SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

Press, Volume LV, Issue 10215, 10 December 1898, Page 9

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

■ — PHASES OF THE MOON. DECEMBER-.- DAYS. d. I:, si. Last quarter .. ..6 r «.36 pjn. New Moon ~ ..13 11JL3 pun. Fust Quarter .. 20 2.52 p.m. Full Moon .. .. 28 11.9 aan. PORT OF LYTTELTON, WEATHER REPORT—Friday, Dec. 9. •Wind, N.E. breeze; cloudy. 9 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer .. .. 30.01 30.00 29.92 Thermometer -..,66 69 65 HIGH WATER-Saturday, Dec. 10. Morning, 12.21; evening, 12.46. Sun rises, 4.16 a.m.; sets, 7.30 p.m. Moon rises, 1.8 a.m.; sets, 8.34 pjn. ARRlVED—December 9. Waikare, s.s., 3071 tons, Richardson, from Sydney, via Wellington. Passengers from - Sydney — Misses Aiwin, Sadler (2), Harris, Booth, Greener, Mcpherson, and Hudson, Mesdames C. J. Champion, and five children, Hudson, and Meyer, Messrs A. J. Buchanan, T. A. Fox, O. E. Sen, R. W. Meyer, W. Baker, E. W. Van Senden, H. G. Beaumont, and G. McClatchie, and twenty steerage; from Wellington, Misses Brightwell, Fraser, Charlewoor, Kelnran, Denniston,. and McCormick, Mesdames Langmore, Cornish, and two children, and Birkenshaw, Major Birkenshaw, Mr Justice Denniston, Messrs Gorrie, A. Butler, Denny, S. Casserley, W. A. Wall, Sinclair, H. | C. Elliott, H. G. Kettle, Denniston, Bayertz, Hvans, Barker, Sutherland i(2), Watt, and Shelly, and twelve steerage. Union Steamship Co., agents. Pareora, s.s., 835 tons, Christian, from Westport. C. W. Turner, agent. SAlLED—December 9. | Jane Douglas, 96 tons, Whitby, for Akaroa. Pitcaitbly, Wallace and Co., agents.^ [ Waikare, s.s., 3071 tons, Richardson, for Melbourne via Dunedin. Passengers—|?or Dunedin: Misses Bush, Hooper, Bain, and Isitt,Mesdames Rose and child, Cassells and Sandford. For Bluff: Mrs Woolf and child, Mr Shepherd. For Hobart: Rev. Charles R. Pollock. For Melbourne: Miss Kennett, Mesdames BrUnton and family, and Portal, Messrs Day, Cullen, Cederwall, Anderson, and Douglas. Union Steamship Company, agents. Pareora,. s-j., 855 tons, Christian, for Greymouth. C. W. Turner, agent. IMPORTS. Waikare—From Sydney: 106 bales woolpacks, 116 chests tea, 32 crates bottles, 10 bags coke, 20 cases guano, 48 pcs hardwood, 35 cases and 25 hhds spirits, 4 cases acid, 35 cases oil, 923 cases fruit, 40 bags sulphur, 5 bdls muscatelß, 11 slabs marble, 24 bdls bags, 736 bags manure, 1574 bags sugar, 1 horse, 20 csks resin, 7 cases I pears, 12 cases apricots, 26 rolls lead, 2 brls, I coffee, 102 cases schnapps, 4 cases cycles, 54 cases furniture, 6 cases silks, 38 i bales matting, 156 pkgs curios, 7 casea paint, 100 cases whiting, 238 pkgs. From Nelson: 2 cases spirit-. From Wellington: 2 baskets samples, 34 cases fruit, 12 pkgs.,. Pareora—-From Westport: 650 tons coal, EXPORTS. Pareora—For Greymouth: 3 cases eggs, 1 case bacon. Rotomahana—For Wellington: 4 cases and 4 hhds ale, 25 cases beer, 2 drums dip, 1 cycle, 15 sks malt, 30 kegs cider, 67 sks flour, 10 boxe3 soap, 3 cases eggs, 56 sheep, 18 empty csks, 4 cases bacon, 50 sks wheat, 1 cart, 58 pkgs. For Wanganui: 3 pkgs ranges, 40 boxes soap, 5 pkgs harrow, 43 pkgs. For Blenheim: 7 pkgs. For Nelson: 5 pkgs. For Foxton: 6 cases ale, 43 pkgs implements, 21 pkgs.' For New Plymouth: 11 pkgs. For Patea: 3 pkgs. For Hokitika: 1 trunk. For Westport: 6 cases stout, 6 bags salt, 15 pkgs. For jGreymouth: 28 pkgs. . The steamer Glaucus has been chartered to bring coal from Newcastle to Lyttelton. She will afterwards go to Kaipara and load timber there for Sydney. The Union Company's new steamer Mokoia, whTch haii at Sydney, carries a launch worked by an oil engine. This is the only intercolonial steamer having such a convenience, and it is indicative of the up-to-date fittings that have been lavished upon the steamer generally. The'following bhangea are stated to be abput to be made in the New Ziealand Shipping company's staff:—Captain Bone is to be Marine Superintendent for the Company, Captain taking his position in the Ruahine, and Captain Hamon, of the Tekoa, taking Captain Jaggard's position on the Waimate. The Waikare arrived from Sydney via Wellington yesterday morning, and sailed for Melbourne via Dunedin yesterday afternoon. The Pareora arrived from Westport late on Thursday night, and sailed for Greymouth last night., The Admiralty have chartered one of the P. and O. boats, the Verona* to serve as a transport and store ship auxiliary, to H.M.S. Tyne in the Mediterranean. Her iron decks are being covered with deck planks, and further alterations are being effected to fit her for troops. She will be first employed in carrying troops from Alexandria to Crete. After, that her duty will be to carry relief stores and munitions of war to the vessels of the Mediterranean. Captain A. Murray, the well-known commander of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's barque Akaroa, now waiting to sail from Port Chalmers for Gisborne, has resigned his post *° * ake charge of the Bteamer Jane •Douglas. Captain Murray, who has his wife and children with him, will Akaroa to Gisborne where someone will besppointed in Mr Tosswill, late second officer of the Riihntaka, is expected to succeed Mr Fraser as chief officer of the Waikato. Captain Frosdick,, k£e of the Rangitikei, is now second officer of the fWaikato. ■