SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVIII, Issue 11367, 7 September 1897, Page 4

SHIPPING.

LYTTELTON. I lyttelton is situated in Ist. 43.37 south, long 172.4* east ; and the difference of time between lyttelton and Christchurch is 20sec. The time-ball is dropped every week day at 1 pan., New Zealand mean time, which is equivalent EoTS.SO Greenwich mean time of the previous day, being calculated for 172 deg 30min east long., and llhrs SOmin east of Greenwich mean time. WEATHER REPORT. &c. High .Water, This Day (Tuesday) Morning, K 23: afternoon, 0.51. Sun rises, (i.lB a.m., sets | *.37 p.m.

AEBIVE3V | Sept. 6—lAotea, s.s., 4916 tons, Scotland, from S Xondon via ports of call. National Mortgage | lid Agency Company, agents. | SAILED. | Sept. 6—Talune,. s.s., 1370 tons, Phillips, tor-. Sydney, ■via Wellington. Union Steamship Com- J pany, agents. Passengers Misses Porteons, « Treadwell and Jackson, Mesdames Treadwell, j Jones,-M'Shana, Hunter and 1 Palmer, Hon A. J. [ C»dmon, Messrs Schwartz, Livingstone, Edwards, | Wilson, Bolt, Common, Hunter, Palmer, Bander- s son,-Underwood; Walk- and Baliantyne; for Sydney i •—Misses Caro, Davis and Sister Glonana. . j IMPORTS. | < Pbherua: Froth Westport—l3so tons coal. S Aotea : From London-3500 tons merchandise. j Corihria: From Enrotonga—l3 cases oranges; j from Onehunga—sl'cases oranges; from Xnrnnaki j 2pFgß; from Westport—l case; trom Wellington— j 50 cases whisky, 54 pkgs. a EXPORTS. i Tahinev For Dunedin— Quantity luggage, 10 | oiests tea’, 30 sacks flour, 33 pkgs. , \ WaiHomr For Dunedin—lo cases ale, 6 sacks ( •eM, 35 oases pickles, 23 gurinies onions, 5 cases fruit, 7 empty hhds, 16 pkgs; , JjiffletfNiCoU: For Westport-3 sacks onions, 8 hales hay, 23 sacks chaff, 2o sacks wheat, 60 sacks flour, 93 aaoka potatoes; 10 pkgs. . Te Anau; For WoUibgton-4 cases ale, 12 pkgs :rafcffd»;-2 , crates t fbwl&, 30 sacks flour, 36 pkgs ; for , Wanganui—ll- pkgs ranges, 3 pkgs ; tor Blenheim— i 1 pkg; for Nelson—l 3 pkgs; tor Patea—3 pkgs j, rabeea-for Poitou—6 ploughs, 1 drill. < Rotorua: For Wellington—s hhds ale, 100 sacks j flour, 13 gunnies onions, 4 cases eggs, 61 lengths shouting; 208’saoks potatoes, £0 boxes r ; oap, 4 cases tobeCooplß’ sticks ‘hid es, 4bicycles, <6pk-gB ; foi Nel!son—SO saoks sharps. ll sacks bran, 4 sacks seed, 129 ukua * for Wanganui—64 sacks potatoes, - pxga, j ’fOrFoitoni-30 sacks potatoes, 10 pkgs implements, ( 3pkga ;■ for Pictori—l bicycle. I The direct liner Aotea arrived in port yesterday j frCm Timaru. She- brings 2600 tons of London tflia port, and- was engaged yesterdoy in J HMdI Pylades was placed in tho graving dock •veKtardav for the purpose .of having Her bottom j ■sighted, 7 She is to leave shortly for Plymouth to j Barns and Co. Have beoiv advised hy telegraph that tho Wakatu, which left Lyttelton on Monday, August 30, for Kaikoura, has not I -yet reached that port. She is anchored in South ■Bay,-waiting for the sea to moderate. , , j xi'4 gthamet Polietua'went alongside the Aotea j yesterday, and will discharge 1350 tons of coal into j the direct liner. _ , ~ j The NevT Zealand Shipping Company a ship OSSftWtt if how on her way from the talklond J Islands-to this pbrt. She will load wool here for J Xondon, j THE AUSTRALIAN FLAGSHIP. I The Royal Arthur. I Toindgeby a’ cable message published in this ] the Admiralty has re-considered the question of the flagshipfoi. the Australian Station, and the Royal Arthur, « first-class cruiser, is to relieve the Orlando. The Royal Arthur belongs to the Edgar oli*# of fliit-olass cruisers. Her sisters are tbe Crescent, Grafton, Edgar, Hawke, Enclymion, Gibnlter, St George and Theseus. They aro vessels ot 770&tona displacement, with an indicated horsepOWet of 12,600. The Royal Arthur was built at Portsmouth, and was launched in 1861, her engines being by the well-known makers, Maudslay. She stehm# 19'7 knots an hour and has sufficient coal capacity to enable her to steam 10,000 knots at ten knots per hour, or 2800 knots at the high speed of , eighteen knots. The armament consists of two j 9ln 22-toh gnus, ten 6in 5-ton hreeoh-loadmg guns, i twelve S-pouhder quick-firers and four torpedo ■ tubM.