SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12567, 31 July 1901, 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 SOsec. The time-ball is dropped every week day at J p.m.. Now Zealand mean .time, which 13 ' equivalent to 13.30 Greenwich mean time ol v the previous day, being calculated for 172aeg SOmin east long., and llhrs 30min east of Greenwich mean time. PHASES OF THE MOON. JULY.

: WEATHER REPORT, ETC. High Water, This Day (Wednesday): Morning 3.33 a.m., afternoon 3.59 p.m. 'Sun rises 7.16 a.m., sets 4.56 -p.m. Moon rises 4.55 p.m., sets 6.36. a.m. WEDNESDAY, JULY 30. 9 a.m. noon. 5 p.m. ■Barometer ♦ . 29.20 29.19 28.93 'Thermometer , 43 62 49 Wind, N.E., light. ■ ■ /' THE WEATHER IN AUSTRALIA, The following weather reports were received tom Australian stations yesterday:— Albany, July 29—Wind, N.E. ; barometer 80.86,; cloudy. • Hobart, July 29—Wind, south; barometer 80.10; fine. Sydney, July 30—Wind, west; barometer B 0,1 0; fine. ( THE WEATHER IN NEW ZEALAND. , The following weather reports were received from New Zealand stations as 5 p.m, yesterday;— ■ ' "? Manukau Heads—Wind, N.W., fresh; bar<ometer \ 29-11, thermometer 60; showery, sea smooth." New Plymouth—Calm; barometer ,29.25. thermometer 61; showery, sea rough. Castle.Point—Wind, N.E., light; barometer 29.11, thermometer 49; gloomy, sea heavy. Wellington—Wind,. - N.N.W., fresh; barometer 29.03, thermometer 50; overcast. Westport—Wind, north, light; barometer 29.01,, thermometer 50; -showery, sea rough. Kaikoira— Calm; barometer, 29,07, thermometer 48; fine, sea considerable. ' Oamaru—Calm; barometer 29.09, 'thermometer 43; fine, sea rough. _ Bluff—Wind, west, light; barometer 29.01, thermometer 45; overcast. ; _ ' Captain Edwin reports:—There is a very high pressure at Albany, and it has increased at both Sydney and 'Hobart, -v low pressure is passing from Ofepe Farewell to the S.‘E. by E., and a low pressure from the west has passed to • the eastward of the meridian of South Cape. 'Gales, from between the north-wess and west and south, with rain, are.to he expected in .all parts of the country.

WEATHER FORECAST. The following weather forecast was teie- ' graphed from Wellington) yesterday: —A gala Irom between the north-west and south-west at all places. The barometer will rise at ail ■ places northward of Thames and Manukau ‘soon, and further fall during the next twelve hours, but rise after that time at all places frdta Thames and Manukau southward to Kaikoura and Hokitika, and rise at all other places after six hours. The sea will be heavy on all the west coast, and also on the east ■ coast north. ,o! Ensii Cs-po and. southward of Castlepoint. The tides will be high on all the west coast of the North Island, and also on the east coast southward of Castlepoint, good ' ou the west 'coast of the South Island and moderate elsewhere. Rain is to be expected jn t all parts of the country, and cold 1 weather ’’ probably everywhere with the rising glass. Warning signals for westerly gales are ex- . hibiied at Capo Maria Van. ‘Diemen and Tiritiri, and also at Capes Campbell, Foulwmd and FareweKl Spit. Synopsis of the last twenty-four hours:—The pressure has continued’ to' decrease everywhere. . North-east to north gales have been experienced northward of East Cape, Taupo and Capo Egmont, with heavy rain and moderate northerly winds' elsewhere. Rain haa fallen in all parts of the North ■ Island, and also at Nelson, but the frost has continued in Otago. A low pressure from the north-west by west is near Cape Farewell, and is travelling to tho southeast, and a low pressure from the west is . pawing to the eastward of the meridian of South Cape.

