PHASES OF THE MOON.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 10149, 23 September 1898, Page 6

PHASES OF THE MOON.

SEPTEMRKU-30 PAYS, d. h. in. Full Moon .. 1 0. 21 a.m. Last Quarter .. 8 10 21 a.m. New Moon -16 11 40 a.m. First Quarter ..23 2 9 P-m-Full Moon 10 41 P-m-PORT OF Lx'I'TEI.TON. WEATHER REPORT— Thursday, Sept. 22. Wind, calm ; blue sky. a a.m. Nooh. 5 p.m. Barometer .. ..29.68 29.-0 *rf.7» Thermometer .. 08 61 WJ HIGH WATER—Friday, Sept. 23. Mcrniug, 9.51; evening, 10.21. Sun rises, 5.49 a.m.; sets, 5.5 p.m. Moon rises, 10 a.m.; sets, 1.4 a.m. WEATHER FORECAST. For twenty-four hours from a.m., Sept. 2-2ud. obtain Edwin telegraphs as undoi:- --- -»„X1J —Mouerate to nuoug urom beiwec. west sulci eoui— —west _uu souia, at all piauea noriUwi.ru oi i_aiii.our_ a_u hojUukh, anu wesienv galea iioni uience aortnward. _>Aitu _i.xi.xii.lv —lUse every wuere. tor:—*. —Consiaei.auio on an western coast, ana ironi normward on East coast soutn ot dpi-. XlilEa —Aloueiato Ou all western coast, uuu. o_ _,ast Coast, noun oi cape; _ood iroiu tiience southward."

ARRlVED—September 22. Rotokino, s.s., 2ut>i tons, Mc-'ouald, from Newcastle. union steamship C'oinpan,), agents Penguin, s.s., 824 tons, Bernech, from Weinuaiou. j.'usaeiigei.d —Aliases enactor, Allen, Wallace &), Huluion, T.o fe an, JD-riuw, .Lance, Bloxani M> Dale, Beruez, nar_ieaves, beat}, Kobeitoh-w, James, Clark, Wilson, AebDie, libber, Clinord, JMesuames ±tock, Culien, Iticli, Woourone, -iiaitland, Mayne, Ajojjan, Lance, Scott, Caudy and two children, xuoxani, Aiatnesou, irritciiard, Godfrey, Rosser, Simpson, Kiuger, Walker, .Logan, Gamble, ana Wright, _>rs. J. and W. Fitzgerald, Captain* and Popham, Messrs Rock, Kirk, Cullen, Rich, McDonald, McArthur, Sawers, McQueen, Woodroffe, Hamilton, Maitland, Russell, Darby, Meredith, G reive, Lance, Hawkes, Haynos, Candy, Bloxam (3;, Rod, Pearce, Partridge, Mcc, Joske, Malneson, Redmond, Gresjnshietd, Bennett, Wallace, Hawkins, Simpson, Ringer, Mitchell, Louisson, Logan (2), Rich, Price, Lightbody, lVorthcote, Knowlos and Baruett, and fifty steerage. Union Steamship Company, agents. Emma Sims, schooner, 60 tons, Johnston, from Waitara. Pitcaithly, Wallace and Co., "Clyde, schooner, 86 tons, Gibbons, from Collingwood. Master, ugent. CLEARED—September 22. Kassa, barque, 319 tons, Criese, for Kaipara. Field and Feirier, agents. Lily, schooner, 64 tons, Bloom, for Greymouth. Pitcaithly, Wallace and Co., agents. Morning Light, schooner, 92 tons, Taylor, for Waitapu. Pitcaithly, Wallace aud Co., agents. Clyde, "schooner, 86 tons, Gibbons, for Collingwood. Master, agent. SAlLED—September 22. Duke of Devonshire, s.s., 3207 tons, Long, for London, via southern ports. New Zealand Shipping Company, agents. Penguin,, s.s., b24 tons, .Bernech, for Wellington. Passengers—Misses Flesher, _t. Cole, Banks, Tomkins, and Clonburgh. Mesdames R. Tnggs, Hamilton, nurse and child, Evans and Martin and family, Messrs Maude, R. W. Soanes, Ormston, Whitney, Strang and Harold. Union Steamship Company, agents. Onda, s.s., 3409 tons, Wilson, for southern ports. Union Steamship Company, agents. Hesketh, s.s., 640 tons, Black, for Greymouth. C. W. Turner, agent.

IMPORTS. Rotokino—From Newcastle: 20 bags bottles, 90J tons coal.

