SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12426, 15 February 1901, Page 4

SHIPPING.

LYTTELTON. ■ Lytt*ltoa is situated in. lat. 43.37 south; »a*. 173.44 east; and the differanca of tuna ftween Lyttelton and Christchurch is 20seo. The time-bail is dropped every week day at ' pm., New Zealandej mean time, which is iuivalent to 13,30 Greenwich mean time o 1 is previous day, being calculated for 172 deg toxin east long., and Uhra 30mia east of Vmawich mean time. PHASES OF THE MOON. FEBRUARY. d. h. m. Full Moon , , , . 4 8 0 a.m. Last Quarter . . , , 12 6 42 a.m. New Moon , . , . 18 2 15 p.m. First Quarter .... 20 6 8 a.m, WEATHER REPORT, ETC,. TT%b Water, This Day (Friday): 1.20 a.m., afternoon 0.46 p.m. iStin rises 5.23 Cm., sets 7.5 p.m. Moon rises 0.45 a.m., sets 17 P ' m ' THURSDAY, FEB- W. . 5 p.m. 0 a.m. Barometer . •• v Thermometer • /0 Wind, N.W., light. THE WEATHER IN AUSTRALIA. The following weather reports were received lom Australian stations yesterday:--fSjbany, Feb. 13—Wind, N.E.; barometer iQ 4f/l a A ‘Feb. 14-Wind, south; barometer |0.10; overcast. ' TTHTR WEATHER INI ‘NEW ZEALAND. , The following weather reports were received torn New Zealand stations at 5 p.m. yesteriMamita Heads —Wind, S.W., fresh; barometer 30.13, thermometer 72; fine, sea mod-e- - barometer 30.02, thermometer 71; fine, sea alight swell. CastTepoint—Wind, N.W., moderate gale, barometer 20.70, thermometer 77; fine, sea Wind 1 , N.W. gale;, barometer 69,70, thermometer 6S; doudy. cWestport—Wind, north,_ fresh; barometer CO9O, thermometer 66;-drizzle, sea smooth. ' Kaikoura—Calm; barometer 29.70, thermo- • toeter 78; fine, sea'smooth. ' I Oa-maru —Wind, N.E., light; barometer 8959 + f'- rmomettr SO; overcast, sea sTiiootJi. _ : ii Blufi—Wind, west, light; barometer 29.40, , thermometer 62; fine. '• Captain Edwin reports: —At 'each of the Australian stations the pressure has steadily. A low pressure from the west will 1 pass east of the meridian of 'the 1 South Cape to-morrow. WEATHER FORECAST. The following is the weather forecast tele-' jeraphed from Wellington yesterday:—Wmd stroii" from the westward at all places north of Napier and New Plymouth. A gale from between north-west, west and south-west elsewhere , changing to between north-east and north-west after twelve hours at places south of Timaru -and Queenstown, alter twenty hours elsewhere. The barometer, will rise everywhere, but falx again after twelve hours southward of Timam and Queenstown, later elsewhere. The sea will ho considerable on the western coast, heavy on the east coast between Cashpoint and Lyttelton, moderate .everywhere eke. The tides wilt be good on all the western coast and eastern coast of ine TOuta Island, moderate elsewhere. Rain is to be expected eoubh of Napier and iNew Plymouth, and more rain in the South Island. Warning signals for westerly gales are exhibited at Capes Campbell, Farewell-Spit and Foajlwind. . There has been a heavy rainfall south of Westport and Timaru, fine weather elsewhere. A low pressure from the west passed! eastward of the meridian of the South Cape. One ‘from |(he same direction will pass late to-morrow, and is apparently increasing in energy. arrived: Feh. 