SIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CIII, Issue 12157, 22 March 1900, Page 4

SIPPING.

LYTTELTON.

, tifftdOm U situated ia la*. 43.37 BautS, mC, 17&44 ewt; and the difference of tons t>«*ir<wn, Lytteltaa and Christcnurch is 20aao. ,33m> ia siaropped every week clay ab 1 p.M„ New Zealand' mean time, which is •toivaleni to' 13.80 Greenwioh mean tima of ««• jpuaviouo day, being calculated for 172 deg. Heaafc east long., and llhrs 30min eaat of (Ewenwioh mean time.

WEATHEB KSPOfvT. ETC. High Water, This Day; .(Thursday): Morning 8.15, afternoon 8.41. Sun rises 6.9 a. ~ sels 6.7 p.m, Moon rises B.SS p.m., sets 11. 9 ».xa, 'WEiDaSTESDAY, MAKCH 21.

TiTTR (WEATHER m NEW ZEAL AM). The following weather reports ware received litea Netf Zealand stations at 5 p.m. jesterHeads—Wind, S.W., fresh; tarometer 30.26, thermometer 70; gloomy, sea smooth. , ■New, (Plymouth—Wind, S-W., fresh i bprometer 80J.8, thermometer 73; fine, shgfit —Wind, S.W., light; barometer 90.12, thermometer 74; fine, sea smooth. Wellington—Wind, N.W. breeze; barometer 00.08, thermometer 70; cloudy. Westport—Calm; barometer 30.30, thermometer 64; fine, sea smooth. _ Kaikoura—Calm; barometer 30.05, thermometer 70: cloudy, sea smooth. Oamaru—Calm; barometer 30.02, thermometer 61; gloomy, sea smooth. Bluff—'Wind, west, light; barometer 30, thermometer §2; showery. Captain Edwin reports: A low pressure from the west, greatly diminished in intensity, will < pass east of the meridian of South Cape late to-night, and one also from the wrest, ana causing heavy - westerly gales, will pass east of the same meridian on March 21. ARRIVED. March 20—Joseph Sims, schooner, 05 tons, Barg, from Collingwood. Pitcaithly, Wallace and Co., agents. ~, „ , March 21—Maori, s.s., 4150 tons, Moffatt, from London via Teneriffe, Capetown, Hobart and ‘Wellington. Dalgety and Co., agents. , March 21—To Anau, b.-s., 1028 tons, IBernech, from Wellington and east coast ports. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers—[Misses Pasley, Remington, Clark, Williamson, ■Smithson (2), Ballin and O’Malley, Mesdames S/F Donald, Butcher, Hill, Norbury, Dyer, Souper, Burnett and Lucas, Revs G-. Curtis, •Bull, Oliver and -Mather, Messrs Bull, Perrean, Williamson, Rule, Leslie, Eraser, 'Ross, iPrmgle, Cottle' fihiel, Hogan, Bagshaw, Clothier and Hodman, Captain Davey, and twenty-five steerage. - „ March 21—Falcon, schooner, 98 tons, Green, from Collingwood. T. H. Ker, agent. March 21—Wakatu, s.s., 95 tons. Wills, from Wellington, Kaikoura and Cheviot. Kinsey, Banns and Co., agents. March 21—Gymerio, s.s., 2598 tons, Inom«on, from Wellington. Kinsey, Barns and Co., agents. SAILED. - March 20—Brunner, s.s., 333 tons, Mi'lman, for Greymouth. O. W. Turner, agent. March 21—To, Anau,.s.s., 1028 tons, (Bernech, for Dunedin, Union Steamship Company, agents; passengers —Misses Swan, Majnner, EBuohaman (2), Heywood, .Black, Birt, Hardy, lAnstis, Blaney, -Carston, Ingram, Flowers, Taylor, Jack, Matheson, Wills, Richards, Morris and Look, Mesdames Steel, Slattery and Child, Osborne, Roberts, Barnes, Fitzgerald, Rowe and Wilson, Revs Lewis and, Emott, Ur [Fitzgerald, Messrs Swan, Jagger (2) n f f Slattery, Williaroson,-Coiton, Christie, Roberts, Hardy, Abbott, Coats, Ponton, Ross and Hen<D±CiS‘ IMPORTS. ■ „ Dingadee:: From Greymouth—47 bags ce-. Amt, 2 cases plans, 14 sacks , hides, fadg.es Sh,al 2539 sleepers, 181,314 ft timber; from Hokitika—l9 sacks' Skins, 3 ‘cases empty xeelkom .Auckland—7 pkgs,_ 30 boxes and' 32 dimes dried, fruit, 3 bdis Ttwsms, BoUamarparl 10 cases cigarette, 2 cases tobacco, 866 bags ceVwmt, 300 pieces timibex, 1 case BUgar, 8 hhds and 10 cases syrup, 1 case glass .13 Mis doers, 6 cases bananas, JO pkgs tea, 1 SleiooS' hear, 12 --hs mmze, 280 sacks sulphur, 9 bales leather,-4 case > ’ 1 wheel, 1 pully, 1 chamber, 1 Pf™ 4’ 4 empt^ casks, 144 cases, 18 boxes, 16 sacksl barrel,-4 pkgs; from- -Napier—2 casesi fish, 1 cases empty cylinders, 1 .cases 1 ammonia,' SO drums dap, from liN-elson J. (bale hops; from Woffington—4 cases bananas, 14 cases bines 1 case -oranges, 3 cases, 2 pbgs. * toSsTS Lotidon-1800 tons mcifchanJoseph -Sims-J From Collingwood—ss,ODOft Catena From CollingWooa-55,000 ft timber. Wakatu.: l ‘prom Wellington— l case whisky, from. Kaikoura—2 boxes, X case, and 3 cases empty; from Cheviot-17 bales wool, :■ 8 'bales siting 6 sa g p f^^ g 1,1 8 ' Eotomsfhanaf For Wang»i«u—l case, ! 'crates; for Patea—l case, 1 crfto; for New Plymouth—2 cases; For Nelson-d P as ®. Manukau—l kilderkin ale; for Blenheim 10 teaicka sded; for Wellington—24o causes fruit, 1 bdl castings, 4 sacks peas, 15 cases, pears, o Ihhd-s 1 Piece ironwork, 3 cases ewes, 4l rams, 1 bicycle, 1 pkg -tyres, 1 v . 19 cases, and, pkgs sundries-. ’ , - Puiaki: For Levuka—l2 sacks potatoes,, ! case; for -Suva—l42 sacks potatoes, 18 -empty returned casks, 24 gunnies and 50 sacks onions,, 20 1 sacks bran, 10 sacks -sharps, 66 sacks flour 14 bases; fen Auckland—264 gunnies.onions, 400 sacks wheat,. 298 sacks potatoes, 1 casting, 10 Backs oatmeal, 1 steel plate, 483 -sacks oats, 865 sacks and 340 bags flour, 500 sacks bone- I diU'Bt* 2 rams, 35 cases ,and; pkgs sundries. s TXpolii • For Hokitika—2 sacks oatmeal,. b 'empty returned hhds, 4 cases 7 kegs 1 bale; | foir Westport—3 sacks seed; for Blenheim—2o backs -oats, 51 sacks seed; for New Plymouth—. \ SO sacks meal, 5 pkgs ranges, 6 tomb fence mosta, 3 tomb fence panels, 130 sacks and 220 | [bags flour, 34 sacks -seed, 80 sacks pollard, 10 t 'sacks wheatineal, 11 sacks bran, 11 sacks J sharps, ‘67 sacks oats, 1-buggy, 13 cases and rokgs sundries; for Greymouth—s cases ale, 1 owe fruit, 1 range, 1 flue, 1 -sheet iron, 8 cases lemons, 12 bags salt, 1 box cigarettes, 7 cases and 1 jar spirits,- 54 sacks potatoes, 2 cases (bbots, 1 octave whisky, 3 gunnies and 25 sacks : onions, 96 sacks oats, 6. bales straw, 40 sacks wheat, 2 plates iron, “411 sacks chaff, 21 cases ' and pkgs sundries; for Wellington—l 3 cases fruit, 21 bales wool, 62 sacks -seed, - Taupe;' For,Timaru— 2o drums dip; tor Dunedin—l bale leather, 7 empty returned (bids 1 owe fireworks, 1 bar -steel, quantity Boene’ry’.and effects, 19 oases and pkgs-sundries. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From London—Whakatane, due Wellington ' March 31. Gothic, due Wellington April 2. KumaraMue colony April 12. From Dublin—WoodviUo, barquo, 714 ions, Trinick, R.M.R.H. From Algo a Bay—Pehr Ugland, barque, 1230 tons, Iversen, H.T.P.M. From Rio—Ema, barque, 1060 tons, Brave, ' VESSELS HOMEWARD BOUND. Days out.

