TIME BALL. LYTTELTON.
The time ball is dropped daily, Sunday, and holidays excepted, at 1 o'clock p.m., New Zealand mean time, which is equivalent to 13.30 Greenwich mean time of the Jirevious day, being calculated for the 70- 30/ East Longitude, and llhr SOmin fast of Greenwich mean time. i The ball will be raised af about 2min to 1 p.m., and will be at the top' about lmin to 1 p.m. When taking the time be caref-A to note the exact moment the ball leave* the top of the mast. Should the bail not drop at the proper * fctae, it will be kept at tbe top lor » fc<»( wo xzaima.fc&s. sua.tX lowered siowly. llflifllUainiilJiJil: Morning, 1.47; evenins, 2.8. Bun rises, 7.15 &.w. ; sees, 45J4 p.m. Moon rises, 3.18 p.m.; nets, 3.58 a.m. Abbivbd —May 30. Waihora. s.b.. 2003 tons, Anderson, from. Auckland, via Gisborne, Kapler and "Wellington. Passengers—Mi»ses Izard (2), Mrs Ward and child, Mr and Mrs Edwards and child. Mr and Mrs Flynn and child, Mr and Mrs* Lawtou, Mr and Mrs* Lamb, Messrs Uerfehier, Grey, Natliao, Fisher, Lewis, Murdock (2), Salton, and 14 in steerage. Union Steamship Company, . agents. I /Takapnna, s.s., 930 tons, Grant, from Onehunga, Taranaki, and Wellington. Passengers—Misses Male, Hayes, White ; Mesdames Brown, Lee, Moss; Messrs | Jackman, Cotton, Hanmer, Chambers, O'Brien, Hamiicon, Anell, Roche, Key. Dean Jacobs and Mrs Jacobs; 12 in steerage. Union Steamship Company, agents. Cleared—May 20. Annie Hill, schooner, 121 tons, Smith, for Invercargill. Kaye and Carter, agents. . Sailed—May 20. Waihora, s.s., 2003 tons, Anderson, for Dunedin. Passengers—For Dunedin— Messrs Carr, Monkman, Clarke, Skelton, Duckie, Mesdames Smith, Boss, Waters, Gray and child, Messrs Hart, Passmore, Smith, Sloan, Monkman, Forsyth, Bendall, Stenson, Blackie, Hunter. For Melbourne—Miss Begg, Mesdames Saunders and family, Cluston, La Palllshant,Messrs Marshall, Dorcey, Master Saunders. Takapana, s.s., 830 tons, Grant, for Wellington, Passengers—Miss GlendenIng, Mrs Sprowle, Mrs Stewart, Miss Stewart, Mrs Hood, Mr Garrick, Mrs Garrick and party, Misses Burnes, Mr PUkington, Mr flauch, Captain and Mrs Taylor, Mr Meikle, Mr Dily, Mr Hardy. Union Steamship Company, agents. Imposts. Takapuna—From Manukau—s cases (emons, 16 crates bananas, 1 case. From Taranaki—26 boxes butter, 3 kegs. Waihora—From Auckland—2lo bags sugar, 31 cases syrup, 40 boxes starch, 28 cases bananas, 53 crates do, 100 bunches do. 100 bars iron, 102 sks cement, 40 sks lime, 10 sheets iron, 7 cases fruit, 14 sks skins, 15 bales leather. From Gisborne— 75 cases cheese, 1 tin box. From Napier —2 cases. From Wellington—36 jars, 10 cases meats, 1 iron case, 8 cases fish. 3 trusses leather, 1 case dynamite, 27 sks hides, 12 cases, 12 pkgs. Exports. Hauroto—For Bluff—l box jams, 1 bale leather. For Hobart—ls7l sks wheat, 17 oases bacon. For Melbourne — 1 case plants, 2 do bacon, 5 do cheese, 6 sks seed, 1 half-sack do, 20 sks tares, 1 pkg. For Adelaide—lo bales flax. penguin—For Wellington—l 2 boxes, 4 kegs, 1 pkg harrows, 1 tree, 1 case poultry, 25 cases fruit, 2 bdls trees, 1 do plants, 4 pkgs ranges, 11 sks onions, 100 sks flour, B pkgs. For Wanganui—2 trusses, 1 case. 2 pkgs. ForPicton—l truss, i pel, 1 box. For Blenheim—l pkg. For Nelson—2 cases, 1 truss, 1 crate empties, 2 pkgs. Mahinapua—For Wellington—l crate Slants. For Picton—3 cases drills. For [elson—l case—l 3 sks potatoes, 13 do sharps. For Westport—3 cases tea, 8 cases, 1 box, 2 kegs, 10 sks oatmeal, 20 Bks sharps, 30 do oats, 20 do wheat, 23 do potatoes, 36 ska fruit. Waihora—For Dunedin—3 cases tomatoes, 2 cases, 2 crates. For Hobart-1 chaffcutter. __ m> „ __ Janet Nicoll—For Timaru—l case. For Dunedin—lo sks peas. Annie Hill—For Invercargill—Bsl sks wheat. Takapuna arrived from Northern ports and Wellington, with the Kaikoura's mail on board, at 2.45 p.m. She left Onehunga at 4 p.m. on the 18th, Taranaki at 7 a.m. pn the 19th, Wellington at 11 p.m. last night, and arrived as above. Experienced light variable winds, and smooth sea throughout the trip. Waihora, s.s., arrived from Auckland, via way ports, at 7 a.m. this morning. She left Auckland at 6.30 a,m. on the 16th, Napier ou the 18tb, and Wellington on the 19th, leaving again at 3.45 p.m. yesterday, and arriving as above. Experienced strong S.S. winds and heavy head seas to Gisborne, thence flue weather to arrival. She waited until the arrival of febe Takapuna with the English mails, When she left for Dunedin and Melbourne. The Saxon, schooner, got away for Auckland yesterday forenoon. The Tainui is engaged taking in her supply of frozen mutton. She leaves for [jondon on the 30th.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7869, 21 May 1891, Page 4
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