13—flndradevi, s.s., 3703 tons, Firth, bom New York, via Australian ports, Auckland and Wellington. Kinsey, Bams and Co., agents. _ Feb. 14—Falcon, schooner, 98 tons, Peterson, bom Havelock. T. H. Ker, agent. Feb. 14—Eotomahana, -s.s., 901 tons, Manning, from Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers—Misses Crawford, ’ Craig, Buchanan, Tregonning, Hanning, Elkin, (Sweeney, Foster, M’Dougall, . Charters , and Poster, Mesdames Gillies, two children and maid, Dewe, Paterson and boy, Ward, Lyon, Fowkls, Brown, Peterson, Page, Steel and ilripwell, ,Eevs Jolly, Davidson, Thomas, Day, Lyons and Glaason, Lieptcnant-Colonel Messenger, Messrs Pyne. Lake, Hobbs, O’Brian, pinclaiiv Qgfel, Wynne, Buchanan (2), Clement, , Kidd. Whiteford, Platts, Hepworth, Darling, Taylor, Kinross, Butler, Buchanan, Cuddon, Wood, Talbot, Dewe, Laurenson, M.H.R., Edinoncls, Henrys, Ward,- Do Beer, Bartels, Green, ; (hartley, Stewart, Tennent, Back, Veitch, Miller. Cohen, Lyon, Foster, Crosher,' Fowlda, , Myers, Thomson, Gillies, Bailey, Edmudes, fei-own, Peterson, Page, Mcadowcroft, Saunters, Hartgill, Richardson, Mowat, and thirty iteerage. SAILED. Feb’-' 14—Romanoff, ‘barque, 1226 tons, Robertson, for London, blew Zealand Shipping Company, agents. V: Feb. 14—Eotomahana, s;s., 901 tons, Man- > axing, for Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agents; passengers—Misses Morns. Beswiok and [fleicpin, Mesdamee Gaisfprd, Morton and two children, Puwson, Morris, 'Henley, Peter, Ashley,'Andrews, Bernard and Kiunear, ■ Rev Father Fay, Messrs Mill, Widiamson, Clifford, Kettlc-weil,' Salmon, Kirk, Morris, Edanides, Allen, 'Avery, Shaw, Bennett, Randrup, Waymouth, O'Brien, Allan, Willans, Wood, and Peter, and Master Gaisford. Feb.’ 14—Brisbane, s.s., 716 tons, Hid, for Kaipara. W. White and Co., agents. 1 IMPORTS. Eotomahana: From Wellington—l ,pkg leather, 9 bdls pipes, 3 crates bicycles, 41 cases . tea, 5, cases matches, 20 casks pelts, 00 pkgs and 210 boxes, 57 cases, 9 pkgs, -ID casks, 3 crates, 1 bag; front New Plymouth—ls casks pelts; from Onehnnga—4s cases fruit. Falcon; From Havelock —55,000 ft timber. EXPORTS. Tarawera:’ For Wanganui—lo cases and pkga; for Now Plymouth—El bales binder twine; for Nelson—l case; for Blenheim—2 bdls spouting, 1 .pkg brackets, 1 case, 2 parcels; for Wellington—22 sacks and 33 bags potatoes, 9 boxes dates, T cycle, 2 cases boots, 1 orate perambulators, S drums oil, 1 range oven, 1 zinc bath, 5 cases pears, 22 rams, 42 ewes, S 3, cases fruit, ,2 pkgs carpets, 20 pkgs timber, T bdl rods, 1 ehainharrow, 23 sacks wheat, 1 tree, 54 cases and pkgs, Romanoff: For London—662s bales wool. ■ EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From Loridon—Star of New Zealand, left' Dec. 18. Banffshire, at Wellington. Star of, Victoria, left Dec., 1. Karamea, left Hobart Feb. 9. due Wellington Feb. 14. Bimutaka, left Cape Town Jan. 26, due Wellington Feb. 27. Rangitira, left Jan. S, due Port Chalmers Feb. 20. Whakatane, left Jan. 15. Kumara, left Cape Town Feb. 10, due Wellington MarohS. Wakauni, left Feb.'S. In- . veiesk, barque, 1279 tons, left Jan. 20. Waimate, left Feb. 8. Maori, left Feb. 8. From New York—Star ol.England,.s.s., Devon, As., left Nov. 20., Star of. Australia, s.s., left Dec. 22. Baron Eldon, s.s., at .Melbourne, Jan. 28. From Aigoa Bay—Belford, ship, 1771 tong, From Monte Video—Selkirkshire, barque, 1122 tons, left Oct. 18. ' From Hobart—Sir John Franklin, barquenttoe, 245 tons. From Newcastle—lsola, barque, 633 tons. VESSELS HOMEWARD BOUND, . , Days Out. Macduff (Captain Hnelin) .... JOS Glenburn (Captain Pritchard) . . . 