Re Feb 1862 Chariot of Fame (White Star line) .... 24 year old C C Cates etc (noting that there's various reminders on many threads re inaccuracies in the shipping records throughout Australia, including the Victorian
index) ....
Also noting CCC had to be back in Ireland to marry there in Dec 1865, but that would be his second marriage ... first could have been anywheres !
NZ papers past
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspastFrom UK departing Oct 1861 to Melbourne arriving Jan 1862
From Melbourne 1 Feb 1862 to Otago as per Otago Daily Times , Issue 77, 13 February 1862, Page 2
Arrived Otago 22 Feb from Melbourne as per Otago Witness , Issue 635, 1 March 1862, Page 5 with 100 passengers. Captain Kerr, 1640 tons, BUT I have not found any passenger list
Return from NZ to England Otago Daily Times , Issue 94, 5 March 1862, Page 4 &
Otago Daily Times , Issue 104, 17 March 1862, Page 4
Still in NZ and attracting visitors Otago Daily Times , Issue 130, 16 April 1862, Page 4
Departing for London with 12 passengers, 3585 bales of wool and 13,600 oz of G O L D, Otago Daily Times , Issue 162, 23 May 1862, Page 4
Arrived England around 22 August 1862 Daily Southern Cross, Volume XVIII, Issue 1639, 22 October 1862, Page 3
Cheers, JM