SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 9724, 13 May 1892, Page 4

SHIPPING.

LYTTELTON. The time-ball is dropped every week day •t 1 p.sn.. New Zealand mean time, which is equivalent to 13.30 Greenwich mean time of the previous day, being calculated for the I72deg -30 min east long., and Uhta 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 20eec. WEATHER REPORT, &c. High Water, This Day (Friday) : Morning,.4,4o j afternoon, 5.4. Sun rises 7.8 a.m., sets 4.44 p.m. Moon rises Sill p.m-, sets 8.1 a.m. Thuesday, Mat 13. 9 a. si. 5 p.m; Barometer... ... 30-1 8 30-17 Thermometer ... 61 ARRIVED.

May 12—Hauroto, fi.s.» 1276 tons. Shepherd, from Dunedin, via Oamaru; Union Steamship Company, agents; passengers— Messrs Aitken, Meek, .M'Donald, Evans, Bradley. ... . May 12 —Takapuna, s.s., 920 tons. Grant, from Onehunga, via way ports; Union Steamship Company, agents; passengers—Misses Farquhar, Smith, Jollie, Mesdames -Cameron, Jollie, Murgatcoyd and child, Messrs Cameron, Holmes, Hills, Weston, Lever, Thomas, Cruikshank, Garrow, Feeble, Chester, Barr, Cables, Moss, Davis, Robber, Perkins, Sutton, Thatteli,M‘lntosh,Eiiis,Abbott,M'Dougall, Symes, and thirty-one steerage. -..May 12 Manapouri, s.s., 1020 tons, Wheeler, from Melbourne via Hobart and Southern ports; Union Steamship Company, agents; passengers from Melbourne —Misses Hamilton (2), Mesdames Moreton, Parkinson and three children, and Napier, Rev J. Hoatson, Messrs Risaells, Scott, M'Gibbon, .Westmaoott, Clemmeahall and -Field : coastwise—Miss Fraser, Mrs Mudic and children. Captain and Mrs Doveton, Messrs Paterson, Pettigrew, Reed, Spence, Kennedy, Russell, Gates, Lohr, Hay, Ronalds, M‘Kay, Musgrove’a Empire Company, and seventeen steerage. May 12—Eotokino, b.b., 2000 tons, Richardson, from Newcastle. Union Steamship-Company, agents. • May 12—Peeblesshire, barque, 866 tons, Morgan (put back). Friedlander Bros, agents. May 12—Wakatu, s.s., 115 tons. Wills, from .Wellington and Kaikoura. Kinsey and Co., agents. BAILED. . May 12—Takapuna, s.s., 930 tons, Grant, for Wellington and northern ports. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers : For Wellington—Misses Tennant, Hogg. Selly, Mesdames Selly, Chadwick and child. Williams and family, Messrs Crobie, Da Montalk, Eichbaum, Bolton and Taylor; for Taranaki—Mr and Mrs Williamson; for Manukau—Miss Lawson. • May 12—Manapouri, s.s., 1020 tons, Wheeler, for northern ports. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers: For Wellington—Misses Leforie, Stopford (2), Skirling, Hadfield, Virtue, Mesdames Quane aad infant, Cranet and infant. Hill, Ohafferell, Hon J. Ballance and family, Messrs Tancred, Taylor, Clarke, Stopford, Neill, Fleming, Berry, Leforie, Johnston, Muir, Ross; for Napier—Mrs Fulton, Mr Aitken; for Auckland—Misses Towsey, Gray, Rainey, Mesdames Gabites, Towsey, Price, Messrs Gabites, Gray, Manner, Cunningham. IMPOSTS. Eotokino: From Newcastle —9912 ft timber, 1535 tons coal. Hauroto: From Dunedin—B casks. Takapuna: Fx-om- Onehunga—2s cases oranges, 100 axles, 6 pkgs; from Taranaki —l2 boxes butter, 40 cases cheese, 6 boxes bullion, 20 pkgs; from Wellington—s bags linen, 6 pkgs; ax Coptic—so tons merchandise.Manapouri: From Melbourne—4B bags, 42 cases bottles, 10 pieces shins, 231 chests tea, 20 cases syrup, 10 coils yarn, 96 pkgs; from Lailnceston—24 pkgs; fr'o’mHobart—23B bags bark; from Dunedin—6 pkgs.

