PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume XLV, Issue 7190, 29 October 1888, Page 4

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Wzathxb Rwoes-Ootober 27. Wind, KB., ji^tTßaromefter.2&76; shermomeser. w. Bxsb Watkb—This Day. HLS7: evening. UU&. Abrivkd—October 27. PenKuin, sjj., ±12 ton*, Ailman, from iUaniaa sod way ports. Passengers— Hmw Lasher and Gorney. Mesdamea Suatmxt and child, Wilson and child, and Atkinson, Messrs Smyth, GaskinLßaker, Clark, Wills, Blackburn, Lawell, Wilaon, <fry«t.h nylghau, Reynolds, McCartney, Redwood, Reid, and twenty steerage. TJnirkn Company, agents. Orowmiti, 286 too*. Gibb, from Westpart* Union Steamship Company, agents. Knraeui, sj*., 301 tons, Ryaa, from Greymouto. Passengers—Mrs Smith and Son. Union Steamship Company, agents. A.Wrrm, 43 tons, Harria, from Afcarov Kinsey and Co., agents. Alert, schooner, 44 tons, tiailue, from Hivelock. Cuff and Graham, agents. Coca, schooner, la tons, from Havelock. Caff and fiTihar", *g*nt*. October 28. Sekxnbria, &>s., 1902 tons. Fowler, from Xoadoa, via Australian ports and Wellington. Passenger—Captain R. Todd. C. W. Turner, agent, Gxafton, sjj., 2tf7 tons, Nordstrom, rrom Danedin, via Timaru and Akaroa. Pasaeogere—Meadames SUnson, Ev*n*, and Hume, Messrs Hume and two steerage. Union Steamship l/omnacjj agents. n* g a mm—October 27. dan. McLeod, barque, Otti tons, McLeod, for Loodon. New Zealand Shipping CowiMLny, «gM»t» Sxujeo— October 27. Op&wa, uup, 1157 vons, Hamon, for Oβman sad London. Passengers—Mrs aad Mi"»ft<y Hanton. New Zealand ShipCocQpanyi ageitte. Pengoin, β-s., M 2 tous, Allman, forJWellineton, Nelaou, and i J ic£on. Union isteaniihrp Company, agents. RiViar Indus, barque, IUUo tons, WilUaats, for United Kingdom. G. G. Stead, t«anu i Imposts. Penguin—2 bales t wine, 30 bags potatoes, 160 bags bark, t bales leaJJier, 2» bags •aefcs, 63 pkga sundries. Orowaiti —130 tons coaL Alert—*UOoO feet timber. Coca—34.OUo feet timber. Exports. Clan iLcLeod—l«J bales wool and skins, 4 do fungus, 214 bates flax, 648 casks tallow and pelts, 2££* ska wheat, 2362 sks beans and peas. "Waihora—For Weflington—2o bdls iron, 11 sks rhnbarb, 10 sks seed, 8 pkgs. For Wanganui—l pfeg. Kor Brisbane — & cases baron. For Rockhampton — S eases bacon. For Sydney—#7 eke peas, 33 cases hams and bacon, '356 sks potatoes, 9 kegs butter, 20 eases cheese, 250 sks bran, 80 hags pig's feet, 168 ska wheat, £2 bales waste, tiO cases coagues, 73 pkgs. For Newcastle—B34 sks. potatoes, 1120 sks wheat, 30 do peas, 15 eases eheeee. River Indus— sks wheat. 31k barque dan McLeod, under charter tattie KJ6. Shipping Cxuupaay, cleared at tte Cutfxns on Saturday morning. ; barque River Indus, loaded by Messrs Stead and finnninghairij cleared ■ Cock or FaJLxDOttth on Saturday morning far onion. She was tawed out into the stream at 11 auc, and in the eveamg eet suL besag clear away yesterday monuag. "She Union Steamship Company's s.s. Qsawaifii, Captain Gibb, arrived: on Saturmafßrng from Weetport. went tbe ship Martboroagh, towbkh veeeel she tranships her cargo of coaL The NJS. Shipping Company's ship; Qpawa was towed oat to sea at ft a.m. on Saturday, and sailed for Uamara, where she finishes loading for l The Union Steamship Company's s.s. Penguin, Cagtain Al4man. arrived on Saturday Hwraing at 6OS o'clock from Mann ban and. way porta. Mr Geo. Morris (parser) report: — Left Manakau oa the Inst, called at Taranaki, Nelson, and Pietoe, arriving at WeUington at &3b aun. oa 2%h. Left again at 2 p.m. Sunday for Lyttetton, arrivrag as above. Experienced fine weather to her arrival in port. At a p.m. she steamed for Wellington, Nelson, aad Picton. The Union Steamship Compan/s s-s. Koranni, Captain Ryan, arrived on Saturday morning at 11.50 o'clock from Greymouth. Mr Dale (parser) reports:—Lett Greymoath at 2 p.nau on 25th inst. for Lyttelcon, azrtving