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NEW STEAMERS FOR THE MELBOURNE
AND ADELAIDE TRADE.
The papers to hand by the last mail contain various
items of intelligence with reference to the new
steamers intended to replace the lost Admella. The
North British Daily Mail says that "We find that
Messrs. Robert Little & Co. have contracted with
Messrs. Caird & Co. for a screw-steamer of 500 tons
for the Melbourne and Adelaide line, and to supply
the loss of the Admella. The new vessel is intended
chiefly for first and second-class passenger traffic-,
and will therefore be fitted with every appliance to
secure great speed."
We also find the following advertisement in a
Glasgow paper, relative to a steamer which is said to
be ordered for Mr. White, owner of the Havilah :
To Steamboat Builders Tenders required for
building an iron screw-steamer to carry 300 tons
measurement cargo under hatches, with accommodation
for 40 cabin, 297 intermediate, and 80 steerage
passengers, and a guaranteed speed of 15 knots, on
11 feet draught when loaded, and to be fitted up with
all the latest improvements for economising fuel and
labor; classed Al for nine years, and built under
Lloyd's special survey. For particulars, apply to
Captain Stewart, or Wm. Turner, 18, West Burn
street, Greenock. November 7, 1859.
The OscAR, intended for the same trade, was
announced to sail from London either in the month
of November or December last, for Melbourne, consigned
to Messrs. Joshua Brothers there. The following
advertisement extracted from the Times, on
tains a description of her power :
" Port Phillip direct.-The magnificent first-class
clipper-built screw-steamer Oscar, 674 tons, celebrated
both for her steaming as well as her extraordinary
sailing qualities, will leave the London Dock for
Melbourne on the 12th November. This splendid
vessel has been employed between London and Cadiz,
where she has gained a reputation for her rapid passages,
and when alone under canvas was remarkable
for her great speed ; therefore, it is confidently expected
she will make the passage to the colony under
canvas within 70 days, which offers a most eligible
opportunity to shippers desirous of despatch. This
steamer is intended to take the place of the Admella
(recently lost between Melbourne and Adelaide. For
terms of freight, etc, apply to John Hall, jun., and
Co., 1 New London-street, E.C. ; or to Hotchkin
and Mobbs, 116, Bishopsgate-street within."
The Glasgow Herald contains the following description
of the new steamer Rangatira, also intended for
this station : -
"This fine.' vessel, we observe, is about to
proceed to sea ; her trial trip last week, we understand,
was very successful, the speed obtained being
13 miles per hour. The Rangatira is a finely mo-
delled ship of 720 tons, fitted with geared engines of
180 horse power, with superheating apparatus for
economising fuel. The cabin accommodation has
been particularly attended to, with ample ventilation.
The principal cabin is placed amidships, thereby giving
great comfort and command of space, and is
elegantly fitted up for about 40 passengers. There is
a commodious second cabin fitted up aft for 60 to 70
passengers ; altogether the passenger accommodation
is most complete, and suitable for the climate and
station. The figure-head is that of a well-known New
Zealand chief. We understand this is the fourth
vessel built by Messrs. J. & G. Thomson for this
company.
"It may beinterestingtonotice that the Australasian
Steam Navigation Company, to whom the Rangatira
belongs, have for many years past worked various
lines of steam communication on the Australian coasts
with great regularity, and they have now, as appears
by Waugh's Australian Almanac' for 1859, a very
fine and efficient fleet, numbering, including the Ban-
gatira, 20 vessels, of an aggregate tonnage of 7,956
tons, and 2,587 nominal horse-power.
" Having erected, at a considerable cost a patent
slip and engineering works upon their own properly
at Sydney, with all the most recent and improved
machinery, they have been enabled to maintain their
vessels in a high state of efficiency. Their fleet was
very considerably augmented at the time when the
gold discoveries caused a sudden increase of
traffic between the different colonies by the
addition of several fine steamers, built on the Clyde,
one of which, on one occasion, carried the mail from
Sydney to Suez in a very efficient manner when the
mail steamer was unable to leave at the contract
time.
" he has now been decided by the Company to extend
their line of operations to the colony of South Australia
in connection with their powerful steamers
running between Sydney and Melbourne, and for this
extension the Rangatira is intended."
THE THEBARTON RACES. SETTLING DAY.
