SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVII, Issue 11210, 6 March 1897, Page 4

SHIPPING.

LYTTELTON ' Lyttelton is situated in lat, 43.37 south long, 172.44 east; and the difference of time between Lyttelton and Christchurch is 20sec. ; The time-ball is dropped every week day 'at 1 pjn.. New Zealand mean time, which is equivalent to 13.30 Greenwich mean time [of the previous day, being calculated for 'l72deg SOmin east long., and llhrs SOmin ■eastof Greenwich mean time. PHASES OF THE MOON.

; High Water, This Day (Saturday) t Morning, 5.51; afternoon, 6.12. Sun rises pAd a.m,, sets 6.34 p.m. FRIDAY, MARCH 5. \ 9 A.M. 5 P.M. i Barometer ... ... 29'87 29-90 Thermometer 63 58 i- WEATHER FORECAST. Captain Edwin sent the following [weather forecast to Captain Clark yesterday afternoon:—“Strong north to west and south-west winds; glass fall.” I ARRIVED. f* March s—Tarawera, s.s., 1269 tons, Richardson, from Sydney, via. Wellington, [Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers—Misses Fraser-Tytler, Pickering, {Flannery, Simpson, Dale, Firth and Karsten, Mesdames Lavers, Gardner and [two children, Lampton, Rugsted and three children, Ellis and hoy. Parsons and child, Andrews, Wilson, Reynolds, Gilchrist, [Murry, Healey and child. Price, Miller and Lonergan, Captains Black and Andrews, |Sir J, B. Fraser-Tytler, Professor Clarke, [Messrs Lavers, Gardner, Fraser-Tytler, fWormald, Sellars, Chant, Featherstone, [Willis, Logan, Ellis, Parsons, Andrews, [Wilson, Cole, England, Miller, Campbell, jM’Pherson, Greenwood, Oliichs, Andrews, Wehh, Hopkins, Claydon, Gurney, Rowe, [Dempsey, M’Dougall, Davis, Price, Miller, iMullahy, Craik, Lonnon and twenty-two {steerage. ‘ March s—Wakatipu, s.s., 1158 tons, (Spinks, from Melbourne, via Hobart and (southern ports. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers —Misses Milisom, Wilson, M’Keegan, Runciland Low, Mesdames Jarvie, Milsom, Sinclair and child, Reid and Furley, Messrs Connor, Jarvie, [Bailey, Milsom, M’G ill, Schumacher, Dwyer, Barnes, Reid and Christey, and twenty steerage. . ‘ March s—Rosamond, s.s., _ 462 tons, (Smith, from Greymouth, Union Steamship Company, agents. } SAILED. ‘ March s—Jane Douglas, s.s,, 76 tons, Whitby, for Akaroa, via Bays. Pitoaithly, [Wallace and Co., agents. ) ; March s—Tarawera, s.s., 1269 tons, (Richardson, for southern ports and Melbourne. . Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers for Dunedin —Misses Whyte, [M’Lachlan, Roberts and Schollar, Mesidaxnes Gale, Coombs, Roberts and Young, Messrs Gale, Reid, Mason, Ledingham, [Coombs, Young, Denniston, Seville and 'Collett; for Melbourne—Miss Tippetts, . (Mrs Campbell, Mr Tippetts. V March s—Wakatipu, s.s., 1158 tons, 'Spinks, for Sydney, vi& Wellington. [Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers for Wellington —Misses Wreaks, usitt, Edmonds, Cooper and Prickaskie,' iMesdames Butcher, Badham - Oram, [Edmonds, Wood, Sykes and two children; (Baker, Dwyer, Fruhauf, O’Rorke, Cotes, Savill and Hill, Rev J. Dawson and family; for Sydney—-Misses Louisson and Benson, Mesdames Louisson, Benson and family and Haswell, Professor Haswell, Messrs Louisson and Evans. IMPORTS. ' Tarawera,* From Newcastle—3ll pieces (timber, 24 pair haves, 8 pair shafts, 1350 felloes; from Launceston—l hag hark; - ifrom Sydney—6 cases wine, 20 cases pines, 11 pkg • machinery, 3 crates cards, 1 case idyes, 4 blocks marble, 20 drums acid, 1 bale (hops, 3 bales corks, 24 cases treacle, 2400 [bags sugar, 80 bags rice, 2 cases tobacco, 4 [casks glucose, 9 cases cocoanuts, 2 cases Sewing machines, 15 boxes tea-lead, 3 ■ Mabs marble, 9 bales twine, 2 bales bags, BO hhds bottles, 24 bdls empty bags, 169 (bags hides, 14 cases acid, 70 pkgs. ; Wakatipu: From Hobart —31 cases frtut, (2 pkgs; from Bluff—l bale wool; from [Dunedin —20 drums oil, 2 rolls leather, 10 boxes glass, 8 bales paper, 20 boxes soap ; (from Melbourne —740 bags salt, 97 cases ( wine, 4 casks wine, 2 cases machinery, 1 Case hooks' 6 bdls laths, 200 bags rice, 10 Casks brandy, 25 cases empty bottles, 34 Chests tea, 14 pieces wood, 2 sacks malt, 1 [octave rum, 70 bags merchandise. 