SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12478, 18 April 1901, Page 4

SHIPPING.

\ LYTTEtL'TON. lyttelton is situated in lat. 43.37 south, long. 172.44 east; and tho difference of turn* ' , between Lyttelton and Christchurch is 20aeo. The time-ball is dropped every week day at 1 p.m., New Zealand mean time, wmch is equivalent to 13.30 Greenwich mean time ox , the previous day, being calculated for 172 deg , - iOmin east long., and llhrs 30min east of '>'',* Jreeawich mean time. * ' ■ PHASES OF THE MOON. . ' APEEU

WEATHER REPORT, ETC. ■i • • ' High "Water, This Day (Thursday): Mom- . ' Jng, 2.58 a.m.; afternoon, 3.24 p.m. 'Sun rises ■ vl «.39 a.m.-, sets 5.19 p.m. Moon rises 5.23 a.m., ■ ~' sets 4.43 p.m. V' .WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17. ,•, '■ "i - ' 9 a.m. noon, a r>.m. , .Barometer . . : 20-5 S 29.53 29.63 Thermometer. . . 68 7° 60 Calm. , " ' ' THE WJ3ATHETR IN AUSTRALIA. ' '• <rhe following weather reports were received fcwm Australian stations yosterday:— ' ■ -Albany, April US-Wind, north; "barometer * 90.20; "cloudy. -_. , , -, l " Hobarfc, April 16—Wind, west; barometer v -. J 8.60; ■ showery. • . - „ , "r '^Sydney,'April 17—Wind, west; barometer '•0.20; cloudy. "'-' ■ THE WEAuHEIR IN NEW ZEALAND. ''' " Tho fallowing weather reports from Now *:: '$ Zealand stations were received at 5 p.m. yes- ' .•• i i , terday:~ , ' '',''/■ Mamikau Heads—Wind, N.W., fresh; barc- £-, 'meter ,30.15, thermometer 11; cloudy, sea -i - Moderate. nf' ' [New 'Plymouth—Wind, north breeze; baro- '},' "<''meter 30, thermometer 66; rain, aoi smooth. '.;/ ' -Catftle Point—Wind, N.W. breeze; barome- ::' , tor 29.83, thermometer 66; fine, sea moderate. :--,"- ' Wellington—Wind, N.W., moderate gale; "■;-: fcerometer 29.90, thermometer 67; gloomy, sea \. ' pough and strong flood. ■ ',o'tKaikoura- Calm; barometer 23,71, thernio- ', .feeler 65; gloomy, sea smooth. >: '•' Oamaru—Wind, N.W., moderate gale; baroA • jneter 29.57, thermometer 63; fine, sea moder- '* "%ie...\ *', ". ■ Bluff—Wind', west, moderate gale; barome- ";•'; tar 20.53/-thermometer 50; sleet, >sca heavy. jj'i' .!>'■ Captain Edwin reports:—There is very li'tille r,:' ! '"'.'Movement of the.pressuro at Albany, but it '£•.-* 'tea decreased slowly a 4 Hobart, und risen j£:_"ileadily at Sydney. A low pressure, from "J; r ;<th& west have passed eastward of the ju,. meridian, or South- Cape by about 8 a.m. top " morrow, ' and one from the same direction 0; .ibovit April 19. Unsettled weather, with the- ;*-., prevalence of high, westerly winds, southward Napier and New 'Plymouth, is probable un)fl „.rtil April'2o. sl : f ' '■, '- WEATHER FORECAST. '/, • '' The following weather forecast was . teler*. i'«iaphe6s from Wellington yesterday:—A galo ii' from the north-east and north-west after six- ''. teen, .hours at all places northward of East &' Cape, Taupo, and. Raglan, northerly gale i' - thence southward to Kaikoura and Lokitika, :£'"• which- will' .probably continue, and a galo £ firom, between the north-west and south-west -f\ elsewhere isoon. The barometer will further .v ( >'iall everywhere. Tho sea will be heavy on all ■f, west coast and also on the east- coast be•Vfitwefen Castlepoint and Lyttelton. The. tides •ft will be high on. all 'tho west coast and 1 also \ on 'the east coast southward of Castlepoint, '•I,! *, und poor elsewhere. Sain will probably be f J - heavy southward of Napier and New Ply■V- "mouth and fall elsewhere after twenty hours. • .'