TIME BALL. LYTTELTON.
The time ball is dropped daily, Sundays ft&d holidays excepted, at 1 o'clock p.m., *- ew Zealand mean tii_-_, which is equivalent to 13.30 Greenwich meaa time of the previous day, being calculated for the l7_r 30" East Longitude, _ud llhr 30min fast of Greenwich mean time.
The ball will be raised at about 2min to Ip.m., aud will be tit the top about bnln to 1 p.m. When taking the time be careful to note the exact moment the bail leaves the ion of the mast.
Should the fef-Li pot drop at the proper time, it will be kept at the top for at, least Wo minutes, and then lowered slowly.
W_ATH_K REfoar—Friday, Feb. 6. Vlnd, N.N.W., sky overcast. V a.m. noon. 5 t>.m. farometer ... 30.00 30.05 30.08 thermometer ... 60 69 < v Hioh Wateb—Saturday, February 7. Morning. 1.59 ; «venin_. 2.30. Sunrise, 5.10 *.m.; -fees, 7.16 p.m. Moon rises, 2.8 a.»;.; sets. 6.12 p.m. Abuived—February 6. Penguin, s.s.s, 749 tons, Bernech, from Wellington. .Passengers—Misses O'Neill, Whittingtou and Everitt, Mesdames Cusackaud child, York aud son, xMaicolm and child, Osborne, Palmer, Haymes aud four children, O'Driscoll, Rev. W. fc>. Potter, Messrs Cooper, Nott, Opir, Pole, Stead, Bull, McClieee, Oorbett, Ureenheld, Tinson, Copper, Mosstnan, bhorton and Bnllerlck, and four steerage. Union Steamship Company, agents. . Sailed—February 6. ■Beautiful Star, s.s., 175 tons, Spedding, for Dunedin, via way ports. Union Steamship Company, agents. Akaroa, s.s., 76 tons, Harris, for Akaroa. __nsey and Co., agents. Penguin, s.s., 749 tons, Bernech, for Dunedin. Passenger*——Lesdauies Hulton, Buxton, Messrs liariley, H_i_ilto_. Union fc-team.hip Comp-ny, agents. Impouts. Penguin—From Greymouth—l pkg. From Hokitika—3 sks flsb. From Wellington—loo bags rice, 17 empty kegs, 6 boxes soap, 94 pkgs sundries. EXPORTS. Takapuna—For Wellington —88 cases frUlt, 31 pkgs sundries. For Blenheim—l pkg. For W_uga_ui—s pkg-.. For Fo_tO_—6o sks flour. For .New i-iym.'uth—so Sks Hour, 40 boxes soap, 36 Dales -lax, 16 pkgs. For Manukau—3 pkgs, 10 cases pickles, 3_ half-chests tea,. U pkgs. For Xauranga—l pkg. lor Sydney—s boxes raisins, 50 sks flour, 3 pkgs. For Napier— 64 pkgs sundries! For Gisborne—ll cases bacon, 10 cases nails, 40 sks flour, 57 sheep, 13pkge. For Auckland—_. cases tea, _3* sks grass seed, 12 cases pickles, 144 pkgs sundries.
Beautiful Star—For Akaroa —36 bags sugar, 1 pk_. For Tiinaru—lo cases .tongues, lo bags j>u_ar, 150 cases oil, 201 bales cornsack., 155 bars iron, 4 sks sago, 243 pkgs sundries. For Oomara—s cases' tea, 30 pkgs sundries. Penguin—For Dunedin—44 cases tea, 25 do pickles, 63 pkgs sundries.
The following coal: vessels, viz., barque Greta, from Queensland, 900 tons, s.s. Janet Nicol, from Westport, 800 tons, and the s.s. Taieri, from Newcastle. 1500 tons, have now arrived, ahd are discharging .their respective cargoes of coal to the iurder of Messrs Geo. McClatchie and Co.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7781, 7 February 1891, Page 4
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