PORT OP LYTTELTON.

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

PORT OP LYTTELTON.

Weathkb RKPOKsv-Taeaday, May 25. Wind —Calm, clear. 9 a.m. Noen. 5 p.m. Riremeter _ 30.18 30.19 3a 19 Thermometer ... 49 51 49 High Water—Wednesday, May 26. Morning, 0.0 ; evening, 0.8. Sun rises,'7.2o a.m. ; seta, 4.34 p.m. Moon rises, 1.53 a.m.; sets, 1.43 p.m. Weather Forecast. Captain Edwin telegraphed yesterday as follows:—"Wind between south and east and north-east at all places. Barometer very little movement northward of Napier and New Plymouth, rise elsewhere. Sea moderate on both coasts of both islands. Tides low on all 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, McKerrow, Deck, A'Court, Matheeon, Mashton, Banks, Tripp, Freeman, Buchanan, Feck, Bailey (2), Shaw, Greenaway, Trimble, Lahman, Sorensen, Lockie, 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 — Mjsses Forster, Russell, Cullen, Sweeney, Mesdames Broughton, Recce, Patterson, Smith, Reith, Corsar, Hon. W. C. Walker, Messrs Christie, Wills, Palmer, Galbraith, Stewart, Zouch, Shorland, Anderson, Langbam, Smith, Patterson, Preston, Tazzard, Petrie, Lookie, Wright, Short, Masters Sutcliffe, 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 ska bark, 7 pkgs. From Wellington —2 pkgs. ' Exports. , Omapere—For Wellington—ls cases tongues, 33 bags flour, lor Picton—4 skß seed. " For Nelson—2 pkgs. Janet NicoU—For Westport—l2o ska 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 ske meal, 10 cases, fruit, 51 pieces timber, ,30 sks potatoes, 40 bags flour, 6 sks bran, 4 sks meal, 10 sks oats, 6 aks 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 ska 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 25 drums oil, 2 bdls springs, 2 cases tomatoes, 30 cases fruit, 50 sks iiour, 140 bags do, 140 sks chaff, 50sks sharps, 1 bdl trees, 97pkg3. For Wangariui—lo sks oatmeal, 1 case tea, 2 pkgs gig, , 2. cases plants, 12 pkgs. For New-JRfymouth— It pkgs. For Foxfon-i-4Q sks potatoee, 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 eks peas, 391 casks tallow, 29 casks casings, lOpkge. '

Word has been received that Mr J. S. C. Clearyi of Lyttelton, who went to England in the ship Aldergrove some four years ago, and has been studying in London, has passed his examination as second officer. The b.s. Wakatu- was taken on to the patent slip yesterday for cleaning and painting. Her sailing for Wellington "via way ports was therefore postponed till thria evening. '* " , v.'. Captain Fleming, of the Ornaperey who is at pre—nt on- holiday ' leave-, is being temporarily relieved by Captain Gibb. The Union Company's new steamer Liddersdale was brought oyer to ' No. 7 wharf yesterday morning. Sbo will now discharge her cargo of eoaTwith despatch and then sails for.Sydney. ' .'■.'■ Messrs Pitcaithly,-Wallace and Co. have chartered .'the schboner Falcon to load produce for .Weuington. v - Captain Kruhl of the ketch Clematis has been appointed to the schooner Maud Graham vice Captain Berg, who has been appointed pilot at Kaiapoi. Captain Petersen, late mate of the schboner Falcon, is now master of the ketch Clematis.