SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 9494, 17 August 1891, Page 4

SHIPPING.

LYTTELTON. TIME-BALL. LYTTELTON. The time-ball ia dropped every week day at 1 p.m., Now Zealand mean time, which « equivalent to 13.30 Greenwich mean time of the previona day, being calculated for the 172 deg SOmin east long., and llhra SOmin fast of Greenwich mean time. Lyttelton ia aituated in lat. 43-37 south, long. 172*44 east, and the difference of tune between Lyttelton and Christchurch is 20seo. WEATHER EE PORT. &c. High Water, This Day (Monday) Morning, 1.5 1 afternoon, 1.33. Sun rises 6.56 a.m«, sets 5.15 p.m. Moon naes 1.39 p.m., eets 4.53 a.m. Sunday, August 16. 9 a.m. 5 p.m. Barometer... ... 30*15 30*17 Thermometer ... 56 53 ' ARRIVED. August 15—Penguin, s.s., 442 tons, Bemech, from Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers—Miss Camming, Messrs Patrick, Blair, Cpxhead, Theobald, Cato, Finley, Chalmers, Forsythe, Armstrong, Ritchie, and twelve steerage. „„„ . August 15—Wareatea, s.s.,_ 286 tons, Phillips, from Westport. Union Steamy ship Company, agents. _ „ t August 15—Janet Nicoll, s.s., 779 tons, M'Lean, from Dunedin andTimatu. Union Steamship Company, agents. August 15—Akaroa, s.s., 43 tons, M'Lean, ' from Akaroa, via the Bays. Cuff and Graham, agents. , August 16— Mahiuapua, s.s., "39 tons, Spedding, from Wellingtpn. Union Steamship Company, agents. . August 16—Kawatiri, s.s., 286 tons, Adams, from Westport. Union Steamship Company, agents. , . KQ August 15—Enterprise, brigantine, 58 - tons. Bell, from Napier. Kaye and Carter, agents. SAILED. August 15—Wareatea, s.s., 286 tons, Phillips, for Westport. Union Steamship Company, agents. August 15—Fiado, s.s., 640 tons, Lovett, lor Auckland and Sydney. C. W. Turner, agent. August 15—Penguin, s.a., 442 tons, Beruech, for Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers—Misses Mills, Skelton and Barker, Mesdames M'Qregor, Bullock, M'Crae and Lilcock, Messrs Eoulston, Audry, Mathews, Rutherfoid, M'Arthur, Macfarlane, Common, Price, Clifford, Higgle, Patterson, Skelton, Studholme (2), Simmons, Martin, Belcher, Drive, Copeland, Hishery, Hill, Poole, Ynile, Hale, Beresford, Proffitt, Henry, Baker, Gollan, O’Eorke, Hewett, Curtis, Barker, Ormond, Eathbone, Reed, Eugene, Mackay, Lilcock, May and Wilkie. » , August 16—Mahiuapua, s.s.,_ 239 tons, Spedding, for Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agents. ' August 16—Janet Nicoll, s.s., 779 tons, ' M'Lean, for Picton and Brisbane. Union ' Steamship Company, agents. , ' IMPOSTS. >•" 1 Kawatiri: From Westport—4so tons coal.

Waratea; , From Westport—4so tons coal. Penguin: From Picton—4 casks; from ■ Nelson, 15 cases jam, 80 bags barkj from ■ Wellington—2ooo staves, 50 pkgs. , Janet Nicoll: From Dunedin—looboxes caudles, 30 chests tea, 102 bdls standards, 87‘ sacks seed, 56 pkgs. EXPORTS. Fiado; For Auckland—l4oo sacks potatoes, J2OO sacks wheat; for Sydney—SCO - Backs oats, 300 sacks potatoes, 300 sacks wheat,’23o sacks pollard; for Newcastle — 600 sacks potatoes, 250 sacks flour. Janet Nicoll: For Brisbane—l7oo sacks potatoes, 81 sacks -peas, 200 sacks wheat, 273 sacks oats, 220’sacks bran, 170 sacks sharps, 28 pkgs implements, 2 dogs, 10 pkgs; for Rockhampton—l6 cases cheese. Uauroto; For W ellington—l horse, 1 bdlj for Brisbane—l case hams; for Rockhampton—3 cases hams; for Newcastle — 650 sacks bran, 315 sacks sharps, 4 cases hams; tor Sydney—24 cases hams and booon, 253 sacks oats, 19 cases meats, 265 sacks onions, 5 cases cheese, 45 sacks seed, 3400 sacks potatoes, 513 sacks malt. 24 pkgs wool-presses, 15 pkgs machinery, 36 pkgs. IXPXOTXD ARRIVALS, From London—Eakaia, ship, 1022 tons (Captain Craoroft), sailed July 20, 28 days out. Wave Queen, barque, T.Q.C.J., 853 tons; (Captain Kelly), to sail June 30.. From New York—Clan M'Leod, barque, 640 tons, M.E.V.J., at Dunedin. Star of the East, barque, Q.J.K.N., 730 tons, via Fort Chalmers, sailed June 3. Essex, barque (direct). PROJECTED DEPASTURES.

