PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11751, 27 November 1903, Page 6

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

[' ' ARRlVED—November 26. I Amelia Sims, schooner 98 tons|.lota«. from Westport. P tcaithly and Co., agents. ''itotomulK «, 1777 tons, Manningroni Wellington. Passengers-Misses Witheforu, • Murdock-Joncs Gai oway, M'Donald, Fayno, and two children, Bailey Elder, J*™"' FUtaian. Thomas and chid. G££ lck^ S *s M'Donald, Cos, Pigott, Wilis. Mi.es ,V»«™ aad child, tfumao, Oxley snd ohi;d, ond Km p, Canton EW. £rg»; Ho. JJjlker wXelrd." "ThSin, MH R., John. (0) Elder Osborne, Carter, BusheU, WhitIngharn, Baddington, Eraser 13), Boot (2), Cofomb,' Burley Kindle* Montoan, Harm Uiliertson 12) Johnston, GiHord. Jjroost, Wills Noble Verne, Thompson, Harriet Patterson Ch'illingworth, Henry, Anderson, Scully. Donovan, Sfi RuLell, biliver, Lever Bergensor, Hinton, Kuelberg, Cloary, Watt, *£"»")• MM Tarnier? M.E.K., and »»*£™ steerage. Union Steam Ship Company, ftg Corlnn* > t. 1279 tons, Holford, from New Plymouth; etc.' Union Steam Ship Company, agents. SAlLED—November CO. Botomahana, s.s.. 1777 tons, Manning.for Wellington. Passengers-Misses Pro"P in ß' Wills? Wallis. Jones (2) Ross.Mackay, and Bryden, Mesdames WaterW George j-vans, Julian and infant. Kemp and ,^» nt V^ Smith, Ross, Mackay, tonuth, Thompson, Jackson and infant, and Admoreand two children, Revs. Asher, ...yburn. and Wlnte Messrs Waterhouse, Milne, Evans (2) George (2) Julian, Kemp. Admore, Prouping, Meadowcroft O'Connor, Rodney, Felton. Ross and son.'Selby. Pritchard, Millington Smith Brown, Price, Saunders, HomebrooU, Parrolt, and Hewitt. Union Steam Ship Company, s.s., 1273 tons. Holford. for the South. Union Steam Ship Company agenU. Rangatira, ».s., 4015 tons, Moole, for Port Chalmers. Dalgety and Co. agents. Cygnet, e,s., 120 tons, Murray, for -Kaikoura, etc. Pitcaithly and Co., agents. Dingade*, e.s., 640 tons, for Greymouth. C. W. Turner, agent. Ths Botomahana, arrived from Wellington at 8 30 al. yesterday, and left for Wellington U Tto Amelia Sims arrived from Westport during Wednesday night. „.-„«, The Corinna arrived from *«w Plymouth, etc., at 10.15 a.m. yesterday, and left for tiie South in the evening, / Ths Rippingham, Girange's departure irom Wellington to South Africa has been postponed tiU December 12th. The Waikare, on amval at Auckland trom the South, will tranship her'passengers and careo to the Mararoa and return South. Jane will leave Wellington on December 11th for Sydney direct to enable her to take up the Sounds' exewsion in January. t The Shaw, Savill steamer Athenrc is expected to sail from Napier for Lyttelton, going on to Wellington from here, and arriving at Wellington on Monday next. Her departure lor London has been postponed until December 12th. It is understood that the new steamer building for the Huddart-Parker Company is to be called the Australia. If this is correct there will then be three krge steamers *f that name in tho Australian trade, the other two being a P. and O. liner and Lund's Blue Anchor liner now building. The well-known steamer Waikato, 4<67 tons, is en route from Liverpool and Manchester to Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane, with general cargo. She is coming out under the auspices of the Gulf Line. The iron barque Doon, 788 tons register, has been chartered to load a cargo of nitrate en the West Coast of South America for Fiji, on behalf of the Colonial Su«ar Refinery Co., Ltd. This is probably the first cargo of nitrate that has ever been sent to the Fijian • Group. It is reported that the steamer Upolu, of the Union Steam Ship Company s fleet, has b»en placed undtr offer to Messrs Burns, Philp and Co., to "P l « ce . th, . ov ~» u : 1 .„ lrtjwl The tug left last evening for Wellington in order to bring to Lyttelton the Priestman's dredge. „.»«., The Rangatira left for Port Chalmers yesterday afternoon about 5 o'clock. . The Cygnet left for kaikoura, etc., last " The Mokoia is to take the Waikare'e place iv the running to Sydney from Dunedin, via Auckland. ... c . Tha Mararoa. on returning from Sydney, I via Auckland, will come to Lyttelton, where she will take the place of the Tarawera in

the Lyttelton-Welliiigton service. Her days of leaving Lyttelton will be Tuesday, Thursday, ai:u baiurday, the Itotomahuna taking Maiidav, Wednesday, aud Friday. The change i» to take plucc vii Friday, Llecember 16m. the Talunc will take tne service between Dunedin ar.d Sydney, via Auckland, and the 'inrawera will run between dunedin and Ancklund, via East , During next mouth tbe Sydney via \\ eiliugton stoumers will le*v» Lyttelton on Thursday' instead cf Friday. The bciioouer Konga arrived from Havelook at 7.80 last i:ipht. A uchojiier wjs signalled from the last night. It is iupposed to be the Lily Horn ureyniouth. Arringementa have now been completed by Messrs Levin and Co., litd., o£ Wellington, for another steamer to run, in conjunction with the a.s. Wakatu. in a bi-weekly service to tbu Hays and Asoroa, and to Cheviot and K:iikoura. Messrs Kinsey, bams and Co., tho local agents, aro advised that it is proposed to start the new service early in December. The additional steamer will be the Kennedy, at present trading between Wellington and Nelson under the Anchor Line Flag. She is twin-screw and larger than the Wakatu, but of lighter draft, and therefore more suitable for working the U*ys. , „ ,