PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume XLV, Issue 7140, 30 August 1888, Page 4

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

WkATESB BKPOBT-AtlOTst 2ft_ 9 »;m.—Weather, blue sky. ftte Barometer, 30.(8; tbenoomecer, 4S. WATE*-TbisDaf. Marain& 10.16; evening, 1039. Akkiveq—August 29. Grafton, 5.5.,297 tons, JTordstrum, from IVestport. Passenger — One steerage. TJnlonSteamship Company, agents. Kiwi. S.S., 133 tons, Campbell, from Wellington and K&ikonra. Kinsey and Co., agents. H&arota, 1279 tons, Kennedy, from Newcastle. Union Steamship Company, JUEeO-tS. a""awatiri, 236 tons, Apsteiu, from "Westport. Union Steamship Company, agents. wakatipu , , s-s., 1138 tons, Wheeler, from Sydney via Wellington. Passengers— Mesdames Me&res, Stewart, and Allan, 2&a* Stewart, Bey. Griffin, Hon. S. E. Sbrimski, ILL.C, Drs. Hodgkinson and Fitchett, M.ELE.'s, Messrs Verrail, Allan, "Rhodes, Lance, Ward, Cowan, M.H.R.'s, Marsden, H&yhurst, Huddlestone, ChapJin, Southern, Plaisted, Low, Hears, Foulstone, and fire eteerage. Union Steamship Company, agents. Jane Dougias, s.s., 76 tons, Whitby, from Akaroa. Cuff and Graham, agents. Cleared —Angust 29. Kentish Lass, barque, 306 tons, JohnSon, for Auckland. Cuff and Graham, lgents. Sailed—August 29. Wakatiptt, S.S., 115S tons, Wheeler, for Oosedia.- Union Steamship Company, agents. JKiwii ejw.l33 tons, Campbell, for Kaikoara and Wellington. Kinsey and Co., 5.8., 256 tons, Apstein, for Greymoutb. Union Steamship Company, agents. Grafton, s.e., 297 tons, Nordstrum, for Akaroa, Tiuiaru, and Dunedin. Union Steamship Gompanv, agents. J* IX Peters, barque, 1038 tons* Lane, for Newcastle. Guff and-Grabam, agents. Colonist, schooner, 45 tons* Bailey, for Waitara. CulTand Graham, agents. Imports. Hauroto—l4l7 tons coal. Consignees— George McClaichi* and Co. IQwl—4o bags flour, 26 hides, 2 cases fish, 1 parcel. tons coal, 1 pkge. tons coaL Jane Douglas—2oß sks seed, 108 loose cheese, 2 cases fish, 4 pkgs sundries. Wakatipu—From Sydney—lo9 ingots copper, 1800 felloes, 460 cases fruit, 1000 spokes, 48 pieces timber, 4 cases cigarettes, 86 ingots tin, 10 coils rope, 211 pkge sun* dries. From Wellington—ll cases oranges, l'pcL EXBOKTS. Te Aaau—For Dunedin—2o wheels, S7 pkgs. For Bluff—3B sks seed, 1 pkg. For Melbourne—43o sks oats, 236 do barley, 20 kegs nails, 14 bags skins, 18 bales hay, 6S sks hides, 28 blocks stone, 01 pkgs sun« dries; KTtrt—For Kaikonra—22 sks floar, 104 sks seed, 40 bis standards, 63 pkgs. For Wellington—32o sk3 potatoes, 120 boxes soap, S3 pkgs. For" Blenheim—2 casks brand v, 7 eases bacon,*B pkgs. For Patea —10 foxes soap. For 3Sapier i -35 cheese, 14 cases biscuits, 20 sks floor, 2cases coffee, 15 case* bacon, S pieces timber, 123 pkgs sundries. Takapuns—For Blenlieim—ls pkg?. For boxes soap, 21 «*s-" seeii,; 30 pkgs. For Wanganui—* pkgs. For Net* Plymouth— 31 pkgs. For Manukau—27 sks floor, 1 engine, 1 case. Kentish Lass—2237 sks wheat. WakatSpo—For Dunedin—3 drums oil, 2SI bdls iron; 106 plates do, 4 pkgs. The American barque J. JX. Peters, Captain Lane, sailed tor Newcastle at noon yesterday. The schooner Colonist gofc away for Waitara early yesterday morning. -From Akaroa the s.B. Jane Douglas returned to pert yesterday afternoon. .The ketch Ocean Bird is due in port this mornißK from -Sutaner. The New, Zealand Shipping Company's B.M.S. Boapehu leaves Port Chalmers for ta» port to-day, and is due here early: tomorrow morning. She proceeds to Wellington, her final port in this colony, on Monday next. Far. Auckland, with a part, cargo of produce, the barque Kentish Lass cleared at the: Customs yesterday, and sails tp-day. She sroceedafrom Auckland to the Bay of islands to load timber for Wellington. Ibe Bass Bock, barque, for London, dears on Friday. OnAugust 3Brd,Tvben the barque Cinga- ■ leee,.bound to.Port Chalmers f rom Shaxp- -. ness, wee blown o£ the coast in company witfe the