•' IFIoocU may be expected in. all the rivers on '!?, the west coast of the-i South Island. •,-' Warning signals for northerly gales aro exhi- '-',-"" "bited, m Capes Foulwind, Farewell Spit, and - Okrcpbcll, and also at. Cape Maria Van Die- ", "maa and Tiritiri. Synopsis of the last twenty*.ps four hours: A falling barometer everywhere. ':}'.- Th« 9 havei been northerly gales and rain at places southward of Napier and Wanv giuui. A low pressure from tho west'is ap- '". proeching the meridian- of South Cape. <■;'", ' 'AiPvEITBD. ■-"'' '' April 17—Wakatu, s.s., 95 tons, Wills, from •„ Kaikoura and Wellington. Kinsey, Barns and "": Co., agents.' Passengers—Mis-»;s Sleddings \i imd Payne, Messrs- Harris, Johns, ilartin and ,-' - fthrelkeJd. ''•'■f v 'April 17—Waikare, s.s., 1901 tons, Richard* ,•■'■ «on, from, 'Dunedin. Union Steamship Co., ," . ngeaia. Passengers—Missea Eeid (2), M'Don- '."' ,»ld, Turner <2), Webb and Macintosh, Mrs -.' "Powell,' Messrs M'Leod, Hooper, Burton, ' ~' Wales, Powell, M'Gill, Witham, ' Struthers, ' Af'llenzie, Edwards, and seven steerage. + .* . April 17—Moura, b.s., 1246 tons, Beaumont, ■' ,ifrom Wellington and east coasi ports. Union- ''* ■' fitearnaihip ftsmpany, agents. Passengers^— .V BBasea Sniith l Anderson, Wilson, Chapman l , !' i Eidley, Dalton and Pirie, Mesdaraes Graham, ~ ;''3«own, Skeat, Hardy, Smith, Steel, SaudK •', kolme, Seymour, Hickey, and Neave, llev W. Paraonson and son, Captain Smith, Lieuienant Bromley, Sergeant Ennis, Messrs '■,,' Bonne, MThereon, Graham, Power, Munro, 1 , Kempthorne, Borsling y Quinlan, Clarkson, ' • iM'Keague, Burrell, Annis, Thompson, '■ .Stevenson, Sinclair, Hardy, Thomson, Bircjj, • .'Pennistort, Knott, Studhoime, Shanks, Hicks, :, 'Campbell and' Garner and forty-six steerage. . .. April 17—Cygnet, s.a, 66 t<3ns, Murray, from 0 Ak'aroa, via the Bays. Pitcaithly, Wallace s.» ' »vnd Co., agente. ;-, SAILED. i, . April 17—Waikare, s.a., 1901 tons, Eichard- -" ■ son, for Sydney, via east coast porta. Union ; s .Steamship Company, agc-nts. Passengers: '' For'Wellington—Misses (Havering, Wright, ' ' O'Brien, Johnston, Hodgson, Pearson and -Hayton, Mesdames Wigram, Elliott and child, " , Ansfbrcl and two children, Morrison, Young, .. Moriey and IS. G. Cox, Ttcv Elliott, Dr ~ Fyffe, Messrs Addison, Gillies, Morrison, £- ".-Thohison, Harrisoh r ,"Pihl, H. 'Mills, M'Bridc, ,_,,,. Walker,. Morris, Struthers, Scales, Young, " v ' Cable and Gaarder; for. Napier—Miss Sidey; ;,?■ ior Auckland—Misses Cumine (2), Kendall !"' - and Porter, Mesdames Drewit't, Shaw and two children and! Wyldeblood, Mr Thompson; for ; Sydney—Rev A. W. Averill, Messrs Buxton, 'i Burton, Kershaw, Gordon and Master Gor- .•' &<w. •'" - April 17—Toroa, s.s., 171 tons, Rorneril, for ■ the Chatham Islands. Kinsey, Barns and Co., agents. ■ ; April 17— Moura, s.s., 12-16 tons, Beaumont, ~ for Dunedin. Union .Steamship Company, ;.