The vessel is in charge of Captain Robert Purdie, and she left British Columbia as far back as May 31.
She met with bad weather, and put into Honolulu on June 24 for repairs.
She did not continue her voyage until August 14, but once again put back to Honolulu, leaking, on October 5.
At this stage certain claims were made by the crew, and various troubles followed.
It appeared as if the New South Wales Government was never going to get delivery of the timber cargo.
Eventually Mr Nielson visited Honolulu and bought the vessel outright for the New South Wales Government.
Captain Purdie then took charge of the vessel, and another start was made for Sydney on January 10.
On the first day out a stowaway was discovered on board.
He was only a boy of 10, and gave the name of John Smith.
Captain Purdie was unable to land the boy, and accordingly signed him on as cabin boy.
The voyage which followed was a very slow one, and, except for one day, when the vessel covered 160 miles in the 24 hours, she did little better than drift.
At one point the vessel passed through a large area of pumice dust.
The vessel is very dirty below the water line, the bottom being covered with long grass and other marine growths.
After discharging her cargo she will be docked, and will return to America.
• The matter of Dr Sydney Smith's statement, to a press reporter in Wellington, that he "had seen more fleas in Hastings than he had seen in any of the slums at Home. The locality was simply over-run with them,'' was discussed at the last meeting of the Hastings Borough Council.
Cr Maddison said Dr Smith's statement was a serious matter, affecting, as it did, the good name and well-being of Hastings.
Dr Smith's utterances should be challenged.
The Mayor said the trouble was that it was the doctor's own experience when he went to Hastings in his capacity of District Health Officer to make an inspection of the borough.
It would be better to let the matter alone and not to stir it up again.
During his visit there he came across two or three houses which he considered justified his remarks.
Cr Maddison: "Then why does he damn the whole town?''
The Mayor: "He does not do so in his report, which I have here and which will be read to-night. He scarcely mentions fleas.''
• The first instance of a British-born or New Zealand-born recruit possessing a perfect set of teeth came under the notice of the Wellington Town Hall recruiting office the other day (says the Times).
The only other case met with at the office was that of a Bengalese.
The fact is regarded as worth noting, as it affords the most striking evidence of the great need for dental examination and treatment.
• The young women of the Baptist Bible Classes of the South Island are holding their third annual camp in Ashburton this Easter (says the Lyttelton Times).
Several arrived from Dunedin on Thursday evening, and the Christchurch delegates arrived by the midnight train.
In all about 810 young women are in camp, and a welcome meeting was held in the Assembly Hall on Friday afternoon.
Among the camp speakers are Miss Gainsford and Miss Cowles, of the Baptist Missionary Society, who are on furlough from India.
The camp will break up to-day. - ODT, 24.4.1916.