On Friday evening, the Stewards of the late Thebarton
Races met at the Globe Inn, for the purpose of distributing
the stakes to the winners. There was a large muster of
sporting men on the occasion. The stakes handed over
were as follow Butchers' Plate, four entries, won by
Mr. Walton's Sailor Boy, £16 5s. ; Derby, seven entries,
won by Mr. C. B. Fisher's Midnight, £178 ; Thebarton
Plate, eight entries, won by Mr. Poole's Mack, £72 Is. ;
Maiden Plate, 11 entries, won by Mr. C. B. Fisher's
Beeswing, £61 103. ; Welter Stakes, nine entries, won
by Mr. Filgate's Barry, £55 4s. ; Butchers' Hacks, five
.ntries,wonbyMr. Hughes'sCornborough, £19 4s.; Hack
Stakes, 10 entries, won by Mr. H. Fisher's Hardnails,
£19 9s. ; Beaten Stakes, seven entries, won by Mr.
Jewell's Miss Fanny, £21 63. The total amount of
stakes was £473. Total amount disbursed by the Committee
of Management has been £772 5s. E. M. Bagot,
Esq., who distributed the stakes, congratulated the
meeting upon the very favorable circumstances under
which they were assembled, the Committee of Manage-
ment being enabled to pay all their debts in connection
with the late races, and liberal as the patronage had
been there was every hope from the satisfactory manner
in which the races had gone off that future meetings
would be even still more liberally patronised. The
proceedings were most harmonious, and the amount of
stakes appeared to afford the highest satisfaction. The
stand (which with every other liability has been liqui-
dated) has cost about £300.
TESTIMONIAL. On Friday evening, January
23, pursuant to a resolution passed at a recent meeting
of the Political Association, a Committee of that body,
formed for the purpose, assembled at Mr. Blinman'«,
the London Inn, Flinders-street, to present an address
to Mr. Petherbridge, one of the originators of the Association,
and now about to leave the colony for England in
the Irons. Mr. Osborne presided as Chairman on the
occasion, and after explaining the objects of the meeting,
called upon the President of the Association, Mr. John
Clark, to present the address to Mr. Petherbridge, who
was in attendance, and which he did in a very neat and
judicious speech, and which Mr. Petherbridge acknowledged
in most fervent terms of thanks. The company
then retired to the large room of the hotel, where air,
excellent supper was laid on the tables, to which they
cut down, and passed the remainder of the evening con
vividly, finishing by an universal expression of hope that
Mr. Petherbridge's voyage might be a safe and pleasant
one, and that success and prosperity might attend him
after his arrival in his native land.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS A correspondent
informs us that on Thursday, the 5th January,
Mr. J. Mellor, of Morphett-street, invited a few farmers
to inspect the working of a reaping-machine at Mr.
Joseph Howard's farm, Tapley's Hill. Amongst those
present who always take a lively interest in agricultural
pursuits, we observed Messrs. Robert Smith, Tapley, and
Ferguson The principle on which this reaper £3 constructed
differs from those in ordinary use, inasmuch as
there are no cogs and the machine being entirely
worked by belts, the friction is considerably reduced,
and the draught made so easy that one good horse could
work it on the plains. Mr. Howard's being a hilly firm
it was usd with two horses. All present were perfectly
satisfied as to simplicity of construction and superiority
in saving over the old system.
TEMPERANCE MEETING.—A temperance meeting
was held on Friday, the 9th instant, at the Bible
Christian Chapel, Mount Lofty, when an address of a
very interesting nature was delivered by Mr. Allan,
Bible Christian minister, on the temperance cause. The
meeting was not so well attended as was expected, owing
to the short notice given to the settlers.
COLONIAL LITERATURE. Mr. James Parkin-
son, chemist, has just published an essay on the Hus-
bandry and Agricultural Capabilities of South Australia.
As the expense is trifling we recommend our readers
who are interested in this subject to purchase the
work. They will find, to use the language of the author,
" food for thought and criticism too."
BROUGHT BACK Captain Roberts, of the
brig Content, bound to Melbourne, who sailed from the
Lightship anchorage on Thursday morning without
settling several claims made against him for wages by
ten men, amounting to between £50 and £60, and for
which summonses had been served upon him on the previous
day, to which he did not appear, was, after orders
being granted for the amounts, and distress warrants
issued by the Court, followed by the water police in a
boat down the Gulf, and after a smart chase of some 30
miles, overtaken at nightfall, and he and the vessel
brought back to the Lightship early on Friday morning,
where he will be detained until the claims are settled.
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