ship Opawa, from London for Lytteiton {WS days out), she met a heavy B&le from W.S."W. on August 24thi and E»t several sails, and on the afternoon of the 2Bta, after being driven past Otago he*da took a light Jv.E. wind, and made them on August 27th. Hi"SLS. Bojpalist relieyesH.ALS.Diamond an.theA.ustraliao Station. On tlie voyage of the barque Star of the . E»st from Nevr York to Pore Chalmers, on 31ay 2Sth, an A.8., named Hans Byeldars, died from general debility.: He was buried tbe following day. . Tbere is- a young New Zealander «mong=t tho officere of the new flagship on the Australian station, HLM.S. Orlando, which splendid warship arrivedin Australian waters recently. He is Mr Stanley, son of the Bey. Mr Stanley, of Dunedin, and grandson of the late Sirs Chisholm, of . Wellington, and is serving as a cadet on t&e ixoitdad. The ship Balaclsra recenay arrived at San Francisco 439 days out from London, having mads the longest passage onrecord, . aaeyear and seventy-four days. The liquidator of the Great Eastern Steamship Company, owners of the Great Bastern steamer, has issued a statement of the receipts and payments during the liquidation, which shows funds available for distribution amone the shareholders amounting to. £2533 6s Sd, being at thexate of Ua 4d per £M share. Thesteamship sold for £20,^0a The steamer Fijian, which arrived at Brisbane on 19th instant trom New Zealand, -when bringing up alongside the Boundary street wharf, met with a slight accidcat. She had too much way on and strusk one of. the piles, which projects eevecalfeet above the floor of the: wharf, ■with considerable force. The concussion completely broke the stock of the starboard anchor and made a three-cornered rent about eighteen inches by eighteen fncbtis in one of the forcastle bulwark pistes. The: pile, which is composed of Bolid hardwood, was completely dislodged, the iron ring, by which it was secured heing wrenched asunder. One of thehardwoott stringers below high water mark was also broken, in several places The steamer-oras in charge of a pilot at the timei As cargo, the first, of coal from Kobe, Japan, arrived at San Francisco lately by the barque Sunbeam. She had 1320 tons on board consigned to Messrs Spreckels Bros. The crew of the Sunbeam were Japanese. TW Union Steamship Company's s.s. Grafton, Capt. Nordsrruin, arrived "yesterday morning at 7 o'clock from Westport. Mrßftynolds (purser) reports:—Left Weetport <jn 27th inst. for Lyttelton, anivingas above. Erperieaced strong westerly gales, •with thick rainy weather, to the Kaikouras; thence to arrival fine weather. She steamed for Akaroa, Tunaru, and Dunedin last night. The Union Steamship Company's s.s. Hauroto, Captain Kennedy, from Newcastle, arrived yesterday at noon. Mr Petherbridge, purser, reports :—Left Ifewcastie at 7.30 a.m. on 24th inst.: pxssed Cape Farewell at 11.25 a.m. on 28th instant Stephens , Island at a3O p.m., and the Brothers at 0.30 p. m. same day, arriving in Port as above. Experienced tine weather throughout the passage. Steamship Company's s.s. Kawattri, Captain Apstein, from Westport, amved yesterday mornrasr, and in theeyening steamed for Greymouth. FrpmWeUington and Kaikoura, the s.s. Kiwi arrived yesterday morning. She lef c again in the evening for Kaikoura, Weltlngton, and' !Napier. From Sydney, via Wellington, the Union Steamship Company's n.e. Wakatipu arrived in port at 11 a.m. yesterday. Mr Tooet, purser, reports:—Left Sydney on August 22nd, at a3O p.m., cleared the Heads at t p.m., breasted Stephens' Island on the ZTUi at H a.m., and arrived at Wellington at 5.50 p.m. on the same day. Sailed for Lyttelton at 5.15 o.m. on the 28th, arriving as above. Experienced variable winds and fine weather on the passage across. Two days prior to sighting land it came on thick, and blew hard in Cook's Strait* It was nae on the coast* She proceeded on hex-passage to Dunedin last night.