SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVII, Issue 11226, 25 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 20seo. The time-ball is dropped every week day at 1 pjm.. New Zealand mean time, ivhich 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 OF THE MOON. March.

WEATHER BEPOBT, &o. High Water, This Day (Thursday):— Morning, 9.45; afternoon, 10.15. Sun rises 6,12 a.m., sets 6.1 p.m.

WEATHEE FORECAST. Captain Edwin sent the following weather forecast to Captain Clark yesteiday afternoon : —“North-east to north an /west gale, with rain; glass further tall; sea heavy on coast, and strong ebb tides in Straits.” arrived. March 24—Flora, s.s., 838 tons, Bernech, from Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers—Misses Palmer and Bond, Mesdames Carroll, Daldy, Hutchinson, Rhodes, Gould, Robinson, Forsyth, Rhodes, Hamilton, Harropp and Williams, Captain Daldy, Dr Macgregor, Messrs Carroll, Shanks, Bradford, Cargo, Hardy, "Wilson, Brown, Khodd, Gould, Lane, Menlove, Wilmott, Rhodes, Smith, Furley, Curtis, Fay, Shannon, Robertson, Williams, Paterson, Ayres and eighteen steerage.^ March 24 — Eotoinahana, s.s., 864 tons, Gibb, from Port Chalmers. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers—Misses Yamnr, Farquhar, Bonner, Mesdames Lemon, ■ ■ Williamson, Smith, Messrs , Gardiner, Page, Dicken, Goodwin, Arnold, Nicholson and six steerage. March 24—Wakatn, s.s., 115 tons, Wills, from Wellington, and way ports. Kinsey, Barns and Co., agents. March 24-Jane Douglas, s.s., 76 tons, Whitby, from Akaroa, via Bays. Pitoaithly, Wallace and Co., agents. SAILED. March 24—Clematis, ketch, 67 tons, Kmhl, for Havelock. T. H. Ker, agent. March 24—Hesketb, s.s., 393 tons. Black, | for Greymouth. C. W. Turner, agent. i ' March 24—Flora, s.s., 838 tons, Bernech, for Dunedin. Union Steamship Company, agents. March 24—Wakatu, s.s., 115 tons. Wills, for Wellington, via way ports. Kinsey, Barns and Co., agents. March 24 —Eotoinahana, s.s., 864 tons, Gibb, for Sydney, via northern ports. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers: For Wellington —Misses King and Gaffney, Mesdames Dawlow and two children, Fisher and child. Smith, Hitchcock, Akers, Laynor, Yansted, 'Wall, Carter and Mill, Messrs Wall, Gray, Gaffney, Wallace, Ballinger, Barnett, Honey, Mill and Ellison; for Gisborne —Mr and Mrs Duffell and three children; for Auckland Misses Seager and .Bowman, Mesdames Carter, Lonisson, Possinslcy, Frost. Eyre, Halford and four children. Rev Frost, Messrs Eyre and Jackson; for Sydney—Messrs Duncan and Stoddact. IMPORTS. Wakatn: From Wellington —21,000 ft | timber, 5 casks, quantity stores; from Kaikonra —34 hales wool, 2 bags - fat, 2 bags skins, 14 sacks seed, 95 lambs, 20 pkgs. ’ Flora: From Auckland —5 cases cigarettes, 27 cases soap, 30 pkgs tea, 1 pkg ebairs, 5 cases syrup, 19 cases acid, 17 cases cartridges, 28 pkgs; from Napier 1 cycle, 2 wheels, I pkg bedding, 10 ponies ; from Wellington —6 bars steel, 8 pkgs leather, 12 cases bolts, 14 head cattle, 1 pkg chain, 5 casks pelts, 50 pkgs. Eotoinahana; From Dunedin—l pkg photos, 1 coil rope, 5 sacks oatmeal, 1 hhd ale, 3 coils pipe, 2 boxes glass, 30 pkgs. EXPORTS. ■ Penguin: For "Wellington—s chests tea, 6 sacks peas, 62 cases apples, 202 cases fruit, 20 sacks oysters, 150 sacks pollard, 1 plough, 20 sacks flour, 1 bar iron, 78 pkgs; for Blenheim —1 sack seed, 9 pkgs; for Nelson—s bdls bags, 3 pkgs; for