ESrECTBD AB.EIVAL6. From London —Eimutaka, 8.M.5.5., due May 16. lonic, E.M.S.S., due Colony May 30. Maori, due Auckland May 11. Duke of Buckingham, due Colony June 9. From New York—Crescent, barque, 583 tons, sailed Jan. 16, 100 days oat. Mary E. Eqssell, barque, 548 tons, J.Q.G.T., sailed Match. 1, via Dunedin. ' From Santos—James Livesay, ship, 984 tons, N.C.M.D., sailed Jan, 13,122 days out. From Mauritius—Thurso, barque, 490 tons, N.T. From Newcastle—Jasper, barquentrne, sailed April 30, 13 days out. From Melbourne—Clara, barque, 1020 tons. Captain Nielson. J. C. Julius, barque, 1076 tons, E.G.Y.W. From Adelaide—Mima, barque, 789 tons, N.F.U.W., sailed May 11, 2 days out. VESSELS HOMEWARD BOUND. SAILING VESSELS. Days Out. Jlone (Captain Boorman) 137 *Wave Queen (Captain Kelly) ... 11l # Ecclefecban (Captain Dow) ... 102 ♦Star of Prance (Captain Wilson)... 78 ♦Carnarvon Castle (Capt. Gruzelier) 70 (Captain Hansen) ... 56 jSamoa (Captain Koiff) 43 *Dariedeer (Captain Tozer) ... 35 *Brynhilda (Captain M‘Kenzie) ... 29 JDee (Captain Pope) 25 ♦Chacpra (Captain Jones) 25 JKilmory (Captain Wallace) ... 17 XGockermouth (Captain Remington) 15 *Gez van Haaften (Captain Horst) 7 ♦Madagascar (Captain Davidson) ... 4 ♦London. J Falmouth. The steamer Takapuna arrived from Manukau and way ports yesterday morning. She left Onehunga at 5 p.m. on May 9, New Plymouth at 8 a.m. on May 10 and Wellington at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. Fine weather was experienced down the coast. The steamer Sotokino, which arrived in Port yesterday from Newcastle, reports speaking the barquentine Jasper, bound from Newcastle to this port with a cargo of coal. The vessel was sighted twelve miles to the westward of Stephens Island on Wednesday.

Captain Pretwurst of the German barque August Bur chard, who attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat at Lyttelton on Wednesday, spent a very restless night, but is now doing fairly well, and every hope is now entertained for his recovery. * The steamer Eotokino arrived in Port yesterday from Newcastle with a cargo of coal. She left the New South Wales port at II a.m. on May 5, and experienced strong south-east winds, with heavy seas, until May 8, then strong easterly winds to Stephens Island, followed by gales from the southward and eastward to arrival. The barque Pieblesshire, which left Port a week ago for the United Kingdom for orders with a full cargo of wheat loa'ded by Messrs Priedlander Bros., returned to Port yesterday evening for the purpose of procuring medical aid for the captain, who was taken ill at sea. Dr Guthrie was seat for and went off to the vessel in the stream last night. The Union Steamship Company’s steamer Manapouri arrived from Melbourne, via Hobart and southern ports, yesterday morning. She left Melbourne at 3.45 p.m. on May 5, arrived at Hobart at 7.55 a.m. oh May 7, and left again the same day at 4.45 p.m. Beached the Bluff at daylight on May 9, and left again at 5 p.m. Called at Dunedin and arrived as above. Moderate weather was experienced throughout the voyage. She left last night for northern ports. TELEGRAPH NOTICE BOARD. Arrivals.— May 12; Bluff, 9 a.m., Mamari, from Port Chalmers; Port Chalmers, 2.10 p.m,, Pakeha, from Lyttelton. Departures.— May 12; Russell, 10.30 a.m., Waihora, for Sydney; Bluff, barque Augusta, for United Kingdom j Wellington,, 3.30 p.m.| Penguin,, for Lyttelton;

Port Chalmers, 4.45 p.m., Talune, for Bluff. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS; Auckland, May 13. Sailed—Tarawer a for south: passengers for .Lyttelton—Miss Aldridge, Messrs Barringham and Gould. Wellington, May 12. Sailed—Penguin > for the south; passengers—Misses Dillon (2), Lowe (3) and Isaac, Mesdames Dillon, Coombs, Nalder, Farrer and child, Messrs Williams (4), Beach, King, Coombes, Corbett, Stephens, Lowe and Master Dillon. Bluff, May 12.

Arrived—Mamari, from Dunedin. Sailed—Crest of the Wave, schooner, Cameron for Lyttelton; Augusta, barque, Gullickson, for the United Kingdom, with 12,816 sacks oats.