TIME BALL LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7573, 9 June 1890, Page 4

TIME BALL LYTTELTON.

The time ball is dropped dailj, Sundays aid holidays excepted, at lo clock p.nu Kew Zealand mean time, which is equivalent to 13.30 Greenwich mean time of the previous day, being calculated for the HSr; _T East Longitude, and llhr 30m _ last of Greenwich mean time. The ball will be raised at about Zmin bo Ip.m., and will be at the top about Imin to 1 p.m. "When taking the time be careful to aote the exact moment the ball leaves the sop of the mast Should the ball not drop at the proper ' "3me, It will be kept at the top for at least mo minutes, and then lowered slowly. PORT OF LYTTKLTON. : Weather Bbpobt—Saturday, June 7. ; Wind,,N.B., very cold. 9 a.m. noon. 5 p.m. Jarometer ... - 30.40 30.32 Qaennometer 5o oe oi ■Weathkb REPOBT—Sunday, June 8. ' Wind—N.W.; sky overcast. 9 a.m. noon. 5 p.m. ... 2990 29^9 -jherinometer .. 64 oo 65 Hwh Watbb—Monday, June 9. Morning. 9.36 ; evening. 10.2. San flses, 7.32 a,m.; sees, 4.27 p.m. J_oon rises, 11.13 p.m,; sets 0.3 a p.m. » , Abbived —June 7, ' Wakatipu, 8.5., 1797 tons, Wheeler, from Sydney via Wellington. Paasengers .—Three steerage. Ijniou Steamship •'Company,agents. _ ~ I'lHSn Belle,- ketch, 42 tons, Neilson, from Waitapn.; Master, agent. _ . C«»yd<_a Lass, schooner, 51 tons, Moore, from Walcapu. Guff and Graham, iPßeliance, ketch, 65 tons, Ware, item i W__lngt_a. Cook Bros., agents. , Ocean Bird, ketch, 33 tons, MoLennan,. &om Blott Cuff and Graham, apents. j Takapuna, s.s., 930 tons, Grant, from Nel3on via Picton and Wellington. Pas._e__er_ ->- Misses .Anger, Mannering, iEdblson, Mesdames Olsen, Westlake, -Coulßton. Hon. G. T. Blchardson,' Messrs Turner, Kirkpatrick, Jones, Gore, Jones, Klnnhf, Tiseh, Butt, Price and son. Chum, .- Tiseh, Oiulston. Ex Coptic—Saloon-i . illssE. A. Robison. Mr and Mrs^Coie, - average—Messrs Knife, Eichards* Webb. , UnJonßteamshlp Gompanyi agents. Akaroa, s.s., 75; tons, Harris, from Alauoa, via the Bays. Klnsey and Co., agents. ■ ■•-- _ Saixjed—June 7. s.s., 1797 tons, Wheeler,^fpr ■ B.aJnedtin, Via Timaru. . % Union Steamship Cdmp__y,agents.' . '/.'.. ' » Ohaiji, 8.5., 7® tons,"Breuer, for GreyIjtnouth, Union Steamship Company, 930 tons, Grant,, for Manukau, via Wellington and Taranaki. iSssengera— Mrs Christie and 2-, children, 4 "___SssXevy, Mitchell, Rawson, Sainsbury, Xlghtv Hammond. Ohion agents. X\: "j .Imposts. ' : Nelson—2 cases game. boat.' From Picton—l case. Prom Wei- . pkgs leather, 2 steel plates, 23 _«_a___ bases and 58 pkgs sundries--1 'Buon Belle—From Waltapu—Bo,oooft timber. Jane Douglas—From Kaikoura—s hides, '1& sks'potatoes, 2 do fish, 3 cks do, Bdo etayflsn, 5 pkgs. ' - Waltapu — 3500 ft tass-ixopi Wa|tapu-Ssoooft -^Obeanßird—Fronj Bluff—lß,oooft ■ : W_k_tipu—Fronr Sydney—34 cases - ftruit,2_J ' blf cases d 0,.12 boares soap, 83 89 pieces hardwood, 3 plates * _T-_i 6 bars do, _5 pieces tlmber.lOO pk|*s - sundries. .Ifrom Newcastle—7 bags. From ' WelHngtoh—6 eases' oranges. ]C\{t'''X' ' 'EXjPO.TS*

.-■ .Botorua—For Dunedin—2s oases pickles, t -_ .lo tea/ ST pkgs sundries. ; fsaifsa_wera- — For Wellington —25 _*dl» "*■ VtoUtiog, 28- do ridding,* 8 bdls trees, - £ - *ks -p*aa, 5 do Barleys- 25 pkgs. For : For Fatea—B pkßs, .fotmw'Plymouth—2pkgs. For Maple* iliJa eases bacon, 22 pkgs. -For Gisborne*— tea, 3 cases. For Sydney—so sks ?>§a___~_V_9_ do peas, 500 do bran, I pkg. For Auckland — 64 sks potatoes, 12 do < malt. _s0 do oats, 20 bags Hour, 10 cases * <___tB, SJ Cases tea, 9 sks oatmeal, 12 sacks .anions, 12 bags do, 27 pkgs. _ * Beautiful Star — For Akaroa — 10 ska ••flWheat, 0 d&oats/JS pkgs. For Dunedin— coffee, k 4 pkgs. For Oamaru—ls bags rock salt, 36 pkgs. For .. bOJce." soap, 20 bdls shares, 50 mats sugar, , 80 eases currants, 10 octaves whiskey, 3 -■_wee tea, 8 qr-chests do, 60 bags salt, 23 - feai&eases fruit, 90 pkgs sundries. > A

'*■-- 'Akaroa, 3.5.; arrived from Akaroa on • Saturday afternoon. "__.''"' ''■ Beliance/ketch, arrived from Welling- •" ton on Saturday morning. . fc "'Oroydon Laiss, schooner, ana £uon ~ : Belle, 'ketch,' arrived from Waitapu on 'Saturday. *-' Ocean, Bird, ketch, arrived- from Inverou Friday night. She left Inver--1 carglll on the Ist inst., and was off ' Akaroa ou tho 3rd, when calms and '• baffling- winds were experienced for two : followed by a S.W; wind. ■ *- City of Madras, ship, clears for London to-day. - _&__taura, barque, should sail for Napier about Wednesday. P Takapuna, s.s., Captain Grant, arrived -at 6.30 a.m. on the 7fch from Nelson, via *aud Wellington. She left Nelson at 10 a.m. on the stb, called at Picton) aud at Wellington at 11.90 p.m. tbe same day; sailed again at 3 p.m. on the 1 ..th, and arrived as above. Experienced v strong S.S. winds and seas from Welllttg- ' ton to arrival. She left for W eliington at -10 p,m. on the 7th inst. . . "Wakatipu, s.s., Capt. Wheeler, arrived '- at 11 a.m. on the 7th, from Sydney via We-Jlugton. She left Sydney at 2.15 p.m. j m J£ay 80th, cleared Sydney Heads at 3.20 f l ;m.' on the same day, breasted Cape arewell lighthouse on the 4th June at 4 < (MB., Stephen's Island at 2.20 p.m. on the ■same day, and arrived at Wellington at 9 ' p.m. Sailed for Lyttelton on the 6th at 5 "*• pita., and* arrived as above. Experienced 'fine-weather from Sydney to Wellington, wind being from the S.E. for the first four ■ days, veering to the S. upto the Brothers, ' thenN,W. to arrival at Wellington, from thence till off ELaikoura strongS.E.> then N,E. to arrival. She left for Dunedin on - Saturday night.