RIMUTAKA
The RIMUTAKA
departed Plymouth on 9 April 1887, and arrived in
Wellington on 22 May 1887, with Captain Turpin in command.
Transcribed
from the Evening Post 23 May 1887. Page 2.
ARRIVAL OF
THE R.M.S. RIMUTAKA
The N.Z.S.
Co.'s RMS
Rimutaka, Capt Turpin arrived here at noon yesterday, and, after being
granted
a clearance by the Health Officer, was berthed at the Queen's Wharf
shortly
after 1 pm. She left Plymouth at 1.30 pm on the 9th April having on board 294 bags of
mails, and reached Madeira at 7 pm on the 13th; left at 2.30
pm same day, and arrived at the Cape at 10
am on the 29th sailed at 2 pm, arriving at Hobart
at 8 am on the 18th May; sailed again at 2.15 pm, and
arrived as
above. The weather experienced was exceptionally fine, and the voyage
has been
very much enjoyed by the passengers, for whose amusement concerts,
dances,
athletic sports, &c, were instituted. The officers are:—
Chief, Mr. Scruby; second, Mr. Crouchier;
third, Mr. Buchanan; fourth, Mr. Cobb chief engineer, Mr. Dallas; and
purser,
Mr. Jones (late of the Arizona). Following is a list of the
passengers:-
Saloon –
Miss Acland
Mr. and Mrs.
Grierson
Mr. and Mrs.
Blake
Dr. and Mrs.
Mackie and
servant
Captain Pearse
Messrs -
Braidwood, Gray,
Hopkins and Neill (2);
Second
Saloon –
Miss Warnes
Mesdames –
Meyer and 3
children
Keating and
4 children
Oxenham and 2 children
Southal
Unsworth and 3 children
Watson and 2
children
Frankland
Bailey and 5
children
Gore, Oates,
Warnes, Watkinson, Craig, Evans, McGrath
and Tuke, Rev Meyer, Messrs
Keating, Oxenham, Unsworth,
Southal, Watson, Frankland,
Adam,
Leslie, Bowdler, Burkill,
Cooper,
Corbett, Hunter, Macfie, Lappington,
Mackenzie, Oates, Pearson and Whitley;
Steerage - 52