Foxton -5 drums sodium; for Wanganui—7pkgs; for Greymouth—l pkg. . Wakatu: For Wellington—6o sacks oats; for Kaikoura —150 sacks oats, 1 hhd ale, 5 sacks wheat, 30 bags flour, 10 tins biscuits, 6 cases fruit, 38 bdls standards, 9 cases spirits, 16 bags salt, 1 bicycle, 25 pkgs; for Port Robinson —5 tons coal, 40 sacks flour, 64 bags sugar, quantity timber, 12 cases fruit, 40 pkgs; for Kekerangu—--2 octaves cider. Messrs Piteaithly, Wallace and Co. yesterday chartered the barque County of Ayr to load timber at Kaipara for Adelaide. The direct liner Duke of Sutherland was floated but of the graving dock yesterday morning, after having her hull below -water-mark cleaned. Shaw, Sayill and Albion Company’s steamer Aotea will arrive in port to-day to load produce. Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s barque Akaroa, Captain Murray, which has taken in a portion of her outward freight, will remain in Lyttelton till next season. She will tranship her cargo to the Aotea. ( The steamer Hesketh, after having been laid up in Lyttelton for several weeks, ] undergoing a complete overhaul, left yesterday for Greymouth, Just before taking her departure the steamer was taken out to the piles, and Captain M’Lellan adjusted her compasses. TELEGRAPH NOTICE BOARD. • Arrivals.— March 24; Spit, 6 a.m., Silver Cloud, from Newcastle; Wellington, 1.10 p.m.. Penguin, from Lyttelton; Wellington, 4.10 p.m., Talune, from Sydney. Departures. March 24: Waitara, 4 p.m., Tekoa, for Lyttelton; Wellington, 3 p.m., Aotea, for Lyttelton; Wellington, 6.30 p.m., Penguin, for Lyttelton. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Kaipara Heads, March 24, Arrived —Aratapu, brigantine, from. W ellington. Wellington, March 24. Arrived—Wainui,from Nelson and West Coast. Alameda, barque, from Newcastle. She is to be converted into a hulk for the Westport Coal Company. Penguin, from Lyttelton. Talune, at 4 p.m., from Sydney; passengers for Lyttelton—Miss Hayes, Mesdames Coper and Patton, Messrs Patton and Goldsmith, and four steerage; for Dunedin —Mrs and Miss Black, Mr Miller and two steerage; for Bluff—Two steerage. Sailed—Aotea, for London, via Lyttelton ; passengers Hon Mr and Mrs Butler, Mr and Mrs Turner, Captain Chrisp, Messrs Evans, Smith, H. E. W bite, Ottley, Barpard, S. Morell, J. Hinde, J. Kennedy, Turner, Bennett and Nisbet, Master Morris. Takapuna, for Picton and Nelson. Kawatiri, for Westport. Penguin, for Lyttelton; passengers— Mesdames Simmons, Cameron, Coverdale, M’Lean, Remington and Shera, Hon J. G, Ward, Rev M. Fay, Captain Wheeler, Messrs Sinclair, Gurr, Clarke,

Worsley, Stewart, Campbell, Kennedy, Foster, Patterson, Gellately, Furby, Brown and Bruntnell. Port Chalmers, March 24. Arrived—Gothic. AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. Sydney, March 24. Arrived Waitemata, from Kaipara. H.M.S. Flora, with relief crews for H.M.S. Tauranga and Karrakatta. Sailed Hawke’s Bay, for Auckland. Waihora, for New Zealand. Melbourne, March 24. Sailed—Mararoa, for the Bluff. Newcastle, March 24. Sailed —Defiance, for Napier. Kathleen Hilda, for Wellington. Yeritas, for Lyttelton. Hobart, March 24. The Rnahine, from London, vi& the Cape, arrived at eight o’clock to-night.

n. H. M. First Quarter... ... 12 2 58 a.m. Foil Moon 19 8 58 a.m. Last Quarter ... ... 25 11 30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 24. 9 A.M. 6 P.M. Barometer 29-74, 29, 65 Thermometer c. 63 bU