, Friston, from London,
December 18. H J Gibbs & Co, agents.
Passengers: King Mrs and Miss Kinty Mr Lawson Mr May Mr Murphy Mr and Miss Osborne Mr Parker Mr Peach Mr And 10 steerage
April 12 - Otago, ss, 642 tons, McLean, from Melbourne, via Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols & Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: Bannerman Mrs Begg C Burfield Mrs and Miss Decarle Mr and Mrs, Misses (2) and Master Fairclough Mr Ibbotson Mr McNaughton Mr Mong Long Morris Mr Munro Mr Proudfoot Mr Robertson Rev Mr Smith Miss Soutter Mr And 21 in the steerage
Hopeful, barque, 332 tons, Luly, from Mauritius. Dalgety,
Nichols & Co, agents. Passengers: 350 Chinese
Alhambra, ss, 487 tons, Sinclair, from Melbourne, via Coast Ports.
Dalgety, Nichols & Co, agents.
Passengers: Allan Mrs and family Ancell Mr Broadbent Mr Horner Mrs Orr Mr Pierce Mr Reid Mr and Mrs Smith Mr Stamper Mr Webb Miss And 11 in the steerage
Durham, ship, 998 tons, Sexton, from London, Jan 13th. Bright Bros, agents. Saloon
Passengers: Sexton Mrs 2nd Cabin - Cowling Mr Davis Mr Wagstaff Mr
Departures
April 11 - Otago, ss, 646 tons, McLean, for Melbourne, Lyttelton
and Coast Ports. Dalgety, Nichols & Co, agents.
Passengers: For Lyttelton - Beale Mr Gillies Mr For Wellington - Gloag Captain For Melbourne - Jackson Mr Stevenson Mr and Mrs and child 5 steerage for all ports and 120 Chinese for Hokitika
Alhambra, ss, 487 tons, Sinclair, for Melbourne via Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols & Co, agents.
Passengers: For Bluff - Arthur Mr Cameron Mr De Beer Mr Modison Mr Pollock Mr Robertson Mr And 8 steerage For Melbourne - Caffin Mr Cooper Mr Dow Mr and Mrs Hawden Mrs and daughter Jacobs Mrs and 2 Children Lewis Miss Moore Rev Mr and Mrs Ode Mr Orr Mr Palmer Mr and son And 17 steerage
Arrival of the ship Himalaya
The signal "A ship to the southward" was made at the Heads early on Sunday
morning and soon afterwards the steamer Geelong proceeded outside, and
half-an-hour before noon returned with the long-expected Himalaya
in tow. The latter having powder on board anchored at the Powder Ground, where
she was boarded by the Customs and Harbour authorities, and members of the
Press. She looked travel stained in the extreme, and bore marks of fierce
encounter with the elements - her foretopgallant mast being down, whilst the
head of her foretopmast and the heel of the maintopmast were both fished. This
is the Himalaya's first visit to this port. She is a fine-looking
1000 ton ship, and flies the house flag of Shaw, Savill, and Co, who, however,
have not long owned her, having purchased her for this trade only a few mouths
ago from her former owners G T Tiser and Co of London.
Arrival of the Durham
The signal of a ship to the northward, and then others for a pilot and a tug to
proceed to the Heads, were made on Tuesday afternoon and responded to and in due
time the Geelong returned with the ship Durham in tow.
Having 18 tons of powder on board, the Durham was anchored at the lower
end of the powder ground and was there boarded by all those who had immediate
business with her. She is a fine looking iron ship of 993 tons register, and
although not a stranger to New Zealand waters, having traded to Auckland, is on
her first visit to this port. She belongs to Messrs Temperly, Carter, and Duke,
the firm which owns the Warwick, and comes here consigned to Messrs Bright
Brothers. The dimensions of the Durham are -Length 198 feet; beam 33
feet; depth of hold 21 feet. She has superior saloon accommodation, and, taking
her throughout, is a sightly well-appointed vessel. Her commander is Captain
Sexton. The Durham has had what may be termed a fair weather passage of 91 days
duration. She brings a full general cargo, and only four passengers.
Otago Witness 18 April 1874, Page 26
Select Poetry
For those at Sea
Two little mischievous, curly patea,
From d 'wny pillows starting,
Out of the darkness leap upright.
Into the moonbean's treak of white,
The cradle curtains parting;
And "Mother! mother!" the children cry,
"Come and sing us a lullaby."
"What shall I sing to you, babies mine?
The waves have drowned my singing -
Ever they ring so loud and strong,
Ever repeat the same sad song,
A weary burthen bringing -
A burthen of brave men cast away,
And storm-tost wrecks on the ocean spray.
"Listen, oh! listen, my small, sweet son.
My Robin fearless-hearted:
Summer and winter both are sped,
And mother's hopes are nigh to dead
For one so lone: departed.
Oh ! pray, my darling, pray to-night
That God will guide that wanderer right,
"Dear little wandering, wide blue eyes!
"What is my Robin saying?" -
"Mother, father will soon come back;
Cherubs aloft take care of Jack,
And keep him from de'aying;
He said so when he last was here," -
"Oh, baby! but our hearts to cheer,
"And but to make our spirits light,
And stay our tears from flowing.
The cherubs that our sailors guard,
The cherubs that keep watch and ward,
Are prayers to Heaven going -
Prayers wrung from hearts pierced thro' with pain;
God send they be not poured in vain!
"Fold your hands, little Robin, in mine,
And softly say with mother,
"God keep my father safe at sea,
And bring him home again to me,
And to my baby-brother.
Fierce is the wild wind and fierce the wave,
Please God take care of my father brave."
"What, baby too must repeat it now!
I thought my lamb was sleeping.
But hark! yon boom from harbour bar,
The deep-toned warning wafted far!
Our God his word is keeping.
And safe in port, his home in sight.
Your father keeps his watch to-night!"
Otago Witness 25 April 1874, Page 16
Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
April 17 - Freetrader, barque, 206 tons, Miles, from Hobart Town,
April 9th. G F Reid, agent.
Passengers: Barker Miss Barton Miss Clark Mrs Digney Mr Dyer Mr and Mrs Fowler Mr King Mr and Mrs Miles Mrs Salaver Mrs Winter Mrs and child And 46 in the steerage
Trial trip of the South Cross
On January 21 the fine new screw-steamier Southern Cross, built by Mr J
Eltringham, South Shields, for the New Zealand and Australia trade, went to sea
for her trial trip previous to sailing for Newcastle, New South Wales. The
Southern Cross measures 140 feet in length, and is propelled by a pair of
surface-condensing engines, 50-horse-power nominal and 200 horse-power
effective. The vessel was taken for a run to the eastward for the purpose of
adjusting compasses, after which a run was taken from the buoy at the Tyne to
the buoy opposite to Sutherland Harbour, and a mean speed of nine knots was
obtained, which, considering that the steamer was heavily-laden, was considered
highly satisfactory to all on board.
The Argus of the 7th inst. reports as follows: "Captain Graham, of the
Cingalese, which arrived in port yesterday from Liverpool, gives the
following account of five men having been found at sea in an open boat, and
picked up by the Kate Carnie: 'The Cingalese on the 1st February, in 33
deg. 51min W, sighted the barque Kate Carnie bound to Hong Kong,
and on coming within hailing distance Captain Wilson, of the Kate Carnie, asked
Captain Graham if he would relieve him of three out of five men that he had
shortly before picked up, as he had not sufficient water on board to last him
the voyage if obliged to keep the whole of the men in his vessel. This was
acceded to. Captain Wilson of the Kate Carnie then sent his chief officer
on board the Cingalese, with the following men: William Weston of
Manchester, aged 30; John Johnston of Dungarvan, aged 21; Richard Newton of
Preston, aged 19. They were engaged as seamen on board the ship Laura,
under the Costa Rica flag, bound from Valparaiso to Monte Video. When out 55
days the crew had to abandon the Laura, as she was in a sinking state,
and they took to the boats to save their lives. Those rescued by the Kate
Carnie were in their boat seven or eight days before they were picked up.
The other boats, two in number, were not seen by those saved by the Kate
Carnie beyond the second night after the men left the Laura. An
investigation will be held into the matter, when fuller particulars will
probably be elicited. We shrewdly suspect that the above relates to the men who
were said to have mutinied on board the barque Satsuma,
particulars of which occurrence were brought here by the ship Trevelyan.
There is prima faeie evidence to support such a conclusion. The mutiny of the
Satsuma happened on the 29th January, in lat 31 south, long. 24 west,
and three days afterwards the boat was picked up by the Kate Carnie,
close to lat. 33.51 south, long. 21.51 W. But the report of the Satsuma
states that six men left her, whilst only five were picked up. "What became of
the 6th man was, he eaten by the others? The yarn about the voyage from
Valparaiso to Monte Video is very like a whale. The boat was found too far to
the eastward for that, quite 30 degrees east of Monte Video. Is is not at all
probable that vessel would have been blown so far out of her course, whilst in
open boat could not make a great deal of headway in 8 days, unless favoured by
exceptional weather and winds.
Otago Witness 2 May 1874, Page 16
Shipping Port Chalmers Arrivals
April 25 - William Davie, ship, Rankin, from London, January 14th, via
Bluff, April 23rd. Cargills and McLean, agents. Passengers:
4 steerage
April 27 - Asia, ship, 1445 tons, McMillan, from London via Cork.
A C Begg, agent. Saloon Passengers: Mr Hare and 389½ statute adult
immigrants,
nominated, free.
April 28 - Tararua, ss, Clark, from Melbourne, via the West Coast
and Wellington. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Apes Mr Bennett Mr Captain Mr Cullen Mr Haines Mrs Hamilton Mr Hughes Mrs Jackson Mr Johnston Rev Mr Kaka Mr Macnamara Miss Marks Mrs Orbin Mr Polki Mr and Mrs Polki Miss Rankin Mr And 13 in the steerage
Omeo, ss, 605 tons, Calder, from Melbourne, via Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Anderson Mr Blythe Mr Dalgety Mr Donaldson Mr Eskdale Mr Fane Mr Paterson Mr Price Miss G Richards Mr Rowe Mrs and family Roxby Mr And 15 in the steerage
Departures
April 24 - Tokatea, barque, 805 tons, McKinnon, for Sydney. Neill and Co,
agents. Passengers: 9 second class and 20 original Chinese
April 26 - Warwick, ship, 1005 tons, Skinner, for London. Russell,
Ritchie and Co, agents.
Passengers: Hogg Mrs and 3 children Lawrie Mr Miller Mrs Ross Mrs, 3 children and servant Skinner Mrs and 3 children Tilford Mr And 16 second cabin
April 29 - Tararua, ss, Clark, for Melbourne, via Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Melbourne - Beaver Mr De Beer Mr Gellibrand Mr Gordon Mr Logan Mr Lowe Mr McNaughton Dr May Miss Stonehan Miss And 26 steerage For Bluff - Ambridge Miss Beatie Mr and Mrs Deek Mrs, 2 children and servant Howden Mr Mays Mrs Moffatt Mr and Mrs and child Price Mr Sykes Mr Tenage Mr And 4 steerage
Otago Witness 9 May 1874, Page 16
Shipping Port Chalmers
No Arrivals
Departures
May 2 - Carnatic, ship, 871 tons, Moon, for London. A C Begg,
agent. Passengers:
Cassells Mr and Mrs Gibb Dr Johnston Mr Stephenson Mrs G And 3 steerage
Otago Witness 9 May 1874, Page 26 Select Poetry
Advice
He has told you the same old story,
Told ever anew by wooers -
The story of pure devotion,
Unchanging while life endures -
This passionate, palpitating,
Persistent lover to yours....
Otago Witness 16 May 1874, Page 16
Shipping Port Chalmers Arrivals
May 8 - Cyphrenes, R M ss, 1279 tons, Wood, from Kandavu via
Auckland and coast ports. Driver, Stewart and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: Arkell Mr Carruthers Mr Gloag Mr Hackworth Mr Higginson Mr Jackson Mr McKenzie Mr Nelson Mr Spencer C Williams Mr And five steerage
May 10 Albion, ss, 591 tons, Underwood, from Melbourne, via Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Atkinson Mr Burke Mr Haldie Rev Mr Harper Mr Hart Mr Hill Mr Keay Mrs Wood Mrs and child And 20 in the steerage
Alhambra, ss, 487 tons, Sinclair, from Melbourne, via the West Coast and Lyttelton. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Coleman Captain and Mrs Geddes Mr Hutton Mr Lewis Mr Muir Mrs and Miss Smyth Mr Todd Mr And 15 in the steerage
Departures
May 8 - Cyphrenes, RM s, 1279 tons, Wood, for Kandavu via coast
ports.
Saloon Passengers: For Wellington - Belmont Mr Edwards Rev Archdeacon Nevill Right Rev Bishop and Mrs Williamson Mr For Auckland - Clarkson Mr and Mrs Fergusson Mrs and 3 Children Taylor Miss Willoughby Mrs and 2 children For San Francisco - Clayton Mr S Second cabin: Rianson Mr Ritchie J Ross Mr For Liverpool - Stewart Mr For Napier - Four steerage
May 11 - Omeo, ss, 605 tons, Calder, for Melbourne, via Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Bluff - Beetham Mr Gloar Mr Jackson Mr McKeord Mr Turton Mr For Melbourne - Campbell Mrs and 4 children Townsend Mr And 13 steerage
Albion ss, 501 tons, Underwood, for Melbourne, via Lyttelton and Coast Ports. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Lyttelton - Dank Mr Foster Mr Hart Mr Nicolls Mr And 1 steerage For Wellington - Calcutt Mr Gillies Mr And 1 steerage For Melbourne - Webb Mr And 1 steerage
Alhambra, ss, 487 tons, Sinclair, for Melbourne, via Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Melbourne - Albertie Mrs Anderson Mr Bell Mr Blair Mr Coombe Mr Lillon Mr and Mrs Nelson Mr O'Brien Mr Webb Mrs Welsh Mr Wilson Mrs and 2 children Ziele Mrs And 4 steerage For Bluff - Brunton Mrs Cook Miss Petrie Mr And 1 steerage
Otago Witness 16 May 1874, Page 25
Select Poetry
Old Letters
Untie the knot that binds, and set them free -
Old line-worn records of the past we'll see;
Scatter them wide, and we will read them o'er,
They will recall the friends we loved of yore.
Here is an answer to some words we spoke,
And here we smile at some remembered joke;
And here some memory of childhood's home -
Ah! how we trusted in the joys to come.
This speaks of sickness and of anxious fear,
Soiled here and there with the fast-falling tear.
Then the black border, and the anguished tone,
Telling of happiness for ever gone.
The border narrows, and the grief seems past -
Perhaps 'tis well such sorrow should not last;
And yet almost with scorn aside we fling
These tokens of the change that time can bring.
Is it the dead alone we thus forget?
