SHIPPING.
P-ASSS OS* TH - MOOS', i CWc-iated for K«*~ Zealand Meaa Time, - oggomtßu ~ . D, •R. ». • ■ Last quarter ... ... <J 7 53 a.m. New moon ..., 10 35aU«. First quarter ... — .«-21 "5 7 p.m. Full moon ... ... 28 11 12 a.m. Aponee-Od. Lb, a,m. (Pprifiee-24d. 9h. a.m. TIME BALL. LYTTELTON. ~ Tho time ball is dropped daily| Sondaysf jdA holidays excepted atiloch>ckp.m, t>ew Zealand mean time* which iseqiuya- = «na to 13.30 Greenwich mean time of the B«vtous day, being calculated for. the _■ 30/ East Longitude, t and llhr dUmin , last of Greenwich mean tune. . . .-.,. \ ..• The ball will be raised at about 2mm *tOlp.~u, and w|U he at the top about lmin to 1 p.m. . ■; > v , , ■ ' /Wheo taking the time -4ai careful to l«Se the exaoi moment the ball leaves the owof the mast. ••..■• ■:_ Should the ball not drop, at the proper Ume, it will be kept at the top ior at least Jwoiuinutes,and*hen lowered slowly.
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Press, Volume XLVIL, Issue 7691, 24 October 1890, Page 4
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