ARRIVED. July 30—'Waipori, s.s., 1229 tons, from Newcastle. Union Steamship Company, agents. July 30—Joseph Sims, schooner, 95 tons, Berg, from Collingwocd. Pitcaithly and Co., •gents. , July 30—Tarawera, s.s., 12G9 tons, Manning, from Wellington. Union Steamship -i Company, agents. Passengers—Misses Walker and- Melhuish, Mesdames Stewart, Witheford, Walker, Ray ward, Caldera, Henderson, Mack, and Claiter, Messrs Mitchell, Smith, Poison, Tresher, Marshall, Hunt, Dick, Irving, Davidson, Suckling, Hall, Harrowed, Hercus, 1 M’Kerrow, Gray, Brooks, Naughton, Henderson, Ivory, M’Farlane, Zainey, Bonzaid, Foster, Eamshaw and twenty-three steerage. July 30—Morning Light, schooner, 92 tons, Williams, from Waibapu. Pitcaithly and Co., agents. SAILED. July 30—Cygnet, s.s., 66 tons, Murray, for Akaroa, via the Bays. Pitcaithly and Co., agents, July 30—Taieri, s.s., 1070 tons, Lobh, for Westport, Union Steamship Company, agents. July 30 —Tarawera, s.s., 1269 tone, Manning, for. Wellington: Union Steamship Company, agents; passengers—Misses Hamilton, Ellis, Fuller, Jamieson, Wallace, Blay, Cox, Wilson and Dyer, Mesdames Ramsay, Stodart, Rudd, Webster and -child, Taky, Burnett, and Wylie and child, Hons E. C. J. Stevens andl G. M’Leari, Dr 'M’Lean, Messrs ,D«nnieton (2), Chapman', Webster, Taky, Macdonald, Grey, Brown, Barry, Reid, M’Parlane, Miullins, •M’Phel, Benjamin, Duff, M’Kellar, Stoupe, Field, Lewin, Ivory, 'Sutherland', Barrett, , Allan, Shirley, Fairweather, Seville, Heeles, Xing, Rice and Hart, and Master Rice. IMPORTS. Huia: From Kaipara—l7o,oooft timber. Joseph Sims: From Collingwood—6o,oooft timber. Tarawera:' Prom Wellington—6B rolls netting, 59 boxes butter, 8 cases fish, 7 sacks beans, 6 axle-boxes, 10 sacks hides, 3 horses, 43 cattle, 1 sack, 45 cases, 52 pkgs, 2 casks, 11 crates empties. 1 truss, 6 crates. Waipori: From Newcastle—llso tons coal. 8765 ft timber. ■ ’ _ _, EXPORTS. -i, Eliza Firth: For Kaipara—l3s sacks oats, ■450 sacks potatoes, 1 sack onions, 10 sacks carrots, 60 sacks wheat, 420 sacks chaff, 6 sacks turnips, 20 sacks oatmeal, 120 sacks ; bran, 100 sacks sharps, 6 sacks oatina, 40 ' toms -flour, 45 cases meat, 1 hale hay. "''‘M Clyde; For Auckland—loo3 sacks potatoes, t* 621 sacks oats. . ■ EXPECTED ARRIVALS. ®rom London-—Hawke’s Bay, left Welling- ' ton July 30. Waimate, left July 31, due 'Port Gbalmera Sept. 19. Waikato, at 'Wellington 'f July 24, Pakeha, left June 18, Star of New ... 'Zealand, left London May 31. Tokomaru, at I Auckland, June 26. Whaiatane,. left Cape • Town, July 22. Otarama, left Hobart July • 27, due Wellington August 1. Karamea, left June 29; due Port Chalmers, August 18. Kumars, deft July 4, due Welington August ; 98. Fifeshire at Timaru.' Wakanui, left July "V 29, due Wellington Sept. 10. Star of Aus- • ! tralia, left July 12. ■i From New York—Tomoana, at Wellington, July 90. Badsby, left May 23. Mimiro, left v June 30. Inchkeith. K From Edithburg—Manuwera, barque, 327 tod#* _ From Algoa Bay— Corryyreohan, barque, 1866 tons. From Cape Town—Kinchme, barque, 718 tonsFiom Fiji—Mary Moore, barque, 544 tons. prom Sydney—River Hunter, barque, 234 •J tons, sailed July 11. Frank Guy, baiquenu '- tine, 191 tons. From Durban—Trojan, ship, 1595 tons, left ( Jiay 17. From Ocean Island—Moonstone, s.s., 2140 ton#. . From,Newcastle— Waipori, s.s., 'JeftyJiuy 21. From Delagoa Bay—Triton, ship, ,1466 tons. . ,i VESSELS HOMEWARD SOUND. - Days Out. Bedford (Captain M’Kinnon) , , , 116 Inverclyde (Captain Milne) . « 1 ~ 77 Dumblahe '(Captain Damora) . .