PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 10043, 23 May 1898, Page 6

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

I Wkathkk Report—Sunday, May 22. N.W., light, fine. 9 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. j Barometer ... 29.50 29.15 29.41 Thermometer ... 58 60 58 High Watkb—Monday, May 25. -~ Morning, 5.51 a.m. ; evening, 6.16 p.m. Sun rises, 7.17 a.m. ; sets, 4.37 p.m. Moon rises, 9.29 a.m. ; sets, 6.23 p.m.

Arrived—May 21.

Te Anau, s.s., 1652 tons, Bernech, from Dunedin. Passengers—Misses Henderson, Busch, Adams, Melville, Bonnor and Little (2), Mesdames Craig, Cambridge, Tomlinson and Dare, Captain Kerr, Messrs Brown, Cooper, Masterton, Piggott, Murray, Brown, and twelve steerage. Union Steamship Company, agents. Westralia, s.s., 3500 tons, Bull, from Sydney, via Auckland and way ports. Passengers—Misses Bain (2), Cox, Cook, Lovell, Gabbin and Pemman, Mesdames Broadhurse and nurse, Horsley, Hamberton, Burgess, Woollens, Watt, Kennedy, Burnan and nurse, Lassaman, Hare and Gabbin, Rev. Burgess, Messrs Cattanacb, Bailey, Kennedy, Hamdton (2), Burnan, Perry, Moore and Webster, and Master Douglas. Kinsey, Barns and Co., agents. Morning Light, schooner, 92 tons, Svensden, from Wai tapu. Pitcaithly, Wallace and Co., agents. Falcon, schooner, 95 tons, Green, from Havelock. Field and Ferrier, agents. Rotomahana, s.s., 1763 tons, Manning, fr«m Wellington. Passengers—Misses Dickenson and Henderson, Messrs Lloyd, Shep-pet-d, Brown, Shawbridge, Jacobsen, Trask, Sniivrt, Field, Mclntyre and Dickie, Messrs Norman, Lowse, Blyth, Willcocks, Francis, Wilson and boy, Kemplen, Brown, Chudleigh, Shawbridge, Shorling, Trask, Inman, Stoddart, Adams, Grant, Bay, A'Court, Pollock, Field, Taggart, Dobie, Lowe, Coone, Menzies, Maude, Warden (2), and Boyd, and 33 steerage. Union Steamship Company, agents. Jane D uglas, s.s., 96 tons, Whitby, from Akaroa. Pitcaithly, Wallace and Co., agents. May 22. , Herald, s.s., 370 tons, Coulson, from Timaru. Passenger—Mr Irwin. Union Steamship Company, agents. Golden Gate, barque, 899 tons, Balfour, from New York via Dunedin. Fletcher, Humphrey, and Co., agents. Kinsey, Barns and Co., Port agents. | Penguin, s.b., 824 tons, McLean, from Wellington. Passengers — Misses Hurst, Grindlay, Walker, Mackie, Gilfillan, Marchant, Haast, Catley and D. Catley, Mes- | dames Amy Sherwin, Norrish and five children, Owen, Bailey, Dr. B. Russell, Messrs F. S. Court, Bolman, Tait, Szczpanowski, H. Southam, Pilkington, P. Paterson, Norrish, Owen, Sladen, Syder, Hodge, Russell, Wylie, Marshal), Fleming, Collins, Tanner, Butcher (2), Martin, Pratt, Bush, Hamlyn, E. E. Edwards, and 23 steerage. Union Steamship Company, agents. Sah,bd May 21. Westralia, s.s., 3500 tons, Bull, for Dunedin.—Passengers—Mesdames Scarlett and family and Burgin and child, Messrs Scarlett, Burgin and Murrell. Kinsey, Barns and Co., agents. Te Anau, s.s., 1652 tons, Bernech, for Wellington. Passengers—Misses Mulcock and Garren, Messrs Henderson, Mulcock, Rose, McPherson, Hay, Smith, Berry, Jones and Rose, and Master linglesden. Union Steamship Company, agents. Rotomahana, s s., 1763 tons, Manning, for Wellington. Passengers—Misses Lawson, Hogg, Brinnear, Grace and Scheeler, Lady Kuox, Mesdames Beckitt and child, Crighton and Day, Hon. E. W. Parker, i Messrs MoKerras, Rennie, Piper, Deoville, Peterson, Vincent, Buchanan, McLellan, McPhee, Fox, Adams, Pinkerton, Johnson and Wanklyn. Union Steamship Company, agents. Janet Nicoll, s.s., 779 tons, Ryan, for Westport. Union Steamship Company, agents. Brunner, s.s., 510 tons, Millman, for