SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 9700, 14 April 1892, Page 4

SHIPPING.

1 LYTTELTON. The time-ball is dropped every week day »t 1P m., New Zealand mean time, which is equivalent to 13.30 Greenwich mean time 6f the previous day, being calculated for the I72deg 30min east long., and llhrs SOmin fast of Greenwich mean time. Lyttelton is situated in lat. 43-37 south, long. 172-44 east, and the difference of time between Lyttelton and Christchurch is 20sec. WEATHER REPORT, &c. , High Water. This Day (Thursday) Morning, 6.14; afternoon, 5.35. Sun rises 6.34 a.m., sets 5.27 p.m. Moon rises 6,9 p.m., sets 8.3 a.m. . . • Wedhesdat, Apkil 13.

i • ■ , ARRIVED. ’ ApriH3-ohau, 5.5.,410 tons, M'Donald, from Whaugaroa, Chatham Islands. Union Steamship Company, agents. April 13—Jane Douglas, b.s., 76 tons, Whitby, from Akaroa, via the Bays. Cuff and Graham, agents. April IS—Hawke’s Bay, s.s., 2960 tons, Felgate, • from Spit. Kinsey and Co., agents. SAILED. April 13—Gleaner, brigantine, 121 tons, M'Lean, for Stewart Island. Cuff and Graham, agents. IMPORTS. Ohau: From Chatham Islands—l6s9 sheep, 4 pkgs. EXPORTS. ' Kotorua: For Wellington—los cases frnit, 4 sacks rhubarb, 34 lengths pipe, 4 hdls,-37. pkgs; for Wanganui—93 sacks cats, 11 pkgs; for Picton—s cases tea; for Blenheim—33 cases; for Patea—l piano; for Nelson—2o sacks seed, 1 case hhcon, 4 pkgs;. for New Plymouth—3 chaeS; for Hokitika—2 pkgs.

.The cargo steamer Hawke's Bay arrived in Port yesterday afternoon from the Spit, and was brought to a berth at No. 4 wharf. She completes her loading at this Port for London, taking in all some 1700 tons of cargo, consisting of wool, wheat, &6.,v arid also receives about 700 tons of coal into her bunkers. She is expected to get away about Tuesday next. The steamer Ohau arrived fr-#m the Chatham Islands at 10 30 a.m. yesterday with a ’cargo of live sheep. She left Whangaroa at 2.30 ,p.m. on April 10, and experienced fine weather until 3.30 p.m. on Tuesday, when a thick fog was fallen in with, and lasted until arrival. The barque Dee was towed into the stream yesterday, and will be entered out* wards at the Customs to-day. She has on b6ard a full cargo of wheat for the Home market, and was loaded by the Kaiapoi Milling and Produce Company. The ship Opawa was off Long Look-out Point yesterday afternoon, having been unable to get clear of the Peninsula owing to the light wind and thick fog which prevailed along the coast. Late yesterday evening there were no signs of the New Zealand Shipping Company's E.M.S. Euahine, from Queensland. She is probably being delayed by the dense fog which hung along the coast, and may put in an appearance in Port t>day. With the vessels expected to arrive in Lyttelton to-day, the total tonnage in the harbour will be—Steamers 21,188, sailing vessels 20,962, 'the total thus being42,ls9 tons. Small coasting vessels are excluded from this calculation. TELEGEAPH NOTICE BOAED. Aeeivals.—April 13: Port Chalmers, 8.20 a.m., Tekapo, from Bluff; Pott -Chalmers, 12.15 p.m., Waihora,fromLyttelton; Wellington, 11 a.m., Eotorua, from Lyttelton; Auckland, 10.45 a.m., Ardle, from Newcastle. Depaetubes. —> April 13 : Eussell, 8.50 a.m., Wairarapa, for Sydney; Greymouth,. 10.80a.m., Kawatiri, for Lyttelton; Wellington, 1.15 p.m., Maori King, for Wanganui; Wellington, 2.15 p.m., Atawa, for Lyttelton; Oamaru, 5 p.m., Hauroto, for Lyttelton; Wellington, 4 p.m., Pakeha, for London, via Eio; Wellington, 7 p.m.. Penguin, for Lyttelton. SHIPPING TELEGEAMS. Wellington, April 13. Arrived—John Bell, schooner, from Lyttelton. Sailed—Penguin, for the South; passengers—Messrs Howorth, Malcolm (S), Fletcher (2), Harland, Hill, Witton, Tuckey, Eyr (2), Gibbons, Deans, Cook, Hill, Dali and Pearce, MesdamesMatheson, Devine, Toneycliffe, Mnrgatroyd, Cook, Eogers, Barron, Leitch, Penfold and Devine, Messrs Mnrgatroyd, Bowley, Stevenson, Waite, Devine, Colonel Hayes, Messrs Smith, Ballantyne, Crawford, Earle, Davis, Mainwaring, Handyside, Plumier, Tripp (2), Wright, Field, Bond, Williams, Brown, Hooper, Francis, Hall, Finlay, Hamilton, Green, Short, Floyd, Weaver, Hutchens, Beare, Tattle and Bennett, Masters Bedstone and Goldfinch. Eotorua, for Picton and Nelson. Southern Cross, for Auckland, via the East Coast. Arawa, for Lyttelton. Pakeha, for London, via Eio.

Dunedin, April 13. Sailed—Tekapo, for Sydney, via the North; passengers Misses Pulliam, Clarkson, Crane, Wild, Smith, Izard, ChifferUl, Harper, Hodgkins and Barnett (2), Mesdames Burnett, Delahunt, M’Hee, Miller, Izard, Spence and two children, Messrs Fifess, Fletcher, G. B. Hall, Tavener, J. Wright, Campbell, Murdoch, Eeinschneider, Reeves, W. Smith, Aitchisonj M’Kee and C. Austin, Revs G. W. J, Spence and Falevasser, Dr Batchelor and fifteen steerage. Bluff, April 13; Sailed—Ketches Gratitude, for Napier, and Gatlin, for Timaru. AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. Stdnet, April 13. Arrived—Wenona, from Kaipara. Melbourne, April 13. Sailed yesterday—Tarawera, for the Bluff. Newcastle, Apri 13. Sailed—Zephyr, for Wanganui; Adelaide, for Thames; Frank Guy, for Auckland.

9 a.m. 5 P.M. Barometer... ... 29-98 29-97 Thermometer ... 158 :67