See, here a packet all unopened yet,
Breathing of love, repeating each fond vow -
Alas! how carelessly we read them now!
Perhaps we see, as o'er the page we glance,
Some name that then was merely one of chance;
Yet that name since we've blotted out with tears -
It came between us and the hopes of years.
Here the thin paper speaks of foreign clime,
The faint ink telling of the lapse of time;
Longings therein for sight of English shore;
Here the announcement that they come no more.
And now a letter hard to understand,
All blurred and blotted by a childish hand;
Yet how we prized it in the years gone by! -
And now refold it with a gentle sigh.
So pure that memory, so free from pain,
The simple baby-words come back again;
We treasure grains of love thus early sown,
For little of the harvest is our own.
And now we come to lines of grateful love,
Written in sickness, striving still to prove,
Though weak the hand, the heart with hope was fed;
Now hand and heart are numbered with the dead.
Worthless old letters may be, foolish, vain -
Yet we will keep them. Tie the knot again.
Lay them aside. O visions of past years,
My heart beats high, mine eyes are moist with tears.
Otago Witness 23 May 1874, Page 16
Shipping Port Chalmers
No Arrivals
Departures
May 19 - Margaret Galbraith, ship, 841 tons, Peebles, for London.
Cargills and McLean, agents.
2nd Cabin Passengers: Callender Mr Jenkins Mr Lyon Mr McIndoe Mr McLeod Mr McMorron Mr Robertson Mrs and child Wallace Mr and two sons
Otago Witness 23 May 1874, Page 18
Telegram Wellington, May 14th
A telegram from the Agent-General, dated May 4th, announces that during April
the following emigrant ships sailed for the Colony :- The Miltiades,
for Auckland, with 780 souls (but this number seems to be too large for one
vessel) ; the Winchester, for Napier, with 400 ; Euterpe
and Conflict, for Wellington, with 840 ; Hereford
and Monarch, for Lyttelton, with. 990; Caroline,
Sussex, and Peter Denny for Port Chalmers, with 1200 ; Garlick,
for the Bluff, with 300 ; Adamant, for Nelson, with 330.
Otago Witness 23 May 1874, Page 25
Select Poetry
Love's Exchange
"O give me your heart, dearest Nelly," said I,
As we strolled by the smooth-flowing river -
"O give me your heart, or I'm sure I shall die,
And remorse will possess you for ever!...
Otago Witness 30 May 1874, Page 16
Shipping Port Chalmers Arrivals
May 22 - Otago, ss, 642 tons, McLean, from Melbourne, via Bluff.
Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: Barton Mr Brown Mr Doun Mr Foggerty Mrs Jinck Mr Jones Mr Leggett Mr Lowe Mr McEwen Miss McKenzie Mr Oare Mrs Solaman Miss Trewern Mrs Wilton Mr And 48 in the steerage
Claud Hamilton, ss, 570 tons, Bawden, from Melbourne, via Coast Ports. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: From Melbourne - Brough Mr and Mrs Coastwise - Ballantine Mr and Mrs Harris Dr Harris Mr and Mrs Morrison Mr Morrow Miss Nichols Mr Rentle Mr Wood Mr And 12 in the steerage
May 24 - James Nicol Fleming, ship, 992 tons, Peacock, from London, February 18th. Russell, Ritchie and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: Fulton G Fulton W Nicoll Rev Mr Waites Mr And 302 statute adults, immigrants
Halli Bayley, schooner, 113 tons, Harrison, from Hobart Town. W
and G Turnbull, agents. Passengers: 3 steerage
May 27 - Southern Cross, barque, 324 tons, from Hobart Town, May
9th. Guthrie and Larnach, agents.
Saloon Passengers: Barwin Mr and Mrs and two children Button Mr Hatch Mr Johnston Mr Jowler Mrs and two children Murphy Miss Watkins Mrs And 6 in steerage
Departures
May 23 - Claud Hamilton, ss, Bawdon, for Melbourne, via Bluff.
Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: Du Cane Governor and suite McFee Mr and Mrs Byrne Mr And 22 steerage
May 24 - Otago, ss, 640 tons, John McLean, for Melbourne, via Coast Ports. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: For Lyttelton - Fielding Mr Ostler Mr Robertson Mr For Wellington - Holmes Hon Mr Murray Mr Tolmie Mr For Melbourne - Farr Mrs Forlong Mrs Handyside Mr Swanston Mr And 4 steerage
Arrival of The James Nicol Fleming
Our old acquaintance, the ship James Nicol Fleming put in a welcome
appearance on Sunday forenoon, after a passage of 95 days from the East India
Docks. She reached the Heads before noon yesterday and was there delivered over
to the tug Geelong which had gone out to meet her, and soon towed her to the
anchorage off Port Chalmers. This proceeding was of course consequent upon the
gratifying condition of the large number of free and nominated emigrants she
brings out. Not one case of serious sickness occurred during the passage, which
happy exemption from the most dreaded of the contingencies that beset the path
of emigrants is in a great measure to be attributed to the care exercised in
keeping the ship clean, and in preserving good order amongst her passengers. The
Fleming was towed right through the shipping, and moored off the end of the
Railway Pier, but before she had reached so far, she was boarded by Mr Monson,
the General Government Emigration Officer, and by Capt, Thomson, on behalf of
the Board of Health. The
immigrants have arrived in good health, and appeared to
be rather above the average. They were well spoken of by the captain, doctor,
and matron.
Grave charges were brought against the Surgeon.
Superintendent, Dr Freeman, by the passengers. A petition signed by nearly 60 of
the married men was presented to the Captain on March 23rd, its purport being a
request that the Captain would take the control of the immigrants, the Doctor
being neglectful, and also given to drunkenness. The single men also made a
written complaint to the Captain about the condition of one of their number
named Huntly Burke, who had been lying ill some time, and yet the Doctor had
refused to put him in hospital. We readily give publication to these matters,
deeming it to be of the utmost importance to the cause of immigration that only
the most capable and thoroughly respectable medical men should be appointed to
take charge of emigrants.
The J. N. Fleming was fitted up in the usual manner. There were hospitals and
the dispensary, a commodious galley, and a Chapman's condenser that was reported
to have worked well, and was capable of producing 500 gallons of fresh water per
day.
The ship left the East India Docks on Feb. 18th, and took a last departure from
the Start on the 25th. The Equator was crossed on the 19th, in long. 25.47; The
meridian of Greenwich was passed on the 10th of April, in lat. 37.18 S and the
meridian of the Cape on the 13th of April. Next day the breeze failed, and
hauled to the SE and on the 10th blew a strong gale, that was attended by a very
low glass - the mercury having fallen to 28.70. The gale continued until the
18th, and during its height Mrs Tinson, one of the emigrants, gave birth to a
stillborn child. After the gale the wind veered to the westward, and held there
until the 25th, when it went into SE again and blew up another gale, during
which the ship head reached under the three lower topsails. Another birth also
happened - Mrs Bragg being confined of a daughter; and both did well. This gale
was succeeded by the steady westerlies, and the ship commenced to knock off her
easting in good style, and ran it down in about the 45th parallel. On the 4th
March a second sea-born youngster made her appearance - the wife of Mr Hailiday
being safely delivered of a fine little girl. On the 8th May the ship crossed
the meridian of the Leuwin, and experienced a change of wind of short duration
to SE. The breeze then backed to west, and freshed to a severe gale, before
which the Fleming ran under lower fore and main topsails. A heavy sea got up,
and the glass fell to 28.20. It was during this gale that the only mishap to the
ship occurred. She was, bowling along at eleven-knot speed and rolled heavily at
times; and shortly after midnight of the 8th - which makes the date the 9th of
May - she gave a tremendous lurch to starboard and at the same time struck
something with a force that produced a startling concussion fore and aft. It was
at first supposed she had run hit a piece of floe ice, but Captain Peacock
afterwards concluded that it was a piece of wreck. But, whatever it was, the
ship suffered considerably. She received the blow on the tore part of the
starboard fore rigging. Two of the plates and one part of the main bulwarks were
stove in; 20 feet of the mainsail was split; and 15 feet of the topgallant
bulwark carried away. A couple of sheets of her copper were were also torn off,
and one of the diagonal plates supporting the deck-house was bent. The ship
passed on without striking a second time, and hence it is inferred that it was
wreckage which she encountered. The gale broke at daylight, and thence until the
Snares were sighted on the 19th May. The Fleming arrives in splendid trim, she
is flying light. Of the statute adults she has on board 36 are single women.
Otago Witness 30 May 1874, Page 25
Select Poetry
In Liquor
A mouse one day on frolic bent,
About a brewery roaming,
Into a beer-butt sudden went,
And called, with sighs and groaning,
Unto a cat which passed that way,
'Though to its sight most hateful,
"Sweet puss, come lift me out, I pray,
And I'll prove ever grateful!"
"How would it help you in the least,"
Replied Grimalkin, grinning,
"When I at once should on you feast -
And where would be the sinning?"
"And better so than here to drown,
Dear puss - so help me speedy,
And I'll to you my life lay down,
And will not call you greedy."
Quick, quick, or you will be too late!
I perish, I am freezing!"
Puss helped him out; but, luckless fate,
The beer fumes set her sneezing.
The mouse she dropped, which sped away,
And in its hole safe nestled;
Puss, disappointed of her prey,
With craft and anger wrestled.
"Come from that hole," she cried, "and roam
With me in regions upper."
"Excuse me, puss, I'll keep at home -
So seek elsewhere your supper."
"You cheating rascal, think, oh, think,
You promised I should cat you
If I would help you; now you shrink -
Come out, let me entreat you."
"I know I promised," mousie said,
"Yet wonder not nor bicker,
For when the promise it was made
You know I was ' in liquor.' "
Otago Witness, 6 June 1874, Page 18
Bluff, May 29th. The s.s. Alhambra left Melbourne at 2 p.m. on the 23rd. and
arrived at the Bluff at 8.33 a.m. to-day. She brings 14 saloon and 22 steerage
passengers, and 350 tons of cargo for all ports. She sails for Dunedin at 4 p.m.
Saloon passengers — Mears Miss Daverie Mrs Anderson Mrs Hall Mr J. Anderson, J. Mr Clark Mr Esther Mr Beaver Mr Salomon Mr Watkin Mr Hall Masters Alfred and Oliver eleven in the steerage, and 230 tons of cargo.
Otago Witness 6 June 1874, Page 16
Shipping Port Chalmers Arrivals
May 29 - Buckinghamshire, ship, 1406 tons, Harland, from London,
March 8th, Matheson Bros, agents. Passengers:
Mrs Bristowe
And 505 free and nominated
immigrants
Janet Court, ship 908 tons, Crawford, from Glasgow, February 25th.
Cargills and McLean, agents. Passengers:
275 free and nominated
immigrants
Saloon Passengers: Russell Mr D and Mrs Wade Mr F and Mrs Hale Mrs J and Master (2) Anderson Mrs Mears Miss Tulloch Mr and child Bendall Mr Grant Mr Soloman Mr Clarke Mr Watkins Mr Esther Mr Stevens Sergeant-major And 17 steerage
May 31 - RMSS City of Adelaide, 824 tons, Brown, from Kandavu via coast ports. Driver, Stewart and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: From San Francisco - Barr Mr and Mrs From Auckland - Sprott Mrs From Wellington - Bell Mr Gillis Mr Calcutt Mr Hunter Mr From Lyttelton - McNeil Mr Woods Mr Turnbull Mr Dunk Mr Tolmie Mr Holmes Mr And 4 steerage
Departures
May 30 - Helen Burns, ship, Malcolm, for London. Russell, Ritchie
and Co, agent
Saloon Passengers: Burns Mr and Mrs and 9 children And 2 in the steerage
June 2 - Alhambra, ss, 487 tons, Sinclair, for Melbourne, via Coast Ports. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Lyttelton - Parr Mr Joiner Mr For Hokitika - Hart Mr And 4 in the steerage for sundry ports
RMSS City of Adelaide, 824 tons, Brown, for Kandavu via Coast Ports. Driver, Stewart and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: For Liverpool - Sutton Mr G For Kandavu - Nixon Mr A And 6 in the steerage For Lyttelton - Amos Mr and Miss Grey Miss Burns Mr De Bourbel Mr And 1 in the steerage For Wellington - Reynolds Hon Mr Campbell Hon R Dawson Mr Crawford Mr For Napier - Rich Mrs Gardiner Mr Small Mr For Auckland - Atkinson Major For San Francisco - 2 in the steerage
Arrival of The Buckinghamshire
As soon as tide served on Friday, 20th ult, the ship Buckinghamshire was
towed in from the Heads and anchored off Carey's Bay, There was no stopping by
the way, the ship having a thorough clean bill of health, and the tenor to that
effect of her way bill received the most conclusive endorsement by the
appearance of the very large number of immigrants whom she has brought here. The
Buckinghamshire is a fine ship of 1466 tons register, commanded by
Captain Robert Harland, a veteran seaman, who is not a total stranger to these
waters, having paid Dunedin a visit on the second year after the foundation of
the Province. The ship he now commands is owned by Messrs O. Marshall and Sons,
of London, and was chartered for the present voyage by Messrs Shaw, Savill and
Co, and comes here consigned to Messrs Matheson Bros. She is a handsome iron
vessel, suitable in every respect for the conveyance of immigrants, having
lofty, well-lighted and well-ventilated 'tween decks, and a roomy main deck. She
is pierced for side scuttles in the 'tween decks and is capitally appointed
throughout. Her dimensions are length over all 238 ft; beam 37ft; depth of hold
23ft. She brings a large cargo, much of it being dead weight, which accounts for
her trim. She lies rather deep in the water, her draught being 22ft aft.
She has 505 immigrants on board, classified as follows:
Adults - Males 234; females 114
Children, aged from 1 to 12 years - Males 69; females 66.
Infants - Males 12; females 10.
The number of statute adults is 415½.
Dr Ingram Welsh is the surgeon superintendent in charge of the immigrants, and
Mrs Poster is the matron. We may observe that the latter was appointed to the
post after the ship sailed. Thirty females were under her special control - not
all spinstors, three of them being widows with families. The single men numbered
178, and appeared hale and hearty and inclined to put their shoulders to the
wheel in the new country they have come to. Work, work, give us work, was the
cry, and a shout of exultation arose when they were informed that no hands ready
to work need be idle bore. All the immigrants were favourably spoken of by the
captain, doctor, and matron.
There were only 4 deaths; one of them was almost a still-born child. Of the
others, Mrs Dowling died of heart disease on the 30th April; Mrs Leddington's
little girl died of diarrhoea on the 6th inst, and Mrs Scott's little boy aged 2
years died of hydrocephalus on a later date.
The former reports that the ship left the Downs on March 11th and passed Start
Point on the 12th, that being her departure. … On 27th May land was sighted at
the Snares and on the afternoon of the 28th the ship arrived at Otago Heads and
anchored.
