PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 10060, 11 June 1898, Page 9

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Weather Refort—Friday, June 10. Calm, blue sky. ► ■ 9 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer ... 30.42 30.45 -30.40 Thermometer ... 48 *56 46 High Water—Saturday, June Morning, 9.56 a.m. ; evening, 10.19 p.m. Sun rises, 7.33 a.m. ; sets, 4.26 p.m. Moon rises, 12 p.m.; Sets, noon.

Weather Forecast. Captain Edwin telegraphed to Captain Clark as follows :—" Wind moderate from between south-east and east and north at all places. Barometer further rise everywhere, but fall slowly at places southward of Timaru and Queeostown after twelve hours. Sea moderate on both coasts. Tide 3 low everywhere. Frost is to be expected in all parts of the country. "\ j Arrived—June 10. Monowai, s.s., 3433 tons, Chatfield. from Melbourne, via Dunedin and way ports. | Passengers — Mesdames Elam and Bell, j Messrs A. J. Body, J. Body and Elam, and I eight steerage. Union {Shipping Company, agents. Takapuna, s.s., 930 tons, Robertson, from Manukau, via way ports. Passengers—Mesdames Barclay and Bowie, and Messrs Baillie (2), Duncan, Pitcaithly, Richardson, Buck, Dann, Vincent, Bawie, j Alexander, W. W. Collins, Henderson and Peterson, and six steerage. Union Steamship Company, agents. - Brisbane, s.s., 1119 tons. Hill, from Newcastle. W. White and Co., agents. Sailed—June 10. Clematis, ketch, 67 tons, Peterson, for Havelock. Pitcaithly, Wallace and Co., agents. Takapuna, e.s., 930 tons, Robertson, for Manukau, via Wellington. Passengers— Misses M'Kay (2) and M'Kenzie, Meadames Baxter, Carver, Clifford and child, Alexander, Nicholson, Thornton and child, Gray and Anderson, Hon*. J. M'Kenzie, Judge Ward, Messrs Thornton, Nicholson, Martin, Lang, M'Kay, Johnston©, Saniers, Harvey, Wood (2), Aitcheson, Robinson, Wallace, Perker, Johnson and Buchanan. \ Union. Steamship Company, agents. Monowai, β-s., 3433 tone, Chatfield, for Sydney via Wellington. Passengers—For Sydney—Misees Strange, Gibson, York, Wells, Campbell, Poulton, Mesdames Lane, Waddell, Campbell, Temple and Fortescue, Captain Mahon, Messrs Lewis, Aalin, Mountfort, Wilsoß, W. Cunningham, Clone, Partridge, Forteeoue, Strange, A. L*n«, WftUh, Weill

and Robertson. For Wellington—Mica Partridge, Archbishop Redwood, and Messrs Braitaford, Denham and Halstead. Union Steamship Company, agents. Jane Douglas, 96 tons, Whifcby, for Akaroa. Pitcaithly, Wallace and Co., agents. Imports. Mouowai—From Melbourne 30 oases and 2 casks wine, 20 kegs cream tartar, 20 cases bottles, 1 case plants, 10 bales bags, 2 cases dye, 40 cases oil, 400 bags salt, 1 case type, 60 boxes lemons, 60 cases fruit, 12 cases beer, 3001 boxes, 70 cases acid, 4 brls oil, 200 bags bark, 20 cases wax, 178 pkgs. From Hobart—36o bags bark. From Bluff —4 sks oysters, 30 kits mutton birds, 10 bales paper, 31 empty kegs, 41 ska hides, 2 hags feathers, 4 cases axes. From Dunedin —3 c*ses fish, 11 cases fruit. Takapuna — From Wellington— A eks hides, 5 pkgs. Brisbane—From Newcastle—l2oo tons coal. Jos-.ph Sims—From Newcastle—loo tons coal.

The schooner Joseph Sims, in command of Captain Rennie, owned by Mr J. Sims, Kaiapoi, and built for him by Mr Rich. Davis at the Blaikwall, on the Brisbane Water, near Sydney, arrived in Port yesterday, after a passage of ten days to Farewell Spit. Sho is of 81i tons, length 86ft, beam 22ft, and is built of red gum, pitchpinc top sides and kauri deck, pitchpine masts. She arrived in splendid order, and her owner and captaiu are to be congratulated upon having so fine a vessel for the coastal trade. She left Sydney on May 10th for Newcastle for coal, and took her departure from that port on May 17th. She had strong westerly and south-west winds till making Cape Farewell on May 27th, when a S.E. gale was encountered otf Stephen's Island, and she ran under it for shelter. From thence she had light winds and calms to Gauds Bank and Long Island, until she arrived in Lyttelton. The vessel is fitted with a patent 20 h.p. oil engine, and is wall found and fitted, and should prove very useful for the trade. Shortly after her arrival the Mayor of Kaiapoi, who is also a member of the Kaiapoi Harbour Board, went on board and wished the owner and his vessel success.

A barque was signalled yesterday afternoon, but it proved to be the Cloud, from Lady Elliott Island to Dunedin. She had had to put into Sydney for repairs. The Cloud was formerly the Maria, which was in Lyttelton at the end of last year. A number of the stevedores who were working on the Monowai yesterday, at No. 3 hatch, knocked off, alleging that they dreaded an accident from the manner in which the slings were being worked. The Monowai arrived from Melbourne yesterday morning and sailed for Sydney, via Wellington, last night. The Takapuna arrived from the North yesterday morning and sailed for the North in the evening. The Brisbane arrived from Newcastle yesterday. The Rotomahana will come out of dock to-day and sail for Wellington to-night. The Golden Gate will sail for Newcastle, probably early next week. The Union Steamship Company's Tekapo was floated out of Mort's dock, Sydney, on May 25th, after receiving an overhaul to hull and machinery. She was coaled with Julian's composition. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company have building with Messrs Wm. Denny ana Bros., Dumbarton, a cargo steamer of about 8500 tons deadweight, aud to steam about eleven knots at sea. She is to be delivered in November.