SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10269, 11 February 1899, Page 9

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

FEBRUARY—23 DAYS T .-ast Quarter .. 4 4.54 a.m. New Moon .. ..10 9.2 p.m. First Quarter .. 17 8.22 pjn. Fall Moon .. .. 26 1.46 aan PORT OF LYTTELTON. WEATHER REPORT—Friday, Feb. 10. Wind, calm; blue sky. 9 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer .. .. 29.95 29.90 29.84 Thermometer ..60 70 57 HIGH WATER—Saturday, Feb. 11. Morning, 4.36; evening, 5.3. Sun o.i< a.m., ae'*;, 7.1") p.m. Moon rises, 6.0 a.m.; sets, 7.26 p.m. ARRlVED—February 10. Monowai, s.s., 3433 tons, Cbafcfield, from Melbourne, via Dunedin. Passengers—Misses Carmichael, Crane, Asquith, Martin and M'2-Teish, Mesdames Bailey, Lenohan and four children, Baker, Rutherford, Gregory, Ashman, Robinson, JJathan and child, Hall, and Robinson, Professor Pitt Corbett, Messrs Blundell, Roberts, Lenehan, Fraser, Vince, Gregory, Nathan, MacLellau (2), Wilson, and Duncan, Maggie Mooro'3 Company (27), and seventeen steerage. Union Steamship Company, agents. SAlLED—February 10. Monowai, s.s., 3433 tons*., Chatfield, for Sydney Via Wellington. Passengers—For Wellington: Misses Dillon, Partridge, Ralph (2), Biss, Packer, Leggatt, Taylor, Corkill, Phillips (2), Destand, and Barry. Mesdames Partridge, Jones, Troup, and Manning, Sir Robert Stout, Captain Willis, Messrs Coles, McNaught, Tegetnieir, Rodgers, Johnson, McCready, McFarlane, Taylor (2), and Masters Loughnan (2). For Sydney: Miss Jones, Mesdames Johnson and child, Robinson and two children, Best, Heath, Gray, Hammond, and Jones, Messrs Wilkinson, Bonniugton, Troup, Bert, Heath, Gray, Joyner, and Hammond. Union Steamship Company, agents. Jane Douglas, s.s., 96 tons, for Akaroa. Pitcaithly, Wallace and Co., agents. IMPORTS. Monowai—From Melbourne: 36 chests tea, 20 cases wine, 6 cases beer, 395 pcs deal, 2 pkgs bicycles, 7 cases dip, 50 bales kapok, 151 pcs blackwood, 53 bales gambier, 374 bags bark, 12 slabs marble, 16 cases fruit, 2 cases plants, 200 reels wire, 94 sks sugar, 50 cases acid, 121 pk<*s. From Bluff: 10 sks linseed, 50 bales and 131 bags wool, 7 bales skins, 2 quarter-csks whiskey. From Dunedin: 3 pkgs, Quantity scenery. Rotomahana—From Wellington: 23 crates bicycles, 410 cases bananas, 4 cases paper, 186 sheep, 92 rolls netting, 23 bdls timber, 4 crates birds, 78 pkgs. From Napier: 20 drums dip. From New r'lymouth: 6 pkgs. EXPORTS. Rotomahana—For Wellington: 6 sks oysters, 92 rolls netting. Waihora—For Hokitika: 1 case plants. For Wanganui: 2 cases fish. For Tologa Bay 11 bus seed. For Wellington: 15 cases pears, 1 tarpaulin, 1 case cartridges, 1 portmanteau, 6 cases eggs, 60 sks oats, 8 cases, 22 pkgs, 1 csk. ] For Napier: 2 pkgs ranges, 25 sks malt, 15 cases cheese, 7 case 3 fish, 1 bale woollens, 15 cases, 5 pkgs, 1 crate, 1 csk. For Gisborne: 1 pkge rims, 5 cases ale, 1 case oil, 27 sks seed, 30 sks flour, 4 «ases fish, 70 rams, 1 d.f. plough, 3 cases, 2 pels. For Auckland: 5 sks oatina, 1 . cylinder, 6 empty returned csks, 205 sks and 268 bags flour, 301 sks oats, 10 sks barley, 51 sks and 20 cases seed, 60 boxes and 5 cases soap, 2 cases glue, 5 cases meats, 5 cases bacon, 11 bales woollens, 40 rams, 375 sks wheat, 20 cases, ! 