SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12586, 22 August 1901, Page 4

SHIPPING.

LYTTELTON. a>' : ! Lyttelton is situated in lit. 43.37 south, long. 172.44 east; and the difference of time ■ft'i'-between Lytteltonand Christchurch is 20sec. The time-bail is dropped l every weekday at X p.m., New Zealand mean time, which is ' equivalent to 13.30 Greenwich mean time o I the previous day, being calculated for d72deg east long., and llhrs 30min east ox Greenwich mean time.

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WEATHER REPORT. ETC.' High Water, This Day (Thursday): Morning 9.39 sum., 'afternoon 10.2 p.m. Sun rises ■6.49 a.m., sets ■ 6.20 p.m. Moon rises 10.10 i, a.m., sets 0.17 a.m. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21. ■ t 1 9 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer , ,30.00 80.03 30.17 ■ " Thermometer 50 50 42 Wind, SAW, light. ■ : ■,

THE WEATHER UN, AUSTRALIA. The following weather reports from Australian stations were received yesterday: Albany, August 20—Wind, N.W.; barometer {29.80; fine. Hobart, August 20—Wind, S.E.; barometer 30.30; fine. Sydney, August 21—Wind, south; barometer 29.80; equally, and light rain. THE WEATHER IN MEW ZEALAND. The following weather reports were received from New Zealand) .stations .at 5 p.m. ■ yesterday;— ■ ‘ Manukau Heads—Wind, N.W., fresh; bar'omerter 80.26, thermometer 62; gloomy, sea amooth. |SU.Nhw -Plymouth—'Wind, 5.8., light; bartameten 80.15, thermometer 55; cloudy, sea moderate. . - Caetle Point—Wind, S.S.W., light; bar--1 (tmeter 30.07, thermometer 53; fine, sea Smooth. Wellington—Wind, south, t fresh; barometer 80.10, thermometer 49; overcast. Westport—Wind, S.W., light; barometer 30.14, thermometer 50; fine, sea moderate. Kaikoura—Wind 1 , S.E., fresh; barometer 80.34, thermometer 42; rain, sea smooth. Oamoru—Wind,, S.Wv., light;' barometer 30.30, thermometer 44; overcast, sea smooth. Bluff—Wind 1 , south, fresh; barometer 30.40, thermometer 45; equally, but flna t Captain Edwin reports:—The pressure. has decreased at Albany, and also at - Sydney, but . ( it has increased at Hobart. A low pressure from the west passed east of the meridian of •South Gape about 9 p.m. yesterday. Others . from the same direction are duo on. August 23 and August 26. There is a low pressure ia the Tasmant Sea near Lord Howe Island.

WEATHEE FORECAST, lij. '. rTba following weather forecast was tele* . graphed from ’Wellington yesterday;—Wind ■ moderate to strong from between the west, - south-west and south at all places. The barometer will rise everywhere. The sea. will be

considerable on‘all the west coast and also on the east • coast southward of East" Cape, and moderate elsewhere. The tides will be good on the west coast of the North Island, and also at’Cape Campbell, and 1 moderate at •11 other parts. Synopsis of the last twenty-

1 four hours:—A decreasing pressure everywhere until about 10 p.m., since when it has risen generally. Strong north-west winds, changing towards the south-west, have been experienced . generally, aad rain has Mien at most places southward of Napier and New Plymouth. A low pressure from the west passed eastward of the meridian of South Capo about 8 p.m. - yesterday, and one from the same direction is duo on Friday. A slow pressure is in the TasB»*n Sea, but has decreased in energy.

