PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10265, 7 February 1899, Page 6

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

WEATHER REPORT-Monday, Feb. 6. Wind, S.W., breeze; gloomy. 9 a.m. Noon. Barometer .. .. 30.03 29.96 Thermometer .. + .. 63 68 HIGH WATER—Tuesday, Feb. 7. Morning, 12.30; evening, 1.7. Sun rises, 5.10 a.m.; sets, 7.16 p.m. —toon rises, 12.48 a.m.; sets, 4.46 p.m. ARRlVED—February 6. Rotorua, s.s., 923 tons, Spence, from Nelson, via Wellington. Passengers—Mrs Shrimpton, Messrs A. Kirk, J. Robertson, G. M. Hall, G. Bate, Watts, Frost, Cowlishaw, Maitland, Moller, and Pilmer, Masters Ferguson (_), and Winstone, and fifteen steerage. Union Steamship Company, agents. SAlLED—February 6. Rotorua, s.s., 928 tons, Spence, for Nelson via Wellington. Passengers—Por Wellington: Misses Cookson, Clark, and Atkinson, Mesdames Carstou, Coates, Warded, Nairn, and Clater, .Revs. Kelly and Goldstein, Messrs Hogland, Lyons, uuchanan, Carston, Brown, Halley, Nairn, Houston, Hulme, Mason, Kohn, Coates, Benjamin, Clark, Ward—l, and Anderson. For nelson: Messrs Fergusson and McDonald. Union Steamship Company, agents. Louises s.s., 3385 tons, Burgoyne, for Napier. New Zealand Shipping company, agents. Mary Moore, barque, 565 tons, Maddox, for Kaipara. Kaye and Carter, Christchurch agents; Field and Ferrier, Port agents. Alcestis, barqu«, 333 tons, Elbe, for Kaipara. G. McClatchio, agent. Tolosa, s.s., 3*tii) tons, Seaborne, for Dunedin. Kinsey, Barns and Co., agents. Wakatu, s.s., 115 tons, Wills, for Wellington via Cheviot, etc. Kinsey, Barns and Co., agents. IMPORTS. Waihora—From Sydney: 5 cases curios, 2 cases silk' goods. _'Rom Auckland: 80 bags sugar, S cases syrup,.4o cases bananas, 10 empty returned csks, 1 case bacon, 47 pcs timber, 52 cases iruit, lv bales woollens, 1 case drapery, 2 csk3 peits, 1 pkge mooring and chain. From Gisborne: 1 pkge- rims, 14 csks pelts. From Napier: 55 csks pelts, 2 empty returned csks, 2 pkgs, 1 box, 1 case. From? Wellington: 6 cases melons, 12 cases tea, 7 boiler tubes, 1 portmanteau, 5 hides, 40 pelts, 9 csks pelts, 28 lengths pipe, 59 bdls timber, 45 cases, 17 pkgs, 187 sheep, 1752 boxes and 29 kegs butter. Dingadee—From Greymouth: 2 bdls skins, 1 bale wool, 1 bale locks, 1 bag hides, 2 cases, 500 tons coal, 68,083 ft timber. Rotorua—From Mahukau: 206 cases fruit, 6 csks pelts. From New Plymouth: 8 empty returned hhds, 1 box machinery, 1 box. From Nelson: 537 coses fruit, 5 boxes. From Picton: 2 boxes fruit. From Wellington: 1 bicycle, 18 cases fruit, 18 csks pelts, 18 cases dip, 3 pkgs, 10 cases, 1 pkge, 1 pel. Wakatu—From Wellington: 70 frames felt, 20 cases alkali, 25 drums soda, 5 boxes lime, 5 hhds and 70 cases whiskey, 4 crates, 5 csks, 50 cases sundries, 18 csks pelts. From Kaikoura : 4 bales flax, 11 pkgs. From Cheviot: 2 bales wool, 1 bale skins. From Omihi: 15 bales wool. EXPORTS. Te Anau—For Wanganui: 1 pkge leather, 11 cases, 5 pkgs. For Wellington: 3 cylinders, 4 bdls baths, etc., 3 sks seed, 173 sks flour, 14 pkgs ironwork, 11 pkgs samples, 5 kegs cider, 1 cover, 120 sks pollard, 28 pkgs furniture, 140 bales straw, 1 sk meal, 4 p"kgs mill, 1 sk oysters, 10 sks pollard, 10 sks. wheat, 4 cases iron, 280 sks chaff, 2 crates, 2 boxes, 4 boilers, 42 cases, 14 pkgs, 4 csks, 1 bale, 1 truss. For Blenheim: 1 case. For Foxton: 1' case. For Patea: 1 case. For Napier: 15 sks meal, 4 pkgs harrows, 1 pkge wheels, 200 bags flour, 1 box, 10 cases, 2 pkgs, 3 sks, 4 bags. For Gisborne: 15 rams, 50 sks malt, 2 cases, 1 crate, 1 truss, 1 pkge. For Auckland: 1 hamper, 7 empty csks, 3 cylinders, 5 cases cheese, 347 sks oats, 150 sks seed, 15 pkgs ranges, .40 buffer heads, 2 sand boxes, 80 bpgs and 50 sks flour, 150 sks bran, 4 bales hay, 103 sks wheat, 40 boxes soap, 56 cases, 7 trusses, 9 pkgg.