4 trusses, 13 pkgs. The Elingamite wa3 to leave Wellington late . last night. ! The Ohau arrived at Port Chalmers on Tuesday morning, having left Westport on the 4th instant, and called at Timaru and Oamaru, passing Lyttelton. She went into dock at Port Chalmers on Wednesday evening, and was to leave there for Westport yesterday. , The Rotomahana sailed for Wellington shortly before midnight on Thursday. , The Monowai arrived from Melbourne via Dunedin yesterday moping, and sailed for Sydney via Wellington in the afternoon. The Tarawera d:d not leave Wellington till yesterday. The Rakaia is expected from the north tomorrow, and the Gothic on Tuesday. The well-known Australian barque Veritas has been sold to Captain Holm, of the G. M. Tucker, for the New Zealand coal trade. This will probably be the vessel purchased on behalf of the Westport Coal Company to be used as a coal hulk at Auckland. She is to load coal at Newcastle for Aucldand. The Pukaki was to go into dock at Auckland yesterday for cleaning and painting. Captain James, second officer of the Waka--1 tipu, takes a similar position on the Talune, vice Mr A. Maxwell, who is due for promotion as chief officer. There appears to be a revival in the Tasmanian timber trade with Africa. Within the last three or four months two shipments of railway sleepers, totalling 521,666 ft, have been : sent, and the barque Ester, with a similar cargo, has left for East London. The barque ! Fortune, which vessel has already taken in stiffening, will then be loaded, and she is to 1 bs followed by the barque Magnat. The vessels are chartered by Mr it. A. Robertson, who also I ships the timber. The Magnat is a Norwegian vessel of 636 tons. She is to come from Dela- , goa-Bay, and is expected to arrive at Hobart this month. In the list of steamers expected to arrive in Sydney appears the name of the old Orient liner Garonne, whose career in the Australian trade dates bask about twenty years. Long since, however, this vessel, having outlived her usefulness as a mail carrier, was sold by the Orient Company for yachting purposes, but the rush to Klondyke, which soon afterwards set in, gave rise to an extraordinary demand for good passenger steamers, and the Garonne was resold by her new and lucky owners at a profit of several thousand pounds. Beyond the fact that the old vessel is now bound direct to Sydney from Seattle, little is apparently locally known of her present mission to the colonies. She was built by R. Napier and Sons, of Glasgow, in 1871, and is of 3900 tons gross, her dimensions being as follows:—Length 3jß2ft, breadth 41ft, and depth 35ft 7in. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Elingamite, s.s., from Sydney via Auckland, this day. Tarawera, s.s., from Sydney via Wellington, this day. Di-gadoe, s.s., from Westport, this day. Herald, s.s., from the south, this day. Rotomahana, s.s., from Wellington, this day. Flora, s.s., from Dunedin, this day. Rotorua, s.s., from Nelson via Wellington, February 12th. Ohau, s.s., from the south, February 12th. Orari, barque, left New _ork December 16th; Rakaia, s.s., arrived at Wellington, February 2nd; Papanui, s.s., left Capetown February 6th; Gothic, s.s., arrived at Wellington February 7th; Rangatira, s.s., left London January 6th; Ribston, s.s., left New York December 31st; Mamari, s.s., left London January 27th; Maori, s.s., left London January 28th. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. , Tarawera, s.s., for Melbourne via Dunedin, this day. ~„.-.'-. Flora, s.s., for Auckland via East Coast, this day. - . Rotomahana, s.s., for Wellington, this day. Elingamite, s.s., for Dunedin, this day. Janet Nicoll, s.s., for Westport, this day. Elbe, ship, lor London, February; Gothic, s;s., for London, March 2nd ; Rakaia, s.s., for London, February 25th; Papanui, s.s., for London, March 23rd; Otarama, s.s., for London, February; Rangatira, fj.s., for London, March; Wakanui, s.s., for London, May 15th; Ruahine, s.s., for London May 18th; Delphic, s.s., for London, January 7th; Waiwera, s.s., for London, April; Maori, s.s., for London, April; Canterbury, ship, for London, February; Kaikoura, s.s., for London, April 20th. VESSELS IN PORT. Elbe, ship; Canterbury, ship; Glencairn, schooner; Rock Lily, ketcu; Aratapu, schooner; Janet Nicoll, s.s.; Tarawera, s.s.; Rotomahana, s.s.; Flora, s.s. