TIME BALL, LYTTELTON

Press, Volume XLVIL, Issue 7741, 22 December 1890, Page 4

TIME BALL, LYTTELTON

The time ball is dro»ed daily. Sundays 1 o'clockp-n^, SWJfcauand mean time, which is equrvaGreenwich mean time of the day. being for the IW ST EastT Longitude, and Uhr 30min fait of Greenwich mean time. - M»e ball will be raised at about 2mln to Ip.m., and will be at the top about Il, Wheu taking the time he careful t° note &c exact moment the ball leaves the top Of the mast. . _ .». i the bail not drop at the proper f time, it will be kept at the top for at least twominutes. and then lowered slowly. W*ATHxa Rkport— Saturday, Dee. 20. Weather fine. Wind gusty, from N.KI With bright spm Urometer ... 2*75 af".'»* Jaermometer « &> n ■■**■ "Wmasbmr BEWfctT— Sunday, Deo. 2L Wind, W.N.W., bright sunshine. . . -.«.-, .„ Vn.m. noon. op.m.. Hjfcft WAMa-Mbnday, December 22. Sunrise, Aid •.«•• i **•*» 7rt,B A m ; «? Item riies, aai p-uu; sets, L 42 a.tn. \.*-,: - ABETVSD-December 1& : Dfmtadee, s.s., 640 tons, Stuart, from Urdon Steamship Company, ■* I W 8 * . j Decembera). . Akaroa, sa, 7fi tons, Irom Akaroa.; - Kinsey and Co., agents. . *~M-nd Oraham, schooner, SO ■■ tons, ;iiam&, fiom KalparA Cuffed Gra-_ tons, Waiiams, from" Bavelock. T. H. Kerr, agent. . s.s., 749 tons, ,Bernech, from ifteJaonTVia Picton ami WeUington. IPa^encers-Misses Laatham, Robison, TBlebardson ahd nurse, Harvey (2) r Gibson, 'S'eianison, Sandiford, Guest, Denta, Phill- :&*&? Roberts, Cother, Cunningham, :: Enddleßton, Higgins, Mesdames Nott, fSKrs/Kenny, Messrs m Jf *] * *Bdwa«ls, Duttoo, Brown (9, Thomas, Le Kennedy, Fisher, Quong, Gortley. *$sittay, Taylor, JAmes, Pratt, Sethune, Hobhouse, Robinson, HayKnott, Barlow, Farrer, 'HnanW (21, Wilson, Dalton, Corley, Scott, Ford, Masters, Gninds, Richardson (2), Robinson (2), -AJ^asop; twenty-four steerage. Union •Meabiahip Company, agents. ,«■ J Croydon Lass, »chooner,?sl tobStMcore, :l^ f Wattapu. Cuff and .Graham, December 2L *!; Annie fi&L brigantlne, 121 tons, from x Graham, agento. ,?a! vv»fart!u?s?«., H5 tona, Wms,fromWel« MfflrV*" via Kaikoura. Kinsey ana Co., fc sEw;-- ?•'•' . w tT?- ',•".-■•.'' Sahjed—December 20. :. for Havelock, -tihiilWw. T. fiLXeir, agent. - t 'Auckland, ahip, 1244 tons, James, for Ziondon. Dalgety and Co., agents.. «i\ •"■• •'■'"'-' - DecemberZL ."" ''.'-. - Penguin, 8.8., 749 «ons, Herneeh, for , Wemniton. Union Steamship Company, . BeJL "schooner, 91 tons. Kirk, lot : Waitapn.Tlaster, agent. .:,.-,, ' i c TterranoTa, p.s. lflS tons, Reardon, for Wefilngton/ </nff and Graham, agents. *•',*..;•?''*.' '•.'-. < iMPoaas. ' Akaroa—From Ak-croa—2ls cases cheese, USttoee do, 149 bales Wool, 5 bags do, lo kegs butter, 7 hhds, 4 bags fat, 1 do hides, i JO%Hs J ekins.. JLass—From Waitapu—9s,oooft * tifnOtr. ~ \ : <aematls -- 3Proni B6avelock — 4^OoOft. - • - Maud <3vahum>-From Kaipara—76,oooft < s^ia*ranera—From p%gs Imtter, 422 baies bdls skins. J i". IMrigaAee—From Greymouth—l pkg, 151 »-ahrtrpers, 749 tons cdaL* Pejjgßan--sTom Nelson—l pkg., From vWelllngtonr-15 bdls^^wfre t « do *ags , »aKi 4i45 sks \io, 7 cases meats, Wpkgs sundries. Beautiful Star Akaroa—l case. -ffrt-Ttniaru—l39 bdls hoop iron, 46 bags . *agar, 10 do rice, 200 casks cement, 820 Eisaats Jcerosene, 24 pkgs sundries. For , • <Qsacarn—£3 cases kerosene, 100 casks Ittsmefflfe, 210 drums. " • - .-:■ Dnnedin—39 cases tea, $19 igaegß merehandiss. For Oamaru— 16 ■■:' . %■ ■ •— ! . —; .i —:

5 ( , 3?«ngala, s«s«, arrived in port at 7.30 a.m. .rffttSatorday frooo. Nelson, via Pictoa and c TWeSiaeto&. She left Nelson at m. on f ,tta-lßt£, called at' Blcton, and arrived db WdDOftSton a£ 4 a.ntu oq . 19fcb, sailed again 1-ati. 4,l&p.zn. same day, and arrived iiete as She left for Wellington at .'jßjLm, 011 Saturday. J The iron ship Lady Cairns, which was in. lam /ear, has been sold by 'a&eSM R. Martin and Co., Dohlin, to a speculator for the sum of £8000, - «Qfd ose eiace been sold to Mesara Tulloeh, fM Swansea, at- about £8500. ~ : .Qritain "Wlahort, of the c.c. Toledo, ••thiMk arrived at Philatielpliia ia Septem- " boar last from with sulphur,. "ixpoigted passi rig aa Iceberg on 4th Sep-, T 35.49 N., 42.15%., wiich is eOmiiea further sooth than any iceberg * is ever known to hare drifted before. The iceWg was 100 ft long and 600 ft high. . •'.lScmie idea can "be saJaed of tho enoramount of money already-spent ia on docka,.£sc The follow-' jB*S isa Ewnopsis of the amount:-—.England, ; Scotland, £12^24,705; Ireland, Jffi220.907; Channel Islands, £711,0Gi;