SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 9491, 13 August 1891, Page 4

SHIPPING.

LYTTELTON. TIME-BALL. LYTTELTON. The time-ball is dropped every week day ftt 1 p.m., New Zealand mean time, which is equivalent to 13.30 Greenwich mean time of the previous day* being calculated for the 172 deg SOmin east long., and llhrs SOmin fast of Greenwich mean time. Lyttelton is situated m lat. 43-37 south, lonir. 172-44 east, and the difference of time between Lyttelton and Christchurch is 20sec. WEATHER EE POET, &c. Hi*b Water, This Day (Thursday) Moraiag. 10.0; afternoon, 10.23. Sun risee, 7.1 a.m., sets 5.10 p.m. Moon rises 10.84 a. 3., seta 12.28 a.m. Wednesday, August 12. 9 a.m. 5 P.M, Barometer... ... 80-40 30-43 Thermometer ... 57 _ 53 Teeterday afternoon Captain Clark received the following weather forecast from Captain Edwin: —“Every indication frost to-night, and for very low tides until high water to-morrow evening.” ARRIVED. August 12—Acacia, barque, 230 tons, Herbert, from Hobart. T. H. Ker, agent. Atigust 12—Waihora, 1269 tons, Anderson, from Sydney, vi& (Vellington. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers —Mias Thompson, Hon J. D. Ormond, Messrs Farrell, Davey, Eahi, Price, Curtis, Eoulaton, Smart, Jones, and eleven August 12—Jane' Douglas, s.s., 76 tons, Whitby, from Akaroa. Cuff and Graham, agents. August 12—Takapuna, b.b., 930 tons. Grant, from Mannkau and way ports. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers Misses * Stewart, Andrews, Caygill, Harwood, Meadamea Wilson, Fearnaides, Messrs Eichardson, Walker, Simmons, Mellish, Balfour, Dennis, Naphtali, Hayes, Wilkie, Martin, Higgins, Smart, Aspinall, Cohen, Eonalds, Turner, Bily, Eollitt, Wood, Gebbie, Allen, Hislop, and twenty-six steerage. CLEARED. August 12—Annie Wilson, schooner, 150 ions, Murray, for Kaipara. J. B. Way, agent.. BAILED. August 12—Waihora, s.s., 1276 tons, Anderson, for Timaru. Union Steamship Company, agents. August 12—Eoaamond, s.s., 460 tons, Stewart, for Greymouth. Union Steamship Company, agents. ' August 12—Takapuna, s.s., 930 tons. Grant, for Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers; For Wellington—Miss Croft, Mesdames • Staples, Perrott and family, Messrs Perrott, Thomas, Dawson, Masters Croft and Goldatone; for Auckland—Eev Morley, Messrs Barring and Wills. IMPORTS: Acacia: From* Hobart—62s2 pieces timber, 40,595 palings, 6 pairs shafts, 800 staves. Waihora; From Sydney—92o bags rice, BO tons pig iron, 1060 pkgs tea, 55 cases fruit, 180 pkgs; from Wellington—4oo hags rice, 7 cases fish, 2 cases fowls, 30 pkgs. Takapuna: From Manukau —6 cases bananas, 260 bars iron, 30 bdls iron, 28 pkgs j from Taranaki—39 pkgs. EXPOETS. -Annie Wilson: For Kaipara—s6 tons flour, 600 sacks potatoes, 200 sacks oats, 100 sacks wheat, 2 tons coal, 180 sacks produce. Penguin: For Wellingtoh 8 tons sundries; for Blenheim—72 pkgs; for Wanganui—22 pkgs; for Patea—29pkgs; for Nelson—2 tons sundries. Talune: For Dunedin—2 bags; for Bluff—2 bales; for Hobart—s 9 hides, 2 pkgs; for Melbourne—B6o sacks potatoes, 872 sacks bran, 250 sacks pollard, 20 pkgs. The steamer Waihora arrived from Sydney, vi& Wellington, yesterday forenoon. She left Sydney at 6 p.m. on August 5, and arrived at Wellington at 6 , p.m. on August 10. Left again at 2 p.m. on the next day and arrived in Lyttelton as above.- She experienced variable winds and fine weather throughout the voyage. TELEGEAPH NOTICE BOARD. Arrivals. August 12: Port Chalmers, 10 a.m., Talune, from Lyttelton; Wellington, 9.60 a.m.. Herald, from Lyttelton; Bluff, 10 a.m., Oralau, from Dunedin; Wellington, 12.40 p.m.. Penguin, from Lyttelton. Departures. —August 12 : Fort Chalmers, 2.45 p.m., Wairarapa, for Lyttelton; Bluff, 4.30 p.m. Industry, for Sydney; Wellington, 6 p.m., Wakatu, for Kaikoura. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ’ Auckland, August 12. : Sailed—Dunedin, for Napier. Kaipara Heads, August 12. Sailed—Gleuoaim, for Timaru. Wrestler, for Melbourne. Dunedin, August 12. Sailed—Wairarapa, for Sydney, via the north ; passengers : For Lyttelton—Miss Loughnan, Messrs Jolly and A. Dench; for Wellington—Mrs Spence, Messrs Morton, Butts and Weldon j for Napier— Mr Froggat; for Gisborne—Mrs A. 0. Johnston; for Sydney—Miss Jago and Mrs S. G. Smith. Poet Chalmebs, August 12. Arrived—Talune, 9.30 a.m. Blots’, August 12. Sailed—lndustry, s.s:. Captain Marshall, for Sydney, with a cargo of 15,500 sacks of eats. THE E.M.B.S. EIMUTAKA. Wellington, August 12: The Bimutaka arrived at midnight, and anchored in the stream. AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. Melbourne, August 11. Arrived—Vivid from Greymouth. , Launceston, August 12. The schooner May Newton, from Auckland, has arrived at Low Head. Fremantle, August 12. Arrived—Taieri, from New Zealand. Newcastle, August 13. Sailed—Plying Scud, for Napier.