- . 36 THE UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY’S .FLEET. WEDNESDAY—Moura arrives from Wellington and east coast ports, and leaves for Dunedin. Janet Niccll arrives from Timaru, Oamaru and 'Dunedin, and leaves for Wellington, '■Westport 'and Greymouth., Kini leaves for Timaru and ‘Dunedin. The s.s. Tarawera arrived from Wellington fti 6.50 a.ni. yesterday. The schooner Joseph Sims arrived at 7 a.m. yesterday from Collingwood. •* ■■ It is stated that special attention is to be paid to the machinery of the s.s. Warrimoo during her overhaul at Port Chalmers, with , the’object of making her speed equal to that of the Mararoa, fifteen knots. ■ Tho. Wellington “Post” states that the

Russian ship Triton, which arrived at Adelaide from Delagoa Bay on July 18, has been chartered to load with wheat in New Zealand for the United Kingdom and the Continent. Captain Bignell, formerly of the steamer Waipara, is, says the " Post,” temporarily in charge of the Jane Dougiaa, which arrived on Sunday morning from Westport with thirtyfive tons of coal. Captain Coulson, who ms been in charge of the vessel since she entered into the coastal trade, has resigned, and on • the vessel’s return to Westport his place is to be taken by Captain Anderson. The s.s. (Kini, which is to leave to-day for Timaru and Port Chalmers, is to be docked for her annual overhaul at the latter port. The s.s. Uygnefe left for Akaroa- at 3 p.m. yesterday. , The 1 New Zealand Shipping Company s s.s. Rimutaka is to leave for Port 'Chalmers on Friday. The Hucllart-Parker liner Elingamite is to arrive from Dunedin this morning, and to leave, for Sydney, via east coast ports, this afternoon. , . , . . , , The schooner Morning Light arrived from Waitapu last night. , - Yesterday the brigantine Eliza Firth cleared for Kaipara, and the schooner Clyde for Auckland. , T , ( The barometer was unusual.y low at DJttelton last night, the reading at 5 p.m. being °lLFnight the s.s. Taieri left for Westport, and the s.s. Tarawera for Wellington. THE WAIPORI. The Union 'Steamship Company’s new cargo .steamer Waipori arrived at Lyttelton from Newcastle, on her maiden trip, at 3.15 a.m. yesterday, with a cargo of coal. She is a good specimen of the cargo carrier of the newest type, and is'fitted with the most recent improvements in machinery and appliances, bne is constructed of steel, and hex dimensions are length 282.1 ft, beam 40.1 ft, depth of hold 20.4 ft. Her deadweight capacity is 3000 tons, and her registered tonnage 1919 tons gross and 1229 tons net. Her engines, on the tripie expansion principle, are of 174 horse-power nominal, the diameter of the cylinders 18 , respectively, 21in, S3in and 53in, and the length of stroke 38in. Her speed at sea is Hi knots. The vessel was built by the Campbelltown Shipbuilding Company, and the engines were made by Messrs J. G. Kincaid