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Shipping News for Port Chalmers & Dunedin
weekly during 1886
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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 18 June 1886 page 16
ARRIVALS
June 10 - Koranui, 301 tons, Oliver, from Greymouth, via Nelson and Wellington June 11 - Rotorua, s.s., 575 tons,, Neville, from the North. Passengers: Two steerage June 12 - Wareatea, s.s., 288 tons, Ewan, from Westport Wakatipu, s.s., 1158 tons, Wheeler, from Sydney via Cook Strait
Passengers: Saloon - Backhouse Master Mackay Mr Morris Mr McBride Mr Prichard Mrs and child Reynolds Mr Southern Mr Tower Mrs, maid and infant and 13 steerage
June 15 - Go-ahead, s.s., Plumley, from Lyttelton Tarawera, s.s., 1269 tons, Sinclair, from Melbourne via Hobart and the Bluff
Passengers: Kilgour Mrs and infant Petre Mr Rowan Captain Steinmetz Mr Webster Mr and 13 steerage
Mahinapua, s.s., 205 tons, Holmes, from the North
Passengers: Canning Miss Coxhead Mr Cottrell Miss Crawford Mr Henry Mr McIntyre Mr Rankin Miss Vernon Mr and 18 steerage
Invercargill, s.s., 136 tons, Sundstrom, from Lyttelton via Timaru June 14 - Wairarapa, s.s., 1023 tons, Chatfield, from Auckland via East Coast ports
Pasengers: Calcutt Mr Fenn Mr Gillies Mr Gore Mrs Jarman Mrs Mercer Mrs Mercer Mr O'Leary Mr Pirie Mr Saunders Miss Saunders Mr Sise Mr, Mrs, and Miss Solomon Mr and 3 steerage
DEPARTURES June 11 - Doric, s.s., 4474 tons, Jennings, for London via Lyttelton and Wellington. NM and A Co., agents Grafton, s.s., 297 tons, Hill for Northern ports Rotomahana s.s., 865 tons, Carey for Melbourne via the Bluff
Passengers for Melbourne: Dickson Mr Duncan Mr Hallenstein Mr Shennan Mrs Trapp Mrs and child Urquhart Mr and 30 steerage
June 12 - Australia, s.s., 269 tons, Johnson, for Auckland via East Coast June 13 - Koranui, s.s., 301 tons, Oliver, for the West Coast via Oamaru June 14 - Orawaiti, s.s., 288 tons, Gibb, for Westport Rotorua, s.s., 576 tons, Neville, for Northern ports
Passengers: For Lyttelton - Glover Mr Turrell Mr For Wellington - Bell Mr Smith Mr and 6 steerage
June 15 - Wareatea, s.s. 244 tons, Ewan, for Westport Go-ahead, s.s., for the North June 14 - Tarawera, s.s., 1269 tons, Sinclair, for Auckland via East Coast ports
Passengers: For Lyttelton - Belcher Mr and Mrs Lorenson Mr For Wellington - Dodds Miss Martin Mr L T Reed Mrs and servant Ross Mrs Ross Miss Spragg Mrs and 2 children For Gisborne Briggs Miss For Auckland _ Roy Mr and 9 steerage
Otago Witness Shipping News 18 June 1886 page 16
Last two pages of this issue of the Otago Witness includes maps of the Tarawera eruption