PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10267, 9 February 1899, Page 6

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

WEATHER REPORT—Wednesday, Feb. 8. Wind, S.Wi, gale; passing showers and hail. 9 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer .. .. 29.48 29.63 29.76 ' Thermometer >. 53 64 59 HIGH WATER—Thursday, Feb. 9. Morning, 2.40; evening, 3.10. ' Sun rises, 5.13 a.m.; sets, 7.13 p.m. Moon rises, 3.21 a.m.; sets, 6.19 p.m. ARRlVED—February 8. Flora, 8.3., 838 tons, Fleming, from Auckland via way ports, raaaeiigers—disses ileignlow (2), Reynolds, Hill, Pinty, bobbie, Connolly. Mesdames Reynolds, Hamilton and four children and maid, Dobbis, Ayers, McClurg, Rev. J. Hamilton, Messrs ±Sono, T. R. Fisher, Cyfer, W. D. Meares, Blaekniore, Strade, McGregor, Jones, Herdmaa, Maloney, Simonds, Jackson, Johnson, Vvitley,, Brown, Matthews, Hargraves. 20 in steerage. Union Steamship Company, agents. SAlLED—February S. Pareora, s.s., 855 tons, Christian, for Groymouth. C. "W. Turner, agent. EXPORTS. Rotomahaaa—For Blenheim: 5 bales twine, 15 tents and fixings, 14 bales. For Picton: 1 truss. For Greyuiouth: 5 steel plates, 1 case, 1 pel. For New Plymouth : 1 case. For Foxton: 8 cases ale, 40 boxes and 3 csks soap, 2 cases. For Wanganui: 4 cases, 4 pkgs. For Onehunga: 180 sks seed. For Wellington: 2 bicycles, 12 hhds ale, 17 sks seed, 5 sks oatina, 3 cases bacon, 119 sks flour, 1C aks malt, 12 polo ponies, 34 boxes soap, 18 empty returned csks, 1 caee bulbs, 55 bags oysters, 100 sks oats, 5 sks pollard, 14 coses fruit," 14 cases, 2 trusses, 8 crat&j, 14 pkgs, 5 kegs. 2 trusses, 1 pel, 1 trunk. Queen Louise—For London: 570 bales wool, 85 csks tallow, 2614 sks wheat, 1437 eks oats, 36 sks peas, 209 sks grass seed. The ballast lighter Squirrel went on the reel in iiie lnunour uua Uie Joan o.uukison, wnicll w«ta aeiii u~..u to Her, laaied to nti.- oil. >iUeu lv) WeaHier iL^oi^cf litttnipt win. uc iiiitae, piuudbiy wuu success. Cupiain caiueion, vivo uus juat reiiunea uoin the west Coast, rtpuru mat. tne luuuca oi tuts bi.ruu.uiM bicaiuti' •u.apoar.Ljia i 6 lineiy to tOKe pittco about tue end ux tins uioutn. iv, has beeu louuu advisable to euect perniauani repairs in &oiue pwts oi tue iiuu, wliica nits cauieu lurlher aolay, but an tna repaiia wui be towiTuo tue cud vi luo uiouln, aaia lilo preparations ior iauucning luiisiieu. &ne win pit.oj.o.y be to Cliauners lor repdiid l<»Uij.c.Utu. Lij, i>uu:^o o ue other great marilimo dwhalers oi uuie have, v is aaaa, caused tiie -tTeiicu \jroveruunziix, to oa usiietl to carry out luotd on uu Ola nuik wiua two large uivsu>viiig xaiu, wuicn, it is suiteo, can be usea as steamers, ao tnat, should tno ve&sel rnak, the auu crev<r would be able to get on Uij xaivs an a staud, a cuu-iice oi beiAg saved. 'xhe=e laxts wouid probably add about xoO tons to a vtbuel s wciyuL, and would be able to accommodate about. 2voi) persons, 'xney would be constructed oi thin steel, aucl be divided into several compartments tor men, women, crew, and provisions. ilia siiip iienmore, owned by Messrs Nicholson and. ilcG-iil, ot .Liverpool, which was built at Port Glasgow in 1670, and received new decks in 1891, has been sold to Swedes for i' 4700. Tho well-known clipper barque asterion, of 5U3 tons register, bunt in Sutherland in 18ti), and owned by tho Shaw, Savill and Albion Conrjiiiiy, London, has been sold to Swedish owners for £2000. Tho Norwegian barque Selveig left Albany on January 17th, with a cargo of Jarrab. timber for .Buenos Ayres. When three days out she encountered a heavy westerly gale, and the vessel, straining heavily, commenced to take water. At ono tune tuere wa-3 nearly oil ol water in the hold, and all hands were at the pumps. As the water did not diminish to the master's satisfaction he decided to return, and being unable to make Albany, he ran for Ade- ' laiciu, arriving at that port ou January 26th. I Great improvements are taking place in ' Brisbane harbour, and it is expected by the J end of this montn a navigable depth oi 20ft at low water will be obtained. 'Ine work of constructing a training wall is also progressing. The average quantity of material used lin tiiis wail is iauJ tons weekly. The quantity ! of silt raised in the Brisbane river during the ! last six months amounted to 1,005,000 cubic 1 yards. I The steamer Flora, with the Vancouver mail I and several passengers transhipped from the ! R.M.S.S. Gothic,- arrived at Lytteltori just j beiore U o'clock last night, after a passage of ! just over twenty-eight hours from Weiiington. Siie had to battle against a nerce soumI eriy galo throughout the passage. Her dei parture for Dunedin has been postponed till j to-day. '