Taupo—For Greymouth: 1 go-cart, 128 sks chafi, 3 bales twine, 90 bags flour, 2 sks meal, 5 sks sharps, 3 sks bran, -15 gunnies onions, 12 case 3, 1 bdle* For Hokitika: 140 bags flour, 3 crates, 5 cases. For New Plymouth: 256 sks oats, S pkgs ranges, 201 bags and 100 sks flour, 20 sks seed, 12 rams, 22 sks bran, 7 cases 7 2 pkgs. For "Westport: 20 cases ale, 4 pkgs ironwork, 70 sks flour, 10 sks sharps, 50 sks chaff, 35 sks oats, 8 cases, 1 bag, 2 pkgs. ' ' Waihorn—For Dunedin: 26 case 3 vinegar, 6 sks malt, 30 kegs nails, 15 pkgs samples, 1 case iron, 1 truss leather, 8 gunnies onions, 21 pkgs points, etc., 100 tons scenery, 59 cases, 1 csk, 1 crate, 2 trusses, 1 bdle, 9 pkgs, 1 box, 1' pel. Talune—For Dunedin: 3 cases, 6 empty hhds, 1 box. For Bluff: 34 drums dip, 37 boxes candles, 1 sk oilskins, 15 pkg3 old rope, 18 cases, 1 keg, 5 csks, 1 truss. For Melbourne: 70 cases empties, 75 cases meats, 1 pel seed, 99. ?ks fed, 20 sks peas, 3 casps, 2 csks. For Fremantle: 10 cases meats. For Gwaldton: 100 sks oats. Wakatu—For Cheviot: 123 baps coal, 18 pcs timber, 36 pkgs sundries. For Kaikoura: 180 bags and 30 sks flour, 13 sks seed. 32 bag* sugar, 42 sks chaff, 5 sks oatmeal, 4 brls ale, 48 pkgs sundries. Tolosa—For London: 796 bales wool, 84 csks pelt 3, 147 bales flax, 37 bales leather. Messrs Field and Ferrier yesterday cleared the Maori Moore lor Kaipara, -on account of Messra Kaye and Carter. At Kaipara she loads for Melbourne. TUo Rotorua arrived from Nelson via Wei-, lington yesterday morning, and saiied for the same ports in the evening. _he Queen Louise Bailed for Napier yesterday aiternoon. Messrs Pitcaithly, Wallace and Co. yesterday cleared tbe Morning Light, with part cargo of produce for Waitapu. The Tolosa saiied for Dunedin yesterday afternoon. The Alcestis sailed for Kaipara yesterday. ■ Mr James Mills, managing director. of the "Union Company, has gone o_ a business visit to Australia. Mr Mcßride, formerly of the Ovalau, has left for Fiji to join the Maori as second officer. In a case heard in the Admiralty Court, says the "Liverpool Shipping Telegraph,'' on December 14th, arising out of a collision between the West Hartlepool steamer Atlas and the Glasgow cotton-laden steamer Lucerne, it was alleged that the latter was deceived by seeing no green light on the Atlas until they were close on ono another. The master and crew of the latter swore positively that the light was burning brightly, but:-the Court held that it was a dim light, and the Trinity Masters pointed out that although lamps-might be good ones they needed careful attention, and were liable to become dim after burning a considerable time, as this one had been, unless carefully attended to. For this inattention to their lamps the owners of the Atlas lost their suit for damages. Writing of the rescue of the seaman who fell overboard from the Wakatu on Saturday, "An Eye Witness 1 ' jsays: "One of the smartest pieces of seamanship in saving a life which one could ex-perie-iee was wi-iessed.bfc the passengers on the s.s. Wakatu, Captain Wills, ! on her journey from Port Robinson last Sat—i•- ---', day. One of tho sailors went overboard from i the forecastle, and a life buoy was thrown, but owing to the swell oh the water the poor fellow I could not sight./it*;* Captain Wills, assistance of his men, had a boat launched, manned by three, and tho steamer making hard I Tound as the skipper had power to do it. The I man was on his back, then wheeled on his face and sank; but by the effort of those men in the small boat they reached him and got him Iby the head. A cheer went up from the pasI sengers and sailors, and in less than five ' minutes from the yell of 'Man overboard,' tbe unlucky, or rather lucky, sailor was on board. I A shaking of hands and congratulations followed." . I Captain McDonald, of the Union Steamship Company's Port Chalmers staff, went overj land on Friday to take command temporarily of the Poherua at Timaru. The net tonnage of vessels built in the I United Kingdom in 1897 for foreigners for war and mercantile purposes was: Steam, 139,459 tons; sailing, 22,971 tons. And the tonnage of ships sold to foreigners other than that just mentioned was: Steam, 183,011 tons; sailing, 95,913 tons. This information is officially sup* 'plied by the Board of Trade.