100 Lutterworth (Captain Wood) • . 31 Mario (Captain Cafiero). ’ .... 23 Romanoff (Captain Robertson) . . 1 THE UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY’S - ' FLEET. FRlDAY.—Tarawera arrives from Wellington and leaves on return trip. -Tahjne arrives frorrf Melbourne via southern ports and leaves for Sydney via Wellington. Mokoia. arrives from Sydney via,' Wellington and leaves for Melbourne via southern ' ports. Cortona arrives from Timaru, Oarnaru and Dunedin and leaves for Wellington, New Plymouth and Greymouth. Whangapo leaves for Timaru. .The s.s. Botomahaiia arrived from Wellington at 8.45 a.m. yesterday. Tho sohponer Falcon arrived from Havelock at 6.20 a.m. yesterday. The barque Romanoff sailed for London at 10.35 a.m. yesterday. Mr W. M'Brido,- of the Union Steamship Company, has passed his examination before Captain Blackburns, chief examiner, as master of a 'foreign-going vessel. The ketch Lizzie Taylor, of Hobart, has been sold to Mr Jackson, of Timaru, for tho coastal trade. The s.s. Whangapo went out to the stream yesterday afternoon. Sho is to leave for Timaru to-day. The s.s. Brisbane left yesterday evening for Eaapajra, where sho ia lo load timber for Melbourne. The «.»• Rc/tomahana left for Wellington last night. Tho barque Isola, 633 tons, has been chartered to convey a cargo of wool from Newri: castle to 1 Lyttelton.: ■ ■ The number and tonnage of British vessels respecting whose loss reports were received at lAigi (Board o£ Trade -thujas the.-month pf De*.,

camber, and the number of lives lost, axe as follow.— Sailing, 39 vessels, 6865 tons, 93 lives lost; steam,. 11 vessels, 6756 tons, 47 lives lost; total,' 40 vessels, 12,261 tons, 140 lives lost. The above 4aie is a record of “ reports recorded* v * in the month, and not of wrecks which occurred during the month. Many of the reports received in December relate to casualties which Occurred to pervious months. Casualties mot resulting in total loss of vessels, and tho lives lost by such casualties, ore not included. . , The Tyser ' liner Xndradevi arrived late on Wednesday night from Wellington, Auckland, Australian ports and, New . York, and was berthed! rt *No. 5 Wharf. ‘She left New York on Nov. 9 last, arrived at Melbourne on Jan. 3, left on Jan. 11 for Sydney, where she arrived on Jan. 14, leaving again on Jan. 26. She reached Auckland on Jan. 31, left there oh Feb. 6, arrived at Wellington on Feb. 8, leaving for Lyttelton early on Wednesday morning. She ia still commanded by Captain Firth, the deck officers being:—First, Mr Price; second, Mr Rush; third', Mr Hannay; fourth, Mr Pluxnly. The Jmdradevi haa some 300 _ tons of general cargo for Lyttelton. She is to leave for Dunedin ■‘this evening, but will probably return to Lyttelton to load. The barque Inveresk, 1297 tons, which, has been chartered to convey general cargo from New .Zealand to tho United Kingdom or the Continent, left Monte Video for Lyttelton on Jan. 20. TELEGRAPH NOTICE (BOARD. ARRIVALS.