and Co., ot Greenock'. As the Waipori is specially intended for the timber trade between New Zealand and Australia, she has holds of extra size for the storage of logs. Her winches are placed on platforms above the deck, thus afford. а. clean run and enabling the winchman to .have better command of his work. The Waipori is commanded by Captain M. Hvine, an officer well 'known, in Lyttedon, and the son of a resident.' of Christchurch. His officers'are;—Chief officer, Mr S. James; second, Mr R- N. Munro; third, Mr W. H. Cheshire; chief engineer, Mr J. 'Dunlop; second, Mr D. Pace; third, Mr H. Andeiton; fourth, Mr C., Turner. The Waipori left Newcastle on July 21, having gone to the Australian coal port from Home, via Delagoa Bay and Mauritius. 'TELEGRAPH NOTICE 'BOARD. . BLUFF, Ju.y 30. ’, Arrived, 8 a.m., Talune (English mail), from Hobart. AUCKLAND, July 30. Arrived, 3 a.m., Sierra (San Francisjo mail), from Honolulu; 5.30 p.m., Mildura, irom bydnSy' LYTTELTON, July 30. Arrived, 7.20 a.m., Tarawera, from Wellington; early, Waipori, from Newcastle. Sailed, 7.10 p.m., Taieri, for Westport; 3 o. Cvsnet, for Akaroa. p. vy D . July 30. Arrived, 9.20 a.m., Rotorua, from Lyttelton; 12.15 p.m., Tomoana, from Napier. Sailed, 1 p.m., Hawke’s Bay, for Lyttelton; б, pm, Waikato, fox Lyttelton; 6.35 p.m., •Mouia, for Lyttelton. GISBORNE, July 30. Arrived, 5 a.m., Nururoa, from Nev/castle. SPIT, July 30. Arrived, 10.40 a.m., barque Hirqtha, from Newcastle. ■ . PORT CHALMERS, Ju.y 30. . Sailed, 11.30 a.m., barque Campbell, for -Newcastle; 12.45 p.m., Fifeshire, for Timaru; 3.30 p.m., Elingamite, fer Lyttelton. ■ ONEHUNGA, July 30. Sailed, 11.20 a.m., Takapuna (Inward San Francisco mail), for New Plymouth., SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, July 30. Arrived—Ventura, from San Francisco; pas-' sengers—Misses Olin, King, Williams, Featherstone, Mesdames King, Featheratone, Woolley, Patterson, Gower, 1 Messrs Wright, Horsley and eight steerage. She has forty-two saloon, twelve second dais and nine steerage passengers for Sydney. H.M.S. Mildura, from Sydney. Sailed—Omapere, for east coast ports and WeTington. ■. Tavmni, for Eastern Pacific. Waikare, for .southern Ports. The Ventura leaves at midnight for SydnßJ‘ rt , ONEHUNGA, July SO. for mew Plymouth and Wellington, WELLINGTON, July 80. Sailed—iMoiira, for Lyttelton and Dunedin; passengers for' Lyttelton—Mesdames Gow, Dunnage, Wylie and ■ Ennis, Dr Pomare, Messrs Fountain, Waymouth, Weston, Bayun, Kerr, Burke, Gibb, Ferguson, Houlker, Tomlinson, Thornton, Paul, Webster, .Cunningham, Green, Dunnage, Wylie and Ennis; for Dunedin—Misses Tindall, Hatfield and Alexander, (Mesdames Stewart and ‘Reriti, Messrs ■M’Ghie, Wells and twenty steerage for both ports. .. . DUNEDIN, July 30. Sailed—Elingamite, for Sydney, via east coast ports; passenger for Lyttelton—Miss Greensill. BLUFF, July 30. ArrivedI—Talune, 1 —Talune, from Melbourne and Hobart, at 8 aim.; passengers—Mrs Hurst and Messrs Judd and Hurst. Sailed—Hawea, for Auckland. Talune, for Dunedin. * , . -

d. h. m. j’ull 'Moon . , , 2 10 48 a.m Last Quarter , , 9 2 50 p.m New Moon ' , . 16 9 41 a.m First Quarter * , 24 1 28 a.m Full Moon < . 31 10 4 p.m