A Noted Line.

Both the Kate and the Alice Cameron belonged to the famous Circular Saw clippers owned by Messrs. Henderson and Macfarlane, and their sailing capabilities were about equal, although the Alice Cameron during the years the two vessels were engaged in the Auckland-Sydney trade had a better record than the Kate. The Alice Cameron started her career in this run in 1862, when only eight years from the builders' hands. On her first run from Sydney to Auckland, in May of that year, she made the passage in a little over seven days. The "New Zealander" of June 7, 1862, referring to the advent of this little clipper, says: "The Alice Cameron is unquestionably the very finest addition that has been made to the tonnage of the port of Auckland, and is another conspicuous example of the good taste and sound judgment which have been the guiding principles of the enterprising firm to which she belongs. There is no house which has done so much as that of Henderson and Macfarlane. Mr. Thomas Henderson, a son of the head of the firm of Henderson and Macfarlane, was for many years manager of the Union S.S. Company at Auckland. He retired from business in 1923.