111 pkgs (sodium, 185 bags tapioca, 240 bags rice, 29 cases wax, 30 cases medicinal waters, 110 bales kapoc, 4 bars iron, 34 bags bark, 150 ■ hags bark, 79 drums sodium, 40 bags rice, jISO pkgs; from Port Chalmers —2 cases, fish. £ EXPORTS, j, Penguin: For Wellington—sbarrels ale, 5 octaves cider, 182 cases fruit, 2 cases ego-s, 2 cycles, 1 sack oatina, 11 sacks [potatoes, 2 ploughs, 1 drill, 6 bales bacon, 1 pkg zinc, 100 bags flour, 10 empty casks, )23 cases peats, 56 sacks sharps, 100 sacks [wheat, 150 sacks chafffor New Plymouth i—l 6 sacks oatmeal, 3 sacks oatina, 10 sacks barley, 12 sacks seed, 100 sacks oats, 11 [sacks seed, 30 cases fruit, 50 pkgs; for [Greymouth—l box; for Nelson—l 4 steel plates, 7 pkgs : for Blenheim—s pkgs ; for [Wanganui —4 cases stout, 1 wheel, 10 pkgs ; for Patea—3 pkgs ; for Foxton —5 hhds ale, 15 sacks oatmeal, 1 sack oatina ; for ? Picton—l trunk ; for Manukau—4 pkgi ; TIMARU, The s.s. Omapere arrived yesterday to land 130 hales of wool from Oamaru for the barque Carnegie, and 80 tons of stores. (She loaded 120 tons of produce,. and went ,north at night. : The s.s/Poherua is expected to-day from Bluff and Oamaru with 500 bales of Wool for the Carnegie, and to load produce for Auckland direct. The Christchurch yacht Zephyr is in port, and is expected to leave for Lyttelton fco-day, TELEGRAPH NOTICE BOARD. Arrivals. — March 5: Wellington, 12.55 p.m., Penguin, from Lyttelton; Wellington, 12.10 a.m., Maori, from Picton; Spit, 6.10 а. Tokomaru, from Lyttelton. , Departures. —March 5: Wellington, 4 p.m.. Penguin, for Lyttelton; Wellington, 5.15 p.m., Waihora, for Lyttelton; Timaru, б. p.m., Omapere, for Lyttelton; Port Chalmers, 5.30 p.m., Te Anau, for Lyttelton, SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. , 1 Kaipaba Heads, March 5. ■ Arrived —Eliza Firth, schooner, from Lyttelton. ■' Auckland, March 5. ; Arrived—Vision, from Newcastle, i Wellington, March 5. ■ Arrived —Takapuua, from Picton and Nelson. Waihora, from Sydney, via Auckland and oast coast. Taupo, from Fiji and Auckland. Penguin, from Lyttelton. Maori, from Picton. ’ Sailed—Carin, brigantine, for Kaipara. Mawhera, for Nelson and W est Coast. Takapuna, for Taranaki and Onehunga. Penguin, for Lyttelton ; passengers — Misses Gifford, Douglass (2), Wither, Martin and Kennedy, Mesdames Wither and Whitcombe, Captain Anderson, Hons |H. J. Miller and C. C. Bowen, Messrs Douglass, Boyce (2), Campbell, Martin,

Ritchie, Burnett, Thompson, Barmby, Mackenzie, Whitcombe, Metcalfe, Tockle and Turner, Waihora, for the south; passengers—Misses Strange (2), Conway, Humphries, Hickson, Weston, Webley, White, Allen and Clark, Mesdames Skelton, Hickson and Sandford, Messrs Feldwick, Brown, Donaldson, M’WilHam, Chisholm (2), Henry, Burley, < Coghill, Hanrahan, King, Reid and Thomkins. Bluff, March 5. Sailed—H.M.S. Royalist, for west coast' sounds.

AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. Sydney, March 5.

The Warrimoo brought the following cargo from Vancouver for New Zealand 2 cases bicycles, 6 cases vehicles, 684 cases salmon, 12 cases drugs, 12 cases paper, 1 case leather.

March. d. h. ir. First Quarter ... ... 12 2 5S a.m. Full Moon 19 8 58 a.m. last Quarter 23 11 30 p.m. WEATHER REPORT, &c.