Hongkong Built Vessel's Successful Voyage: Sydney to Hongkong in 18 Days The str. Taiping, built to the order of Messrs. G. Yuill of Sydney, (Australian Oriental Line), ari back in Hongkong on March 1 pleting her first round trip to Australia and return. The vessel proved an excellent sea-boat and gave every satisfaction to her officers and owners.
On the return from Australia, she put up a very creditable performance making Hongkong in 18 days from Sydney. Leaving Sydney 4 pam. on February 27, calls were made at Townsville to load frozen cargo and also at Cairns and Thursday Island.
From the latter port she there at 5 p.m. on Sunday evening ast and leaving the next day at 5 pam.
The passengers were more than pleased with the vessel's behaviour and were loud in praise of the accommodation and cuisine especi She is commanded by Capt. H. Evans Hamilton and with him are A, M. Frame (Chief Officer), A. D. Forsyth (Chief Engineer), and L. A. Campbell (Purser).
The Taiping carried 31 first class! passengers and 115 other classes: and there is little doubt that she and her sister ship, the Changte, will prove as popular with Antipodean travelling public were their predecessors, the Changsha and Taiyuan, whose record for the same company was an extremely' enviable one.
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