- It will be remembered that the Orlando is ; gmed with the 22-ton gun, but naval experts are i not by any means unanimous in favouring the introduction of a piece of that calibre into the arma- - znent of a protected cruiser, which would, under u o circumstances,! engage an armoured battleship, j However, the 6in guns aro handy weapons and , ire capible of piercing a lOiu armour plate at i SOOyds, While they have the important merit of j being easily worked by hand. The Royal Arthur s j protective deck extends throughout the length ot j the ship, tte thickness varying from five inches to j one inch of steel. Her complement of men is 567, | and the cost of the vessel was £403,414. j EXPECTED ARRIVALS. | 8AILIK& VESSELS. i From London: Letterewc, barque, 798 tons, Law; sailed July 9; P.K.G.V. Sllverstream, barque, 1160 tohS, Dagwell; to sail. Waitangi, ship, 1128 tons, Foredick; sailed August 30, via Bluff; N.F.M.S. , . From Faulkland Islands : Opawa, ship; Q.K.P.J. From New Tork: Beechwood, barque, 794 tons, Evans; sailed June 14, via Wellington. Norma, barque, 1030 tons, Lochead; sailed July 13, vil Port Chalmers. Penobscot, barque, 1067 tons, M 1 Guilder. From Calcutta: Craignair, barque, 601 tons, ( James. Earl Derby, barque, 961 tons, Haidy. j TELEGRAPH NOTICE BOARD. j Arrivals. —Sept. 6 : Auckland, 12.45 a.m., Wes- | tralia, from Sydney (Brindisi ms.il); Spit, 11 a.m., - Lady Mabel, from Bluff; Westport, 2 p.m„ Janet j Ricoll, from Lyttelron. j Departures. Sept. 6: Wellington, 9 p.m., t Mararoa, for Lyttelton; Wellington, 4 p.m., | Rotorua, for Lyttelton ; Timaru, 6.45 p.m., Oiua- : pete, for Lyttelton; Bluff, 6 p.m., Monowai, for Hobart. SHIPPING~TEIjE GRAMS. j Kaipara Heads, Sept. 6. | Arrived Aratapu, brigantine, and Clansman,, schooner,from Wellington. Hauda Isle, barquen- , ti», from Newcastle. Auckland, Sept. 6. ■ Arrived, At midnight— Westralia, from Sydney; . Sassengers —Miss Ueville, Mrs Mill, Messrs Hill, • liver and Chapman (2). Empreza, barque, from Newcastle. | Sailed—Gairloch, for New Plymouth. Takapuna, | for southern poris: passengers —Mr and Mrs Paterson, Mesdames Buller and Jones, Misses Binney, Larkin, Florence, Wilson, White and Baker, Lev T. W. Greenwood, Captain Hutton, Messrs Cameron, Edmiston, Fisher, Duke, Cuff, Buchanan, Lartin, Watt, Boulston, J. Boss, Sleator, Fraser, Wiseman, Newman, C. Bucklnnd, B. Kent, Gills, Heron, Walker, Grice, Akers, Burke and twelve •teerage. „ , „ i Wellington, Sept. 6. I Arrived—lndraghiri, from Auckland and Napier. Pareora, trom Timaru, Heskotji, from Greymouth. Mararoa, from the south. Sailed—Pareora, for Greymouth. Mnwhora, lor Picton, Nelson and the West Coast. Mararoa, tor the south; passengers—Misses Lindsay, Greenwood, Boyle, Peters, Haslam and M’Pherson, Moadames Tennent, M’Donald and infant. Rose and child, Rev Blackburn, Hon E. W. Parker, Messrs Stewart, Gillespie, Heretts, Coombs (2) and M’Kay. Australian”shipping. Melbourne, Sept. 6, Sailed—Wakatipu, for the Bluff. Albany, Sept. G. Arrived —Ballaarat, from London ; passengers for New Zealand—Miss Hay, Mr Denny.

Monday, Sept. 6. 5 P.M. 9 A.M. Barometer SU'OO 29-93 THemometer 55 51 —