PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 11131, 25 November 1901, Page 6

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

ARRlVED—November 23.

Knight of St. George, s.b., 4710 tons, Bil- ! lett, from New York via Australia and North Island. New Zealand Shipping Company, ■ agents. Mararoa, s.s.. 2598 tons, Smith, from Sydney via Auckland. Passengers—Misses Kane, Moore, Duncan, Jakins, Norton (2), and Walton, Mesdames Unwin, Batger and two children, -Thompson and child,' Mat—tews, . and 1 Simber, Messrs Unwin, Selby, Burgess, Gar- j sia, Batger, Matthews, Hume, Simber, Darby, | and Lindsay, and ten steerage. Union Steam i Ship Company, agents. PukakiY s-s;,- 1444 tons, Stringer, 'from i Westport. Union Steam Ship Confptny, j agents. I Rotomahana, s.s., 1763 tons, from WfeUing- ! ton. Passengers—Misses . Daly, McLaughlin,', Brien, Inglis, Mcintosh, Brow-, and Rattray, Mesdames Jones and two children, Duncan, Cox, Brien, Inglis, Beals, Ell and four chil- .j dren, Grant, Isaacs, Wilson and two children, Bird, De —en_i, and Burke, Captain Bone, Sergeant Davidson, Messrs Ell, M.-..R., Duncan, Valentine, Beals, McDonald, "_. Cook, Grant, Daily, Brown, Isaacs, "Wilson, Murphy, Snowball, Cook (2), Haggor, Burke, Cnadwick, Langland, Buchanan, Bird, and Ayling,, and twenty-one steerage. Union Steam Ship Company, agents.. Maura, s.s., 2027 tons, Beaumont, from Dunedin. Passengers—_Cisi Mueller and Messrs Brown, Foyer, Reid, and Piper, and ten steerage. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Tutanekai, N.Z.G. steamer, - 411 tons, Po3t, from Greymouth. Cygnet, s.s., 120 tons, Murray, from Akaroa. Prtcaithly and Co., agents.'. ' ■ Roe-mond, s.s., 721 tons, Sutherland, from Greymouth. Union Steam Ship . Gohjpany, agents. November 24. "Mjapourika, s.s., 120S tons, ■ Worrall, from Wellington. Joyce, Hewson, Sun-is, Bain, and Thomson, Mesdames Earnshaw, Hyde, Fitts, Humter, Caro, Home, JVamir— (2),, Piper, and Andrews, Private Wood, Messrs Sheriff,' Young, Hyde,, Cook, Can, Mollone, Jackson, Wallace, Mortlock, Roberts,- Macßeath, _-bts, 'Price, Frederick, Southe'y, McNamar-, Neumith, Bright, Rainbow, Robertson, Scott {2), Foster, : Brown, Trangwell, Smith, Mace,. Butler, .Piper (2), Taylor (2), Livingsfeiue, McKen-ie, YWatson, Byrne, Howard, Drapper,. Higgix—, Qhurtdn, Foley, Jenkins, Honey, Seed, Pettie, Arnold, Edwards, Berry, Andrews, Caro, Yeoman, Nutting, ana Ovenden, Master Andrews, and twenty-seven steerage. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. - - ...... Corinna, s.s., 1279 tons, Milhnan, from southern ports. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. > , ■" - Otarama, s.s., 3935 tons, Worster, _om Wellington. New Zealand Shipping Company, agents. SAlLED—November 23. Emma Sims, schooner, 61 tons, Reynolds, for Wanganui. Pitcaithly and. Co., agents. Joseph Sims, schooner, 81 tons, Berg, for Kaipara. Pitca*thly_ and Co., agents. Kiiburn, s.s., 3371' tons, Robertson, for Durban via. "Newcastle, and Albany. G. .G. Stead and Co., and Bros., agents. Puk—ii,-s.s.,- 1444.t0n5, _tririger, for _mltfdin.", Union Steam Ship Company, agents. •.-G-r-rda - , s.s.,- '£98 tons, Smith,- lor -ud.edin.- Passengers—Misses Ritchie and Duncan, . Mesers Aasop, Feinge, Ellis, and W. R. Loudon. Union btea_ f—up Company, agonlß. Moura, s.s., 2027 tons, Beaumont, for Auck- r , land via the east coast. Passengers—For Wellington: Messrs Reid and Lees. For Napier: Misses Pa-ley and' Bowman, Mesdames Nantes } and Walker. For Gistoonxe: Mjs Porter. ' For Auckland: Mrs Chalmers, Mr Salmon. Union" Steam Ship Company, agenta. " - Rotomahana, s.s., 1763 tqns, Manning, for Wellington.. Passengers—Misses McLaughlin, Carson, "VJi—on,' Stewart, L. Gilkes ; McAlevie, and Regan, Meada/mea Paton, Davis, Stewart, Baloh, and Steele; Hon. T. Y. Duncan, Dr. _*y_e, Captain Meikleha-a, Messrs Baton, Pitoaithly, Dalston, Croker, Fenier, E. O'Rorke, McNair, Abercrombie, GY Mewh—utey, •$. "VA West,. Panlham, T. Bunting, Sargeant, D. Kirk, Murgaitaroyd. H. J. Rodey, J. Walls,,MoGill, J. Arthur, Bisley, __d Meadowcroft. Union Steam Ship Company, agents.

