SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVII, Issue 11227, 26 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-hall is dropped every week day at 1 p.m.. New Zealancl mean time, which is equivalent to 13.30 Greenwich mean time of the previous day, being calculated for I72deg 30min east long., and llhrs 30min east ol Greenwich mean time. PHASES OF THE MOON. ' . March.

WEATHER REPORT, &c. High Water, This Day (Friday):— Morning, 10.45; afternoon, 11.14. Sunrises 6,13. a.m., sets 5.59 p.m.

' WEATHER FORECAST. Captain Edwin sent _ the following weather forecast to Captain Clark yester-day-afternoon “North-wast to west and south gale-with muchcolderweather; glass rise.” ARRIVED. ' March 26—Pengnin, s.s., 512 tons, Manning from Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers —Misses Malcolm, Remington, Donald, Mesdames Paton, Coverdale, Donald, Sfcndholme, Cameron, Shera, Berkley, Simmons, Ensor, Oockburn, Smith,Hon J. G. Ward, Bev Fay, Father Stavern, Major Brunt noil, Messrs Wheeler, Kennedy, Alabaster, Phipps, Foster* Stewart, Rodney, Buchanan, Paton, Campbell, Barker, Gellatley, Brown, Gold- , smith, Patterson, Gree, Duncan, Sinclair, Worshy, Clark, Waddle, Carroll, Peppenll, and, eight steerage. March 26—Rakanoa, s.s., 1393 tons, Coubarron, from Newcastle. Union Steamship Company, agents. March 25— Aotoa, s.s., 4916 tons Sinclair, from Wellington. Dalgety and Co., ag Mareh 25—Eliza Firth, schooner, 14.3 tons. Murray, from Kaipara. J. B. Way, Sg 25—Croydon Lass, , schooner, 51 tons, Clarkson, from Port Robinson. A. J 4. Turnbull and Co., agents. March 25— Tekoa, s.s., 2646 tons, Canese, from Waltara. New Zealand Shipping Company/ agents. - SAILED. March 25—Penguin, s.s., 512 tons, ManBing, for Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers— Misses Frankish and Ainsworth, Mesdames Burton, Dyer, Williams and child. Revs Stowell, Lawes, Williams and Van Staveren, Captain • Wheeler, Messrs Tozer, Scott, Foster, Minnis, Robins, Page, Perlison, Gould, Perry, M'Dongall and Barbery. IMPORTS. Rakanoa; From Newcastle —24,991 ft timber, 2900 tons coal. Penguin ■ From Onehnnga—B coils rope; from Taranaki —413 sacks seed, 2 crates; from Wellington—l box hams, 2 pkgs leather, 8 pkgs. EXPORTS, Rotomahana : For Wellington—l 3 boxes eggs, 22 cases pears, 2 bicycles, 3 pkgs ranges, 2 wheels, 55 bales hay, 33 sacks flour, 12 cases fruit, 1 hale leather, 25 sacks peas, 50 sacks beans, 30 pkgs; for Westport—l truss; for Napier—7 sacks seed, 30 sacks wheat, 27 sacks chaff, 1 bicycle, 2 Cases hares, 5 pkgs; for Gisborne —22 sacks potatoes, 10 pkgs; for Greymouth—2 pkgs; for Patea—l case soap; for Foxton —3 pkgs; for Levuka—2 pkgs; for Auckland —8 sacks peas, 25 cases lemons, 3 sacks barley, 3 cases ale, 1 plough, 30 sacks seed, 5 sacks wheat, 4 trusses leather, 10 cases cheese, 200 empty drums, 14 bales hay, 141 bales straw, 93 pkgs, 75 gunnies onions, 392 sacks potatoes; for Blenheim—l pkg; ' for Wanganui—B sacks meal;, for New ■ Plymouth—l2 hdls willows. Flora: For Dunedin—s cases tongues, 42 sacks onions, 2 gunnies onions, 20 cases nails, 4 sacks bacon, 1 tin tea, 2 hexes butter, 2 trusses leather, 1 bale hops, 72 pkgs. .

The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s steamer Aotea arrived in port yesterday morning. She will complete her loading at this port for London. During the forenoon the barque Akaroa was taken alongside for the purpose of transhipping the produce she has on board to the direct liner.