Westport. Union Steamship Company, agents. Rosamond, s.s., 721 tons, Sutherland, for Greymouth. Union Steamship Company, agents. May 22. Emma Sims, schooner, 60 tons, Johnston, for Waitara. Pitcaithly, Wallace .and Co., agents. Imj-orts. . Westralia-From Sydney via Northern ports— 50 cases whisky, 2 casks and 5 cases wine, 400 bags salt, 18 cases hardware, 1738 ( pieces timber, 2650 fslioes, 100 pairs naves, 50 pairs shafts, 242 bags sugar, 21 cases syrup, 20 bags limes, 2000 bricks, 68 bags hides, 31 pkgs polish, 13 bales leather, 40 ! cases fruit, 12 sks beans, 100 bdls laths, -700 cases gum, 113 casks pelts, 19 pkgs furniture, 5 bales skins, 2 pkgn ha> row, 100 boxes j butter, 23 sks barley, 6 empty hhds, 47 pkgs. Rotatnahana—From Wellington—2 cases i cycles, 5 cases bottles, 80 baes and 44 kegs | soda, 23 bdls iron, 10 boxes soap, 5 boxe* butter, 25 boxes caudles, 1 bicycle, 15 boxes tea, 150 empty cases, quantity staves, 150 bdls timber,«3l Bks hides, 16 casks pelts, 1 horse, 1 grindstone, 4 sks seed, 15 kegs staples, 86 pkgs. Exports. Emma Sims — For Waitara — 400 sks potatoes. 220 sks and 600 bags flour, 50 sks sharps, 50 sks bran, 60 boxes soap. , The Te Anau arrived from Dunedin on Saturday morning and sailed for Wellington iv the afternoon. The Westralia arrived from Sydney via Auckland and East Coast ports on Saturday morning, and sailed for Dunedin on Saturday' nighr. On the last voyage of the Westralia to Sydney she encountered the full force of the recent gale which raged ou the New South Wales coast. After steaming against it for some time it was found necessary to heave-to, which considerably delayed her arrival in Sydney. Beyond carrying away one or two small articles on deck the Westralia came through it little the worse for the trying time she had undergone, and on the conclusion of the voyage tho passengers tendered to Captain Bull their appreciation of the seamanlike manner in which the vessel was handled during the very anxious time. The proceeds of a concert held in aid of the National Shipwreck Society amounted to £6 8s 6d. The Rotomahana arrived from and sailed for Wellington on Saturday. The barque Golden Gate, with part cargo from New York, arrived from Dunedin yesterday morning, and was towed into the stream, where she anchored. The Rosamond came out of dock and sailed for Greymouth on Saturday. The Penguin arrived from Wellington yesterday afternoon. She had a very rough voyage. The Janet Nicoll and Brunner sailed for Westport on Saturday. There are several changes in the personnel of the Kaikoura's staff of officers (reports the " New Zealand Times "). Mr Silba (who was on the Mataura when she was wrecked in the Straits of Magellan) is now chief officer, in place of Mr Parsons, who has been transferred to the Tekoa; Mr A. Forbes (late second officer of the Rimutaka) succeeds Mr Cornwall as second on the Kaikoura; and Messrs Bluett and Vipan are the third [ and fourth officers respctively. Mr Suther--1 land (late of the Mataura) is chief engineer, and Mr Evans (formerly of the Otaxama) _i j second. Mr Holford, formerly second officer of the

Monowai, has been appointed chief of the Haupiri in place of Mr Ward, who is now on the Takapuna. The second officer, Mr Sinclair; has been acting temporarily as mate.

Mr Lake, chief officer of the Tarawera, has obtained a month's holiday. His duties have been assumed by Mr Graham, late of the Manapouri. Mr Denny, late purser of the Taviuni, has left for Sydney by the Tarawera for Tasmania to assume a pursership on one of the Company's steamers on that coast.