- The Knight of St.' Gporge, -which arrived, at 7.5 a-m. , on Saturday, froes New York via'Aus-. tralian and North Island ports, is a steel screw steamer of 4710 gross and 2999 net. tonnage. She was built in'lß9o by the Palmer's Company, at and is ' owned •" by' the Knight S.S. Co. Her dimensions are— Length 404 ft sin, beam 48ft, depth. 27ft 4in. She is fitted with modern enginas. The Fukaki arrived from Weetnort during Friday, and left for -Dunedin on Saturday afternoon. .. •: - The Mararoa- arrived from Sydney' via. Auckland early on Saturday morning, and left for Dunedin at 6.40 p.m. - The Rotomahana arrived from - Wellington at 9 a.m. on - Saturday, and left for Wellington at night. The Emma Sims sailed for Wanganui at 6.23 a.m., and the Joseph.Sims-for Kaipara five minutes later 'on Saturday. ' ' The 'rutanek'ai' arrived from -Greymoutii on Saturday afternoon. " She > brought - railway sleepers, and leaves ,ihia evening with railway material for Wellington. While the Huddart-Parker steamer Zealandia was at Sydney she was docked forcleaaing purposes. Last week's "Garette" contains -a notice that a lighthouse has been erected on a blnS on the north side of Manubau harbour entrance, from which, a light will be. exhibited on and after Monday, 9m December.

*Mr' Tubby, purser of the.Mararoa, is at present on holiday leave, and his duties are being carried on by Mr Mulqueeu. Mr Haegitt. assistant purser of the Mokoia, and Mr Cunningham,'assistant on tihe Mararoa, have exchangeplaces. The New Zealand Shipping Company's Sfteamer Waimate will oome out of the _.ytteltpa dock to-morrow. Another of the com-pany's-steamers, the Otsrama, will take her place pp. the cradle which the Waimate is to vacate.

The Tongariro is expected here to-morrow morning. The' MJonra arrived from; Dunedin at 10.20 a-xn- on Saturday, and left for Auckland, via the east coast, at night. The Knight, of Si. George brought 1700 lorut of cargo for Lyttelton. This includes thirteen locomotives. AltogeUher she has about 300 heavy lifts.' .She left New York on _ugust 15th, arrived--at Melbourne October 17th, Sydney. Ootbfrer 22nd, and Auckland on November 10th, 'after _a: very rough passage from Sydney.- She >- '»4still connnanded by Captaiii -Bill-fet, who .'has'-,'the 'following officers:—Chief, Mr Wellington; second, Mr Hopper; third,. Mr. Lidiard. The engineers are Messrs. Rome, Riddell (2),_ and Rawlinson.

The hulk Kestrel has been floated again. The Maponrika arrived from Wellington at 3 p.m. yesterday. Rer passengers and mails -were sent up °to Christchureh by a special tram.

The Corinna arrived from southern ports yesterday morning, at a quarter past five o'clock.

The Rosamond arrived from Greymouth on Saturday night. .The Otarsma arrived from Wellington yesterday at 9 a.m., ahd anchored in the stream.