Otago Witness 13 June 1874, Page 16
Shipping Port Chalmers Arrivals
June 7 - Tararua, ss, 529 tons, Clark, from Melbourne, via the West Coast
and Lyttelton. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: Nevill The Bishop of Dunedin and Mrs Steele Mr and Mrs and 3 children Dunk Mrs Richmond Miss Edward Rev Mr Caddiford Mr McLellan Mr Gwynneth Mr Gallagher Mr Mackay Mr Bouttoron Mr McCaughlan Mr Wood Mr And 4 in the steerage
June 8 - Albion, ss, Underwood, from Melbourne, via Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Gibbs Mr and Mrs and servant Evans Mr and Mrs Mirams Mr and Mrs and 2 children Mirams Miss Joyce Miss Hine Miss O'Dea Miss Wilson Rev Mr Logan Captain Matthewman Mr DeBeer Mr Bell Mr Ross Mr Quinlan Mr Pell Mr And 25 steerage
Harriet Armitage, barque, 233 tons, Mailler, from Newcastle, May 21st. H Houghton and Co, agents.
Passengers: Thomas Mrs Thomas Misses (3) Thomas Mr and Master Lomberg Mrs And 4 steerage
June 8 - Atrato, ss, 2051 tons, Husband, from Plymouth, April
5th. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: 159 free and nominated immigrants (Saloon Passenger listed)
Arrival of the Atrato
Departures
June 5 - Undine, ship, 796 tons, Vowell, for Hong Kong, Calvert and
Campbell, agents. Cabin Passengers: Six Chinese
Steerage: 27 Chinese
June 6 - Dallam Tower, ship, 1409 tons, Davies, for London. Begg,
agent. Passengers: 13 second class
June 8 - Tararua, ss, 530 tons, Clarke, for Melbourne via Bluff.
Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Melbourne - Russell Theweueli and Master Robson Mr Roxby Mr Ziele Mr Muller Mr Dripps Mr Stalte Mr And 3 steerage For Bluff - Bergren Dr Goodow Mr and Mrs
June 8 - Albion, ss, 591 tons, Underwood, for Melbourne via the coast. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Lyttelton - Ayers Mr Murdoch Mr For Wellington - Winter Mr and Mrs, child and servant For Melbourne - Lundon Mr And 4 steerage for all ports
Otago Witness, 6 June 1874, Page 18
Wellington, May 28th.
During the rough weather yesterday the Tahitian barque Cheviot put
in here with loss of mast topmast in a gale, five days out from Newcastle. She
is bound for Otago coal laden, and has been forty days out. On arrival she had
not a single boat left, and could not communicate with the shore until the
Customs boat went off. She will refit here. Her passengers are — Mrs Jenkenson,
Misses Jenkenson (4), Messrs Jenkenson (3), and Andrew Watson.
Otago Witness 20 June 1874, Page 16
Shipping Port Chalmers Arrivals
June 16 - William Gifford, barque, 250 tons, Gibbs, from New York.
A Briscoe and Co, agents.
Passengers: Wilson Mrs and Miss Wilson A Wilson A B Wilson J B
Lady of the Lake, ss, 61 tons, from Port Molyneux. G F Reid, agent.
Passengers: Russell Captain Moffett Mr
June 18 - Frances, barque, 704 tons, Loring, from Boston, via
Melbourne June 2. Bates, Sise and Co, agents. Passenger:
Mr Chipman
No Departures
Otago Witness 20 June 1874, Page 17 Marriage
Engel - Sass: On the 10th June, at St Luke's Church, Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand,
by the Rev A Gifford, Karl Wilhelm N Engel, of Germany, also of Bendigo, to Mary
Ann Sass, relict of Frederick Sass, of Canterbury, New Zealand, and eldest
daughter of Anthony Young, of Dalston, London. Australian and other papers
please copy.
Death:
Howell: On the 25th May, at Sydney, NSW, John Howell of Fairlight Station,
Kingston, Lake Wakatipu, aged 64 years.
Otago Witness 20 June 1874, Page 21 Prospectus
Wm Fraser, of Strode and Fraser, runholders
J Logan, runholder
Walter Miller, runholder
J A Connell, of Connell and Moodie
W D Stewart, barrister
M Price, Dunedin
J S Webb, Webb and Fulton
J Brown, senr
C R Chapman, barrister
The Hon James Paterson
W Gellibrand, runholder
D F Main, Barrister-at-Law
W J Burton, Burton Bros
J R Jones, Harbour Steam Company
Charles Zeile, Rattray street
James Hazlett, merchant, Clyde
John Reid, Elderslie, Oamaru
Robert Gillies, Gillies and Street
Donald Reid, MHR
C R Howden, distiller, Cumberland street
Charles Reid, Princes street
R. Glendining, Ross and Glendining
Dr Edward Hulme
John Douglas, runholder,Mount Royal
J T Wright, Wright, Stephenson and Co.
G F Reid, Stafford street
R Paterson, Paterson and M'Leod
R M Robertson, distiller, Rattray street
James Shand, MPC
Wm Barron, Barron, Grant and Co
Wm Park, Park and Curie
George Elliot Barton, Barrister-at-Law
W D Murison, Editor Daily Times
Charles De V Teschemaker, runholder, Taipo, Oamaru
David Proudfoot, railway contractor
Horace Bastings, MPO
W North, North and Scoullar
Hugh M'Neil, Briscoe and Co
John Bathgate, RM.
E B Cargill, Cargills and McLean
H J Walter, Manse street
R K Murray, Rattray stret
James Black, Black and Thomson
Marcus Hume, Dunedin
James Allan, MPC, East Taieri
William Snow, Outram, West Taieri
A J Smyth, contractor
Thomas Birch, merchant
Ed Herbert, Lawrence
Robert Pritchatd, Arrow
Walter Inder, Naseby
M J Malaghan, Queenstown
Job Wain, Manse street
James Fulton, R M
John Scanlan, Scanlan Bros, Princes street
William Kennedy, Rattray street
The Hon John McLean, Redcastle, Oamaru
Edmund Smith, Dunedin Savings Bank
George Proudfoot, railway contractor
C. W. Flexman, wool merchant
John M'Gregor, CE
W H Cutten, late Commissioner of Crown Lands
John Reid, of Corner Bush, Merton
Gilbert Matheson, of Matheson Bros, Dunedin
Henry Orbell, runholder, The River, Waikouaiti
Francis McDiarmid
With power to add to their number
Otago Witness 27 June 1874, Page 7 Prospectus.
James Allan, MPC, East Taieri
William Snow, Outram, West Taieri
A J Smyth, contractor
Thomas Birch, merchant
Ed Herbert, Lawrence
Robert Pritchard, Arrow
Walter Inder, Naseby
M J Malaghan, Queenstown
Job Wain, Manse street
James Fulton, BM
John Scanlan, Scanlan Bros, Princes street
William Kennedy, Rattray street
The Hon John McLean, Redcastle, Oamaru
Edmund Smith, Dunedin Savings Bank
George Proudfoot, railway contractor
C W Flexman, wool merchant
John McGregor, CE
W H Cutten, late Commissioner of Crown Lands
John Reid, of Corner Bush, Merton
Gilbert Matheson, of Matheson Bros, Dunedin
Henry Orbell, runholder, The River, Waikouaiti
Francis McDiarmid, West Taieri
With power to add to their number
Otago Witness 27 June 1874, Page 16
Shipping Port Chalmers Arrivals
June 21 - Otago, ss, 640 tons, McLean, from Melbourne via Bluff.
Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: From Melbourne - Dow Mr and Mrs Monkhouse Mrs and child Jordan Mrs and 2 children Moore Rev Mr McMullen Mr sen Cope Mr White Mr Dick Mr Day Mr Blair Mr Palmer Mr Cooper Mr Patton Mr Paterson Mr Whittingham Mr Beal Mr And 32 steerage From Bluff - Kennasen Mrs Habbitt Mrs Palmer Mr Holmes Mr Smith Mr McMullen Mr jun Young Mr Bergren Mr Lodge Mr Nicholine Mr And 9 steerage
Departures
June 23 - Otago, ss, 640 tons, McLean, for Melbourne, via
Lyttelton and Coast ports. Dalgety, Nichols and Co., agents.
Passengers: For Lyttelton - Hains Mr and Mrs Flint Dr For Wellington - Beetham Mr Bergren Mr Buist Mr For Nelson - De Beer Mr For Greymouth - Monkhouse Mr And 2 steerage For Melbourne - Wright Mr and Mrs, four children and servant Belough Mr McLean Mr Yeats Mr And 3 steerage
Otago Witness 27 June 1874, Page 17 Deaths
Langlands: On the 7th March, at sea, three days' sail from Port Said, of heart
disease, Rodger Langlands, third son of the late Rodger Langlands, Lieutenant
RN. Canterbury papers please copy.
Cuthbert: On the 15th June, at the residence of her son-in-law, Exe street,
Oamaru, Mrs Elizabeth Cuthbert, late of Perth, Scotland, aged 74 years.
Otago Witness 4 July 1874
No shipping
Otago Witness 4 July 1874, Page 13
Prospectus
M. Price, Dunedin
J S Webb, Webb and Fulton
J Brown, senr
C R Chapman, barrister
The Hon James Paterson
W Gellibraud, runholder
D P Main, Barrister-at-Law
W J Burton, Burton Bros
J R Jones, Harbour Steam Company
Charles Zeile, Rattray street
James Hazlettt merchant, Clyde
John Reid, Elderslie, Oamaru
Robert Gillies, Gillies and Street
Donald Reid, MHR
C R Howden, distiller, Cumberland street
Charles Reid, Princes street
E Glendining. Ross and Glendining
Dr Edward Hulme
John Douglas, runholder, Mount Royal
J T Wright, Wright, Stephenson and Co
G F Reid, Stafford street
R. Paterson, Paterson and McLeod
R. M. Robertson, distiller, Rattray street
James Shand, MPC
Wm. Barron, Barron, Grant and Co
Wm Park, Park and Curle
George Elliot Barton, Barrister-at-Law
W D Murison, Editor Daily Times
Charles De V Teschemaker, runholder, Taipo, Oamaru
David Proudfoot, railway contractor
Horace Bastings, MPC
W North, North and Scoullar
Hugh McNeil, Briscoe and Co
John Bathgate, RM
E B Cargill, Cargills and McLean
H J Walter, Manse street
R K Murray, Rattray street
James Black, Black and Thomson
Marcus Hume, Dunedin
James Allan, MPC, East Taieri
William Snow, Outram, West Taieri
A J Smyth, contractor
Thomas Birch, merchant
Ed Herbert, Lawrence
Robert Pritchard, Arrow
Walter Inder, Naseby
M J Malaghan, Queenstown
Job Wain, Manse street
James Pulton, RM
John Scanlan, Scanlan Bros, Princes street
William Kennedy, Rattray street
The Hon John McLean, Redcastle, Oamaru
Edmund Smith, Dunedin Savings Bank
C Flexman, wool merchant
John McGregor, CE
W H Cutten, late Commissioner of Crown Lands
John Reid, of Corner Bush, Merton
Henry Orbell, runholder, The River, Waikouaiti
T A Clowes, of Ashcroft, Spence and Co, Oamaru
Francis McDiarmid, Woodside, West Taieri
Donald Borrie, West Taieri
Joseph Clarke, Victoria and Moa Flat
With power to add to their number.
Otago Witness 11 July 1874, Page 16
Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
July 3 - Albion, ss, 591 tons, Underwood, from Melbourne, via Bluff. Dalgety,
Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Ziele Mr and Mrs Alberti Mrs Fulton Mrs Moore Miss Walstub Miss Handyside Mr Cuthbertson Mr Rose Mr 17 in steerage and 30 for other ports
City of Adelaide, RMSS, 824 tons, Brown, from Kandavu. Driver, Stewart and Co, agents.
Passengers: From Kandavu - Brown Mr, mail agent Crauford Dr Cargill Mr Maitland Mr And 1 in the steerage From Auckland - Clarkson Mr and Mrs and 2 children Atkinson Major Smart Mr And 5 in steerage From Napier - Collidge Mr From Wellington - Kirle Mr and Mrs From Lyttelton - Maitland Mrs Turton Mrs Gonisor Mr Hobday Mr
July 4 - Lady of the Lake, ss, 60 tons, Urquhart, from the Molyneux. G F Reid, agent.
Passengers: Miller Mrs and child Melville Mrs and child
July 5 - Tararua, ss, 520 tons, Clarke, from Melbourne, via West Coast and other ports. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Collier Mr Litchfield Mr Clapcott Mr Budge Mr Quick Mr Brown Mr And 14 in the steerage
July 8 - Hally Bayley, schooner, 113 tons, Harrison, from Hobart Town. W and G
Turnbull and Co, agents. Passengers:
3 steerage
Memento, barque, 464 tons, Ruwald, from Newcastle. Drummond and Watson, agents.
Passengers: Begg Mr and Mrs and 6 children O'Connell Mr
July 9 - Roslin Castle, barque, 644 tons, Miller, from London, March 9th. NZ
Shipping Co, agents. No passengers.
Departures
July 2 - City of Adelaide, RMSS, 824 tons, Brown, for Kandavu, via Auckland and
intermediate ports. Driver, Stewart and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Lyttelton - Bates Mr For Wellington - Bradshaw MHR, Mr and Mrs, 2 children and servant Thomson Mr and Mrs Montgomery Mrs, Miss and Master Moore Mrs and child Copeland 3 children and 2 servants Campbell Honourable R MLC and 2 servants McNeil Mr and son Downey Mr Cohen Mr Bell Mr Murray Mr For Napier - Miller Mrs Webb Mrs Thomson Miss Fordyce Mr Livingstone Mr Blackburn Mr For Auckland - Cowan Mr Hille Mr Gunn A For San Francisco - Calman Mr 4 steerage for coast ports
July 6 - Tararua, ss, Clark, for Melbourne, via Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Wade Mr and Mrs Thorpe Mr and Miss Main Mrs Turnoch Miss Evans Mr Davis Mr Flemings Mr Clarke Mr Watchorn Mr Colledge Mr Dalgety Mr Young Mr Williamson Mr And 12 steerage For Bluff - Richardson Mr and Mrs Moody Mr Weir Mr McLean Mr McArdell Mr Houghton Mr Kerle Mr And 2 steerage
Otago Witness 18 July 1874, Page 16
Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
July 9 - Roslin Castle, barque, 644 tons, Miller, from London, March 9th. NZ
Shipping Co, agents. No passengers.
July 11 - India, barque, Samson, from Launceston. Dalgety, Nichols and Co,
agents. Passengers:
Seymour (2) and two in the steerage
Caroline, ship 984 tons, Clyma, from London, via Queenstown. New Zealand
Shipping Company, agents. Passengers:
300½ statute adults, free and nominated immigrants.