}•- ; 'agents. Passengers—Mi&s James, Mesdames ') DU/Dougall, Inghs and child, Jarvis, Shingle- ■■*: /ton; Turton and M'Taggart, Captain Rcnnio, Messrs James, Scott,, Heytvood, Boncnna, ill'Beath, Blaylock, Renton; M'Dongall and .. Jnglis. ■; . IMPORTS. 7' Waikare: From Dunedin—s cases jam, 1 v' pkgjnatches, 2 boxes 1 tubes, 13 hhds ale, 29 !/| pkgs twine, 101 cases, 11 boxes, 2 parcels, -> X barrel. Moura: From Auckland—ll 47 bags sugar, 4 % ' case 3 -tobacco, 5 cases treacle, 40 .jacks cry»tals,, 15 sacks- melons, -19 cases fruit, 3 cases ■\ cucumbers, 10 bales paper, 2 bdls doors, 2 «'■ .bales woollens, o 0 sand soup, 4 pieces },\' firo lumps, 10 cases sauce, 1 raso tea, 200 '-ji; .fcaga cement, 7 casks pelts, 1 case netting, I )'f, case hats,'9o bdls laths, 312 pieced timber, ' >; 'sß"' pkgs,' 12* gunniea empties, 3 hluU, S case?, ''*'•* 6 empty hhda; from Tauranga—l caso draptry; ■ from Gisbornc—lo sacks molon*, ~ - casks pelts, 1 portable engine, 1 machine, 2 cases fish, 2 pkgs.; from Napier—3 bdls mate, ' . 9 casks pelt*, 2S pkgs; from Wellington-C rt half-sacka seed', 6 ca.=c.-s saddlery, 7 arm .'■;■ ehe"sta, 5 cases iish, 50 bars iron, 8 casks :.*■) yelts, 1 bos, 21 pkgs, 22 cases. }/ : ' EXPORTS. s^. Rotomahana: For Wellington—l pkg fish, %s"■ 1 range, 1 bdl ashpans, 3 patent boilers, 3 -•:? "barrels and! 26 cases ale, 3 crates caramels, S'C' B-caaesi «nd 1 crate confecticjnery, 5 quartrrK; casks vinegary 4 cases sauce, 5 cases soap jpj'i' powder, 152 cases frui't, 1 bicycle, 5 %". biscuits', 26 pkgs furniture, 12 sacks rolled t" Otis, 2 'sacks, 26 bags- and 3 gunnies onion-, ,/,-„ S sacks cabbages, 2 casei eggs, 10 bdls liard- [■''" -ware, 132 sacks and 300 bags flour, 241 sacks •'\ potatoes, 116 tacks oats, 4 cylinders, 1 drill 'f'i with, shafts and wheels, 27 casks empty rc- "?"•• turned, 17 cases tomatoes, 24 cases and pkgs; '■-' for Foston~4 hhds and 13 cases ale, 2 cases pickicsj, .1 case sauce, 1 caw vinegar, J case [ cordials, 1 case chutney; for Ncison—3 bdls . - \.'""hardware, 2 pkgs • ' «aaes, 1 truss; for New Plymouth—l bed- \ ; < yiteacl!, 6 'hhds ale, 4 cates and 10 crates bisy\ cuits and confectionery, 14 caaEa and pkgs; .'■'''Joe.Patea— 1 trusa; ior Wauganui—4 pkgs J ranges, 1 quarter-caik vinegar, 1 case ~;,pickles, 1 case 3aucc, 3 cases, 1 parcel; for .-''Blenheim —7 cases and pkgs; for'Picioii — ''■>: % lange boiler, 1 cistern, 1 cask; for Greyt h—l 7 cases and pkg 3. :?:'-'■ "■, EXPECTED ARRIVALS. *-' Trom London—Waimate, at Auckland '" '"""April IP- Maori, at "Wellington, itamari, •'':-,'*t W«:iington * April 1-1. Toiiganro, :"} left- Capo Town'April 2. Paparo-i, left Hobart [ - April 15, due Auckland April 20. Toko.left Cape Town March 31, duo Weill lingion Anrjl 30. Indrafchiri, at Melbourne, -FJipril 6. llatatua, left Match -14, due Wei-

lington May 9. Rakaia,, left March 30. IDelphfc, le-ft April 4, duo Auckland May 26. Star of England, left April 6. . From New York—lndramayo, left Feb. 26. Tomoana, left April 13. Bechuana, left 1 Feb. 15. . From Newcastle^—Jessie Craig, barque, 633 tons. Rakanoa, left April 11. I From Edithburg Elizabeth Graham, barque, 598 tons, Manuwera, barque, 327 i ton 3. 