An Unpleasant Trip.

A correspondent, writing to the "Star" referring to the Loch Awe's record voyage, said: "There were some curious features about this remarkable sail over more than 13,000 miles of the globe, the time being before the days of the cable service. The first announcement the Loch Awe's agents in Auckland had of the sailing from London was her arrival in the Waitemata. The consequence was that considerable delay occurred in passing Customs entries and other papers connected with the cargo. The documents arrived a week after the ship had dropped anchor. The fast passage was not at all appreciated by the passengers. The captain of the Loch Awe was a regular old 'sea dog,' and when an opportunity to crack on occurred he would batten down his 'live stock,' as he called his passengers, and drive the ship through the water like a railway train. He was bent on making a record passage, and one of the consequences was that when he arrived at Auckland he had only two boats left. the Loch Awe covered the distance from London to New Zealand in six weeks less time than the James Wishart and Queen of Nations. These two ships left London and Belfast respectively on the same day, just three days before the Loch Awe left London, and they arrived at Auckland on July 5, 1874, in time to see the record-breaker discharged and almost ready for sea again."