as above. Experienced fine weather throughout the trip. The barque Brodick Bay was btray taking in cargo on Saturday, she will be a fall ship at the end of this week. .tJhrom Donedin, via way ports, the Union Stftamehip Company's 5.3. Qrafton arrived in Port yesterday afternoon. Her parser, Mr Martui, reports:—Left Danedin on the Akh, and called at Timaru on Saturday and Akaroa yesterday morning, leaving the latter port at 8.30 a. m., arriving here at Lip p-m. Experienced light variable winds and. moderate to smooth sea throughout the passage. Xbe schooner Cora, from Havelock, azzwed in Port on Saturday* evening. The schooner Alert, tiaiber laden from Bavetetck, arrived in port on Saturday afternoon. The steam trader Akaroa arrived in port from. Akaroa at 7 p.m. on Saturday. uarque Phyllis ia getting on well wish her loading, and should be a foil ship ataneeriy date. Dazing the week a marked change has taken, place in the barque Conference, soma of her sparj have been seat aloft. This week she is to be docked to complete her overn&ul, which, so far as the hull is coßcerned, has- op to the present been above the water mark. Iα America the triphosphate of soda is being used in steam boilers as an aattiucrustaat. The. soda is mixed with the feed water in a tank and allowed to stand Sor some hoars. Th* s&ip Hengrat, Liverpool to Metbouroe, on, Aujcusfc 27th was hove-to, the foretopsail haying blown away. She came to the wind without damage. Two boors later the ship was struck fare and alt by a fearful sea, which smashed in the forecastle doors, and severely strained the deck-house. A quantity of the bulwarks ■was washed away during the night, aad the forecastle was gutted to the upper berths. At 5 aan. oa the following day another sea of fearful force broke down a large portion of the-, maia rail and several stanchions level with the deck; aiso lost the main lower topsail. The two men. at the wheel had to be secured by lashUiffs to prevent them being swept away. Ou Sth September a sea threw her almost ou to her beam ends, starting the weather bulwarks, smashing in the cabin door and nliuyr the «-JtKin«. Throughout the- vessel labored heavily, and costenuously filled the forecastle and cabins with water. A recent issue of the Shipping Guide comments on the chief port 6/ Victoria as follows,:—Again the facilities for the shipping at the Port of Melbourne are reported upon unfavorably. It was bat a day or two ago that the Orizaba on her arrival from Sydney could not be berthed, and now vre have the British India steamer Bancoora similarly treated. She arrived from Calcutta on Tuesday last with a couple of thousand toss of general Owtcotta merchandise for all ports, and upon, her arrival, instead of being taken to a comfortable berth to discharge, she had to being up in the Bay, and because, if you please, there are no sheds in which to put a vessel's cargo, she had to discharge into lighters. This is certainly s deplorable condition of affairs in the W port of Victoria. An RngUsh shipping _paper says - The new Gulfliae steamer (Julf of Coroovado iswst Wxbjk ifoodoo, where sto has loaded for Aussraha. ThisT«eselieefeters 280 tons gross, and (ao we bWbeard) M« tons net. Owing to the ■rrangement of her spar-deck, which at tamo at the. hatchways has anopenins of apee»&to«a, covered over withloose Banks, aad having also openings m her spar-deck bolkbeaSs, filled ixTw&h wood for tfce voyage, she apparently eacanea £»jiDg tannage dues on the whole bfSer its not being fully etaeedrn. Iβ this a new departure in the Anstra£an trade, aad is bl generally followed! Or wUlowners bt afraid of possible claims for damam to cargo! w Toe steamer Glaacoa, which at one time used to trade here regularly with coais &om Newcastle, is now engaged to run. Zzom Auckland to Melbourne in the interests of the Kauri Timber Company.