PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume XLV, Issue 7169, 3 October 1888, Page 4

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Phases of the Moon Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time. October. d. n. m First quarter « 4 atfp.ni. Full moon *> *• ;**•;"• I jet ouarter * .a>p.m. perises-7d Gh p.m.; Apogee—23dUhp.ru. 9a.m.—Weather, blue sky. \\ md, S.W. F. breeze. Barometer, 'JX.iZ ; thermometer, Hren Water—This Day. Morning, I.M ; evening, 2.0. AiuavED- October 2. Te Anau, x.s., l(ti> tons, Mclntosb, from Auckland and East Coast Ports. Passengers—Messrs Uaven <2t, Murphy, Godwin and George, Mesdaines Gaynor, Chapman, Young, George and Baker, Mr and Mrs Bell and child, Messrs Grey, Rungi, Booth, Allen, Partridge, McKeuzie, Slesinger, Dobson, ilcPherson, Clarkson, Barber, Montgomery, Butcher, Robinson, Meadows.Galway, Lovelock, Mahoney, bell, and 13 steerage. Union Steamship Company, agents. Rotorua, s.s., 576 tons, Neville, fro-n Dunedin. Passengers—Misses lto~s and Se&ger, Mrs McKay. Rev. Clinton, Messrs Cheal, Griffiths, Hall (2), Symons, and three steerage. Union Steamship Company agents. , Waimate, ship. 1123 tons, Canese, from Adelaide, New Zealand Shipping Company agents. SxiLKD-October 2. Fijian, 5.<4., -SiXi tons, French, for Sydney and .Newcastle. C. W. Turner, agent. Kahu, s.s., Ul tons. Romerill, for the Chatham Islands. Kinsey and Co., Douglas, 5.5.,70 tons, Whitby, for Akaroa. Passengers—Messrs Way, Godding* Hokianga, Gerrish, Smith, Boyd and Berkley. CulT and Graham, agents. 0hau.5.5.,410 tons, Bernech, for Westport. "Union Steamship Company, agents. Te Anau, S.S., 102S tons, Mclntosh, for Melbourne, via Southern Ports. Passengers—Misses Callis, Wilson, and Cameron <2), Mesdames Hudson, Gray, Lane and family, Nott and family. Bullock, Davis and family, and Beetham, Mr and Mrs Hepwortb, Mr and Mrs Manning ami family (4) Mr and Mrs Goodwin and two children. Mr and Mrs Hill and child, Messrs Sinclair, Weir, Howell, Spring, Mitchell, Cook (2), Laughlen, Spence, Patterson, Ferris, Grinder, Irwine, Hoatson, Dunseford, Davis, Waylands, Howland, Smith, Gross (2), Powell, and Gunn. Union Steamship Company, agents. Rotorua, s.s., o<6 tons, Neville, for Wellington and Northern ports. PassengersMisses Brown and Hunter, Mr and Mrs Skelton, Sir J. Hall, Messrs Tuston, Merston, Earle, Barleyman, Wakenelil, Jieare (2), Brown, Banks, Shrewsbury, Thomas, Maston, Hill and Robinson. Union Steamship Company, agents. Imports.

Botorua—l box tobacco, S6 cases jams, IB coils rope, 150 boxes candles, 3G pk«s. Waimate—3oo tons salt, 340 tons tanning material. _ Te Anau—Ex Doric—3S pkgs. Frcm Auckland —M) bags lime, 3 cases flsh, pkgs. From Gisborne — 4 pkgs. From fiapier— 3 pkß*. From Wellington—ll cases axtia, 11 do meats, 3 sacks oysters, 20 boxes caudles, 2-sks pelts, 0 bars copper, J2G pkgs sundries. Exports. " Wanaka—For Wellington—2l sks seed, I bags tapioca, - drums oil, S sks rhubarb, 30 cases tea, 40 pkRS. For Wangauui—l case. For New sks and bags Hoar, 4 bdls skins, 15 pkgs. For Manukua—2o empty casks. Orov»-aiti —For Westport —1 cases bacon, 13 pkgs. Taupo—For Greymonth—B plates iron, 4 kegs butter, 2 wheels, 18 pkgs. For Hoki- " tika—l case. Mahinapua—For Akaroa—6 pkgs. lor Timaru—so boxes soap, SO sks steed, 45 ;aees 4ea, 270 bags sugar, 6 pkgs. For Danedin—3s eke onions, 3S kegs butter, 24 Dales fibre, 13 do hay, 26 pkgs. Jaae Douglas—6 sks meal, 7do oats, 13 do chaff, 4 bags salt, 28 pkgs. ■ Te Anaa—For Port Chalmers—4 cases. For Dunedin—27 pkgs. For Bluff—2s sks seed, 12 pkgs sundries. For Hobart —3 cases cheese, 9 casks pork, 50 sks beans and pess, 14 pkgs. For Melbourne —50 sks peas, 1-JO ska barley, 29 blocks stone, 13 bags skins, 85 do seed, 300 do oats, 22 bales liav, 14 pkgs sundries. Fijian; for Sydney—9S sks potatoes, 250d0 lioar, 319 do bran, 500 do wheat, 2t> rases cheese, 20 sks sharps, 290] do oats. For Newcastle—3s sks bran, 5? kegs butter, ■£3 sks oats, 5545 do potatoes, 2 cases bacon, 200 sks flour, 36 crates biscuits, 20 boxes cakes, 5 cases confectionery.

