PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7350, 1 July 1889, Page 4

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Wutub Rjbport—Saturday, June 29. 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.—Weather, light driz«ling rain. Wind, N.E., light. 0 a.m.. .n00n, op.ns. Barometer ... 30-25" *°-£ Thermometer .. 52 o< ob Weather Report—Sunday, June 30. 9 a.m.—Wind, N.E., light; thick rain. 5 p.m.—Weather clearing; wind calm. 9 a.m. noon. 9 p.m. Barometer ... 30.20 3020 3&.20 Thermometer ... 4'J o- ol

High Water— Monday, July 1.

Morning, 6.8; evening, 6.32. Sun rises, 7.37 a.ra. ; sets, 4.30 p.m. Moon rises, 9.22 a.m.; sets, 7.2 p.m.

Arrived—June 29.

Penguin, s.s., 749 tons, Bernech, from Nelson, Picton, and Wellington. Paseenjrers — Mesdamea Bonnity, Lee and child, Messrs Keid, Loughrey, Bethune, Roskruge, Pritchard.Carley, Richardson, Knight? Hubbard, Houston, and three in the steerage. Union Steamship Company, schooner, 116 tons, Rae, from the Thames. J. B. Way, agent. Akaroa, s.s., 48 tons, Hams, from Akaroa. Kinsey and Co., agents. June 30. Ringarooma, s.s., 1090 tons, Allman, from Bunedin. Passengers—Messrs Gray and Plant. Union Steamship Company, aeents. Grafton, s.e., 548 tons, Nordstrum, from Dunedin, via Timaruand Akaroa. Passengers— Misses Wood and Borton, Mesdames Wilson and boy, Grange and child, Staples, Messrs Wilson, Cooper, Warburton, and Grange; and 4 steerage. Union Steamship Company, agents. Invercargill, e.s., 12a tons, Sundstrom, from Invercargill. Cuff and Graham, agents. Centennial, s.s., 1000 tons, Leasing, from Danedin. Passengers — Misses Carden and Quin, Mr and Mrs Huddlestone and three children, Mr Glass, and twenty-two steerage. Kinsey and Co., ■e ßlll3 ' ~ -r on Cleared —Jane 29. Mariner, schooner, 63 tons, Lewis, for Auckland. Fraser and Malcolmson, agents. Clematis, ketch, 67 tons, Green, for Havelock. Fraser and Malcolmson, agents. SAiLED-iJune 29. Penguin, s.s., 749 tons, Bernech, for Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agents. Omapere, s.s., 601 tons, Smith, for Greymouth. Union Steamship Company, agents. IMPORTS. Penguin—From Manakau—7 cases tobacco. 541 bars iron, 2 pkgs sundries. From New Plymouth —1 pkg sundries. From Kelson—2 pkgs sundries. From Wellington —£ boxes tea, 5 sacks cabbage, 11 pkgs sundries. Centennial — From Dunedin—3 cases cocoa, Bdo confectionery, 3 do biscuits, 3 trnsßes samples. Gleaner —From the Thames—9o,oooft timber. - Invercaiyill—From Invercargill—6o,oooft timber, 20 casks tallow. Exports. Mariner—For Auckland—loo sacks flour, 415 sacks wheat, 50 sacks barley, 200 sacks potatoes. -_'

The U.S.S. Penguin, Captain Bernech/arrived ab 9.30 a.m. on Saturday from Wellington, Picton, and Nelson. Her parser, Mr Geo. Morris, reports leaving Kelson on 27th at 9 p.m., called at Picton, and arrived at 11 p.m., left at 3.30 p.m., arrived here as stated above. She left for Wellington at 9.45 p.m. ! " Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, the B.S. Ringarooma arrived in port from Dunedin, and was berthed at the Screw File jetty. She left Dunedin at 3.40 p.m. on Saturday, cleared Tairoa Heads at 5.18 p.m. and arrived a3 above, having experienced light northerly -winds and smooth sea, with hazy weather throughout. At 2 p.m. yesterday, the Ellis liner Centennial {arrived from Danedin, and was berthed at the No. 3 wharf. She left Dunedin at 3 p.m. on, Saturday and cleared the Heads at 5 p,mu. arriving here as above. Experienced jught easterly winds and smooth seas thronghout. From Dunedin, via Timaru and Akaroa, the s.B. Graf ton arrived in port at 1.30 p.m. yesterday. She left Dunedin at 7 tun. on Friday, arrived at Timaru on Friday at 7.30 a.m.; sailed at 5 p.m., and reached Akaroa at 3.30 a.m. yesterday; left for Lyttelton at 8.30 a.m., arriving as above. Experienced light varying winds to Timaru, thence to Akaroa fresh northerly winds with dirty weather, wjbich continued to arrival. • -Tne steamer Invercargill from Invere&rgill at 2 p.m. on Friday, arrived in port at 10 a.m. yesterday. She experienced thick N.E. weather with easterly swell throughout. She was berthed at Nβ. 7 wharf. - On Saturday afternoon 'the schooner Gleaner, from the Thames on the ISth nh., arrived in port, having met with thick easterly weather on the run down the toast. On Saturday afternoon the schooner Mariner, for Auckland, and the ketch Clematis, for Havelock, cleared at the Ccetoms. ~ The 8.3. Akaroa, from Akaroa, arrived In Port at 4.30 p.m. on Saturday. On Saturday evening the s.s. Omapere toiled for Greymouth. To-day the s.s. Kaikoura is due in Port from Napier. TheKaiapoi fleet, the ketches Kestrel, Huon Belle and Owake Belle, brought up toff the Western mole on Saturday evening- They have been for the last few days endeavoring to cross the Kaiapoi bar, but owing to a heavy sea and light wind could Hot effect an entrance. The barque Oaklanch, for Newcastle, »nd barquentine Kate Tatham, for Kockbampton, are ready for sea. The barque Janbaas, it may be remembered, was wrecked in Torres Straits while on a voyage from Sydney to Singapore. Concerning the occurrence, Captain ILbkea reports that the shoals, both in Bligh Entrance and the South-east Channel, are shifting, and are very misleading, an the sands covering rocky or Coral formations are all under the influence of the tides and currents. As an instance, the patch on Bramble Kay. upon which the Jenbaas was lost, shifted over ISCt in twelve hours. The only safeguard lies in keeping the lead going continually. The passages, moreover, are made more awkward in that they He at an angle of N.W. and S.E. with the coast, and every precaution should be used by shipmasters caking this route. Vessels sailing from this colony for New Booth Wales have met with exceptionally heavy weather, and the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's barque Otago, Captain Norman, has had her share, for during her recent passage from Dunedin to Sydney she had to contend acainsfc heavy gales from the S.W. to W.S.W., with exceptionally heavy head seas, into which she plunged heavily, going bow* under. [hiring a very hard squall in a very heavy W.S.W. gale, encountered on the 7th and Bfch ult., she washed away part of the topgallant forecastle rail, and her decks were continually flooded. A new excursion steamer is promised for Port Phillip Bay, a real racer, to steam twenty-three miles an hour, and beat everything afloat in this quarter of the globe. She is to be 310 ft long, with most extensive and comprehensive accommodation for excursion passengers. A new departure in the preparation and launching of steamers has been inaugurated in America. A shipping journal states:—The launch of th.c steamer Fairhaven in the Puyallup river, in front of the city, on May loth, was a novel affair, witnessed by & thousand people. The steamer slid into the water in complete order for sailing, with steam up. and in flve minutes after the launch she was steaming down the river, amid the cheers of the multitude. It was the most successful launch in these waters.