["Shipping News", The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), Saturday 19 March 1904, page 6]
The steamer Grantala, on her maiden voyage in the inter-State trade, arrived off the Semaphore at 3.45 a.m. on Friday en route to Western Australia. Sydney was left at 2.30 p.m. on March 12, and after a fine-weather passage, arrived at Melbourne on March 14. Melbourne was left again at 2.45 p.m. on March 16, and strong west to south-west winds, with rough sea were encountered till rounding Cape Northumberland; thence to arrival fresh south winds with heavy swell. Captain J. Rees has with him the following officers:-- Messrs. C. S. Flint (chief); A. B. Brown (2nd); E. P. Maginnis (3rd);..