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. POUTO, February 10. Arrived, Alcestis, barque, from Lyttelton. GISBORNE, February 10. Sailed, Pakeha, for the south. WEIiLLwGiUJN, February 10. Arrived, Waihora, from Dunedin and Lyttelton; Rotomahana, from Lyttelton; Elingamite, from Sydney via Auckland and East Goast. Sailed, Elingamite, for Lyttelton and Dunf edin. Passengers—Misses East, Mcßae, _Pourley, Cameron, Sherry, Townsend, Marshall, Hill, _plark, nowiey, Lawrence, Mesdames Kohii, Boyd, Landesker, Webb, Lindsay and child, Messrs Morris, Findlater, Allen, Burrell, McCaine, Bunting, Willis, Henderson, and fifteen steerage. Tarawera, for Melbourne via the South and Hobart. Passengers—Misses Turton, Steinke, Rogers, Cnrran, Netherland, Ledger, Sontgen, Metilvihill, Keid, Longhein, Fernahan, Mesdames Kevill and three children, Ponsonby, Kellett, Hamilton, Gilliea and child, Stronach ', and infant, Green, Mountier and three children, Blackie, Adams, Monroe, Rev. Moore, Messrs Gillies, Baker, Warren, Hopkirk, Fisher, Hill (2), Liebet, James, 'Ihompson, James, Allan, ! Nairn, Monro, Green, Jeffrey, Odium, Guerin, . Adams, McCoy, Moss, Walton, Duncan, McCallum, Wright, Jones, Quaine, Oldaker, Bauor, Brown, Parrett, Cole, King, Monro, I Hay, Masters Steel, Richards, Holdsworth, 1 twenty-five steerage. Rotomahana, for Lyttelton. passengers— I Misses Bull, Triggs, O'Brieu, Hunter, Williams, Mitler, FitzgiOJo... __„. . ~ Jo___, jeu- ■ niston, Mesdames Donnelly and child, Blair, Fox, Jackson, Whitcombe, Grray, Reid, Gray, - Hon John M'Kenzie, Messrs Jackson, Brown, ' Little, Mewninney, x)eC_stro, Milne, Humer, Sawsn, Zfcurma&w, Cols, Bloat. Orange W,

Paterson, Redwood, French, Mcintosh (2), Millar, Turner, Humphreys, Watts, Highman, Hendry, Roe, Hafiic,' Fleming, Baker, Forrester, Meek, Collier, Ferguson, Lawry, Hay, j Fishor, and nineteen steerage. Tercera. barque, for London: Waihora. for r| Sydney via Auckland and the East Coast. DUNEDIN, February 10. y Arrived, Flora, from Lyttelton. Sailed, Flora, for Lyttelton. Passengers— Mesdames Middlomiss, Knox, Aldridge, Ferguson, Dickie, Messrs Inglis, Boot (2), Recut, -, Aldrich, M'Parland, Warehani (2), Messrs Dickie, Copeland, Lindon, Murdoch, Middlemiss, Hill, Rowntree, Clarke. Shand, Graham, Kemp, and Finnemore. . BLUFF, February 10. ] Arrived, Tolosa, from Port Chalmers. _ Sailed, Rotokino, for Tnuaru. ( THE AOTEA, FOR LONDON: ] WELLINGTON, February 10. ' Sailed, Aotea, for London via Teneriffe. Pas- «: sengers—Miss Sandlant, Mesdames Nesbit, Armour and child, Cox, Jones, Messrs Cox, McCarthy, Johnston, Allday, Gauntlctt, Heath. The freight from Wellington included SISS sheep, 3720 lambs, 1500 qur.-ters beef and GOOO legs, 12,152 boxes butter, 951 kegs butter, 2219 bales wool. < TELEGRAPH NOTICE BOARD. AUCKLAND, February 10. _ Arrived, 7.-15 a.m., To Anau, from Gisborne. « WANGANUI, February 10. Arrived, 10.15 a.m., Otarama, from Lyttelton. GISBORNE, February 10. Sailed, 8 p.m., Pakeha, for Napier. WELLINGTON, February 10. Arrived, G. 30 a.m., Waihora, from Lyttelton; *; 11.45 a.m., Elingamile, from Napier; 1.30 p.m., . Rotomahana, frcrn Lyttelton. . Sailed, 11 a.m., Tercera, for London; 11.30 , a.m., Aotea, for London: 4.45 p.m., Tarawera, ' for Lyttelton; 9 p.m., Elingamite, for Lyttel- * ton; 7.15 p.m., Rotomahruia-_ for Lyttelton; S ] p.m., Waihora, for Napier. . NELSON, February 10. , Sailed, 9.15 a.m., H.M.S. Ringdove, for Pic- \ ton. LYTTELTON, February 10. Arrived, 8.30 a.m., Monowai, from Port Chal- 1 mers. i Sailed, 6.30 p.m., Monowai, for Wellington. PORT CHALMERS, February 10. , Arrived, 7 a.m., Flora, from Lyttelton. Sailed, 6.30 p.m., Flora, for Lyttelton. ' METEOROLOGICAL. ■ " ( YESTERDAY'S REPORTS. J Fao_ Obsbrvatioxs Takbn at a a.m. ■ \ TherTi 1 Station. ; Wind. Bar. in Weather. ■ 1 ihadr , Cape Maria Van [ Dieman ..LVW 1 30.13 65 C Ruf-ell .. ~'SW 1 30.13 53 B Pou'o .. ..:_W 1 30.10 60 X { .lanukau Heads ..'Sbr 30.13 62 CO Auckland . .'XI 30.30 63 C Tauranga ..