SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVII, Issue 11225, 24 March 1897, Page 4

SHIPPING.

LYTTELTON. Lyttelton is situated in lat, 43.37 south Jong. 172.44 east; and the difference of time between Lyttelton and Christchurch is 20sec. The time-ball is dropped every week day at 1 p.m.. New Zealand mean time, which is equivalent to 13.30 Greenwich mean time of the previous day, being calculated for 172 deg 30min east long., and llhrs 30min east of Greenwich mean time.

PHASES OP THE MOON. March.

WEATHER REPORT, &c. EBgh Water, This Day (Wednesday):— Morning, 8.43; afternoon, 9.14. Sun rises 6,11 a.m., sets 6.2 p.m. . Tuesday, March 23.

ARRIVED. March 23—Penguin, s.s., 512 tons. Manning, from Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers—Misses Smart, HawMns, Williamson, Cole, Mes;dames Richardson, Smart, Shand, Cakill, Hunt, Parley, Williamson, Bullock, bieve'wright, Guhbie, Brittain, Tasker, Cowan, Meikle, Reeve and child. Suiter, M Pherteon, Hendre, Wrigley, Rev Grigg, Rev Murray, Messrs Mill, Cahill, Gordon (3), Christmas, Bannaster, Lord, Pearson, Hunt, Boyd, Meadows, Barnett, Cowan, Mason, Brands, M’Pherson, Gardiner (2), Barry, Springall, and twelve steerage. March 23—Edward, brig, 251 tons, Sheensohn, from Edithberg. H. Berry and Co., agents. Pitcaithly, Wallace and Co., Port agents; March 23—Dnke of Sutherland, s.s., 2492 tons, Coltor, from Albany. New Zealand Shipping Company, agents. SAILED. March 23—Rosamond, s.s., 462 tons. Smith, for Greymouth. Uhion Steamship Company, agents. March 23—Firth of Forth, barque, 830 tons. Thorn, for Newcastle. Fletcher, Humphreys and Co., agents; Kinsey, Bams and Co., port agents. March 23—Gothic, R.M.S.S., 4975 tons, Kidley. for Dunedin. National Mortgage and Agency Company, agents. March 23—Jane Douglas, s.s., 76 tons, Whitby, for Akaroa, via Bays. Pitcaithly, Wallace and Co., agents. . March 23—Penguin, s.s., 512 tons. Manning, for Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers Misses M’Gilligan, Masefield, Putter and Yeoman, Mesdames King, Gill, Yeoman and Luxton, Messrs Hamilton, Hall, Luxton, Taylor, Robin, Buchanan, Limber, M’Cormack. Clarke, Moore, Chisholm, Grady, Bailey and Short. IMPORTS. • Penguin: From Wellington—22_ coils wire, 2 trasses .leather, 7 kegs nails, 80 rolls netting, 30 bdls iron, 100 bags salt, 23 'sacks bides, 10 casks pelts, 1 horse, 36 pkgs. 1

The direct liner Duke of Sutherland arrived in Port yesterday morning from Albany, West Australia, where she called for orders. The steamer was placed in the graving dock forthwith fox’ the purpose of being cleaned and painted. When this work is completed she will load a quantity of frozen meat, &c., at this port, and then proceed to Tixnaru and Dunedin. The brig Edward arrived from Edithberg yesterday morning with a cargo of salt. From this port she will load produce for Greymouth, and proceed thence to Melbourne with timber, under charter to Messrs Pitcaith.lv, Wallace and Co. The barque Firth of Forth sailed yesterday for Newcastle in ballast. The E.M.S.S. Gothic sailed yesterday afternoon for Port Chalmers, where she will Toad a portion of her outward freight, and proceeds thence to Wellington, her final port of departure. From inquiries made on board, it was ascertained that Captain Kidley, who met with an accident the previous evening, had passed a rather restless night, but that his injuries were not so Serious as at first supposed. It was not then known if any bones, were broken, TIMAET7. The barque Ganymede was towed out at 6 a.m. yesterday, for Cape Town, with a cargo of 9000 odd sacks of oats and some preserved meats. She took two passengers, TVTiag M’Donald and Mr L. Innes. The s.s. Brunner arrived from Westport and way ports in the morning, with coal and stores to land, and went south in the afternoon. SHIPPING TELEGEAMS. Eatpaua Heads, March 23. Sailed —Isabella Anderson, schooner, for Dunedin. Bravo, scow, for Paeroa. Auckland. March 23. Sailed—Tasmania, for the south; passengers for Wellington—Misses Graham, Boulton, Aldis, Browne and Simpson, Mesdames Pain, O’Meara, Aldis, Clougher, Brown, Cruickshank, Hayne and two children and Butt, Professor Aldis, Messrs O’Meara, Butt, Graham, Goodinge and Wallace; for Lyttelton —Misses Leslie, Low and Coe, Mesdames Billington, Horsley, Drummond, Taylor, Browne, Adams, Shaw, Taylor and Holmes and infant, Messrs Adams, Drummond, Holme and Ford; for Dunedin —Miss Graham, Mesdames M’Lean and Graham, Messrs Meadham, Hill and Adams. Wellington, March 23. , Arrived—Flora, from Napier. Barques Collessue and America, from Dunedin. Takapuna, from Onehunga. Sailed—Eoyalist, for Auckland. Flora, for the south; passengers—-Miss Glasgow, Mesdames Forsyth, Ehodes (2), Hutcheson, Gould, Eobinson, Hamilton, Creighton, Eev Taylor, Messrs Gould, Hamilton, Collier, Rhodes (2), Grant, Wilson,'Ward, Stanton, Wilmot, Curtis, Forsyth, Shannon, Junker, Menlove, Ayers, Hall, Master Thompson, and twenty-six steerage. Dunedin, March 23.

Sailed —Taupe, for Westport. Rotoldno, for Newcastle. Eotomahana, for the north ; passengers—Misses A. Puflett, Larnach, M’Carroll, Cope, Tamm, Gray, Selby, Bonner, Neville and Somer, Mesdames Bruce, Ganett and child, Beatty and maid, Burn and two children, Turton, Benjamin, Somer, Bloomfield and Sutherland, Messrs M’Kee, Eawnsley, Gardner, Smith, Nicholson, Turton, Gray, Page, Goodwin, W. A. Walton, M’Kenzie, Sutherland, and fifteen steerage. Bluff, March 23. Arrived—Tarawera, from Melbourne and Hobart, at 6 a.m. Passengers—Mr and Mrs Slater, and ten in the steerage. AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. Albany, March 23. The Ballaarat has arrived, bringing a portion-of the passengers and delayed mails from the Orotava.

D. H. M. First Quarter. 12 2 58 a.tu. Fall Moon ... 19 8 58 a.m. Last Quarter . ... 25 11 30 p.m.

9 A ,tl. B F.M. Barometer ... 29-88 . 29-85 Thermometer «... 65 61