For London or United Kingdom— Aahmore, barque. For Boston—Sayre, barque. VESSELS HOMEWAED BOUND . (OILING- VESSELS Days Out. JFrance Cherie (Captain Blondet)... 182 tWeser (Captain Gerowakl)... ... 11l , fKiandra (Captain Aiders) 105 +Hudson (Captain Kemp) 93 •Gleneida (Captain Corning) ... 65 (Captain Chapman) 61 •Hinemoa (Captain Nicole)... ... 45 +Bankville (Captain Eoach) ... 39 fLake Superior (Captain Seaborne) 25 •Braxhbletye (Captain Malcolm) ... 16 ♦Denotes London. + Channel for orders. JBouen, France. VESSELS AT THE WHARVES. 1. Sayre (Captain Eoberts), Ashmore (Captain Dobell), Juletrae (Captain Eriokaen), Zealandia (Captain Bate). 5., Clio (Captain Burns), John Bell (Captain Kirk). 6. Acacia (Captain Herbert). 7. Coptic (Captain Kempson, E.N.E.), 1 Kawatiri (Captain Adams). On a recent voyage of the White Star Line's fine steamship Majestic from Queenstown to New York, she made an average speed of 20-023 knots, the best hourly average ever made by an ocean steamer. The time occupied on the voyage was 5 days 22hr 20min. The steamer Industry left Bluff on Saturday evening tor this port, to be docked for repairs. She may be expected in Port late this afternoon, and will have to discharge a large quantity of her cargo before being docked. Jhe ship Zealandia is making good progress with the discharge of her cargo of merchandise, which is turning out in splendid condition. The ship Juletrae is awaiting a favourable opportunity to pub to sea. She is bound for Wellington, where she fills up with flax for an American port on account of the New Zealand Shipping Company, The schooner Annie Wilson, which left the wharf on Friday for Kaipara with a full load of produce, proceeded only as far as the Heads that night, and returned to the anchorage, where she remained until Saturday morning. The steamer Penguin arrived from northern porta on Saturday forenoon. She left Nelson at 1 p.m. on August 13, Picton at 10.80 p.m. the same day, and Wellington at 3jp.m. onlAugusb 14. Fine ■weather was experienced throughout the passage. She returned to northern ports on Saturday night. The steamer Piado, the vessel chartered by Mr C. W. Tumor to replace the Industry, whose charter is just out, left on Saturday night for Auckland and Sydney, taking a quantity of produce from this port. Captain Lovett " signed on ” as commander at this port. Captain Carnie, who brought the vessel across from Sydney, going back aa passenger. Mr Olsen, late of the Union Steamship Company’s service, is chief officer of the Fiado, which is a splendid - tvne Of the cargo-carrying boat, with large commodious hatchways extending almost the entire length of her weU-deoka. The steamer Mahmapua arrived from ' Wellington at noon yesterday and, after landing the mails, returned to the northern a. 9. Kangatira, 8840 tons. Captain Borton, sailed at 2 p.m. on Saturday from

Timaru for London. Her cargo from Timarn comprises 15,000 carcases of frozen mutton, 525 bales of wool, 250 casks of tallow and pelts, 100 bags of hides and 2 cases of cheese. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Auckland, August 15. Sailed—Orowaiti, for Greymouth. At Kaipara Heads, Yolande, for Melbourne. Among the passengers by the Mariposa for San Francisco were the Revs W. Morley, Joseph Berry and A. C. Caughey, as delegates of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in New Zealand, to attend the Methodist Conference at Washington in September. August 16. TheE.M.S. Mariposa, due yesterday at 2 p.m. from Sydney, had not put in an appearance up to 5.30 this evening. The easterly gale which has been blowing for the past two days, with thick weather and rain to-day, has probably caused the delay in her arrival. Timaru, August 15. Sailed—2 p.m., Eangitira, for Wellington, with 1500 carcases, also wool and tallow. AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. Melbourne, August 15. Arrived—Othello, from Bluff. Sailed—Handa Isle, for Kaipara. Albany, August 15. Arrived Britannia, from Plymouth. Passengers for New Zealand—Miss Moeller, Messrs Williams, Steele, and Homan. Newcastle, August 15. Sailed —Kate Tatham, for Napier. Sydney, August 16. Sailed, yesterday Tekapo, for Wellington.