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During 1886 the Otago Witness,
a weekly newspaper, was published on Saturday's until April 24 when
the publishing day became Friday. Index
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Otago Witness Shipping News 11 June 1886 page 12
Arrived Port Chalmers 3 June 1886
Doric, s.s., 4741 tons, Jennings, from Plymouth, via Teneriffe, Capetown
and Hobart. NM and A. Company, agents
s.s. Doric from London on 22 April and from Plymouth on 24 April [1886]
Doric, s.s., 4741 tons, Jennings, from Plymouth, via Teneriffe, Capetown and Hobart. NM and A. Company, agents
Passengers: Saloon, for Otago - Haycraft Mr WJ Hogg Mr J Second saloon: Grimes Mr Norton Mr For Lyttelton, saloon - Lucas Mrs WS For Wellington, saloon - Middleton Mr and Mrs and child (there is a Master Middleton in the London list) Second saloon - Gambriel Misses (3) (maybe belongs in the London list) For Auckland, saloon- Boyes Captain R.N. Pearson Mr Second saloon- Ashcroft Mr and Mrs and three children Cousens Mr and Mrs and six children Craven Miss Ledger Mr and Mrs and child Lodger Mr Parker Mr Webb Mr 130 third class, and 110 immigrants for all ports
The Plymouth list is transcribed above but with the exception
of the following, all passengers listed from Plymouth are included in the London
sailing list.
Saloon :
Hogg Mr J
Middleton Mr and Mrs and child but there is a Master Middleton in the London
list
Savage Mrs
Gambriell Misses (3)
In the London list there are a Miss J Gambrill, Mrs E Gambrill and family (9)
and I suspect these three belong there!
First Saloon Amp? Mr Boyes Capt G (R N ) Dezoete Mr R Hamilton Mr J J Haycraft Mr W J Latham Miss Lucas Mrs W S Mayhew Mr Percival S Middleton Master James Middleton Mr and Mrs J W Pearson Mr John E Selmes Mr J H Singer Mr P E Stowell Sir W Stowell Miss Thomson Colonel J C |
Second Saloon Armishaw Mr Arthur Ashcroft Mr and Mrs Henry and family (3) Brown Sergeant Chamberlain Mr Clout Mr R V Cousins Mr and Mrs and family(6) Craven Miss Alice Grimes Mr Hartmann Mr C L Ledger Mr B Ledger Mr and Mrs C M Ledger Miss M Norton Mr H Parker Mr E Pywill Mr and Mrs A W Savage Mrs Waters Miss Watson Mr F E Webb Mr Woodman Mr and Mrs G S and family(6) |
Third Class Adams Mr J Allen Miss Agnes Allen Mr and Mrs R Allrecht Mr and Mrs G and sons (2) Aldis Mr A Aldis Mr E Anderson Mr J Anderson Mr T Baker Mr G Bell Mr D Blamey Mr J C Broadhurst Mr G Broadhurst Mr J Broadhurst Mr Jas Bruce Miss M Bryan Mr P Burke Mr T Burn Mr J Burns Mr J F Busham Mr H Cashman Mr P Charlesworth Mr D Clarke Mr J Clarke Mr J [there are two] Clancy Mr R Clay Mr and Mrs John Clee Mr J Cocker Mr and Mrs J and family (3) Conville Mr J Crichton Mr A Crofts Mr H Croft Mr and Mrs J and family(4) Desmond Miss A Desmond Miss M Desmond Miss N Doig Mr J Dumster Miss M Dunball Mr R ?belein Mr R Erikson Mr L Erwin Mr A Evans Mr J Evans Mr W Evans Mr W [there are two] Fee Mr W S |