Easby, ss, 969 tons, Shands, from Newcastle. F C Fulton, agent.
Passengers: Fulton Miss Nisderhauser Mademolselle Fulton Mr Brown Mr
July 13 - Hindostan, ship, 1262 tons, White, from London, March 26; Downs, April
7th. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents. Passengers:
344
immigrants, equal to 279 statute adults.
Sword Fish, brigantine, 155 tons, McIntyre, from Hobart Town. G F Reid, agent.
Passengers: Mr
Bagette.
And 4 steerage
July 14 - Cartsburn, ship, 1257 tons, Young, from Glasgow, April 8th. Russell,
Ritchie and Co, agents.
Passengers: Duncan Mr and family Cobham Mr And 404 free and nominated immigrants
Devana, ship, 795 tons, Thompson, from London, April 12th. Bright Bros, agents.
Passengers:
23 second cabin and steerage
Clematis, brig, 249 tons, Johnson, from Geograph Bay, Western Australia. D and G
Proudfoot, agents. Passengers:
6 steerage
Departures
July 11 - James Nicol Fleming, ship, 993 tons, Peacock, for Melbourne. Russell,
Ritchie and Co, agents. 16 passengers.
Otago Witness 18 July 1874, Page 13
Arrival of Home Ships
THE CAROLINE
The first signal made on Sunday morning was that of the Hindostan, when the
Geelong appeared at the Heads with a full-rigged ship in tow. The Steamer
Peninsula, -with the Health and Customs Officers on board, together with Mr C
Allan, Immigration Agent, proceeded down the Harbour to meet her; mid when the
vessels met - and not before - the stranger was ascertained to be the ship
Caroline, from London a long rakish craft, with exceedingly fine ends, good
sheer, and rather high topgallant forecastle and poop. She had three hundred and
forty-eight souls (immigrants) on board, of whom 126 were single women, 78 were
single men, and the balance married people and their families. Reckoned
according to the statute adult standard the immigrants numbered 300½. They were
reported by Dr Fitzgerald to have been quite healthy on the passage. Our
reporter, who was amongst the first to board the ship, heard but a very
indifferent account of the behaviour of a considerable majority of the
passengers during the passage. They were all shipped at Queenstown, and the
single women were selected by that estimable person, Mrs Howard. Out of the 126,
40 came out of the Cork Workhouse and were reported by the captain to be amongst
the best-behaved of the lot. Where the others came from was not known, but that
they were very troublesome was vouched for by the captain and matron and doctor.
The single women's compartment was remarkably clean, and well lit and
ventilated. Indeed each of the compartments were very clean - few ships have
arrived here in more commendable state in this respect than the Caroline. At the
same time, the usual huddling was practised with the married people, and their
compartment was darker than the others. On being asked what they were, the
single men said, "Mostly labourers and pensioners." There were a few mechanics
and artizans amongst them, and one burly looking individual observed with some
pride that he was a ploughman. Of the married people, twelve of the heads of
families were admitted to be pensioners, ie, old soldiers. Taking the Caroline's
immigrants all through, we do not think that the Province is to be congratulated
upon this latent accession to its population. It is high time that Mrs Howard's
useful career was cut short. As we before remarked, the Caroline is a handsome
Ship. She was once one of the African mail steamers, and on being withdrawn from
that service was almost rceonstructed and converted into a first-class merchant
ship, classed for 20 years A1 at Liverpool Lloyd's, and A1 90 at London Lloyd's.
She is owned by Mr H Ellis, of London, and is about 13 years old. The New
Zealand Shipping Company chartered her for the present trip, and made liberal
provision for the comfort and safety of the immigrants. Concerning the passage
out, Captain Clyman reports leaving London on March 25th and met the full force
of the Equinoctial gales in the Channel. Twice she was driven back from the
Start to the Isle of Wight by furious westerly gales, And finally arrived at
Queenstown (Cork) on the 10th April. There she embarked the emigrants, and
sailed on the 14th. Had light and battling winds to the NE Trade, which was met
with on the 4th May, in Int 23½ . Some of the water tanks having leaked, whilst
the condenser broke down badly, the ship was run into S. Vincent, one of the
Cape de Verde Islands, and came to an anchor there on the 7th May. Filled 5000
gallons of water, repaired the condenser, and obtained more material to repair
it in the event of other break-downs occurring. Some more coal for working the
condenser was also obtained. The Caroline lay at St Vincent for 24 hours, then
resumed her voyage.
She ran the coast down with light westerly winds, and reached the Heads and the
Port yesterday, after a fair passage of 89 days.
Otago Witness 18 July 1874, Page 21
Prospectus
H S Fish, junr, Princes street
W M Hodgkins, of Howorth and Hodgkins
R H Leary, High street
J H Harris, solicitor
Wm Fraser, of Strode and Fraser, runholders
J. Logan, runholder
Walter Miller, runholder
J A Connell, of Connell and Moodie
W D Stowart, Barrister
M Price, Dunedin
J S Webb, Webb and Fulton
J Brown, senr
C . Chapman, barrister
The Hon James Paterson
W Gellibraml, runholder
D F Main, Barrister-at-Law
W J Burton, Burton Bros
J R Jones, Harbour Steam Company
Charles Zeile, Rattray street
James Hazlett, merchant, Clyde
John Reid, Elderslie, Oamaru
Robert Gillies, Gillies and Street
Donald Reid, MHR
C R. Howden, distiller, Cumberland street
Charles Reid, Princes street
R. Glendining, Rods and Glendining
Dr Edward Hulme
John Douglas, runholder, Mount Royal
J T Wiight, Wright, Stephenson and Co
G F Reid, Stafford street
R Paterson, Paterson and M'Leod
R M Robertson, distiller, Rattray street
James Shand, MPC
Wm Barron, Barron, Grant and Co
Wm Park, Park and Curie
George Elliot Barton, Barrister-at-Law
W D Murison, Editor Daily Times
Charles De V. Teschemaker, runholder, Taipo, Oamaru
David Proudfoot, railway contractor
Horace Bastings, MPC
W North, North aud Scoullar
Hugh McNeil, Briscoe and Co
John Bathgate, R.M. E
B Cargill, Cargills and McLean
H J Walter, Manse street
R K Murray, Rattray street
James Black, Black and Thomson
Marcus Hume, Dunudin
James Allan, MPC, East Taieri
William Snow, Outram, West Taieri
A J Smyth, contractor
Thomas Birch, merchant
Ed Herbert, Lawrence
Robert Pritchard, Arrow
Walter Inder, Naseby
M J Malaghan, Queenstown
Job Wain, Manse street
James Fulton, RM
John Scanlan, Scanlan Bros, Princes street
William Kennedy, Rattnay street.
The Hon John McLean, Redcastle, Oamaru
Edmund Smith, Dunedin Savings Bank
George Proudfoot, railway contractor
C W Flexrnan, wool merchant
John McGregor, CE
W H Cutten, late Commissioner of Crown Lands
John Reid, of Corner Bush, Merton
Henry Orbell, runholder, The River, Waikouaiti
T A Clowes, of Ashcroft, Spence, and Co, Oamaru
Francis McDiavmid, Woodside, West Taieri
Donald Borrie, West Taieri
Joseph Clarke, Victoria and Moa Flat
With power to add to their number.
Otago Witness 25 July 1874, Page 16
Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
July 17 - Sussex, ship, 1305 tons, H Strap, from London, April
18th. New Zealand Shipping Company, agents. Passengers:
487 nominated and free immigrants
July 23 - Otago, ss, McLean, from Melbourne, via Bluff. Dalgety,
Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Fitzsimmons Mr and Mrs and servant Reeves J J and Mrs and 2 children Isaacs Mr and Mrs Brown Dr and Mrs and child Techen Mrs and 4 children Smith Mrs and child Martin Mrs Souttar Mrs Arthur Mrs and 2 children Jacobs Mrs and 2 children Smith Miss Parish Miss Monteith Miss Kelly Miss Donald Hon McLean Mr Ropata Major Townsend Mr McKeown Mr Swanston Mr Ehrman Mr Grogan Mr And 27 steerage
Sam Mendel, ship, 1033 tons, Hill, from London, May 9. Guthrie and Larnach, agents. Passengers: 37 second and third class
Departures
July 22 - Easby, ss, 969 tons, Shand, for Newcastle. Webb and Fulton,
agents.
Passengers: Williams Mrs and daughter Fulton Mr, 2 daughters and servant Joel M
Arrival of the Sussex
Favoured by a light leading breeze during Thursday night, the Sussex fetched the
Heads on Sunday morning and meeting with prompt attention from the steamer
Geelong, was towed into Port and moored right abreast of the town by noon.
Touching on nationalities, the immigrants are a mixed lot; there are Scotch and
Irish and English and 69 foreigners - Germans, Hungarians and Swiss. The total
number of souls who left Britain in the Sussex was 495 equal to 402
statute adults, but eight deaths had occurred on the passage, irrespective of
the deaths of two infants born on board. Thus the ship arrives with 487 souls,
equal to 398 statute adults. This number comprises 56 single women, 100 single
men and 78 married couples with their children; the number of the latter being
estimated at about 100. We give these numbers as they were supplied us on board;
but there is a discrepancy between their total and the total number of souls -
possibly a score or two of children were overlooked. The single women were
described as good workers - several of them being farm girls who could milk and
make butter. They all looked healthy, strong and respectable. The physique of
the men was also tolerably good but, whilst some were robust in the extreme,
others wore that wan appearance common to life in crowded thoroughfares. But,
for all that, we are of opinion that the Colony is the gainer by the arrival of
the Sussex, and that her immigrants are likely to prove a help to,
instead of a burden upon the land.
We may observe that the immigrants were healthy all the passage, the only deaths
being in the case of children, as follows:
Wall James - May 6, aged 19 months, died of congestion of the brain
Ross Philip - May 13, two months, congestion of lungs
Wiblin George - May 13, five months, debility
Boume George - May 21, three years and two months, chronic diarrhoea
Collier Maria - May 23, 13 months, dentition
King Charles - May 28, one year and three months, diarrhoea
Stratton Wm - July 15, three years, croup
Milcham Fred - July 15, four years, croup
The Sussex is a fine ship, of stately appearance, and is owned by
Messrs G Marshall and Co, of London. She is about six years old and until this
voyage has been engaged in the Calcutta trade. Captain Strap, her master, is not
quite a stranger in these waters, having paid the port a visit ten years ago,
when in command of the ship Mystery. The Sussex is 1305
tons register and her dimensions are - Length 232 feet; beam 37 feet; depth of
hold 23 feet.
Otago Witness 1 Aug 1874, Page 16
Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
July 25 - Mairi Bhan, ship, 1315 tons, Massen, from Glasgow, May
5th. Cargills, Gibbs and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: Bartrine Mr and Mrs Russell Rev Mr and Mrs Russell Misses (2) Russell Masters (2) Thomson Mr and Mrs Young Miss Keith Mr Campbell Mr And 463 free and nominated immigrants
July 26 - Claud Hamilton, ss, 529 tons, Bawden, from Melbourne, via Cook Strait. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: From Coast ports - Davidson Mrs Laland Miss Logan Captain Pierson Mr Sander Mr Weycos Mr Mudday Mr Hendry Mr Coothers Mr Jones Mr Rich Mr Badfoy Mr Clark Mr Hastwell Mr Wylie Mr And 5 in the steerage With 24 others for the South and Melbourne
Peter Denny, ship, 997 tons, Pycraft, from London, May 2. Cargills, Gibbs and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: Stevenson Mr and Mrs, family (4) and servant Grainger Rev Mr Brent Mr And 365 free and nominated immigrants
July 28 - Cyphrenes, RMSS, 1279 tons, Wood, from San Francisco, via Kandavu, Auckland and Coast ports. Driver, Stewart and Co, agents.
Passengers: Rich Mr and Mrs Shrimpton Mrs Seal Miss Grubb Mr Calcutt Mr Smith Mr Murdoch Mr Thompson Mr Comrie Mr Henderson W
July 28 - Cezarewitch, barque, 428 tons, Moir, from Port Esperance, Tasmania, July 18th. D and G Proudfoot, agents.
Passengers: Scott Mrs and 2 children Robertson Mr
Albion, RMSS, 591 tons, Underwood, from Melbourne, via Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: Campbell Mrs and 4 children Spence Mr and Mrs and servant Webb Mrs Tye Miss Easton Mr Simmonds Mr Baxter Mr Ferguson Mr Clark Mr Morrison Mr Wright Mr Wheeler Mr O'Brien Mr 15 in the steerage and 30 for other ports
Departures
July 24 - Otago, ss, McLean, for Melbourne, via Cook Strait.
Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Lyttelton - Rendall Mr Fitzgerald Mr And two in the steerage For Wellington - Robson Mrs J Robertson Mr Larnach W J M For Hokitika - Allen Miss For Melbourne - Spicer Mrs Sedgewick Mr Jago Mr Schofield Mr And two in the steerage And 35 original passengers for New Zealand ports
July 27 - Claud Hamilton, ss, 529 tons, Bawden, for Melbourne, via Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Melbourne - Evans Mrs W D Burn Mrs Culling Mrs and two daughters Scoullar Mrs and daughter Alexander Dr Sheenan Mr Esther Mr McDonald Mr Blair Mr McAuley Mr Blues Mr And seven steerage For the Bluff - Anderson Mr and Mrs Simpson Miss Broderick Miss K Atkinson Major Street C H Hume Mr Fraser Mr Gillies Mr Johnson Mr Lachman Mr And 15 steerage
July 29 - Cyphrenes, RMSS, 1279 tons, Wood, for Kandavu, via coast ports. Driver, Stewart and Co, agents.
Passengers: For San Francisco - Cargill Mr and Mrs Turnbull Mr Merewether Mr Herbert Mr Davie Mr Cain Mr Downes Mr (mail agent) For Lyttelton - Soutar Miss For Wellington - Paritt Mrs and 3 children Holdsworth Mr and Mrs Howorth Mrs Holmes Hon Mr For Napier - Burke Mr Drummond Mr For Auckland - Salmond Mrs Davis Mr
July 30 - Albion, RMSS, 591 tons, Underwood, for Melbourne, via Cook Strait. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Lyttelton - Coleman Mr and Mrs And 1 in the steerage For Wellington - 1 in the steerage For Melbourne - Parry Mr Harrison Mr
Otago Witness 1 Aug 1874, Page 17
Telegrams
Bluff, July 28th. The ss Albion, with the Suez mail on board,
arrived at the Bluff at 10.30 this morning. She left Melbourne at 8 p.m. on the
23rd, and has thus made a quick passage of 4 days 12 hours. She brings 31 saloon
and 26 steerage passengers. She sails for Dunedin to-night.
