The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-02
BOUND FOR THE MM HIS FATHER HAS MONEY ANA WANTED DE SKI BREAKS ALL RECORDS some SOCIAL HAPPENINGS
WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE OF
Il. NJ. :. MIOWERA.
On Her Last Round Trip from Sydney
She Gained Nearly Five Days on Her
Schedule.

The II. NJ. S. Miowera, which arrived
yesterday morning from the Colonies,
and left again in the evening for Van
couver on her last round trip from
Sydney to Vancouver beat all previ
Gus records on the Australian route.
On the outward trip the time table
was beaten by three days and on the
home run passengers were landed in
Sydney day and half in advance of
the contract period. These perform
ances made a record, and as the Cana
dian-Australian mail liners have in fu-
ture to call at Wellington, n. H.. on
their route it is outside of the ordina-
ry probability that the run will be
beaten.
The last sixty-three knots of the
| journey to Sydney were completed in
the quick space of three hours and a
half, the captain and chief engineer
having good reason to hold their
heads up higher, and talk with pride
of the record making run.
In speaking of the great perform
ance of the Miowera the Sydney Ev-
ening News says:
"The Miowera was built on the
| Tyne in 1892, is registered at 1898 tons
! gross measurement, and has a carry
ing capacity of $500 tons on draft
of "a feet. Her passenger accommodate
ton, which is exceptionally comfort
able, provides for 112 in the saloon,
10 in the second cabin and steerage
as required. The fitting and accesso-
ries are all of the latest pattern, and
for the musically inclined "A first class
| Si or N I'll mi iS nrnyi1nn n ~
social hall. The engines are of the
triple expansion type, and were made
when the ship was built by the Wall
send Shipway and Engineering com
| pany; they are 500 indicated horse
power, and the performance referred
to above shows how easily eighteen
knots speed can be got out of them if
required, on a daily consumption OF
SO tons of coal.
"Mr. II. Morrison, the chief engineer
who only joined the ship when she
was last in Sydney, having been pre-
viously in the Warrimoo, is quite sat.
isfied that more records can be made
with the Miowera, and he certainly is
| justified in expressing the opinion
regarding the engines, when it is stat
ed that his experience includes TWEEN
ty years in the service of the famous
British India S. n. Company. His
His first trip in this vessel was GER
tainly one to cause him satisfaction.
son that voyage (the one made just
three days under time) Mr.. Hemming
the present chief officer, took the shiI
out to Vancouver, where she was then
handed over to Captain Free, II. n. r..
| f. II. Met. S., an officer whose skill
and pluck as a seaman is well known
in Sydney by reason of his perform-
auce in bringing the steamer Fort
Chalmers safely into port after n SER
sational collision with an iceberg iO0t
miles away. He afterwards commend
ed the Cornwall a cargo carrier which
is factiously referred to hy the cup
tain as my warehouse TIE last time
he left sydney in the Cornwall. Cap
tain Free had cargo of 100000 lbs
of frozen meat, and callir~ at Souti
American port he took in addition 6
full deck cargo of sheen md oxen.
Captain Free has with him as decl
officers: Messrs. F. A. Hemming, 5
Mortimer, w. Macfarlane and r. Att
wood. DR.. NJ. ID. M'Ewan looks afte,
the invalids. and below deck Mr. c. II
Humphries is courteous and popular
purser. In the same department Mr.
G.. Simon holds the appointment o
chief steward. and when it is added
that his experience includes severa
wears service with the Messagerie!
Maritmes and the North German
Lloyd, sufficient has been said to show
that the passengers are well looked
after. The ship is very comfortable
the officers were popular, the accom-
modations and cuisine all that can b,
desired, and. in fact the Miowera il
just the sort of boat to consider
ably add to the popularity of an al
ready popular and attractive touris
route.