PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 8962, 28 November 1894, Page 6

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Woathsb Report—Tuesday, Nov. 27. Wind—S.W.; clear sky. 9 a.m. noon 5 p.m. Barometer ... 29.52 29.59 29.72 Thermometer ... 55 59 58

High Water—Wednesday, November 28. Morning, 4.10 ; evening, 4.37. .on rises, 4.19 a.m.; sets, 7.18 p.m. Moon rises, 4.5 a.m. ; sets 8.31 p.m.

Weather Forecast. Captain Edwin telegraphed yesterday afternoon a_ follows: — "N. to S- and S.E. gale, with rain and much colder weather. Glass rise."

Arrived —November 27. Flora, s.s., 1273 tons, Bernech. from Duuedin. Passengers—Misses Hay, Urquhart, Johnston, Messrs Goldsmith, Rentou, Von Haast aud two steerage. Union Steamship Compauy, agents. Rotomahaua. s.s., 1727 tons, Manning, from Wellington. Passengers — Misses Pirme, Findlay, Gavin, Pratt, Batchel.r, Mesdames Neili, Walker, Randerson, Hons. J. G. Ward, R. J. Seddon, and J. McKenzie, Rev. Laverty, Messrs Healy, Thompson, West, Patterson, Nathan, Campbell, White, Kerr, Connell, Kohn, Allen, Hamsbury, Livingstone, McKenzie, Shirtcliffe, Edwards, Wright (2), Borton, Browu, Keith, Shand, Barnebt, Piper, Buckley, Bush, Carl, Ronishe, Broadway, Seaman, Bird. Saltier, Gilruth, Blair, Proffitt, Martin, McEwao, Gray, Hamer, McKenzie, Crow, and 50 steerage. Union Steamship Company, ageuts. Omapere, s.s., 601 tons, Flemming, from Dunedin, via Timaru and Akaroa. Union Steamship Company, agents.

Sailed—November 27. Jane Douglas, s.s., 95 tons, Whitby, for Akaroa. Cuff and Graham, agents. Rotomahana, s.s., 1727 tons, Manning, for Dunedin. Passengers—Misses Guise, Mallat, Mesdames Warnes, Long, Messrs Martin, Taylor, Miller, Quinn, Chamberlain, Nairn, Miles, Ellison, Ross, Smith, Parsons, Gibbs, Skinner, Hinge, Johnson, Pearson. Union

Steamship Company, agents. Flora, 5.8., 1273 tons, Bernech, for Wellington. Passengers—Misses McLean, Grant, Meddings, Mesdames Thornton, McLaren and two children, Cook, Dr. Cook, Messrs Campbell, Smith, West, Sullivan, Jenkinson, Doyburgh. Union Steamship Company, agents.

Clematis, ketch, 67 tons, Williams, for Havelock, in ballast. T. H. Ker, agent. Omapere, s.s., 601 tons, Flemming, for Wellington and Westport. Union Steamship Company, agents.

Imports. Flora—From Dunedin—39 cases tea, 12 bars iron, 73 cases, 50 cases ginger, 9 hhds ale, 178 pkgs. Jasper—l6oo bags sugar. Omapere—From Dunedin—2o cases whiskey, 6 sks seed, 102 pkgs. From Akaroa— 13 bales skins. From Timaru—2 drums. Rotomahana—From Wellington—6 cases meat, 13 sks onions, 1500 Btaves, 9 casks pelts, 10 horses, 42 pkgs. Exports. Omapere—For We.liugbon—7 pkgs. For Hokitika—l case. For Westport—l2 cases bacon, 50 bags flour, 50 sks wheat, 3 sks oatmeal, 10 sks sharps, 6 cases tea, 26 sks potatoes, 51 pkgs. Rotomahana—For Danedin—ll sks seed, 5 cases tea, 9 pkgs.

The barquentine Jasper, Captain Barton, arrived late ,on Monday evening and anchored iu the stream for the night. Yesterday morning she was brought to a berth at 5 wharf, where she is putting ont her Lytteiton cargo, which consists of 1600 bags of sugar. Messrs Sclanders and Co. are her agents. The brigantine Eliza Firth was taken round to Corsair Bay ou Monday and placed on the hard to have her bottom sighted. Early yesterday morning a stiff south-west gale sprang up, and as the bay is badly exposed to tbat wind it was found necessary to send the tug round to tow the vessel off tbe beach and into a place of safety. This was done, the brigantine being berthed at the Gladstone Pier.