The New: Zealand Shipping Company’s chartered barque Lake Erie is expected to sail to-morrow for London with a full cargo of wool, &c. > The steamship Tekoa, of the New Zealand Shipping Company’s fleet, arrived in port yesterday morning from Waitara. . The Union, Steamship Company’s steamer Eakanoa arrived in port yesterday forenoon from Newcastle. She left the New South Wales port on March 18 and spoke the barque Asia on the following day. The barque signalledthat she wished to be reported and was all well. The, Eakanoa brings a cargo of 2.900 tons of coal and a quantity of timber. TELEGEAPH NOTICE BOAED. Arrivals. —March 25 : Auckland, 7.35 a.m., Alameda, from Honolulu (with San Francisco mail) ; Wellington, 8 a.m., potomahana, from Lyttelton; Port Chalmers, 7.30 a.m.. Flora, from Lyttelton. Depastures. March 23: Onehunga, 1.25 p.m., Mahinapua, for New Plymouth (with San Francisco mail); Auckland, 5.30 p.m., Alameda, for Sydney; Wellington, 4.40 p.m., Talune, for Lyttelton; Port Chalmers, 6.30 a.m.. Gothic, for Napier; Port Chalmers, 4.35 p.m., Tarawera, for Lyttelton. SHIPPING TELEGEAMS, Auckland, March 25. Arrived—Alameda, from San Francisco; passengers—Miss Doming, Mesdames Hill and Kennedy, Colonel Moore, Messrs Hill, Kennedy, Street, Field, Stuart, Patienolee and Moore. . Sailed—Gaixloch, for New Plymouth; passengers—Misses Clark and Meadham, Mesdames White, Meadham and Tromp, Messrs Tromp, George, Andrew, White, Eobinson, Meadham and Pigott. Mahinapua, for New Plymouth and Wellington; passengers—Mrs Liddell, Messrs M’Bride, Allen (2), Hodgkin, Hercus, Twohill, Bailey, Bock, A. J. Blouch and J. Fanmere, Wellington, March 25. Arrived—Mawhera, from Nelson and the West Coast, , Orowaiti, from Westport. Eotomahana, from the south. Glenelg, from Onehunaa, via Wanganui. Eiehmond, from Fiji, vid Auckland. Sailed—Dingad.ee, for Auckland, via the East Coast. Orowaiti, for the West Coast. Eotomahana, for Sydney and Auckland, vid the East Coast. Talune, for Melbourne, vid the' south and Hobart; passengers — Misses Thorpe (2), Holmes, Callis, Eoss, Smythe, Harris, Perry (2) Henry, Ohilman, Cook, Clapcott, Campbell, Kelly and Holmes, Mesdames Seddon, Ehynd, M’Farlane, Chilman, M’Leod, Jack, Turner, Hannon, Nottman, Wrigley, Grant, Hooper, Thomas, Stewart, Holmes, Hayward, Hon W. Hall-Jones and secretary. Professor Gilroy, Messrs Ehynd, M’Far-

land, De Castro, Perry, Turner (2), Edwin, Cook, Smythe, Corke, Duncan, Marshall, , Leonard, Jefferson, Grogen, Allen, Milne, 1 Fea, Jago, Anderson, M’Leod, M’Lean, Joachim, Stewart, Hayward, Grant and Easton. Timabu, March 25. Sailed—Margaret Galbraith, ship, for Wellington, with part cargo for London. Dunedin, March 25. Arrived—Flora, s.s., from Lyttelton. Sailed —Rotokino, for the Bluff. Tara’.vera, for Sydney, via Cook Strait; passengers—Misses M’DonaH, Shrimpton, Hunter, Gillies, Forlong, Turnbull, Rose, M’Lellan, Roberts and Jones, Mesdames Turnbull, Roberts Wise, Jones, De Vere, Stephens, W. Hislop, Begg and Cameron, Captains H. Anderson and Galbraith, Dr C. Begg, Messrs Muir, P. Mitchell, J. W. Black, E. J. Jones, D. Ross, W. Hislop, A. Wise, J. D. Wormald, C. Campbell, J. Williden, A. Wing, Yeoman, Donaldson, Roberts, J. C. Cameron, E. Wason and thirteen steerage. Gothic, for London, via Napier. She takes from this 1 port 3684 cases cheese, 75 boxes butter, 1827 cases preserved meats, 578 bales wool, 28 bales rabbitskins, 30 bales sheepskins, basils, leather, &c., and 43 casks pelts. AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. SyDNET, March 25. Arrived—Manapoiiri, from New Zealand. AMERICAN SHIPPING. (Per Sari Francisco Mail at Auckland.) San Francisco, March 4. Messrs Arkell and Douglas, under date of Feb. 27, report : —“ Since our last advices the condition of the market has not altered, but all rates have firmed as far as sail trades are concerned. There is a considerable demand for long-voyage tonnage, inquiries being extended by the South African, Australian and New Zealand lines for general cargo vessels, but we quote freight rates as follows: —Auckland, Dunedin and Lyttelton, 20 cents; Wellington, 22 cents. The Grace Deering com-_ pletes her loading for Auckland in the* next few days. It is uncertain whether a prompt charter, vi& southern ports, may follow, or whether, after an interval of about a month, an attempt will be made to load a succeeding despatch to Auckland as the first port.

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

Thursday, March 25. « 9 A.K. 6 P.M. Barometer ... 2963 29*65 Thermometer 6460