Saloon Passenger List: Wright Mr Wheeler Mr Ferguson Mr Spence E J Easton Mr Morrison Mr Baxter Mr Webb J S Anderson Mr Kerr Mr Campbell Mrs and four children Spence Mrs and two children 15 steerage
Otago Witness 8 Aug 1874, Page 16
Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
August 2 - Tararua, 523 tons, Clark, from Melbourne, via Cook
Strait. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Benjamin Mr and Mrs Hill Mr Martin Mr Young Mr Fleming Mr Coombes Mr Campbell Mr Kennedy Mr and family (7) And 10 in the steerage
Departures
July 30 - Albion, RMSS, 591 tons, Underwood, for Melbourne, via
Cook Strait. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Lyttelton - Coleman Mr and Mrs And 1 in the steerage For Wellington - 1 in the steerage For Melbourne - Parry Mr
August 2 - Tararua, 523 tons, Clark, for Melbourne, via Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents. Saloon Passengers:
For Melbourne - Howard Mrs Lees Mrs Jones Miss Cargill Miss Prosser Miss Hutchinson Mr and Mrs And four in steerage For Bluff - Thompson Mrs and Miss Logan Mr Day Mr Gillow Mr Lumsden Mr Murray Mr
No copy Otago Witness 15 Aug 1874
Otago Witness 22 Aug 1874, Page 12
Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
Aug 14 - Alhambra, ss, Sinclair, from Melbourne, 1st inst, via
Cook Strait. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Sampson Mr, Mrs and 2 children Gates Miss Larnach Mr Sampson Mr Howden senior Grant Mr Parry Mr Roy Mr Allan Mr And 20 passengers for other ports
Aug 10 - Otago, ss, McLean, from Melbourne Aug 12, via Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Roberts Mrs and 3 children Hawthorne Mr and Miss Hoggitt Miss Little Miss McLean Mr Plumber Mr Mureland Mr Andrews Mr Benson Mr Fenwick Mr Granger Rev Mr and son Fraser Rev Mr And 12 steerage
Departures
Aug 14 - Omeo, ss, Calder, for Melbourne, via Cook Strait and Newcastle,
Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Lyttelton - Pritchard Mr and son For Newcastle - Wilson Miss Daniel Mr
Aug 16 - Alhambra, ss, 487 tons, Sinclair, for Melbourne via Bluff.
Saloon Passengers: For Melbourne - Gillespie Miss Williams Miss Pillans Miss Bradley Mrs Maitland Mr and Miss Hamilton Dr O'Brien Mr Brown Mr Cairns Mr And 13 in the steerage For Bluff - Barton Mr Patterson Mr
Aug 20 - Otago, ss, 640 tons, McLean, for Melbourne, via Cook Strait. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Lyttelton - Hislop Mrs Stamper Miss Henderson Mr and 1 steerage For Melbourne - Dunnett Mr, Mrs and Miss Bastings Mr Hassell Mr Sanders Mr And 5 steerage
Otago Witness 22 Aug 1874, Page 13
Telegrams: Wellington, August 14th
The Omeo arrived at midnight. The Luna, which had
been in search of her, missed her. The Omeo left Lyttelton at
10.40 p.m. on the 15th inst. The delay was caused by her boilers being out of
order, and having strong westerly gales to contend against for thirty hours. On
her return to Melbourne she will be thoroughly overhauled. Mr Nancarrow made an
official survey of the Omeo's boilers this afternoon, but the result is not yet
known.
Births: Cameron: On the 15th August, at Banvie, Mataura, Mrs Alexander Cameron,
of a son.
Otago Witness 29 Aug 1874, Page 12
Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
Aug 24 - Hally Bayley, Harrison, from Hobart Town, August 15th.
Turnbull and Co, agents. Cabin Passengers:
Russell Mrs
And five in the steerage
Aug 27 - Albion, RMSS, Underwood, from Melbourne, 21st inst, via
Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Cogle Mr and Mrs Robson Mr and Mrs Howard Mrs Draper Mrs Wilson Mrs Taylor Mrs Risk Mr Waugh Mr Chambers Mr Splatt Mr Gilles Mr Esther Mr Gunn Mr Gogle Mr Martin Mr Sans Mrs Shannon Mr Boyle Mr Auston Mr And 20 in the steerage And 28 for other ports
No Departures
Otago Witness 29 Aug 1874, Page 14
Telegrams
Bluff, August 26th
The Albion with the English mail, arrived at 11.30 this morning.
She left Hobson's Bay at 4 p.m. on the 21st, and experienced a heavy NE gale on
the passage. She brings 29 saloon and 35 steerage passengers. She leaves for
Dunedin tonight.
Passenger List - Sans Mr Cogle Mr Cogle J Waugh Mr Robson Mr Risk Mr Waugh G Esther Mr Chambers Mr Splatt Mr Gillies Mr Gunn Mr Waugh Mrs and child Welson Mrs and 3 children Robson Mrs and 25 in the steerage
Otago Witness 29 Aug 1874, Page 21
Select Poetry
The Sigh of the Sea Shell.
I sat by the marge of the ocean,
Whose silvery waves to the strand
Were borne with a musical motion,
So peaceful, and solemn and grand,
Reviewing the past and regretting,
While summer its glories unroll'd -
The sun in his sapphire home setting
'Mid splendour of purple and gold.
I said, What is life ?- the old story,
Earth, ocean, and sky are the same -
The same, and yet changing in glory,
As colours that flush in the flame;
And man as of old seeketh pleasure,
Which but for a moment can bloom,
Forgetting that love is a treasure,
Which kindles a star in the gloom.
"Sing, sing, the soft tremulous trebles,
Oh, truehearted bird on the tree,
Diving for pearls I've found pebbles,
And what is existence to me?
The toss-bull of Fortune, I labour,
And polish my pebbles each hour,
The goddess's minion, my neighbour,
Grows rich in a Danae shower.
"Rocky the ground I've been ploughing,
No living blade gladdens my sight,
And after most diligent sowing
Thought's harvest has suffered a blight.
I sought for fair flowers in the meadows,
And found only brambles and weeds;
And life is fast flying 'mid shadows,
Which darken the best ot my deeds."
Oh, then, as the songster kept singing,
I thanked for its music the bird;
A voice in my spirit was singing--'
"Sing on, though thy song be unheard!
Many a sweet flow'ret is sighing,
To which never cometh the bee;
And, oh, whether living or dying,
God's work should be sacred to thee"
Then I marked on the sand, a wight tracing
Strange letters, while crowds looked on;
The waves up the beach soon came racing,
And quickly the figures were gone.
But away from the seaside comers,
His name a youth carved in the rock,
To be seen for a hundred summers
High over the billows' wild shock.
Methought, there's a lesson worth knowing,
Write deeply thy name on man's heart;
Up there, in God's sight, 'twill be glowing,
While ages like dead leaves depart.
Work on in the spirit of duty,
Despair not, but climb to the goal.
Oh, worship thy heart's dream of beauty,
And sing from thy innermost soul.
S C
Otago Witness 5 Sept 1874, Page 12
Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
Aug 20 - Lady of the Lake, ss, 60 tons, Urquhart, from the Molyneux. G F
Reid, agent.
Saloon Passengers: Cunningham Mrs Moffatt Mr
Otago, ship, 1000 tons, Leslie, from London (June 6th).
Cargills, Gibbs and Co, agents. Passengers: 363 free and nominated immigrants
Columbus, barque, 744 tons, Atkings, from London (June 2nd).
Saloon
Passengers: Millington Mr Nicolls Mr Houghton C Black Mr And six in the steerage
Aug 30 - Splendid, barque, 369 tons, Miller, from New Bedford
(Jan 11) via St Thomas (April 18). Dalgety, Nicolls and Co, agents. Cabin
Passenger:
Parsons Mr
Aug 31 - Tararua, ss, Clark, from Melbourne, via Cook Strait.
Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Thomson Mr and Mrs Bradshaw Mr and Mrs, 2 children and servant Ward Mr and Mrs Smith Mrs, child and servant Howorth Mrs Carr Miss Allen Mr Dripps Mr Creighton Mr Holmes Mr Miller Mr Sheppard Mr Stewart Mr Barr Mr Firra Mr McGlashan Mr Reid Mr Campbell Mr Malcolm Mr Coombes Mrs And 8 in the steerage
Departures
Aug 31 - Tararua, ss, Clark, for Melbourne, via the Bluff.
Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Melbourne - Jack Mr and Mrs, 3 children and servant Neill Mr and Mrs Beal Mrs Coughtrey Professor Farrer Mr Moody Mr Heyhurst Mr Guthrie Mr Branson Mr Kennedy family And 15 in the steerage For Bluff - Gillies Mr and Mrs, child and servant McIntosh Mr Grinn Mr Lunford Mr Beda Mr And 2 in the steerage
Arrival of the Corona
The Corona, a stately ship of wooden build and nearly 1200 tons
register, arrived on the 28th inst with another crowd of immigrants shipped at
London. No infections disease of any kind had appeared during the passage and
the immigrants on the whole were a decent lot of people. There are 496 souls,
equal to 390½ statute adults, on board the Corona and include 93 married
couples, 52 single women, 78 single men and 180 children. The latter comprise 71
boys, 78 girls and 31 infants. Eleven deaths and 10 births had occurred on the
passage, the deaths being all in the case of children excepting one. The first
was that of Whitehead George, aged 6 months, who died of bronchitis on June 4th
West Steven on June 12th, aged 16 months, died of atropy
Sullivan Michael on June 29th, aged 8 months, died of convulsions
Willis Ellen on July 23, 5 months, died of atropy
Walsh Edward on August 23, 10 months, died of convulsions
Milton John on August 24, aged 26 years, died of consumption
Sullivan Owen on August 27, 3 years, died of inflammation of the brain and as
the death happened so near land the body was brought in to be buried on shore.
The above were all the deaths amongst those who joined the ship at London, the
remaining deaths are connected with the births which took place on board. These
are as follows:
June 4, Mrs White of a son; June 21, Mrs Le Fauden of a daughter; July 21, Mrs
Brooks of a son, who died on July 21. On that date Mrs Jopson was confined of a
boy; July 16, Mrs Hannon of a girl; July 31, Mrs Barron of a girl, who died
subsequently; August 11, Mrs Walker of a girl, died August 13; and at later
dates, Mrs Grewett was confined of a girl and Mrs Blackwood of a boy,
still-born.
Taking the immigrants throughout, we were not unfavourably impressed by their
appearance. They appeared to be strong and healthy and one and all expressed
their utmost desire for, and willingness to work.
Her report states that she left London on the 22nd May, Gravesend on the 24th
and passed through the Downs on the 25th. Light variable weather and fogs were
experienced in the Channel, so that it was not until the 1st June that she
cleared the land. The Lizard being the last departure. On the 19th she crossed
the meridian of Greenwich. On the 25th of June, she crossed the meridian of the
Cape and sighted the Snares on the 24th August.
Otago Witness 12 Sept 1874, Page12
Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
Sep 4 - Parsee, ship, 1281 tons, Nelson, from Glasgow, Russell, Ritchie and Co,
agents.
Saloon Passengers: McNaughton Mr and Mrs Carthy Mr and Mrs Carthy Miss and Master Nelson Mrs Duggan Miss Stirling Mr Brock Mr Carrick Mr Finlayson Messrs (4) Bryson Mr Tunn Mr And 417 free and nominated immigrants
Tweed, ship, 1745 tons, Stuart, from London, June 16th. New
Zealand Shipping Co, agents. Passengers: 639 free and nominated immigrants
Sept 9 - Alhambra, ss, 487 tons, Sinclair, from Melbourne, August
29th, via Cook Strait. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: From Melbourne - Logan Mr Lathrope Mr And 9 steerage From Coast ports - Robson Mrs Gleenson Miss Hayes Misses (2) Todd Mr Young Mr Jennings Mr Murray Mr And 15 for the South and Melbourne No overseas Departures
Arrival of the Parsee
The signal of another home ship - the Parsee - was made on the 4th
instant, and the ship herself soon after hove in sight between the Heads. The
Geelong found time only during the fore part of the day to bring in the Parsee.
There was no infectious disease then on board, but according to the report of
the Surgeon Superintendent measles had run through the ship, children and adults
having been alike affected. Over 200 cases had occurred. The disease appeared
about a fortnight after the ship left the Clyde and a fortnight after that was
at its height. It then declined and disappeared altogether directly after the
ship cleared the southern tropic, some six weeks ago. There were nine deaths
from other causes, chiefly diarrhoea. The list of deaths is as follows:
Walker Elizabeth, June 26, 5 years, diarrhoea;
Richards Mary Ann, July 1 11 weeks, consumption;
Patterson Charles, July 2, 25 years, measles and diarrhoea;
Connell Jenny, July 3, 17 months, diarrhoea;
Richardson Robert, July 9, 18 months, bronchitis;
Jarvey Janet, July 10, 12 months, diarrhoea;
Fiddles Elizabeth, July 18, 20 months, bronchitis and measles;
Muir Mary, July 23, apoplexy - a post mortem examination of her body was held to
ascertain the cause of death;
Robertson John, July 21, 13 months, measles and diarrhoea;
McIver John, August 16, one year, measles;
Shaw Lewis, August 27, 27 years, diarrhoea;
Shaw James, September 3, eight months, diarrhoea.
Six births occurred - two of them being premature and one an abortion. The other
three were:
On June 29th, Mrs Allison, of a son; August 8th, Mrs Scott, of a son; September
1st, one of the single woman, of a son.
The Parsee left Glasgow with 16 cabin passengers and 428 free and nominated
immigrants - equal to 362 ½ adults. Of the latter there were 88 males and 81
females above the age of 12 years; 63 married couples, 47 male and 58 female
children; and 10 male and eight female infants. Allowing for births and deaths,
the whole number brought here is 417 souls, exclusive of cabin passengers.
Arrival of the Tweed
The fine ship, which arrived at the Heads on the 3rd inst, was towed in on the
evening's tide and as daylight was fast closing in, Pilot Kelly, who was in
charge, brought her up for the night at the Quarantine Ground below the
shipping. The Tweed brings 630 souls, a considerable proportion of them being
nominated immigrants. They are classified as under: 91 married couples, 166
single men, 92 single women, 75 males and 84 females under 12 years of age and
19 male and 19 female infants. Arranged according to their nationalities there
are: English 205 male and 175 females; Scotch, 4 males and 23 females; Irish 96
males and 89 females; Foreigners, 3 males and 2 females; Total 350 males, 280
females. It was scarcely to be expected that so many human beings cooped up
together should escape a visitation from King Death. That potentate levied
tribute by the way, and carried of 13, the causes of death being diarrhoea,
mesenteric diseases, convulsions and consumption. Not one case of serious
disease had occurred amongst and of the immigrants above the age of two years.