Gallivan Mr J Gambrill Mrs E and family (9) Gambrill Miss J Gillhooly Mr M Gilman Mr M Gore Mr F W Gore Mr T Gore Mr W Green Mr and Mrs J H Green Miss L Greenwood Mr W Grove Mr E Hansman Mr C Harper Mr J Haslam Mr T Hinton Mr H Hudner Mr R Hunt Mr B W Israng Mr C Jackson Mr A Johanson Mr A Jonsson Mr C Kemp Mr J Matheson Mr G A Matthews Mr and Mrs H M'Aughen Mr W Aughen Mr J [Appears immediately after M'Aughen] McCammon Mr T McLean Mr D M Maynard Mr and Mrs J Milton Mr G R Milverton Mr and Mrs W S and family (6) Morrison Mr A Murdock Mr W Nelson Mr Ness Mr J Newell Mr J Nicol Mr M Niehans Mr H Niehans Mr J North Mr and Mrs G North Miss S North Master W |
O'Donnell Mr J Over Mr G Patrick Mr J Paul Mr A W Pengelly Mrs Poole Miss A Posner Mr C Potter Mr A Reeve Mr C Renton Mr D Rushen Mr and Mrs T Ryle Miss C Savage Master G Savage Mr H Shannon Mr A Shea Mr P Sidwell Mr T Sidwell Mr and Mrs W Smellie Mr R Smellie Mr W Smith Mr H Smith Mr J Snelling Mr J Squire Mr C A Sydenham Mr and Mrs J and family (4) Taylor Miss B Taylor Mr J Taylor Mr J [there are two] Thompson Mr R Thompson Mr G Torrington Mr and Mrs J Torrington Master J Tranter Mr J Trenham Mrs H Ward Mr A Waters Mrs B and family (3) Whale Mr and Mrs S H Whearly Mr P Wiggins Mr E Willis Miss T Wilson Mr R Woodcock Mr J Wren Mr J And about 150 emigrants [unnamed] |
Otago Witness June 18 1886.
Departures. June 11 - Doric, s.s., 4474 tons, Jennings, for London via Lyttelton and Wellington. NM and A Co., agents
The Star 20 June 1886
Arrived June 20 - Doric, s.s. from Napier. Dalgety and Co. agents.
The Star Saturday 26 June and 28th June1886, page 2
Lyttelton - Cleared. The Doric left the wharf this morning and
anchored in the stream, she is to leave about three o'clock for London. She
takes a large cargo of produce, and a number of passengers, about seventy of all
classes. Yesterday three ocean-going steamers were in port - the Doric,
Kaikoura and Tongariro, representing a tonnage of 13,381
tons.
June 26 - Doric, s.s., 3070 tons, Jennings,
for London. Dalgety and Co., agents.
Passengers -
Saloon: Allan Mr Bird Mr Cameron Mr Ford Mr Haycroft Mr Raphael Mrs Redfern Mr Ward Mrs Ward Miss Second Saloon: Buchanan Mrs Buchanan Misses (2) Buchanan Masters (2) Cairns Mrs Griffiths Mr Knight Mr Martin Miss Munroe Mr Potter Mr Strong Miss Tillotson Miss Williams Captain |
Steerage: Anderson Mr Bemrose Mr Blenary Mr (2) Cooper Mrs Dalgelish Mr Eatons Master Elkins Mr Gilton Mr Hayward Mr James Mr Javis Mr Kruger Mr Lindesay Mr and Mrs Lindesay Masters (3) Lindesay Miss Lovell Mrs Lovell Miss Lovell Mr (2) |
Steerage: McClennan Mr McLean Mrs McManus Mr Mackenzie Mr Malkin Mr Mitchell Miss Maynard Mr Mee Miss Messenger Mr Renshaw Mr and Mrs Renshaw Misses (2) Renshaw Master Rodgers Mr Russell Mr Sudell Mr Swanson Mr Warren Mr Whalin Mr Wilton Mr For Rio: Reany Mr |
The SS Doric, 4,784 gross tons, was built 1863 by Harland and Wolff, Belfast for White Star Line. Purchased by Shaw Savill & Albion. Sold to Pacific Line, 1906 and renamed Asia. Wrecked April 23 1911 on Firapn? Rock, Taichow Island.
There has been a lot of phonetic spelling on the part of the shipping clerk!