IhiTa (Captain Davis) .110. [Dudhopo {Captain Low) 88 Thetis (Captain Oliver) . . . » , . 68 jThessalus (Captain IWesterberg) . , . 44 Oban Bay (Captain Wakcly) . , - . 33 Zealandia (Captain Bate) ...... 10 Sheila {Captain Cowhsnaw) 14 irrm TJMON STEAMSHIP COMPANY’ 3 ‘ ■FLEET. 'TELE'S SDAY. —Botomahana arrives from [Wellington, and leaves on return trip. THE GYMERIO. Tbo new steamship •Gymeric, which has been iensased to take the Fifth Contingent to South '(Africa, arrived from Wellington yesterday 'afternoon. She was boarded at tho Heads by Upham, health officer, and after his cxamiination, which resulted satisfactorily, was brought into the inner harbour and berthed at [N'o 5 wharf. She is to take on board a quantity! of' produce for South Africa, and to leave for Dunedin this evening. Tho Gymerio is a 'steel screw steamer of 4002 tons gross and 2598 tons not register. She is 345 ft long, 49ft 'Bin in beam, and 17ft 9in in depth of hold, 'and is fitted with triple expansion engines of '25 41 and 67 inches diameter of cylinders, and '43 inches length of stroke, and a nominal (horse-power of 564. She was .built at -Port Glasgow by Bussell and Co. last year, and is ‘owned by- tho Gymerio Company, Limited, of Glasgow, and commanded by Captain Thom- " ' son . A large gang of carpenters, under the direction of Mr Kennedy, of the Enion Steamship Company, is busily engaged m fitting up the vessel for the contingent, and has made good progress with the' work. The upper deck Ss surrounded with -stalls for horses, and bunks for the men are being erected below. ' , THE W AIM ATE. Eighty men are engaged in fitting up. the accommodation for the troopers on board the Waimate, and have, made good progress with Iho job. Tho steamer will probably leave for Wellington on Sunday morning. The dredge; Manchester left [Wellington for

Lyttelton at 5.50 a.m. yesterday, and is expected to arrive this morning. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's s.s. Maori, Captain Moffatt, arrived from London via Plymouth, Teneriffe, Capetown and Wellington, at 9 a.m. yesterday. She left ;Plymouth on Feb. 22, passed Teneriffe on Feb. 28, reached Capetown on March 13, and left the same day, arrived at Hobart at 9 a.m. on March 6, and, after discharging 250 tons of cargo, left at 6.30 p m. for Wellington, which she reached on March 11. The voyage was fine and uneventful (throughout. 'The run from iSobart to Wellington occupied four days fifteen hours. There is no change in 'the personnel of her deck officers, and only one iri the engineering department, Mr Harvey being -now chief refrigerating engineer, in place of Mr Raybourne, ■ who has been transferred to the Rangatira. TELEGRAPH NOTICE BOARD. ARRIVALS.—March 21: Gisborne, 11.45 p.m., Indramayo, from Auckland. DEPARTURES.—March 21: Weatporb, 12.10 a.m., Janet 'Nicoll, for Lyttelton; Wellington, 5.30 a.m., Dredge Monchester y for Lyttelton; Wellington, 6.45 p.m., Tutanekai, for Lyttelton; Wellington, 7.10 p.m., Ratomabana, for Lyttelton; Port Chalmers, 10 p.m., Poherua, for Lyttelton. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, March 21. Sailed—Gairloch, for New Plymouth. EOUTO, March 21. Arrived—Victoria, s.s., from Wellington. i Pilot May, from Onehunga. WELLINGTON, March 21. Arrived—Rotoiti, from New Plymouth and Onehunga. Upplu, from the south'. Rotomahana,'from Lyttelton. Omapere, from Auckland, via east coas-'t. Sailed—Manchester, dredge, for Lyttelton. Rotomahana, for Lyttelton; passengers Misses Daly,- Anderson, Newcomb, Parsons, Bennett, Banks, Sorensen (2), Hart, Collier, Ro3s and Wreaks', Mesdames Hayward, Matheson, Ross, Bacon and Taylor, Hons Seddon and Bennett, Revsi Lee and Thomas, Captains Clark and Kirton, Messrs Borthwick, Trickebt, Shiel, Carpenter, Posfcin, Randrup, Hjorring, Chadwick, Mozar, Gunn, Mason, Maunsell (2), Havward, Ross, Bacon, and seventeen steerage. BLUFF, March 21. Arrived—Perthshire, from Port Chalmers.

AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. SYDNEY, March 21. Arrived—Elizabeth Price, from Wanganui. Sailed—Waihora, for New Zealand, with an English mail. NEWCASTLE, March 21. for Auckland. ' ADELAIDE, March 21. Arrived—Alcestis, from New Zealand. MELBOURNE, March 21. Arrived—Quathlamba, from Thames.

PHASES OP THE MOON. IN«w Moon First Qvuwfor Pull Moon Last Quarter 'New Moon ■MARCH. A. h. m. . 1 10 55 pm " » 8 5 4 p.m " . 16 7 42 p.m . 24 5 7 p.m . 31 8 1 ».m

9 a.m. 5 p.m. Thermometer ... - 65 68 Barometer , ( t „ , i 30.02 30.04 Calm,