Phases of the Moon.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9736, 26 May 1897, Page 6

Phases of the Moon.

Mav—-31_av_ d. h. m. New Moon .-, ._ 2 8 16 a.m. First quarter .- ...10 9 7 a.m. Full Moon .'_ ... 17 1 25 a.m. Last quarter .-, ... 23 9 5 p.m. New Moon _ ... 31 11 56 p.m. PORT OF LYTTELTON. Weather Report—Tuesday, May 25. Wind —Calm, clear. 9 a.m. Noan. 5 p.m. Baremeter _, 30.18 30.19 3a 19 Tnerm«_eter ... 49 51 49 High Water—Wednesday, May 26. Morning, 0.0 ; evening, 0.8. Sun rises,'7.2o a.m. ; sets, 4.34 p.m. Moon rises, 1.53 a.m.; sets, 1.43 p.m. Weat_sa Forecast. Captain Edwin telegraphed yesterday as follows:—"Wind between south and east and north-east at all places. Barouieter very little movement northward of Napier and New Plymouth, rise elsewhere. Sea moderate on both coasts of both islands. Tides low on aU eastern and moderates on all western coasts. Frost to-night in all ports of the country." Arrived—May 25. Orowaiti, s.s., 453 tons, Ker, from Tiuiaru. Union Steamship Company, agents. Te Anau, s.s., 1652 tons, Bernech, from Wellington. Passengers—Misses Pettigrue, O'Malley, Henderson, Cumming, Smithson, Lenba, Mesdames Robertson, Suckling, O'Malley, Captain Strang, Messrs Robertson and boy, Clarke, Findlay, Suckling, MoKerrow, Deck, A'Court, Matheson, Mashton, Banks, Tripp, Freeman, Buchanan, Feck, Bailey (2), Shaw, Greenaway, Trimble, Lahman, Koreosen, _ockie, Newey and 10 steerage. Union Steamship Company, agents. Sailed—May 24. Corinna, s.s., 1280 tons, McLean, for Dunedin via way ports. Union Steamship Company, agents. May 25. Maud Graham, schooner, 80 tons, from Havelock. Pitcaithly, Wallace and Co., agents. Te Anau, s.s., 1652 tons, Bernech, for Wellington. Passengers — Misses Forster, Russell, Cullen, Sweeney, Mesdames Broughton, Recce, Patterson, Smith, Reith, Corsar, Hon. W. C. Walker, Messrs Christie, Wills, Palmer, Galbraith, Stewart, Zouch, Shorland, Anderson, Langham, Smith, Patterson, Preston, Tazzard, Petrie, Lookie, Wright, Short, Masters Suteliffe, Gould, Denniston, Meason, Recce. Union Steamship Company, agents. Jane Douglas, s.s., 95 tons, Whitby, for Akaroa. Pitcaithly, Wallace and Co., agents. ■ Imports. Te Anau—From Onehunga—so boxes "oranges. From Taranaki—2 empty hhds, 1 box luggage, 10 boxes butter. From Nelson —160 sks bark, 7 pkgs. From Wellington —2 pkgs. Exports. , Omapere—For Wellington—ls cases tongues, 33 bags flour. For Picton—4 skß seed. For Nelson—2 pkgs. Janet Nicoll—For Westport—l2o sks potatoes, 22 sks onions, 12 sks wheat, 6 sks sharps, 1 horse, 4 boxes butter, 1 pkt seed, 5 sks meal, 50 sks chaff. Rosamond—For , Greymouth —24 sks meal, 10 cases, fruit, 51 pieces timber, ,30 sks potatoes, 40 bags flour, 6 sks bran, 4 sks meal, 10 sks oats, 6 sks Sharps, 1 cask whisky, 1 bag clothes, 1 wheel, 30 sks'flour, 40 pkgs. For Hokitika—lo sks meal, 80 bags flour, 20 sks do, 20 sks sharps, 20 sks bran, 10 sks wheat, 16 pkgs. ' ' Te Anau—For Wellington—22 sks meal, 13 sks oatina, 34 sks seed, 28 pkgs ranges, 1 bale rags, 2 magazines, 1 cycle, 1 pump, 3.3 cases pears, 198 sks potatoes, */£-, cases oatmeal, 2 crates poultry, 2 cases '—a, 25 drums oil, 2 bdls springs, 2 cases tomatoes, 30 cases fruit, 50 sks liour, 140 bags do, 140 sks chaff, 50sks sharps, 1 bdl trees, 97pkgs. For Wangariui—10 sks Oatmeal, lease tea, 2 pkgs gig, 2. cases plants, 12 pkgs. For New-JRJrymouth—ll pkgs. For Foxfon-i--40 sks pbtatoee, 18 pkgs. For Nelson—l case tea, 1 tent, 6 pkgs empties, 18 pkgs. For Blenheim—3o boxes tin, 1 case tea, 6 pkgs. Matatua—For London, from Wellington —2002 carcases mutton, 2244 do lamb, 7017 legs mutton, 1460 cases cheese, 1302 cases meats, 601 bales 59 bales flax, 26 bales leather, 54 do basils, 90 casks tallow, 51 pkgs. From Lyttelton—lo,27s carcases mutton, 33,246 carcases lamb, 654 boxes kidneys, 6 do sweetbreads, 159 cases cheese, 4 bales skins, 21 trusses leather, 639 bales wool, 2 bales leather, 832 sks grass seed, 198 sks peas, 391 casks tallow, 29 casks casings, 10 pkgs. •