Penguin—From Wellington: 60 bars iron, 41 crates bicycles, 2 cases organ, 27 cases tea, 40 qrs beef, 14 bullocks, 4 sks vegetables, 3 bicycles, 4 cases matches, 10 boxes butter, 4 csks pelts, 53 pkgs. EXPORTS. Mararoa—For Yveiu_._v.o_: 4 hhds, 3 barrels, 1 bo_ apples, oO ska noor, _ sk seeu, 27, case., V p__s. -.'-or JNa_>ier: 7 nnus ana __ —ha. ale, . an.- oaima, io_ sks potatoes, -l jokgs cultivator, -a sks ana l_ o_s- hour, 2 biuc_._ .tone, l sk. Oird-, ii p_ga i_u_,iemeuts, 4 steel plates, 12 cases, 10 p__.-, - cycles, I ciriii, 4 crate., 1 nu.s. -or _ri_Do-_ie: 4 cases aie, 1 sk pea., 7 si__ seed, 50 sks etui!-, 4 bales nay. 6. »k_ a__ 40 oags Hour, 1-4 sas potatoes, _o sks chart, _ chah-ufcter, 4 wheels, _ pair snaits, 1 piougii, _ cases, _ trusses, _ pkgs. .tor __uc_i_hd: - empty jbhds, 3 pngs ranges, 2 cisterns, 35 sk_ meal, 772 sks enahy l._ Dales nay, 6b_ sk. potatoes, 45 sks wheat, 67 sks anu .0 bags hour, ,2 cases bacon, 13 udls willows, 4 tru.ae. le-ther, 54 sks seed, 7 cases cheese, 4 pkg. inirrows, 0 hhds, 161 cases,., trusses, 15 pkgs, 1 csa. For ±*atea: 2 Cases. For iNew _ri>mouth: 10 cases, 5 crates. For. Foxtou: a cases ale. For ±urntou_*i: 1 box. For Wanganui: 1 length pipe, -'or .Blenheim: 1 case. _.-'or Taurangu.: 4 pkga harrows. For Picton: 1 crate. For Tahiti: 1 box, 1 crate fowls, 1 crate pigs. Vale Koyal—For Thames: 2045 sks chaff, 40i _ks potatoes, 3.1 sks oats, 224 bales straw, 46 bags manure, 2 cases pickles, 100 sks and 300 bags hour, 188 sks bran, 15 sks sharps. Duke of Devonshire—For Dondon: 550 balewool, 20. csks tallow and pelts, 11- bales basils and leather, 12 bales flax, 15 pkgs. Lily—For Greymouth: 100 sks flour, 31 sks potatoes. * Morning Light—For Waitapu: 1500 bricks, 5 tons coal, 120 bags hour, 10 sks bran, 140 sks chaff, 30 sks oats, 100 pkgs sundries.

The Gothic is expected here next Wednesday,

Messrs Pitcaithly, Wallace and Co. yeste.d<*y cleared the Diiy for Greymouth, and the Morning J-nght lor Waitapu, with produce.

Messrs _* leld and terrier, yesterday cleared the llass* for Kaipara, where she will load timber for Wellington. Cuptain Gibbons yesterday cleared the Clyde for Collingwood, where she will load timber for Wellington. The Rock ■. Lily, now at Kaiapoi, comes to Lyttelton to load produce on account of Messrs Pitcaithly, Wallace and Co. The Duke of Devonshire sailed for the Bluff early yesterday morning. - The Onda sailed for southern ports last night. The Hesketh sailed for Greymouth last night.

The Penguin arrived from Wellington yesterday "morning, and sailed for Wellington last night. After the Takapuna stuck on the mudbank in the Manukau channel three unsuccessful attempts were made on Saturday and Sunday to shift the Union steamer. A further effort was made on Monday night, and the steamer was moved from her position, but she again took the bank and stuck fast. On Tuesday the red funnel liner was floated off.

While the quarantine exists at Tonga the Union Company's steamers from Sydney for Auckland via the Islands:will not call at ports in the Friendly Islands, but will proceed from Sydney to Fiji, thence to Samoa, returning to Fiji, and then going on to Auckland. Vessels leaving Auckland will, however, call at Tonga as usual. i While going in on the flood tide on MondayT night the auxiliary trawler Savaii ran into the cattle wharf at Napier, and did considerable damage,'smashing her bowsprit and figurehead, besides carrying away part of the wharf. The Clyde arrived from Collingwood yesterday. - '■