ARRIVED. 'i , August 21—Mararoa, s.a, 1381 tons, Smith, irom Dunedin. Union Steamship Company, ■gents. Passengers—Mias Hamilton, Mesdomes Tyrrell and Hamilton,’Messrs Tyrrell, , Todd, Hamilton, Shalders and Moss and lour »teet»ge. / August 21—Batons, as.,' SS3 tons, Christian, W Ttmani. C. W. Turner, agent. , August 21—Te An-au, ' s.s., 1028 tons, AL’Dougall, from "Wellington and east' coast 'ports. Uirionr Steamship Company, agents Passengers—Misses Chplmondeky, Camming, ilitcbell, Paul, Sommerviile, Berkley (2), Scott, and Branigan, Mes dames Clarke (2), Hobbs, Branding, lake, Smith, Paul; Boiling, Rasmussen, Hogg, Pish, Angels, and Butcher and infant, Captain Mahon, Messrs . -Williams (2),, Stewart, Scott, Owen; Muir, at’Alister, Amess, Lake, Connolly, Towler, Oleaiy, Clark, Brown, Law, Richardson, Bay, Crispin, Pinlayson, (Betting, Myerson, Pear■dh. Really, and! Turnbull. ■ , t August 21—Upolu, as.,-700 tons, Rolls, from ’Akaroa, Timaru, Oamant and Dunedin. Union Steamship Company, agents. " August 21—Lily, schooner, 84 tons, Bloom, 'frorn'Creymouth. PitoaitMy and Co., agents. -"August 21— 1 Cygnet, s.a, G 6 tons, Murray, "from Akaroa. Pitcaithly and Co., agents, s. - SAILED;. ‘ ■ _ 'August 21—Te Anau, s.s., 1028 . tons, • jlfDougaK, for Dunedin. Union Steamship ■ (Jojnpany, ogenta ' ■ 1 August 2L—Upoln, s.s., 700 tons, Bolls, for Wellington, Nelson and New Plymouth. Union Steamship Company, agents. ‘ August 21—Mkraroa, s.s., 1381 tons. Smith, -■-'for Sydney* via east coast ports. Union ( ,"i Steamship Company, agents. Passengers: ' /por "Wellington—Misses Allan, Kendall, WilMtuna and! BroamaJiair, Mesdames O'Connell, ■ Young, Neill, Trompp, Prankish, Ledly and child and Johnston, ■ Messrs Cook, Buckley, 'O’Connell, L. P, Ayson, Eoag, Sharp, Young • (3) Clifford, T, L. Bishop, L. B. Adams, Tt • J.’Collins, J. H. Smith, M'Nicol, Chilwell, - 3>avis,' Bowie, Joyce, T. Bonham, Brown, Tutanehondka., Powrie, Appleby, Denby, MTI- - M’Nalloy; C. Comer, G. Whitty, A. B. i Morgan, Pringle, Greenaway, Corrick and G. , 'Coleman, and Master O’Connor; for Napier—- ■ Rev G. Thornton; Messrs "Waddell, P. Davis »nd Heighway; for Gisborne—Mrs Sherratt and Mr L. Rees; for Wellington—Misses Wordon, Tweddlo, Clark and Tucker, Mesdames Fowler, M’Kay, Wardlow, Higgins and Tucker, Messrs Coombe, M’Kay, J. Brown, : Rae, Stewart, J. W. Blake, Poss, Monaghan, ' Patterson, Buxton, Steward and! Brown and family; for Sydney—Misses Dunctfn (2), Mr Brown,

IMPORTS. Mararoat From Dunedin—3s half-chests, 16 boxes and) 10 cheats tea, 1 Peg and 1 case ale, X chest, 2 trus&es, 57 oases, 20 pkgs, 14 casks, 7 sacks..

Te Amu.' From Auckland—2l sacks and 72 'bags sugar, 10 cases varnish, 3 cases (hats, 1 case jam, 25 cases lemons, 2 cases drapery, 1 tog roots, 1 case saddlery, 10,106 ft timber, 2 cases treacle, 21 bags hides; 8 bales leather, 1 nkg eseff, 1 case iron, 18 pkgJ, 3 cases; from &isborne—2 empty returned Cases; from 'Kapier—3 oases fish, 6 sacks bides, 77 sacks cocksfoot, 1 pkg, 1 truss; from "Wellington!—2 coils rope, 200 bcfls laths, 781 bags, 1 case and 18 sackd 'sugar,, 3 cases syrup, 2D cases fruit, 1 tin. and 2 boxes fish, 1 buggy, 4 bdis h. Srooß, 9 casks pelts, 6 cases glass, 27 bales •wool, 3 horses, 15 empty bias, 8 cases, 12

