PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 10214, 9 December 1898, Page 6

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

WEATHER REPORT— Thursday, Dec. 8. Wind, N.E., light; cloudy with drizzling rain. „ 9 a.m. Xoon. o p.m. Barometer' .. 30.20 30.13 30.18 Thermometer .. 65 63 66

HIGH WATER—Friday, Dec. 5.

WEATHER FORECAST.

-ARRlVED—December 8.

Morning, 11.57; evening, 12. Sun rises, 4.16 a.m.; sets, 7.29 p.m. Moon rises, 12.40 a.m.; sets, 2.34 p.m.

For twenty-four hours from 9 a.m., Deo. Bth. Captain Edwin telegraphs as under: — "WlND— Strong from between Southeast and South and West generally, but gale between East Cape and Castle Point. BAKOMiiTER —Rise slowly at ail places Northward of Timaru and fall elsewhere. SEA —Heavy on East between Lyttelton and East Cape, moderate at all other places. TIDES— Good on all Eastern and moderate on all Western coast." .

Botomahana, 17G3 tons, Manning, from Wellington. Passengers—Misses Jacobsen, Naylor, I'alliser, and Campbell, ilesdarn.es liiilis, Kobinson, nurse and infant, Puschell, Campbell, and Bingbani, Eevs. White and Campbell, Col. Hoskius, Major Ho3kins, Messr3 Carlyon, Throp, Thomson, Plunkett, Madden, Willcocks, and Johnston, and 17 steerage* Union Steamship Company, agents. Annio Hill, schooner, 150 tons, Berg, from Stewart Island. Pitcaithly, "Wallace and Co., agents. SAlLEp—December 8. Ohau, s.s., 7-iO tons, Brewer, for Greyliiouth. Union Steamship Company, agente. Falcon, schooner, 95 tons, Green, for Havelock. Field and Ferrier, agents. . . Rotomahana, s.s., 1763 tons, Manning, for Wellington. Passengers—Misses ' Remington. White, Smith (2), and Tolhurst (2), Mesdames White and two children, Curson, Blanchett, Wakcly, Kennedy, Couzens, • McLaren and Heald, Messrs Kennedy, Couzens, McPhee, Avison, Moon, "White, Symonds,: Martin, A. F. Kattray, J. Anderson, Hood, Tanner, Fookea,. Davis, White, Brewer, T. G. Brown, Latter/ Coop, Hy. Wood, Murray-Aynsley, I. Gibbs, and Shields. Union Steamship Company, agents. * . . IMPORTS. Annie Hill—From 'Stewart Island: 90,000 ft timber. Rotomahana—From Wellington: 16 cases matches, 21 bars iron, 27 cases tea, 2 bicycles, 3 Bks flour, 14 bags potatoes, 3 csks pelts, .34 cases fruit, 452 bales twine, 15 bdls timber, 4 horses, ,2 dogs, 2" ponies, 1 dog cart?" 21 fire bars, 15 head cattle, 68 pkgs. From Manukau: 41 case 3 fruit. From New .Plymouth: 6 sks' pelts, 3 pkge. ■».-•■. EXPORTS. •Tβ Anau—For Dunedin: 13 chests tea, 22 cheeses, 3 sks peas, 20 sks potatoes, 10 crates arid 38 bags bottles, 86 pkgs. " __\ Ohau—For Greymoutn: 2 boxes fireworks." The chief officer of the Alnwick is Mr Laws, who was "formerly in the Lutterworth and other sailing vessels under the Shaw, Saviii and Albion Company's flag. The Annie Hill arrived from Stewart Island yesterday morning. The i'alcon sailed for Havelock yesterday morning. The .Rotomahana arrived from Wellington early yesterday morning, and sailed for Wellington late last night. This morning the Hertnione goes into dock, where she remams till Tuesday next. . The Ruahine is to" leave for Wellington next Frfday. The Auckland. "Herald" reports that a nameboard, about sft long, bearing the name "Auriga," also about half-a-dozen pieces of stern scroll work* was last week picked up on Milford boach, near Lake Takapuna. The Auriga arrived in Auckland from' London oa. October 22nd last, and cleared for Tonga on November 19ta. On 15th October there was launched a steel screw steamer by the Clydebank Engineering and Shipbuilding Company, built to the order of Messrs TurnbuH, Martin and C 0.,, of London, for the Australian and New Zealand trade. The vessel is 420 ft long, 54ft 6in broad, and 32ft moulded depth, and is of about "5800 tone-gross. She is fitted with triple expansion engines. The steam pressure is 1601b, pea* square inch, and the- boilers are fitted with Howden's forced draught. An installation of refrigerating machinery of the Linde type is fitted. The ship is lighted throughout by electricity. She has been built under Lloyd's special survey, and will be completely equipped to comply with the Board of Trade requirements for a passenger certificate. On leaving the ways she was christened the Fifeshiro. Seattle has been chosen as the American terminus of another Pacific steamship line which is to'ply between that port, Honolulu, and Australian ports. . A monthly, service will be inaugurated; which was to start on December Ist. The company expect to build up.as good a business as is now carried on by the Cana-dian-Australian lino operating from "Vancouver. Sydney will be the other terminus of the new line, which will be known as the British--American. It is to bs a permanent venture.