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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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The following is a transcript from the Otago Witness May 28th 1886
Arrivals
May 20th SS Orawaiti, 254 tons, Gibb, from the West Coast W Hay Dickson agent
SS Taiuni, 5200 tons, Barlow RNR, from London via Cape Town, Hobart, Auckland and Wellington, Dalgety and Co Limited agents. Passengers:
Saloon Holmes Mr Second Cabin Carter Mr Gavin Mr Johnson Mr Stevens Mr & Mrs Tangye Mr & Mrs Williams Mr & Mrs Steerage Armstrong Mr Baird Mr Black Mr Crawford Mr Fairburn Mr Muir Mr Nave Mrs and son Sangier Mr Taylor Mr Taylor Miss Trizona Mrs and son Wood Mr
May 21st S S Rotorua 576 tons Neville from Northern ports J Mills agent Passengers
Brown Miss Colquhoun Dr Dowens Mr & Mrs and Family Houston Mr Howarth Miss Monsell Miss Reid Mrs and child Theomin Mr 5 Steerage
RMS Kaikoura 4474 tons, Crutchley. R M R from Plymouth Via Madeira and the Cape of Good Hope. Passengers
Saloon: For Dunedin Marks Mr Morris Mr Neill Mr For Lyttelton Eyre Mrs H N Hastings Miss Musgrave Miss Watson Rev H For Wellington Ricketts Mrs For Auckland Byng Mr Hanson Mr Hanson Mrs Hanson Miss (2) Kerr Mr Lawkins Mr Sherd Mr Pickup Mr Second Cabin For Dunedin Brazil Mr For Lyttelton Hannaford Miss Hilliard Mr & Mrs Howard Mr Rowbottom Mrs Rowbottom Miss (2) Tickell Mr & Mrs For Wellington Boal Mr Tripe Mr & Mrs Whitehead Mr For Auckland Arnold Mr & Mrs Beal Miss Croll Mr & Mrs & Master Elliston Mr Graham Mr Johnson Mrs McKillop Mr Tugby Mr & Mrs & Miss Watson Mrs Woolridge Mr Mrs 2 children Woolridge Mr For Napier Blackstone Mr Halse Miss For Sydney Hall Mr Steerage For Dunedin Healey Mr Irvine Mr Masson Mr & Mrs Morton Mr Phelps Mr Thompson Mr Ward Mr Watson Miss Wilson Mr 72 for the North May 22nd SS Koranui, 301 tons, Oliver from the North. J Mills agent PassengersDuncan Miss McGreger Mr McIntosh Mrs Sheperd Miss Whitwell Miss Williams Miss 2 steerage
May 23rd Splendid, barque, 358 tons, Anglem, from a whaling cruise. W Elder agent Othello, barque, 312 tons, Earle, from a whaling cruise. W Elder agent May 25th Mararoa RMSS Union Steamship Co departed from Sydney en route for San Francisco via Auckland. Passengers
Saloon: From Sydney to Auckland Armitage Mr Armitage Mrs and child Bruce Miss Davis Mr V Franks Mr W Hay Mrs Humphreys Mr Marks Mrs and child Meriburn Mr Murphy Miss Pearson Mr W Price Dr Richmond Mr Richmond Mrs Sawters Mr Sharp Mr L G Stephenson Mrs Thelpell Miss Walker Mr J A Watton Miss 9 in steerage From Sydney to San Francisco 64 cabin 55 steerage From Sydney to Honolulu 3 cabin 1 steerage Auckland to San Francisco Aitkin Mr G H Barnes Mr (2) Barnes Mrs Barnes Miss (2) Betherington Mr Coombie Mr & Mrs T Freeman Miss Marks Mr Paterson Frank Roberts Mr Mrs Rutherford Mr Rutherford Miss Waddell Rev Mr Walsh Mr Wingate Mr Ullithorne Mr
Waihora, 1269 tons, Popham, from Melbourne via Hobart and the Bluff J Mills agent. Passengers
From Melbourne and Hobart Belcher Mr & Mrs Campbell Mr Carvossa Mr Dickenson Mr Dickson Mr Gibbs Mr & Mrs 5 children and 2 Nurses Humphries Mr Johnson Mrs and child Mercer Miss Puflett Miss Richardson Mr Scott Mr Wallace Mr From the Bluff Baird Mr 17 steerage from all ports
May 26th SS Wanaka, 297 tons, Johnson, from the North. J Mills agent. Passengers
Checkly Mrs Daley Mr Douglas Mr Holder Mrs Marka Mr Melton Mr Neill Mr & Mrs Thompson Miss Woods Mrs 9 steerage
S S Tarawera 1269 tons Sinclair from the North J Mills agent. Passengers
From Sydney Bilson Mr From the Coast Boyd Captain Mrs and family Kinross Mr Maston Miss Mills Mr John Ness Mr Rowe Mr Sandstrum Mrs White Mr
Departures May 20th SS Te Anau 1028 tons McIntosh for Melbourne via the Bluff and Hobart J Mills agent. Passengers:
For the Bluff Edmonds Mrs Herdman Mr For Hobart Wilson Mrs For Melbourne Boyd Miss Cameron Mr Clark Mr S R Duncan Mrs Findlay Mr Fraser Mr Godfred Mr Harris Mrs Matherson Mr Mollison Mrs 25 steerage
May 21st RMS Kaikoura, 4174 tons, Crutchley, RNR, for the North. NZ Shipping Co agents SS Mahinarua 205 tons Holmes for the North J Mills agent May 22nd Clifton. barque 380 tons, Bankier, for Newcastle. Proctors Jones and Co agents May 23rd SS Tainui, 5200 tons Barlow R N R for London via the North. Dalgety and Co agents May 24th SS Rotorua 578 tons Neville for the Manukau via Lyttelton and intermediate ports J Mills agent May 25th SS Koranui 301 tons, Oliver, for Westport via Timaru and intermediate ports. J Mills agent Lyttelton, ship 1111 tons, Borman, for London via Lyttelton. NM and A Co agents SS Go-Ahead 132 tons Plumley for Napier via Timaru. K Ramsay agent May 26th SS Waihora, 1269 tons, Popham, for Sydney via the North. J Mills agent. Passengers
For Lyttelton Brenton Master Dymock Master Fitchett Master Ross Miss Wright Master (2) For Wellington Harvey Master McIntyre Mrs and childFor Napier Allen Mr For Auckland Waugh Mr & Mrs Winstanley Mr & Mrs For Sydney Begg Mr Dairymple Miss Dimont Mr & Mrs Dimont Mrs Martin Mrs Rennie Miss 4 steerage
Otago Witness Shipping News 28 May 1886 page 15