h£d4 8 crate empty, .tins, 12 pkgs, i bale. .v tTpolu; Prom Dunedin—3 boxes; from Oamaru—4 bales woollens;, from Timaru —6 i cases sauce; from Alcaroa—lo sacks coal bags. \ DEPORTS-. • ( Taraiwera:‘ Pot Wanganui—l case, 1 parcel; for. Nelson—4 pkgs trees; for Patea — & bids ale; for Hokitika—l coop fowls, 1 case; for- A. estporl—l cases; for Row Plymouth—3 pkga ranges, 6 hhds ale, 4 cases; for Dlenlteim—l roller ring, 1 drill 1 , 1 pkg; for Wellington—3 pkgs ranges, 2 oases and! 2 / ersutca biscuits ant# confectionery, 20 cases ' fruit, 1 case dead, poultry, 1 bicycle, 12 horses, SA cases and 1 kid ale, 10 cases pickles, 1 crate perambulators, 50 sacks husks, 10 chests tea, 1 box passion fruit, 22 sacks potatoes), 5 Aicks closer seed, 25 sacks grassseed, 74 sacks flour, 17 sacks meal, SO sacks pollard 1 ,2 sacks semolina, 1 truss leather, 3 bales and! 1 bag fungus, 112 cases and pkgs. ■ > EXPECTED ARRIVALS.

From London—Waimate, left July SO, due Port Chalmers Sept. 18. 'Star of New Zealand, at Gisborne August 11. Whakaiane, left .Hobart August 17, due ■Wellington August 22. Otarama, due Auckland August 27. Karamea, at Port Chalmers, August 19. Kuruara, - left - 'Hobart August 17, duo Welling- " 'ton August 22. Wakatu, left July 20. duo Wellington Sopt.lo. • Star of Australia, - left July 12. Rangatiia .iqft August, 5. ■■ Maori, . left August 5. .Indradevi, at Melbourne, August 17. Pap area, left August 17. ' From Hew York— Gadsby, at Auckland, August 15- Mimiro, left June 30. Inchkeitb, - fl.a., 3759 tons. Indralema, s.a., left July 25. , - From Edithburg—■Manurewa, barque, 327 ■ tons. ; From- Algoa Bay—Corryvrechan, barque, 1866 tone. . , From Capo Town—Kmclune, barque, 718 to From Fiji—Mary Moore, barque, 514 tons. From Sydney—Frank Guy, barquentine, 191 Ocean Island—Moonstone; as.,' 2110 s'Si "tons. , - . '' From Melbourne—Hounslow, s.s., 2737 tons, •t Bluff, August 19. From Hamburg—John Gill, ship, 928 tons. From Hobart —Helen, barque, 343 tons. From Newcastle —Elver Hunter, . barque, ■r'lM tona, sailed August. 17. |. - "VESSELS HOMEWARD BOU^D.^ ||K|iiiSiato ‘‘:i v.•. >, ® . - 13 "i; ;

THE UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY’S

FLEET. ' THURSDAY. —Ttwawera arrives from Wellington, and! leaves on return trip'. Kini leaves for Greymouth.