—Feb. 14: Wellington, B.3o<a>jm., TaLune, from Napier; Auckland, 10.10 am., Star of New Zealand (Brindisi mall), from Sydney; Wellington, 1 p.m., Karamea, from London, via Hobart; Auckland, 1.20 p.m., H.M.S. Mlldura, from Wellington; Woffington', B p.m., Star of Victoria, from 'Sydney. 'DEPARTURES.—Feb. 14; a.m., Rosamond', for Lyttelton'; 7.35 a.m., H.M.'S. Archer, for Auckland; Timaru, 7 a.m., Lake Erie, for Lyttelton; Wellington, 3JIO pm., Banffshire, lor Lyttelton; Port Ohalmers, 3.45 p.m., Waikare, for Lyttelton; Wellington, 4.25 p.m., Wakafcu, for Kaikoura; Wellington', 4.35 .p.m., Triune, for Lyttelton; Wellington, 4.45 p.m., Mqkoia, for Lyttelton; Wellington, 5.40 pm:, Tarawera, for Lyttelton; Timaru, 4.50 pm., 'Corinna, for Akaroa; Wellington, midnight, Elingamite, for Napier. SHIPPING TELEGORAMS. AUCKLAND. Feb. 14. Arrived—Star of-New Zealand, from London ri'a Melbourne and Sydney. H.M.S. Mildura, from Wellington and Onthnnga, Sailed—Takapuna, for New Plymouth and Wellington. WELLINGTON, Fob. 14, ■ Arrived—-Karamea, from London; passengers—For Lyttelton (saloon]) : Misses Wilson (4), Mbs Wilson, Messrs Hill,.and Edwards; for Dunedin (saloon): Mx Anstie. There are 114 third class passengers for different ports. Two of the latter wall probably be prevented from landing, being paupers. During the voyage, a fireman named Green had his skull fractured'. He was brought ashore and taken to the hospital. Another fireman dying from consumption was taken in the same ambulance to the hospital. SailedI—Talune, 1 —Talune, for Lyttelton; passengers— Mesdames Clark, Willis, Keene and child, and Culley, Messrs 'Rivers, Clark and Cully, and nine steerage. Banffshire, for Lyttelton. Archer, for Auckland. 'Star of Victoria, for Sydney. Rotuma ,for Westport. Mokoia, for Melbourne via south and Hobart; passengers —Misses Gray, Wallace, Brandon, Goudie, Cartnew, Johnston, Boyd,. RosS, Franklin, Rayner, Dickenson, Maloney, Sanderson, Mesdames Gould; Chambers, Henry, White, Vanton, Patten, Sddley, Paterson,' M’Naughton, Bradshaw, Bredlee, Rev Maloney, Messrs Patton (2), Griffen, Hendry, Carter, White, Turner, Small, Penn, Dickenson, Hill, Gadd, Barney, Graf, Jones, M’Naughton, Wilson (2), Brodlee, Hickson, Guthrie, Bradshaw, Humble, Leary, Falconer ,and twenty-two steerage. Tarawera, |or Lyttelton p passengers— Misses Boid, Gamble (2), Wells, Hamilton, Poison, Campbell, Mountfon', Dixon, Willis (2), Mesdames Gamble, O’Reilly, Henderson and child, Patz, Poison, Morgan and three children, Clark, Gotfried, Chapman, Messrs Henderson, Potts, Mogridge, Rowley, Turner, Morgan, Clark, Gotfried, Chapman, and ten steerage. TIMARU, Feb. 14. Sailed, 8 am.—Lake Erie, barque, Kermode, for Lyttelton. BLUFF, Feb. 14. Sailed'—Janet Nicoll, for Dunedin. AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. SYDNEY, Feb. 14. Arrived—Abbeyholme, from Auckland. HOBART, Feb. 14. Arrived—Rimutaka. FREMANTLE. Fab. 14. Arrived—Oceana, from London; passengers for New Zealand—Lady Gordon and maid, Messrs Sweet and Valpy. .