■_ 1 _9.9 a 58 B I Gisborne ..NW 3-.08 58 B Spit ..Calm 30.07 64 B i few Plymouth ..'SEI 30.02 62 ! B C Wantrauui ..LWI 30.C0 5'J B <J Wtllhnrton ..;.\N\V br 29.9,1 64 HO ] Blenheim .. W 1 29.9! 59 B C Cave Campbell ..N'Wfbr 29.93 68 U < Kaikoura ..'Calm 29.90 60 B O j Nelson .. ..Culm 29.93 6. B Farewell Spit ..iSW I 29.95 53 B Westport .. S st 30.01 56 BC ' Greymouth ..'SEbr 30.00 53 B O Bealey .. ..NWI _9.92 63 C Lyttelton ..-Calm 23.95 6J B Christchurch ..jCalm 29.97 63 B C ' Timaru .. ..ilsEl 29.05 67 B Oaraaru.. ..jNKI 29.27 56 1$ 0 Port Chalmers ..SW 1 29.89 63 BO Dunedin ..-SWI 29.9;! 58 BO Queenstown ..Calm 29.88 58 B O Nuggets ..SW 1 29.85 57 O j InvercargiU ..SWfbr 29.91 57 B C Bluff .. ..-aw br 29.93 55 O 1) Wind.—L, light; br, breeze; t br, fresh bretze: m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale ot exceptional severity. Weather.—B, blue sky; O, clouds, passing clouds; j D, drlzrling rain; P, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weatner; H, hail; L, lightning ; M, misty ; O, over- , cast; V, passing showers ; Q, squally; It, rain, con- ' tinued rain ; S, snow ; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance WEATHER FORECAST. For twenty-four hours from 9 a.m., Feh. 10th. Captain Edwin telegraphs as under:— "WlND—Moderate, from west to south-west and south at all places northward of Napier and New Ptymouth, and gale from north-east to north and west elsewhere. BAROMETER —Further rise all places north of Napier and New Plymouth, fall at all other places soon. SEA—Heavy on western coast south of New Plymouth, and on east coast south of Napier. TIDES—High on west coast south of Raglan, and on east coast south of Napier." MAIL NOTICES. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11. For Northern Ports, per Flora, at 4.20 p.m.; late fee letters, 4.35 p.m.; guard's van, 5.30 p.m. train. ' For Australian Coloniea (via Blufi), South Africa (per Warrigal, leaving Melbourne Feb. 24th), Ceylon, India, China", etc., and specially addressed correspondence for United Kingdom , and Continent oi Europe, via Suez, per Eiinga- i mite, to connect with Tarawera, at 6.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 6.40 p.m.; guard's van, 7.45 p.m. train. Due Melbourne, 20th February; London, 26tb March. For Northern Ports and Westport, per Rotomahana, at 7.45 p.m.; late fee letters, 8 p.m.; guard's van, 9.15 p.m. train. - For Westport and West Coast, per Janet Nicoll, at 7.45 p.m.; late fee letters, 8 p.m.; guard's van, 9.15 p.m. train. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13. For Northern Ports, per Herald, at 3 p.m.; lato fee letters, 3.15 p.m.; .guard's van. 4 p.m. train. For Picton, per Rotorua, at 10 a.m.; late fee letters, 10.15 a,m.; guard's van; 10.55 a.m. train. For Picton, per Ohau, at 11.10 a.m.; late fee letters, 11.20 a.m.; guard's van, 12.10 p.m. train. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15. For Northern Ports, Samoa, Hawaii,.Japan, also United States, Canada, etc., United Kingdom, and Continent of Europe, via San Francisco, per Elingamite, as under. Money orders at 4 p.m.; registered letters, 5 p.m.; books and. newspapers, 7.30 p.m.; ordinary letters, 7.45 pjn.; late fee letters, 8 p.m.; guard's van, 9.15 p.m. train. Due London, March 22nd. Mails for South Africa leave Melbourne on February 24th. Mails for Raratonga and Tahiti, per Taviuni, close at Auckland on 14th February, at 4 p.m. Mails for Cromarty, Puysegur Point, and Te Oneroa close at InvercargiU on 16th February, at 3 p.m. Mailß for Australia, etc, per Monowai, close at Wellington to-day, at 2 p.m. R. KIRTON, Chief Postmaster. •