One of the seamen died of congestion of the lungs and one of the passengers
named Jeremiah Burnand, aged 45 years, fell overboard. This happened on the 23rd
July, the ship at the time going nine knots. The unfortunate man had been
repeatedly warned not to venture into the main rigging, but persisted in doing
so, affirming that he was an old soldier, used to travelling, and knew what he
was about. He, however, ventured once too often, lost his hold and fell. A life
buoy was thrown over to him and the ship was immediately rounded to and a boat
lowered and despatched in search, but to no effect - he was never seen again.
The Tweed is a handsome stately ship, built at Bombay of teak. She was built for
a steamer, to run in the East India Company's service, and during the first two
years of her career afloat she was known as the Punjaub. Then she was sold and
converted into a sailing vessel, and is now owned by Messrs John Willis and
Sons, of London. Her dimensions are - Length, over all, 287 feet; beam, 40 feet;
depth of hold, 24 feet. She was chartered by the Agent-General, and comes here
consigned to the New Zealand Shipping Co. She left Gravesend on June 16th passed
the Downs next day, and cleared the Channel on the 18th, a last departure being
taken from the Eddystone. The Equator was crossed on the July 9th. On the 22nd
August she passed the meridian of the Leeuwin during a heavy southerly gale and
thence to Stewart's Island, which was sighted on the 2nd inst, variable winds
and weather prevailed. She had a fair run along the coast, and reached the Heads
on the 3rd.
Otago Witness 12 Sept 1874, Page 21
Select Poetry - The Squall
Select Poetry.
THE SQUALL.
The nighest shave of death I've had?
Well, wait till my pipe's alight,
Throw a log of the drift-wood on the blaze,
And I'll spin you a yarn to-night.
Danger! you'll meet it upon the deep,
Nor shun it upon the land;
I take it, the sea and the shore alike
Are held in God's mighty hand.
Many's the tug and the tussle
The sea and I have had,
Since I sailed away to the whalery,
When I was a hit of a lad.
But not on tho Greenland waters,
Among the floes and the pack,
And not on the great Atlantic,
With the gales upon our track;
And not where the breakers whiten the reefs
By the cliffs of Elainore,
Have I been through such a perilous time
As last week, a mile from share.
There was me and Bill, and Mather,
All good sea-farmg men;
I can handle a rope as well as most,
Though I'm past three-score and ten.
The wind was whispering like a bairn,
In the merry April weather,
The great blue sea and the great blue sky
Seemed met like friends together.
We'd got a fair lot of fish aboard,
I turned to say to Mat
We might steer to shore: when he gripped my arm,
And swore, "Look thou at that,"
Over the calm sea, black and keon,
Blotting the glow of it all,
Fast and fierce, and cruel, and strong,
It came, it came, the squall.
The crested waves to its summons sprang,
Like tigers around the boat;
Down swept thoe drift, wild yelled thoe blast,
Were we still alivo and afloat?
Gone, the spot that marked the rock-buoy;
Gone, the far faint line of home;
There was nothing but hissing water and wind,
The very air was foam,
Mather baled and baled, I strove with the sheet,
She laboured - fit to fill,
None on us spoke, save just to shout
To the helmsman, "Mind her, Bill."
I'm none soft-hearted, but I thought
How the bairns, at play on the sand,
Were watching to see the boat come in,
And help with the fish to land.
I thought of the hearths clean swept for us,
And the poor old wifoe, and all,
While the waves poured over the gunwale,
And we tossed and drove in the squall.
And I thought a prayer to Him who trod
On the waters, and said, "Be still!"
Mebby a Hand we could not see
Held the rudder, along with Bill.
We weathered it, we rounded the Nab,
And cleared our eyes from the sea,
And just shook hands, and hauled down sail,
And took to the oars, we three.
They say the ways of a woman
Can puzzle the wisest yet;
I wot, she can never be harder to guide
Than the old North Sea in a fret.
I think I shall drown when my day is done;
And I'd liefer rest in the deep
Than moulder up in the churchgarth there,
Where the earthworms burrow and creep.
I've served the sea those sixty year,
When it calls, as it will, I know,
I'll be none so loath to hear its voice,
And say good-by, and go.
I shall better sleep where the billows
Sing to the seaman's soul,
Than where restless footsteps tramp and pass,
And weary church-bells toll.
But, till I hear and answer
The great sea's solemn call,
I shall never so near touch hands with death
As on that spring day in the squall.
Otago Witness 19 Sept 1874, Page12
Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
Sept 11 - Woodville, barque, 372 tons, Lusher, from Newcastle, Aug
26th. Harbour Steam Company, agents.
Passengers: Lusher Mrs and child Gillois Mr
Glencoe, barque, 159 tons, Jasper, from Hobart Town, 27th Aug. Guthrie and Larnach, agents.
Passengers: Maddew Mrs, Miss and Master Cole Miss Bromley Mr Cahill Mr And 2 steerage
Sept 13 - Agnes Jessie, schooner, 187 tons, Phillips, from Hobart Town. Master, agent.
Cabin Passengers: Maloney Mrs Maloney Messrs (3) Cutts Mr Hood Mr And three steerage
Sept 17 - Haddon Hall, ship, 1516 tons, Faithfull, from London, June 13th. Calvert and Campbell, agents.
Passengers: Hooper Mr and Mrs and 3 children Gossett Mr Mellick Mr Delamaine Mr And 36 in the steerage
Departures
Sept 11 - Alhambra, 487 tons, Sinclair, for Melbourne, via Bluff. Dalgety,
Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Melbourne - Satson Mrs and child Brown Miss Phillips Miss Hendoring Mr Fagan P and child Mallard Mr And 12 steerage
Sept 12 - Dunedin, ship, 1250 tons, Whitson, for London. Cargills, Gibbs and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: Button Dr McCall Dr Second Cabin - Vincent Mrs Nairn Mrs and child Richardson Miss And 10 steerage
Sept 17 - Caroline, ship, Clyma, for Hong Kong. New Zealand
Shipping Co, agents. Passengers: 170 Chinese
Otago Witness 19 Sept 1874, Page14 Telegrams:
Bluff, September 16th.
The ss Otago left Melbourne on the 10th, and arrived at the Bluff
at daylight this morning. She brings 83 cabin and steerage passengers for all
ports. She sails for Dunedin at 4 pm.
Passenger List: For Dunedin - Berghoff Mr Louisson Mr Blair Mr Coombe Mr Fraser Mr Orr Mr Savage Mr Clevedon Mr Fraser Mrs Savage Mrs She also brings 30 steerage passengers
Otago Witness 26 Sept 1874, Page12
Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
Sept 18 - Otago, ss, McLean, from Melbourne September 10th, via
Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: From Melbourne - Savage Mr and Mrs Fraser Mr and Mrs Coombe Mr McArthur Mr Leuisson Mr Bergoff Mr Blair Mr Cleverden Mr And 33 in the steerage From the Bluff - McDonnell Mr and Mrs Topai Mr and Mrs and 2 children Dick Mrs and Miss Wilson Mr McKellar Mr Calder Mr Rodgers Mr Pittie Mr Bews Mr Fraser Mr Gibbs Mr Horsey Mr Warren Mr 3 steerage and 45 for other ports
Easby, ss, 969 tons, Shand, from Sydney September 9th. Webb and Fulton, agents.
Passengers: Alleyne Miss O'Meagher Miss Watkin Mr Perriman Mr And 3 in the steerage Departures Sept 10 - Otago, ss, 642 tons, McLean, from Melbourne, via Cook Strait. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: For Lyttelton - Martin Mrs Little Miss Pinsent Mr Webber Mr Ryan Mr For Wellington - Bartleman Mr Boyle Mr For Hokitika - Glasgow Mrs Kean Mrs Todd Mr For Melbourne - Dearden Mr and Mrs Selby Mr Naples Mr Grant Mr And 21 in the steerage for all ports
Otago Witness 3 Oct 1874, Page12
Shipping Port Chalmers Arrivals
Sept 27 – Albion, ss, 591 tons, Underwood, from Melbourne via
Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Brunton Mr and Mrs Holmes Mr and Mrs Launder Mr and Mrs Hamilton Mrs Ching Mrs Gillies Mrs Cook Mrs Tanner Miss Hamilton Rev R Robinson Mr Neil Mr Barnfield Mr Wilson Mr Beal Mr Maitland Mr Moorah Mr Shennan Mr Moody Mr Scoular Mr Ching Mr Brown Mr Waters Mr Arthur Mr Tyre Mr Young Mr Preston Mr Grubb Mr Horne Mr Proudfoot Mr Schofield Mr And 22 in the steerage
Oneca, barque, 725 tons, Henrique, from New York, June 5th. A
Briscoe and Co, agents. Passenger: Mrs Henrique
Sept 29 – Tararua, ss, Clark, from Melbourne Sept 17th, via Cook Strait.
Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: De Beer Mrs Hislop Mrs Phillips Mrs Lawrence Mrs and 2 children McKay Miss Driver Mr Johnston Mr Roberts Mr Ross Mr Lawrence Mr Herman Mr Curry Mr Bartleman Mr Wylie Mr Coates Mr Scott Mr And 8 steerage
Departures
Sept 25 – Colusa, barque, 1189 tons, Howes, for San Francisco. H
Houghton and Co, agents. Passengers: Mrs Howes and 2 children
Sept – 29 – Albion, ss, Underwood, for Melbourne via Cook Strait.
Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Lyttelton – Fotheringham Mrs Thompson Mr Shalders Mr For Wellington – Harris G H 1 steerage for Nelson and 4 steerage for Melbourne
Sept 30 – Tararua, ss, 520 tons, Clark, for Melbourne, via Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: For Melbourne – Riley Rev Mr and Mrs McArthur Mrs Fraser Hon Capt Bick Mr Lyders Mr Hunt Mr Marsh Mr Turrock Mr Woodley Mr Chambers Mr Splatt Mr Ingham Mr And 19 in the steerage For Bluff – McDonald Mr and Mrs Scolfield Mr and Mrs Gilles Mrs and four children Trotter Mr Jones Mr Calcutt Mr And 1 in the steerage
Easby, ss, 960 tons, Kennedy, for Newcastle. Webb and Fulton, agents.
Saloon Passengers: Spooner Mr, Mrs and Miss Spooner Mr Williams Mr
The Oneca
The American barque Oneca, Captain J B Henrique, arrived at the port in tow of
the steamer Samsea on 26th September. She is from New York and brings a
full cargo of miscellaneous goods. Captain Henrique reports that John Green, an
able seaman, fell overboard on the 17th day of September and was drowned.
When we boarded the barque Oneca, we were startled by sinister rumours
respecting foul play in the case of one of the sailors named John Green, who was
lost overboard on the 17th of Sept. One of his shipmates had, it appears, stated
that the unfortunate fellow was knocked down with a belaying-pin by the second
mate of the barque, and then thrown overboard. Before leaving the vessel, we
interrogated Captain Henrique on the subject and he informed us that he feared
all was not right, but declared that he knew no more about the occurrence than
we did, as he was below by the side of his wife at the time it happened. He had,
however, found it necessary to arrest the second mate and place him in close
confinement and proposed consulting with the American Consul at Dunedin today as
to the proper steps to be taken with the case.
(Court proceedings ‘The Occurrence onboard the Oneca’, Otago Witness 17
Oct 1874)
Otago Witness 10 Oct 1874, Page12
Shipping Port Chalmers Arrivals
Oct 7 – Gothenburg, ss, Pearce, from Melbourne, Sept 30th, via
Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: From Melbourne – Hyland Mr Brothers Mr Wyndham Mr Mellis Mr Newton Mr Pounds Mr From Bluff – Tippins Mr and Mrs and son Sparrow Mrs Powell Mrs Gilroy Mrs and three children Calcutt Mr Hedry M Thompson Mr Crosby Mr Massey Mr
Oct 8 – Alhambra, ss, 487 tons, Sinclair, from Melbourne, via Cook Strait. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: From Melbourne – Douglas Mr And 8 steerage From coast ports – Lemon Mr and Mrs Failey Mrs H McKenzie Miss Stuart Mr McWilliams Mr Stone Mr Crump Mr Thornton Mr And 3 steerage
Acacia, barque, 233 tons, Harvey, from Hobart Town, October 1st. Guthrie and Larnach, agents.
Passengers: Harvey Mrs Chalmers Mr Fraser Mr No overseas Departures
Otago Witness 17 Oct 1874, Page12
Shipping Port Chalmers Arrivals
Oct 15 – Otago, ss, 642 tons, J McLean, from Melbourne, via Bluff.
Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Stevenson Mr, Mrs Jas and child Thompson Mrs and Miss Neale Mrs Huttley Mrs and child Wright Mrs, (4) children and servant Murphy Miss Hennings Miss Trestrail Mr Stronach Mr O’Driscoll Mr Rattray Mr Black Mr Somerville Mr And 36 in steerage From Bluff – Stock Mr and Miss Wilson Miss Cameron Miss Webster Captain Stewart Mr Webster Mr Stobo Mr Pearson Mr Inglis Mr Bunny Mr For other ports, 39
Invercargill, ship, 1246 tons, Tilly, from Glasgow (July 16th). Cargill, Gibbs and Co, agents.
Passengers: Morrison Alexander, Mrs and infant Morrison John and Mrs Campbell Mr and Mrs Tilly Mrs Lumsden Mrs Black Mr Drysdale Mr Dunlop Mr And 448 nominated and free immigrants
Departures
Oct 9 - Alhambra, ss, 487 tons, Sinclair, for Melbourne, via
Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Melbourne – Morley Mr and Mrs Tolmie Mr, Mrs and (2) Misses Blackadder Dr and Mrs Eva Mrs and child Bransen Mrs Gordon Dr Hanan Dr Houghton Mr And 40 in the steerage For Bluff – Morrison Mr and Mrs Taylor Mr and Mrs Turner Mrs and child Fish Mrs and Miss Binney Mr Pell Mr And 15 in the steerage
Gothenburg, ss, 501 tons, Pearce, for Melbourne, via Cook
Strait. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents. Passenger: Mr Calcutt
Oct 15 – Parsee, ship, 1281 tons, Nelson, for San Francisco.
Russell, Ritchie and Co, agents.
Passengers: Nuttle Mr and Mrs and two children Redmayne Mr, five children and servant And one in the steerage
Otago Witness 17 Oct 1874, Page13
Telegrams Bluff October 13th
The steamer Otago, Captain McLean, arrived at the Bluff at 6pm.
She left Melbourne on the 8th. She sails for Dunedin at 3pm tomorrow.
Saloon Passengers: Stronach Mr Stevenson Mr Black Mr Trestrail Mr Somerville Mr Driscoll Mr Schofield Mr Wright Mrs, (5) children and servant Stevenson Mrs Stevenson Miss Neill Mrs Huttly Mrs Thomson Mrs Thomson Miss And 31 in the steerage
Otago Witness 24 Oct 1874, Page12
Shipping Port Chalmers Arrivals
Oct 17 – Southern Cross, barque, 324 tons, Boon, from Hobart Town.
G F Reid, agent.
