PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume IV, Issue 10064, 16 June 1898, Page 6

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Weather Report—Wednesday, June 35. Wind—N.W., light. Cloudy. 9 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer ... 30.11 30.12 30.11 Thermometer ... 51 62 56 High Water—Thursday, June 16. Morning, 1.19 a.m. ; evening, 1.43 p.m. Sun rises, 7.34 a.m. ; sets, 4.26 p.m. LJoon rises, 4.41 a.m.; sets, 2.3 p.m.

Weather Forecast,

Captain Edwin telegraphed to Captain Clark yesteiday as follows :—" Wind, gale between N.E. and N. and W., with rain at all places northward of Timaru and Queenstown, aud from between north aud west and south-west, with rain elsewhere; barometer further fall everywhere. Sea heavy on all western coast and between Castlepoint and Kaikoura, moderate at all other places; tides high on all western coast, good and increasing on east coast south of Napier, low between Napier and East Cape, moderate from thence northward."

Arrived—June 15,

Waihora, s.s., 2003 tons, Neville, from Dunedin. Passengers — Misses Barnard. Plidger, Thomson and Murray, Mrs Barnard, Messrs Watson Richardson, Wilkinson, Barnard; Quealy, Stokes, Ryder, Fridlay, Mendelbson, Halley, Power, Westney and Macleod, and 11 steerage. Union Steamship Company, agents. Hinemoa, C.G.S., 542 tons, Post, from Akaroa. Passengers—The Premier and party. Jane Douglas, s.s., 96 tons, Whitby, from Akaroa. Pitcaithly, Wallace and Co., agents. Cleared—June 15. Golden Gate, barque, 899 tons, Balfour, for Newcastle. Fletcher, Humphreys and Co., agents. Kinsey, Bains and Co., Port agents. Jessie Niccol, schooner, 93 tons, Williams, for Thames, in ballast. Field and Ferrier, agents. Sailed—June 15. Upolu, s.s., 1141 tons, Beaumont, for Dunedin. Union Steamship Company, agents. Kahu, s.s., 99 tons, McAlister, for Napier direct. Kinsey, Barns and Co., agents. . Wakatu, s.s! - , 115 tons, Wills, for Cheviot, &c. Kinsey, Barns and Co., agents. Waihora, s.s., 2003 tons, Neville, for Sydney via Auckland. Passengers—For Wellington — Mesdames Hall-Jones and Bridge, Messrs Whitelaw, Brader, Hydes, Dunford, E. Reeves, Dawson, R. H. Cole, Coleman, R. B. Willis, Bridge, Hale, Harding, Shrimski. For Napier—Misses Frazer, Weber and Winter, Mrs Hankings, Messrs Lemon and Hankings. For (jrisborne—Mrs A. S. Williams. <For Auckland—Misses Osborne and Bell. Union Steamship Company, agents. Imports. Eliza Firth—From Kaipara—los,oooft sawn timber, 1200 staves, 1000 bacon cases, 1 spar. Falcon—From Havelock—s6,732ft timber. Waihora—From Dunedin—2 cases ink, 67 eases, 32 qr cks, 47 octaves, 3 hhds, 10 octaves and 2 cks whiskey, 3 qr cks oil, 6 cks, 50 boxes cornflour, 11 pkgs, 3 bdls, 33 pkgs ranges, 12 mouldboards, 196 boxes candles, 20 hhds ale, 1 frame, 1 seat, 1 case iron, 1 bale, 24 bars iron, 1 bale wire, 13 sks sugar, 2 crates empty returns, 2 ranges, 126 bags cement, quantity scenery, 59 sks barley, 31 bags hides, 24 cases cheese, 1 bag, 8 chain slings, 1 pkg bolts, 4 cases fish. Upolu—From Suva—l 374 cases bananas, 8 cases pines, 1 case grenadillas, 5 cases limes. From Auckland—so cases salmon, 21 cases coffee, 2 cases bicycles, 5 boxes, "3 bales overalls, 1 case books, 48 rolls paper, 6 bales,. 1 pkg, 115 hhds molasses, 78 cases, 1 cask, and 5 hhds syrup, 12 sks bone black, 3 cases treacle, 781 bags and 50 sks sugar. Wakatu — From Wellington - 6100!b timber. From Kaikoura—lo pkgs, 3 cases cheese. From Cheviot—6 bales skins,'l bale wool, 15sks wheat, 3 bales hides, 5 empties. Exports. Wakatu—For Stonyhurst—9 sks bran, 40 bdls wire, 20 rolls netting, 10 pkgs. For Cheviot—l 23 bdls standards, 14 sks seed, 1 £i'g, 1 roller, 20 sks coal, 4 harrows, 12 cheese, 36 cases groceries, 23 cases jam, 20 boxes soap, 20 boxes candles. For Boat Harbour—lll bdls standards. For Kaikoura—s2 bars iron, 16 sks sharps, 4 crates biscuits, 185 sks and bags flour, 12 cases fruit, 20 cases groceries, 3 ranges, 4 cases spirits, 28 pkgs sundries. For Flaxbourne— 40 sks oats, 8 pkgs. For Wellington—2 bales wool. Kahu—For Napier—7oo sks and bags flour, 50 sks bran, 64 sks seed, 222 sks potatoes, 6 piles, 1 waggon, 10 cases sauce, 15 cases pickles, 5 cases vinegar, 6 cases bacon, 2 bicycles, 3 sks oatina, 1 roller, 5 harrows, 130 sks oatp, 1 plough, 19 kegs, 33 cases, 6 cks, 8 crates. Rotomahana—For Wellington—6 hhds and 6 cases ale, 7 cases and 2 chests tea, 1 bdle trees, 16 cases, 2 ranges, 8 bdls, 4 sks,; 2 boxes, 60 drums oil, 1 case lampsf ..0 boxes soap, 1 case d cards, 40 sks and 20 bags flour, 1 box rivets, 5 sks oysters, 2 cases eggs, 6 steel plates, 3 castings, 1 pkg. For Wanganui— 8 cases, 4 crates, 5 boxes, 24 lengths pipe, 1 pel. For Foxton—6 cases, 4 crates, 15 boxes soap, 52 sks potatoes. For" Blenheim—2 cases, 1 pel, 6 roller rings. For Nelson—l pel. For Greymouth—lo boxes soap, 1 case. For New Plymouth—2 cases, 4 cks mutton birds. For Dunedin—l case, 2 pkgs.