5 From Hongkong—Dumblane, barque, 720 ( ton 3. _ . From San Francisco—Royalist, s.s., at Wei- } lington. From Pisagua—Algoa Bay, barque, 1111 tons. From Algoa B^y—Corryvrechan, barque, 1266 tons. From Valparaiso—Santa Anna, barque, 1303 tons. VESSELS HOMEWARD BOUND. Days Out. Lutterworth (Captain Wood) . . • 93 Mario (Captain Cafiero) |* Romanoff (Captain Robertson) . . . 6d Akaroa (Ciptain Kelly) ..... -J Belford (Captain MacKinnon) . . . l'- " THE UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S ' FLEET. ' llHUßSDAY.—Roiomahana arrives from Wellington, and leaves on Return, trip. Yesterday tho s.s. Waikaro arrived from Dunedin at 6.40 a.m, tho s.s. Wakatu from-Kai-koura and Wellington at 7.45 a.m., and the sjsv Moura from Wellington and Jiast Coast' ports at 0.43 p.m. , The announcement in a telegram irom . Auckland that H.M.S. Archer had left that 1 port for Lyltelton is inaccurate. Tho vessel is bound for Timaru r Tha s.s. Cj'gnet arrived from Akaroa at 8 p.m. yesterday, vi.i, the Bays. * r The s.s. Wakatu is to leave for Kaikoura and Wellington to-night. , r Yesterday evening the s.s. Moura leifc_for Dunc-lin, tho s.s. for Sydney via East Coast ports, and the s.s. Toroa for ■theC-hat-h.im Ibiands. 1( i Tho s.s. Waikare took no fewer than 0.14 ■ passengers irom Gisborno on her recent visit there when coming south. ; The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's s.s. i Mamari, from Londou, in expected' to arrive 'at Lyttelton on April 21. The Maori is 'to - follow about April 24. Mr J. A. C. Baker, who has been connected - with the Union Steamship Company since May, 1890 (says the Wellington "Post') has • resigned' from tho service, and is. returning I per Waikare to Sydney. Mr Baker, who was but recently oppomtcd to tho pursership of - the Qmapere, and has occupied a similar position on other of the company's vessels, will . carry with him the good wishes of his old . .associates and a large number of the travelling public. ",.,,. The following is tho substance of the last circular as to the movements of the Tys-er , Company'l3 ships:—The Tomoana was to have t sailed from New York for Melbourne, Sydney, l and'New Zealand ports on Saturday/last. The i Hawke's Bay is to follow her on May 12. The > Indraghiri arrived at Melbourne on April 6, '. and is due at Auckland on April 23; thence L she will come here via East' Coast, and will y probably finish loading at' Lytteßon. The I Indramayo left New York on Feb. 26 for Melbourne t Sydney, Auckland, Wellington and Lyitelton. .She will load for South lAfricsn, and sail about June 1. The iStar of England left London on April 6 via Australia ana way ports. She should reach Melbourne labout 1 The s.s. Ringarooma, which is to run in the 'Samoa-Honolulu trade, has been re-named 1 the Samoa. * 1 The s.s. "Wai-iti, the first tunnel .boat constructed in 'New Zealand, was launched on 1 April 12, at Auckland. The vessel was- built ' to the order' of Messrs 'Hatrick and 'Co., of ' Wanganui, for the tourist traffic on the river above Pipiriki. The vossel measures 40ft long by Bfi beam, and her guaranteed draught .was ■ not to exceed one foot. The actual draught of the boat when launched proved to be lin i forward and Bin aft. The launch is built of 1 kauri, on the diagonal principle. 