Passengers: Plummer Mrs Green Mrs Dyson Miss Green Mr Rowlands Mr Riddle Captain Rheulen Mr Parkins Mr Keasely Mr And 16 steerage
Oct 22 – Albion, RMSS, Underwood, from Melbourne, via Bluff Harbour, Dalgety, Nichols and Co, Agents.
Passengers: Burn Mrs Smythe Mrs Worthington Miss Cargill Miss Jones Miss Petherbridge Captain Aynsley H J Aynsley J Evans Mr Jamieson Mr McMullen J Mullen G Brown Mr Oxford Mr Mitchell Mr Thomson Mr Thompson G A Dawson Mr And 8 steerage
Departures
Oct 10 – Otago, ss, McLean, for Melbourne, via Cook Strait.
Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Lyttelton – Latter Mrs Royse Mr Horse Mr Chalmers Mr Rainton Mr Menzies Mr Dodd Mr Ashcroft Mr Mid Mr And 1 in the steerage For Wellington – Stewart Mr and Mrs McKay Mr and Miss Henry Mr, Mrs and son Pringle Mr For Hokitika – Forsyth Miss For Melbourne – Wheeler Mr Riggen Mr And 5 in the steerage
Bunker Hill, ship, 998 tons, Davis, for Manilla. Bates, Sise
and Co, agents. Passengers: Smith’s Combination Troupe (14)
Oct 21 – Albion, ss, Underwood, for Melbourne, via Cook Strait.
Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Lyttelton – Miller Mr Ross Mr For Melbourne – Driscoll Mr And 25 steerage For Wellington – 1 steerage
Arrival of the Invercargill
Thick rainy weather, with a rising southerly wind ushered in last week and
converted the Port into a picture of discomfort and unattractiveness. The
entranced to the harbour was obscured by mist, which also shut in the signal
station and so communicating by flags with the Port was rendered an
impossibility. The Geelong proceeded down the harbour to bring in the stranger,
whatever she might be. Opinions inclined to the overdue Celestial Queen and
Calypso, with a strong probability of the new-comer proving to be the fully due
Invercargill. “Powder or disease on board” was the remark when this proceeding
was noticed, and then, as the stranger was evidently a large vessel, the General
Government Immigration Officers and Health Officer started for her in the
steamer Peninsula. As it happened the ship had neither powder nor disease of any
consequence on board; but, as a course of measles and bronchitis had run through
her during the passage, whilst one case of typhoid fever was in hospital
convalescent, it was deemed advisable to anchor her in quarantine until the
opinion of the Health Office had been taken. Besides the fever case, there were
only three cases of consumption, one of chronic bronchitis and one or two minor
cases of phthisis in hospital, or rather out of it, the patients being
convalescent. Forty cases of measles and twenty cases of bronchitis had appeared
during the passage. Measles were brought on board by a family of Shetlanders,
although it was not apparent upon them when they joined the ship, The eruption,
however, appeared a week after the ship left port and the disease took its
course, but in a mild form, only one death being directly traceable to it. The
total deaths were six, two of them being in the case of adults.
Porteous Annie on August 9th, aged eight months, died of measles and
convulsions;
Walker James on August 10th, aged 20 months, died of tubercular disease of the
lungs;
Smart John on August 17th, aged 1 month, died of convulsions;
Caskey John, aged 18 months, died of tubercular disease;
Catherine Stewart on September 5th, aged 28 years, died of hysterical mania, the
effect of a premature confinement;
Charles McAtear on October 1st, aged 42 years, died of a pulmonary relapse of
bronchitis. The deaths were very nearly balanced by births, of which there were
four.
McLean Mrs, gave birth to a boy on the 2nd August;
Henesey Mrs on September 1st was confined of a daughter;
Shand Mrs on October 3rd, of a daughter.
The Invercargill arrives here a full ship, 900 tons of cargo and thirteen saloon
passengers, and 448 immigrants, equal to 336 statute adults. The proportion of
children is very large, the little people numbering 125. We were unable to
ascertain the exact number of bona fide single women that were on board, but the
single women’s compartment contained 83 souls, several of them being married.
The husbands of the latter were quartered with the single men, both men and
women preferring to be separated rather than submit to the disgusting close and
yet open quartering that characterises the berthing of married people in Glasgow
immigrant ships. The number of men in the single men’s compartment was 124. The
number of married couples was 57. Regarded from a national point of view the
immigrants stand thus:
English - adults, 19 males, 10 females; children, 7 males, 4 females; infants,
1.
Scotch –adults, 168 males, 123 females; children, 51 males, 46 females; infants,
3 males, 6 females;
Irish – adults, 9 males, 1 female; children, 6 females; infants, 1 male.
The Invercargill is the second of the Albion Shipping Co’s new ships that has
come direct here from home. She is on her maiden voyage and is commanded by our
old friend Captain F Tilly, late master of the ship Christian McAusland. Another
familiar face was that of the Chief Officer, Mr Fyeyek, who occupied the same
position on board the ship Otago, when she was commanded by Captain Stewart. It
is ninety-one days since the ship broke ground at the Tail of the Bank, off
Greenock.
Otago Witness 31 Oct 1874, Page12
Shipping Port Chalmers Arrivals
Oct 24 – Coq du Village, 312 tons, Smith, from Newcastle. H
Houghton and Co, agents. Passenger: Mr Stymen
Oct 26 – Agnes Jessie, ship, 920 tons, Mitchell, from London, July
28. Cargills, Gibbs and Co, agents. Cabin Passengers: Mr Brown
And 329 free and nominated immigrants
Calypso, ship, 1014 tons, Leslie, from London, Aug 3.
Cabin Passengers: Mackay Mrs Leslie Mrs Russell Mrs Gibbs Mrs Huie Miss Cargill Miss McFarlane Miss Nun Mr Simpson Mr Bennett Mr McKenzie Mr Walsh Rev Mr O’Leary Rev Mr 17 second cabin and 13 intermediate
Tararua, ss, 520 tons, Clark, from Melbourne, via Cook Strait. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: Web Mrs and child Morey Miss McLaren Miss Newman Mr Jack Mr Mossom Mr Seed Mr Reid Mr Miller Mr Williams Mr Keogh Mr Taine Mr Morrison Mr And 11 in the steerage
Departures
The Tweed, ship, 1745 tons, Stewart, for Sydney. Dalgety, Nichols
and Co, agents. Passengers:
15 steerage
Oct 28 – Tararua, ss, Clark, for Melbourne, via Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co,
agents.
Passengers: For Melbourne – Rattray J Strode E C Thonemau Mr Comrie Mr Brown Mr Scoullar Mr And 28 in the steerage For Bluff – Nicklen Mrs and 2 children
Arrival of the Jessie Readman
The Jessie Readman was towed in by the Geelong on October 28th. We were pleased
to welcome this fine ship and her popular commander, Captain Mitchell, and
equally gratified to note the admirable condition she was in. She arrived a
clean, tidy ship, well appointed in every respect as a carrier of immigrants.
Coming from London, her accommodation for married and single was of the highest
class, according to the current scale, whilst the state of the compartments
reflected great credit upon the immigrants. Of the latter, she brought 32 souls,
equal to 274 ½ statute adults. They looked respectable and healthy, with, but a
very small proportion of elderly folk. Not the faintest symptom of infectious
disease had appeared during the passage and hence the surgeon’s duties were
comparatively light. He had 25 cases of illness to combat with, the sufferers
being children of tender years and the complaints diarrhoea and bronchitis
chiefly; 8 deaths and 3 births occurred. The deaths were as follows:
Jordan William on September 7, 7 months, hydrocephalus
Learmonth Isabella on August 28, 11 months, diarrhoea
Johnston William on August 26, 17 months, diarrhoea
Rediand Alex on September 6, 2 years, diarrhoea
Heard Arthur on October 3, 15 months, bronchitis
Heyden William on October 15, 3 years 3 months, dropsy
Moore William on September 12, 5 months, spinal disease
Reid Louisa on September 21, 4 months, bronchitis
The births were:
Stanton Mrs on September 3, of a girl
Badson Mrs on September 21, of twins, boy and girl
Of the immigrants, there were 58 married couples, 74 single men, 29 single
women, 88 children, and 11 infants. Considered from a national point of view,
there were:
English, 105 males and 88 females
Scotch, 44 males and 20 females
Irish, 35 males and 28 females
Foreigners, 2 males and 3 females
We have much pleasure in acknowledging the courteous attention of Captain
Mitchell. He reports a somewhat long passage of 82 days from land to land, 90
days from the Downs to port.
Otago Witness 7 Nov 1874, Page12
Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
Oct 31 - Basby, ss, 969 tons, Kennedy, From Sydney, October 24.
Webb and Fulton, agents.
Passengers: Fenwick Mr, Mrs and Miss Horton Mrs Maine Mrs Foran Rev Mr Roberts Mr Belcher Mr And 4 in steerage
Nov 1 - Celestial Queen, ship, 843 tons, Watt, from London, July
9. Bright Bros and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: Sheepshanks Mr Sneider Mr And 5 intermediate
Nov 2 - Lennox Castle, ship, 696 tons, William Stewart, from London, July
20th. New Zealand Shipping Company, agents.
Passengers: Boyd Mr Moore Mr And 14 in steerage
Evening Post, 3 November 1874, Page 2 PORT CHALMERS. 3rd November.
The ship Lennox Castle, 105 days from London, arrived yesterday. She lost a boy
overboard from the mainyard-arm. She brings three bulls and three heifers of the
shorthorn breed for the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company.
Press, 10 November 1874, Page 2 Imported Stock
There were also landed from the same vessel six head of cattle for Mr Larkworthy,
under the charge of W. B. Clarke, they arrived from London to Otago in the ship
Lennox Castle and are very low in condition, but in perfect health. Their 105
days' passage out no doubt materially affected them. They are all from the
celebrated Kent herd of Messrs Lenny and Son, at whose sale in England last year
an average was reached of 250 guineas per beast, and will, no doubt, be of great
service to the province if allowed to remain here. The first is a roan, bull
named " Charming Prince," and we hear that his reserved price is 600 guineas;
the second is a heifer calf, nine months old, named Magic the 12th." The third
is a red bull named "Royal Prince," he is a red and white, calved in October.
1873. "Berrington Rose" is a roan and white heifer, two years old. First Lord is
a roan and white bull, calved July, 1873, and is one of the grandest animals
ever imported to these islands. "Verity the 5th," is a roan heifer, about two
years old. It would be unfair to criticise any of the animals in their present
low condition, but no doubt a month's New Zealand feed will work wonders. Eight
heifers and three bull calves, bought at Mr Bell's sale, are also on board. They
are consigned to Mr Adams, of Hawkes Bay.
Otago Daily Times 7 December 1874, Page 2
Saturday, 5th December. (Before T. A. Mansford, Esq., R.M.) Desertion — Herman
Weir, cook of Lennox Castle, was charged by Captain Stewart, master, with having
deserted from his vessel. It was shown that the defendant did on Friday obtain
an order from the captain far certain articles of apparel, and purchased them.
He then in the evening left the ship taking his tilings with, him, and deposited
them in Mr Dodson's store. He was subsequently arrested. Defendant had nothing
to say for himself, and was sentenced to 12 weeks' imprisonment with hard labour,
it being optional with the captain to take him on board again whenever the ship
was ready to go to sea.
Nov 4 - Alhambra, ss, 487 tons, Sinclair, from Melbourne via Cook
Strait. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: From Melbourne - Marshall Mr and Masters 36 steerage From the Coast - Symons Mr, Mrs and 2 children Cockburn Mrs A Webb Miss McGregor Mr Post C A Common Mr Pearce Mr Gray Mr And 10 steerage
No Departures for Overseas
Otago Witness 7 Nov 1874, Page13
BIRTH
Schaw: On the 28th October, at Lauriston, Green Island, the wife of F Schaw, Esq,
of a daughter.
DEATH
Simpson: On the 27th October, at his residence, Eden street, Dunedin, after a
short illness, Mr Andrew Simpson, butcher, in the 46th year of his age.
Otago Witness 14 Nov 1874, Page12
Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
Nov 12 - Otago, ss, 640 tons, John McLean, from Melbourne via Bluff. Dalgety,
Nichols and Co, agents.
Saloon Passengers: Orr Mr, Mrs, and 3 Misses Blackadder Mr and Mrs Sargood Mr, Mrs, Miss, Masters (2) and servant White Mrs and Miss Towers Mrs and Miss De Beer Mrs McArthur Mrs Fergusson Miss Fagan Mr and Jnr McLean J S Beck Mr From Bluff - Pittman Miss Le Range Mr Ireland Mr Proudfoot Mr 63 in steerage and 73 passengers for Northern ports
No Overseas Departures
Otago Witness 21 Nov 1874, Page12
Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
Nov 13 - May Queen, ship, 732 tons, R. Tatchell, from London, August
19th.
Passengers: Tapper Mr and Mrs and 2 children Haley Mrs, Misses (2) and Master Taine Miss and Master Jones Miss Higgins Rev Mr Glessurs Rev Mr Alexander Mr Sherries Mr (2) Babott Mr 16 second-class and 37 steerage
Nov 16 - Mataura, ship, Kerr, from London, August 18th. New Zealand Shipping Co, agents.
Passengers: Hack Mr, Mrs and children (3) Shaw Mr, Mrs and children (4) Shaw Mrs Sommer Captain Walton Mr (2) Gordon Mr And 25 steerage
Departures
Nov 13 - Otago, ss, 640 tons, McLean, for Melbourne, via Cook Strait, Dalgety,
Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Lyttelton - Holt Miss Post Mr McGregor Mr Cook Mr And 13th in the steerage. For Wellington - Chapman Mrs York Miss Smith J Cook G Cook J Evans Mr Margetts Mr Stout R Macassey Mr Hackworth Mr And 2 in the steerage For Greymouth - Edwards Miss For Hokitika - 2 in the steerage For Melbourne - Barfield Mr and Mrs Oliver Mr and Mrs Hanson Mrs Bruce Mr Wielding Mr Lawson Mr And 2 in the steerage
Nov 15 - Easby, ss, 969 tons, Kennedy, for Newcastle. Webb and Fulton, agents.
Passengers: Steinan Mr, Mrs and Miss Elliott Mrs and children (4) Poullon Mr, Mrs and children (2) Edwards Mrs Wilson Mr Golding Mr Smith Miss Kinkham Miss Wilson Miss A B McNeil Miss Patterson Miss And 25 in the steerage
ARRIVAL OF THE MAY QUEEN
This handsome little clipper ship put in her fifth appearence in these water
yesterday morning, after a fair passage of 84 days from London and 82 days from
land to land. This good time was made under adverse circumstances, so far as
winds were concerned, exceedingly light weather being experienced from the Downs
to the Line, whilst a spell of easterly weather was met with to the eastward of
the Cape, and materially helped to retard the ship's progress. In other respects
the passage was favourably ordered, no bad weather worth mentioning having been
met with. The May Queen is still commanded by Capt Tatchell, and as she brought
seventy-two passengers, a medical man, in the person of Dr Wilkins, was
appointed to guard them in a sanitary sense. They arrived in good health. She
left Gravesend at 4 pm on the 19th August, passed the Downs next morning and ran
down Channel with light easterly winds, clearing the island on the 22nd.