The schooner Lily arrived from Greymouth at 10.35 a.m. yesterday. Yesterday the a.s. Mararoa arrived from Dunedin at 6.20 a.m. j the a.s. Petone from Timaru at 6.30 a.m.; the s.s. Te Anau from Wellington, and' east coast ports at 6.50 a.m.; and the s.s. XJipolu from southern ports at B.lo' a.m. The schooner Annie Hill has been purchased by Mr W. Cook, of Lyttelton, from Mr W. S. Waterston, of- Invercargill. Mr Cook intends to run her in place of the Jessie Niccot ini the trade between Lyttelton and Kaipara. . The returns compiled by “Lloyds Register “ dhow that, at the close ox the quarter ended Juno 30, 1901, excluding warships, 441 vessels of 1,300,179 tons gross were under construction in the United Kingdom, .against 499 vessels of 1,265,313 tons gross on, June 30, 1900. The total included 413 steain vessels, of 1,287,818 tons, again®! 473 of 1,250,838 tons in June last year. Two of the steamer?- being built were of iron, but their tonnage was, only 880 Two were wood or composite, and their gross register was hut 72 tons. The remaining 409, of 1,287,366 ton®, wore of steel. In Juna last year 35 iron steamers were under construction, and their aggregate gross tonnage was 6,661 tons. The sailing vessels being built in June last numbered 28, of 12,361 tons gross, against 26, of 14,473 tons, gross, in June, 1900. Fifteen, of the sailing vessels, of 10 948 tons, were of steel, and the xernaminrr is 0 { 1413 tons, of wood and composite. ! The present return' shows a decrease in the tonnage tinder construction of about 3000 tons, as-.compared wuh the figures for the preceding quarter. As compared with threturn for December, 1898, the hignest on record; there is a reduction of 101,000 tons. _ The -sa Taxawera waits at Wellington this trip for the San Francisco mail. She was not to leave till 4 a.m. to-day, and will, consequently, not reach Lyttelton till late this afternoon. , , ~ The s.s-. Cygnet arrived from Akaroa yesterday afternoon. y . The departure of the s.s. Mombas-sa fen South Africa has been postponed, fahe Writ probably leave to-day. .. ~ nn The s.-s. Te Anau left for Dunedin at 1.20 ■p.m., and the is-s. Upolu for Wellington, Nelson and New Plymouth at 1.30 p.m. yesterday. . . „ , . , The s.s. Mararoa left for Sydney, via cast coast ports, yesterday evening.

telegraph NOTICE BOARD. LYTTELTON, August 21

Arrived, 7 am., To Anau, from 'Wellington; 7 a.m.,-Mararoa, from Pert Chalmers; 7 am., Petone, from Timaru; 3 pm., Cygnet, from Afcaroa. m , Sailed, 1.30 p.m., Upolu, for Wellington; 1.5 p.m., To Arrau, for Port Chalmers; 6.30 p.m., Petone, for Greymouth. TIMARU, August 21. -Arrived, 10' a.m., Aotto, from Lyttelton. NEW PLYMOUTH, August 21. Arrived, 10.45 a.m., Takapuna (inward San Francisco mail), from > Onehunga. Sailed, 12.30 p.m., Takapuna, (southern portion of tho San Francisco mail), for Wellington. .

WELLINGTON, August 21,

Arrived, 12.20 p.m., Tarawera, from Lyttelton; 12.80 p.m., Eiver Boyne, from Newcastle. Sailed, midnight, Tarawera, (southern portion of the San Francisco mail), for Lyttelton. AKAHOA, August 21. Sailed, 4 a.m., Upolu, for Lyttelton; 8 a.m., Qygnet, for Lyttelton. . AUCKLAND, August 21. Sailed; 8 a.m., Sierra, for Sydney; 3.40 p.m., Ovalau, for Fiji.

SHIPPING TELEG-KAMS. AUCKLAND, August 21. Sailed—'Sierra, R.M.S., for Sydney. Ovalau, for Suva'andi Levuka. WELLINGTON, August 21.

To sail at midnight, with San Francisco mails—Tarawera, for; Lyttelton; passengers— Misses Harper ’ (2), Massey, Manning and Fletcher, Mesdames Tripp, Johnstone, Howell and child, Neill, Phillips, Waits, Phipps and Woolley, Rev Johnstone, Dr Wright, Messrs Tripp, Walsh, Woolley, Howell, Williams, Scully, Meek, Mandel, Me©, Thomson and' DnS and nineteen steerage. The Bluff Harbour Board has notified the Marine Department that the; lightship has been replaced. Its present position is slightly to the westward of the former, but this will be rectified.

AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING-. SYDNEY, August 21. Arrived l —Jessie Craig, from Kaipara. Wesllralia, from Auckland. Sailed—'Waikare, for New Zealand, with English and Vancouver miails.' MELBOURNE, August' 21. Arrived—Timaru and Edward, from Kaipara. Sailed—Mokoia, for the Bluff.

d. h. m. Last Quartei * .. .7 7 32 p.m. 2?ew jvlooa a . . 14 7 28 4 p.Bd. Pirst Quarter .22 7 22 p.n. Puil (iioon ' , . . 30 7 51 a.m.