'She has a. Yarrow tunnel, enabling a 22m propeller to work in a depth of nine inches of water. A • fourteen h.p. Union oil engine has been, fitted, .a speed of about seven knots being expected. The engine is nickled, the pipes, /etc.j being of -drawn copper. TELEGRAPH (NOTICE BOARD. . LYTTELTON, April 17. Arrived—7.ss a.m., Wakatu, from Kaikoura; 7 a.m., Waikare, from Port Chalmers; 1 p.m., Moura, from Wellington; 7.50 p.m., Cygnet, from A'karoa. / • Sailed—6.ls r>.m., Moura, for Port Chalmers. WELLINGTON, lAprili 17. Arrived—7.2s a.m., Maori, for iNapier; 1.20 ■ p.m., Roiomahana, for Lyttelton; 12.35 p.m., | Monowai, for Sydney. [ Sailed—-4 p.m., Whakatane, for London; 6.43 p.m., Rotoniahana, for • Lyitelton. o ■, 3 r. ~ BLUFF, 'April 17i Sailed—Daylight, Westralia, for iHobart. £,.,,„ AKAROA, April 17. bailed—9 a.m., Cygnet, for Lyttelton. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS, a '7 a 'Tv, ,KAIP ¥H ' April 17. bailed—'Dilpussund, barque, for Melbourne " a • j *r WELLINGTON, April 17. ' ■ Arrived-Monowai from Sydney; passengers for Lyttelton—Mesdames Ramin, Dyer Balton and infant Sly and Hood," Misses Hood and Margaret, Messrs Spencer, Fletcher, Hawkins, Walmsley, Lough', Viers, Litzenberger and fifteen -steerage; for Dunedin-Miss K S'-^ S Jrßae and 9i * steerage. ihe Waikato arrived at Gravesend yesterday. Sailed—Rotomahana, for Lyttelton- passengers—Misses Figher, Buss (2), Lindegaard, Dowdois and O'Brien, Mesdames Oliver, Ekensteen, Richmond, maid and child, Morris, beatey and two children, Bingham, Median, Fisher, Fallow, Grundy, Neill. Jones, Chapman, Hill and threo children', Revs Thompson and Jones, Hon Hill Trevor, Captain Dunk, Sergeants Elliott and Nye, Trooper Taranaki, Messrs Barrcll, Armstrong, Ker, MacDonald Sealey, Logan, Rule, Morris and two sons, Clmitou and Hememann, Masters Richmond), , Miller, Sengcr, Lilico, Oliver, Ekensteen, Morris, Grundy, Bostock, Roso and' twenty steerage. The colonial mails by Ihc Oceana, from Melbourne on March 13, wer 0 delivered in Lon- , don on April 12, two days early. - , . ' w , BLUFF, April 17. Arrived—Wakamu, from Dtmetlin. Sailed—Westralia, for Melbourne, at 7 a.m. AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. SYDNEY, April' 17. . Arrived—G. M. Tucker, from -Wellington. Kato Tatham, from Napier. NEWCASTLE, April 17. Sailed—Vision, for Auckland. Pukaki, for r Lyttelton. CLARENCE RIVER, April 17. Sailed—Chittoor, for Wcstport. Edward, for . Lyttelton UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY. [Pek Piiess Association.] J DUNEDIN, April 17. Capfaiu Smith, of the Y» r aihora, left for AYellington tbi-a morning to assume command oE the Waikare, is to fill a corresponding pois returning to headquarters to take charge I of the Warrimoo. Captain Stott, of the Wanaki, will replaco Captain Smith for one trip of the Waihora to Sydney and'back to Dunedin. Mr ! Pollock, chief steward of tho Waihora, will go over to the Warrimoo. and Mr Rooney,(of ; the Te Anau, will temporarily lelieve Mr "Pol- ! lock on the Waihora. Mr Kenant, chief officer i of the Waikare, js to fill a corresponding po- > sition on (he Warrimoo, the second officer of . the former Vessel being promoted a step in , the meantime.

3. h. tut- * Full Moon » . . , 4 0 SO p.m. V XiAsi Quarter ,■• • . . 12 3 27 p.m. Mew Moon • = . . 19 9 7 a.m. ,' First Quarter . . . . 28 3 45 a.m.