Otago Witness 28 Nov 1874, Page12
Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
Nov 21 - Auckland, ship, 1250 tons, Stevens, from Glasgow August
27th. Cargills, Gibbs and Co, agents.
Passengers: Tait Mr and Mrs Young Mr, Mrs and children (7) Wright Mr, Mrs and children (3) Clifford Miss Donaldson Miss Patterson Rev J G Anderson Mr Barclay Mr
Steerage - 392 nominated and free immigrants
Nov 22 - Albion, RMSS, 591 tons, Underwood, from Melbourne Nov 16,
via Bluff Nov 21. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Mackie Rev Mr, Mrs and children (2) Westropp Colonel and Mrs Faul Mrs Ryley Mrs McLaren Miss Lindsay Miss Hutchison Capt Ryley Rev Mr Wheeler R T Ross Mr Bell Mr Russell Mr Conway Mr Mitchell Mr Bastings Mr Houghton Mr Gaisford Mr Lakeman Mr Musgrave Mr Ward Mr Peel Mr And 25 steerage
Nov 24 - Tararua, ss, 520 tons, Clark, from Melbourne, via
Lyttelton and Cook Strait. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Bright Mr A and Mrs Carr Dr, Mrs and child Glasgow Mrs Reid Mrs McDonald Miss Richardson Mr Roskruge Mr Whilley Mr Prince Mr Snider Mr And 9 steerage
Nov 25 - Glencoe, barque, 159 tons, Jasper, from Hobart Town, Nov 11th. Guthrie and Larnach, agents.
Passengers: Smart Mrs Winston Mr Cook Mr Hornsby Mr And 1 steerage
Nov 26 - Free Trader, barque, 206 tons, Miles, from Hobart Town November 19th, Guthrie and Larnach, agents.
Passengers: Haskill Mr and Mrs Haskill Misses (4) Haskill Masters (3) Moore Mr And 2 steerage
Departures
Nov 24 - Albion, ss, 591 tons, Underwood, for Melbourne, via Lyttelton
and Cook Strait. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agent.
Passengers: For Lyttelton - Mills J Hope Mr Common Mr For Wellington - Gaisford Mr For Melbourne - Lyndsey Mr Tyree Mr
Nov 25 - Tararua, ss, 520 tons, Clark, for Melbourne, via Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Belfield Mr Whitely Mr Chatterton Mr Cullen Mr And 4 steerage For Bluff - Lawson Mr and Mrs Taylor Rev Mr Dawson Mr Proudfoot Mr
ARRIVAL OF THE AUCKLAND
This fine ship, the third of the new vessels launched by the Albion Shipping
Company for the New Zealand trade, arrived in Port on the 21st November in tow
of the steamer Geelong. She is a splendid vessel, the exact counterpart in every
respect of the handsome Invercargill, now lying at the Railway Pier. Lines,
tonnage, dimensions, rig, appointment and last - but not least- exquisite
finish, are similar in both ships. Vessels better finished than the Auckland and
Invercargill could not be desired, whilst both possess excellent saloon
accommodation and commodious 'tween decks. The Auckland comes here commanded by
Captain Stevens, formerly of the EP Bouveric, a courteous
gentleman and smart seaman; and we were pleased to notice another familiar face
in the chief officer, Mr Fritzer, late of the ship City of Dunedin.
The ship brings the month's consignment of immigrants from Scotland to the
Province; and to the credit of her commander and officers arrived in admirably
clean condition. .She is certainly the cleanest ship that has come from Glasgow
this year, and that is saying a great deal in favour of her passengers. The
condition of the latter was also everything that could be reasonably desired.
They presented a hale, healthy, respectable appearance and we should imagine,
were more carefully selected than is usual with the indiscriminate operations of
the sub-agents in Britain. That they have good constitutions was evidenced by
the almost immunity from sickness they enjoyed during the passage, whilst only
four deaths, all in the cases of infants, occurred; this being the lightest
death rate that we can recollect in the case of any immigrant ship coming here,
and may be regarded as another feather in the caps of those to whom the
management of the Auckland's immigrants was entrusted.
Against the deaths- one of which was in the case of a child born on board- were
five births so that the ship arrives with two more souls on board than when she
left. One of the deaths occurred after they anchor was down on Saturday. There
were a few sad sights in the married people's place, the most notable a family
group father, mother, grandfather, mourning over a child that was dying in the
mother's arms. It died before we left the ship. These people complained of want
of proper attention during the passage, and their complaints were endowed by
several others, who also had ailing little ones. One of the married who had been
ailing in bed several day's, also complained of inattention. On the other hand
the Doctor was well spoken of by many, and on his own behalf stated that he
found not a few of the married people most impracticable to deal with. The fact
of the ship having been so free from disease of any kind also speaks most loudly
in his favour, although at the same time the credit accruing upon that is to be
equally shared by the captain and officers for general good management.
Three hundred and ninety three souls, including twenty saloon passengers,
arrived in the Auckland and are subdivided as under:
Fifty married couples, 110 single men, 85 single women, 47 male and 42 female
children, between the ages of one and twelve years, and eight infants. Their
nationality lay entirely between Scotland and Ireland. Of Scotch, there were 108
males and 171 females; of Irish, 26 males and 19 females; total statute adults,
356½ .
The deaths that occurred were -
Stevens J, October 6th, 16 months, of bronchitis
Murray George, November 2nd, 5 months, of piritonitis
The births were -
McCormick Mrs, September, of a boy, who died on September 25th;
Thomson Mrs, of a boy - the same date
Walker Mrs, October 22nd, of a girl
Mrs Macallum, November 10th, of a boy
Young J Mrs Nov. 20th, a saloon passenger, of a son.
The Auckland has performed well on this her maiden trip, having accomplished the
run from Greenock in 86 days, and from land to land in 71 days, and from the
Equator to the Solander sea made a dashing passage of 47 days, a passage that
has been rarely equalled. The ship has thus established a clipping reputation.
Captain Stevens informs us that she broke ground and sailed from the Tail of the
Bank on the 27tb of August, discharged the pilot off Dublin next day, and then
had a thrashing match down channel against a SW breeze, and so did not clear the
land until September 6th, Scilly being the point of departure.
Otago Witness 28 Nov 1874, Page13
DEATHS
Scott: On the 10th November at The Glen, Mornington, Dunedin, Jane, only
daughter of Thomas and Rachael Scott; aged nine months.
Percival: On the 2lst November, at his residence, Clyde street, Charles Alfred,
the beloved son of William James Percival, of the Otago Survey Department.
Otago Witness 5 Dec 1874, Page12 Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
Dec 2 - Alhambra, ss, 487 tons, Sinclair, from Melbourne via Cook Strait.
Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: From Melbourne - Handyside Mr and Mrs Scoullar Mrs and Miss Pillans Miss Macfarlane Mr Pollard Mr Maitland Mr McDonald Mr Telford Mr And 15 steerage From the Coast - Ingles Mr, Mrs and children (2) Waining Mr and Mrs McKay Miss Kershaw Mr Poulson Mr Buneek Mr Hope Mr Gramman Mr Six steerage And 10 for other ports No overseas Departures
Otago Witness 12 Dec 1874, Page12
Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
Dec 10 - Bobyelto, barque, 432 tons, Hodge, from Newcastle.
Harbour Steam Co, agents.
Passengers: Chandler Mrs and child Culligan Mrs
Departures
Dec 4 - Alhambra, ss, 497 tons, Sinclair, for Melbourne, via
Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Bluff - Salter Mr For Melbourne - Anderson Mr, Mrs and family (4) Murphy Miss Mullard Mrs Fothergill Captain Tooth Mr Smith Mr Ainsley Mr 48 steerage
Otago Witness 12 Dec 1874, Page13 Deaths
Douglas Archibald: On the 1st December, 1874 at his residence, Hampden, Moeraki,
Archibald Douglas, farmer, aged 74. Perth papers please copy.
Darling John: On the 3rd December, at his residence, Kemra Bank, Inch Clutha,
after a short illness, John Darling, in the 62nd year of his age.
Otago Witness 12 Dec 1874, Page21 Select Poetry
IN HIS CHAMBER.
You say that I have naught to fear
Ah I sit in silence thinking here;
That the steamers thousand of times have crossed
And not a soul was ever lost;
That he is as safe on the ocean there
As I am here in his easy-chair;
That I am foolish to sit and brood,-
It does me harm, and him no good
Perhaps it is so. You may be right:
But, in the stillness of the night
I lie awake, when the wind is high,
And clouds are sweeping athwart the sky,
And only think of what may be -
Of the howling tempest, the surging sea;
The savage waves that rise and dash
On the shuddering ship with an awful crash,
Till the sturdy bulwalks are swept away
By a weight no work of man could stay;
The cracking masts that splintering fall;
And the cries of terror above it all.
The horrible din of death I hear;
And among the faces all blanched with fear
I see one so often raised to me
In tender, loving sympathy,
Whose eyes, so gentle and so bright,
Are wild with horror and affright.
The form I have rocked upon my breast,
And hushed in its baby years to rest,
And guarded and cherished so long and well,
All helpless, alone, in that surging hell,
I hear my name in the hurried prayer
That comes at the moment of dread despair;
When, far on its billows swept away,
The ocean roars with its struggling prey,
But this is foolish, you say, and weak;
And to argue my thoughts away, you seek.
It is very kindly done:
But I am his father; and here at home,
I picture the dangers that may have come
To him, far, far away from me,
Away on the treacherous, pitiless sea,
My dear, my only son.
Unknown
Otago Witness 19 Dec 1874, Page12
Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
Dec 12 - Claud Hamilton, ss, Bawden, from Melbourne, Dec 5th, via
Bluff Dec 11th. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: From Melbourne - Chamberlain Mr and Mrs Von Blarcom Mr, Mrs and Jnr Charles Mr and Mrs Tolmie Mrs Baxter Mrs Cooper Mrs Game Mrs Johnston Miss Baxter Miss King Miss Tolmie Miss (2) Gellibrand Mr (2) Cooke Mr Hunt Mr Shepherd Mr And 25 steerage From Bluff - Holmes Mr and Mrs Webster Mr and Mrs Turnbull Mr Fenwick Mr Gibbs Mr Dennison Mr Two steerage And 47 for other ports
Departures
Dec 12 - Easby, ss, Kennedy, for Newcastle via Wellington. Webb
and Fulton, agents.
Passengers: For Wellington - Aitken Mr, Mrs and child Cupper Mr Smith Mr Fulton Mr And one steerage For Newcastle - Reynolds Mr Currier Mr Gordon Mr Holt Mr Latham Mr Bonthron Mr Nagle Mr And five steerage
Dec 14 - Christian McAusland, ship, 962 tons, Duncan, for London. Cargills, Gibbs and Co, agents.
Passengers: Barratt Mrs and Miss McDonald Mrs Sweet Miss Brodie Mr Williamson Mr Kerry Mr 2nd Cabin - Burton Mr and Mrs Brown Mr and Mrs O'Brien Mr Railton Mr Lodge Mr Eherage Mr
Claud Hamilton, ss, 540 tons, Bawden, for Melbourne, via Cook Strait. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Wellington - Gillies Mrs And one steerage For Melbourne - McGregor Mr And 21 steerage And four steerage for other ports
Otago Witness 26 Dec 1874, Page12
Shipping Port Chalmers
Arrivals
Dec 20 - Albion, ss, 591 tons, Underwood, from Melbourne, via
Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Cunningham Mrs Doughty Mrs Phillips Mrs Musgrove Mrs Caffin Mr, Mrs and children (4) Lowe Miss Hart Miss (2) Clapperton Miss Bell Miss Harris Mr Campbell Mr Craig Mr Hill Mr Guthrie Mr Hannan Mr Macdonald Mr Williams Mr Sanders Mr Morrison Mr Stewart Mr Rainey Mr Copeland J And 25 steerage
Dec 22 - India, barque, Griegs, from Launceston. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Wilson Mrs W jnr Duncan Mrs Simmons Mr (2) And 5 steerage
Woodville, barque, 362 tons, Arnold, from Newcastle. Harbour
Steam Co, agents. Passenger: Mrs Condy
Tararua, ss, 520 tons, Clark, from Melbourne via Cook Strait.
Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Dartnelt Mr, Mrs and Miss Black Mrs and Miss Glynn Miss Knight Dr Woon Mr Sonall Mr Matthews Mr Reid Mr Stead Mr Von Blarcom Mr Fulton Mr
Departures
Dec 21 - Albion, ss, 591 tons, Underwood, for Melbourne, via Cook
Strait. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: For Lyttelton - Carnall Mr One in the steerage For Wellington - Park Mr Douglas Mr For Melbourne - Fergusson Miss Brown Mr
Dec 23 - Tararua, ss, 520 tons, for Melbourne, via Bluff Harbour. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents.
Passengers: Fitzgerald Miss Matthews Mr Richardson Mr And 20 steerage For Bluff - Beale Mr Mason Mr And one steerage
Otago Witness 26 Dec 1874, Page14 Telegrams
The Tararua, with the outward English mail, sailed south at noon.
A gentleman passenger stated that on the voyage from Melbourne she encountered a
terrific gale, and was hove to for fifty hours. Eighteen valuable draught horses
were killed. The lifeboat was nearly washed overboard. The passengers were
huddled together in the saloon, and hardly expected to see land again.
Leave-taking
The seamen shout once and together,
The anchor breaks up from the ground,
And the ship's head swings to the weather,
To the wind and the sea swings round:
With a clamour the great sail steadies,
In extreme of a storm scarce furled;
Already a short wake eddies,
And a furrow is cleft and curled
To the right and left.
About me, light-hearted or aching,
" Good-bye !" cry they all, taking hand—
What hand do I find worth taking ?
What face as the face of the land ?
I will utter a farewell greater
Than any of friends in ships—
I will leave on the forehead of Nature
The seal of a kiss—let the lips
Of a song do this.
......
The last of her now is a brightening
Far fire in the forested hills,
The breeze as the night nears is heightening,
The cordage draws tighter and thrills,
Like a horse that is spurred by the rider,
The great vessel quivers and quails,
And passes the billows beside her,
The fair wind is strong in her sails,
She is lifted along.
When the zone and the latitude changes
A welcome of white cliffs shall be,
I shall cease to be sad for white ranges
Now lost in the night and the sea:—
But dipped deep in their clear flowing rivers
As a chalice my spirit shall weigh
With fair water that flickers and shivers,
Held up to the strong, steady ray,
To the sunlight of song.
by Frederick Napier Broome.