DAH7T HBMORANDA—Sat., Feb.-11. AUCTIONS. Pyn« and Co., in their Wool Storos, at 12— Freehold property. Tonks, Norton and Co., in their Rooms, at 11 —Furniture; and at 2—Property. W. R. Harding, in his Rooms, tit 11—Furniture, etc.; and at 2—Property. Ayers, Be&uchivmp and Co., in their Rooms, nt 10—Fruit, produce, otc. Wilson and Sons, in their Yards—Traps, poultry, etc. MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, Etc. Theatre Royal—"Mrs Quinn's Twins." Plumpton Park—Polo Club races, at 1.30. Lancaster Park — Tonnia tournament olid cricket, at 2. Otlov*_ Hall—Master painters, at 8. East Christchurch Swimming Club's sports, at 2.30. . . „ Shades Hotel—Bakers, re picnic, at 8. EXPRESS PASSENGER LIST. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10. From the South. For Christchurch—Mrs Serpless and Miss Serpless, Mrs Stanley Hall, Messrs J. Cumin and H. H. Gardner. For the South. Mr and Mrs Trevor Gould, Miss A. Gibson, Mr W. Stanton. _ MARKET REPORTS. ___»-—— ■- At the horse fair at the •Rangiora Central Yards on Friday there wa.s a limited attendance, owing to harvest- operations. Tho entry was smaller than usual—namely, 4a head"—but the business was very active, and only about eight went back to the owners. Prices were—Good draught* £28, £31 to £35, medium do £18 to £26. old do £10 to £16, light horses £9 to £14, hacks £7 to £8. At tho Leeston sale, there was a large entry of store sheen a moderate entry of pigs, and a very small entry of cattle. Prices were good" all round. Thero was a good enquiry for store sheep, and between the sales several lines have chanced hands at full market Kites. There is an improvement in the condition and sort of sheep brought into the district this year, and dealers are receiving a satisfactory price for all good sorts. At"the sale farmers showed a disinclination to bid up to vendors' values, and several pood lines were passed. After tho sale a better understanding existed between tho seller and buwr. and most of the lots changed hands. Prices for sheep were: —Stores, mixed ewes and wethers, up to lis 3d ; merino ewes, 4s to 6s ; breeding ewes, Ss to lis 5d ; fat ewes, 7s 6d to 9s ._. 7d; store lambs, 8s; fat lambs. 10s 6d to lis. In pigs the market was very brisk. There was a gocd entry, with lively demand. Stores were eagerly competed for. Wcaners, 18s to 20s ; good forward stoics, 50s to 355; baconers, 57s 6d ; choppers, 555; Mr Robert Mclhuith had a nice entry of bacon pigs, a vera ing 1451bs each, which brought 555; other lighter sorts brought from 45s to 50s. There was a very small entry of cattle, and only three or four springers in the yard. There was a good enquiry for store cattle, but practically none to supply the demand. The Meekly sale was held at the Oxford Yards on Thursday, when there was an entry of over 2000 sheep, 22 head cattle and pigs and bidding was fairly brisk for all classes of stock. Nearly every lino changed hands. Fat ewes brought to 10s Id, store wethers to lis 6d, ewes to 8s 6d, merino ewes 3s 6d, fat lambs to 10s 6d, store ltunbs to 9s 3d, steers £2 10s to £3 ss. Pigs sold at full market rates. The Ueraldine fortnightly stock sale,was held on Thursday instead of Wednesday this week, and despite the fact that farmers are busy with the harvest there was a fairly good attendance. There was a good entry of sheep, which found ready buyers at the following prices :•—Good four-tooth wethers 12s, backward two and four-tootha 10s to 10s 6d, very forward lambs 9b od, [ good store lambs 8s to 8s 6d. There was a ' fair yardage of cattle but a poor sale. Good store cattle sold up to £4. Thero was a i keen demand for Bmall store pigs, as high as from 13s to 23s being given for small stores I and mediums.