The Jessie Nicol was cleared yesterday by Messrs Field and Ferrier. She sails in ballast for Thames.

The barque Golden Gate was cleared for Newcastle yesterday, and sails to-day. The Rosamond passed the Farewell Spit at 1.50 p.m. yesterday. The steamer John Anderson will not run to Little Akaloa on Saturday. .' The Upolu did not get away on Tuesday night as was anticipated, but left .for Dunedin yesterday morning, ':' The Waihora 'arrived from Dunedin yesterday morning, and sailed for Sydney via Auckland last night. The Hesketh left Greymouth for Lytteiton at 5 p. m. yesttrday. The Board of Trade have awarded a binocular glass to Herleef Valdemar Sorensen, master of the Chilian steamship Cachapoal, of Valparaiso, in recognition of his-humanity and kindness to the survivors of the shipwrecked crew of the British barque Cordillera, of Liverpool, (Newcastle to Valparaiso), which foundered off Valparaiso on November Bth, 1897. • ■ . Mr David Richmond,-Lord Provost of Glasgow, has formally opened the new graving dock constructed on the south side of the Clyde by the Trustees of the Clyde Navigation. The'new dock is the largest of its kind ia the kingdom, and with a total length of 880 ft and a width at the entrance of 83ft, can accommodate the biggest battleship or liner. A gate divides the basin into two lengths. of 460 ft and 420 ft respectively, and there is thus provision for docking at one time two vessels of considerable size. With; a depth of 26ft 6in, tbe dock has a capacity of 13,440,000 gallons, and can be emptied in less than a couple of hours. The cost of the works, including pumping and other apparatus, amounts to about £240,000. Mr James Deas, engineer of the Clyde Trust, is the designer of the' dock, and: the works have been carried through under his superintendence. At the formal opening the Anchor liner City of Rome was snccessf nlly floated into the basin.