The Union Steamship Company's s.s. Te Anau, Captain Mclntosh, arrived yesterday mornine at nine o'clock from Auckland sod- East Coast ports. TWt- Cray (parser) report;—liCtt Auckland *t noon oasrth September, called at Gisborne, Napier, and Weffington. Ijeaxrvag the latter port ax, 4»15 p.m. on Monday for jjyttelton, arriving «s above. Experienced fine weather ttrooßhont the trip. At 4-30 p.m. she Steamed for Melbourne via Southern ports. The Union Steamship Company's s.s. Xtotorna, Captain R. Seville, arrived yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, from Drtnedin. MrPaterson (purser) reports :— Left Dtmedin at 3J5 p.m. on Monday for Lyttelton, arriving as above. Experienced fine -weather throughout the trip. At 9 ~p.m. she left for Wellington. The Doric's Lyttelton cargo came to hand Yesterday per the s.s. Te Anau, from the North.

Passengers and mails for London per the B.M. S.S. Kaikuura, leaving Wellington to-morrow, went forward by the s.s. Botorua last night. For London the barque Norman McLeod yrUk complete her loading and clears "today. ■ For Sydney and Newcastle, with a full 'load of produce, the s.s. Fijian got away Jast night. • The Jane Douglas steamed for afternoon. For Westport direct the s.s. Obauleft 'port last night. • - From Adelaide, after a passage of seventeen "days, the New Zealand Shipping ' Company's ship Waimate arrived in Port yesterday morning. She was berthed at : the Gladstone Pier, where she discharges her cargo for this port. The Waimate will' .be the nrst wool ship from this port. -The s.s. Kahu steamed for the Chatham "Islands last night. A preliminary inquiry into the s.s. Kaha's boat accident at Cape Turnagain was held before the Collector of Customs at Lytteltqn yesterday;." The evidence of, Capt. Romeriil and his men was taken,; And will be forwarded to Wellington. - The following is Captain Bannatyne.'s. account of the gale he fell in with in the Southern Ocean last voyage from London to Port Chalmers in the snip Nelson. On August &Jth, when in lat. 41.36 S. ,and long* • 'ST.SsK.v'tlie-wind then blowing a i&prtherfV -gale attended by heavy rain, the barometer nil to 2S.BG. The ship at this time was tinder hertwo lower topsails, when at noon 'it fell suddenly calm, and Captain Bannatyne at once prepared for bad weather. He cays he had barely time to put his ship; tinder goose-winged topsails and heave her to the wind, when a cyclonic hurricane set Infrom the westward, blowing withfearfnfforce for the next six hours. The sea ■trasfin a perfect foam, and nothing could "be distinguished above the ship's decks. |He adds—"-I have for the last nineteen years been trading to Xew Zealand, and I nope never to see such a* storm again : indeed, I cannot find words to describe the 'Sea, which was running all ways, flying up mboat 30ft in the air. and making a clean "breach fore and aft over the snip. The vessel was laboring hci.-fir filling her decks, bat she braved tK: storntsplendidly, 'fend very little dama:ro was jione. Icon-; ■eider ■Wβ were in tut nudst'ot one of the' •Indian Ocean revolylag-atorms;' , ' Owing to a slight accident which ! occurred to one of the refrigerating maehmes of the Balmoral Castle, her defrom this port has been postponed •until to-day. Messrs Scott Bros, had the •repairs in hand, and expected to have them completed late last night *, T^?* msay ' c £ ief officer of the ,U&S..Comi»njr; s S.S. Te Anau, met with an accident tn Wellington on Monday. He ,^!^1115 a shi PH*ent of Horses T m^ n ? oae of tbe animals launched out and kicked him on the right leg above the knee. He was taken toW tsertn; nothing serious is expected to eventuate, not broken. A day or two's rest should see him right again, and performing his duties as heretofore on his vessel.

New York advices of August lOfhsay Leary'sbig loe raft, after a ten days'trip Joggins, N.S., was anchored safely to the eastward of Baker's Island, and will I 5 tewed throagh Hell Gate and the East -river to its destination in the Erie basin. Theraft is 592 ieet long, 5-1 feet beatn, 38 "feetdeep,attddraws23feetof\vater. Itcomprteee 2i4,ax> i spruce locs, valued at about oO.OOOanL -To transport such a mass of timber by ordinary methods would require ©*er forty lumber schooners, and would «ost3o,ooUdoL. The sacceeafol passage of

this log ship from Nova Scotia is regarded by lumbermen as a great innovation, destined to revolutionise lumber transportation on this coast.