SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 13934, 16 December 1905, Page 4

SHIPPING.

LYTTELTON. The time-tall is dropped every week-day at 1 p.m., New Zealand mean time, which is equivalent to 13.30 Greenwich mean 'too of previous day, being calculated for I72deg 80mm east long., -anallbrs 30mm east of Greenwich mean time. PHASES OP THE MOON.

WEATHER REPORT, ETC. High Water, This Day Morning 7.34 a.m., afternoon 7.40 p-m. Sun rises 4.17 ai.m., sets 7.35 p.m. Moon rises l(X3uD.m.. sets 7.57 a.m. * FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15. 9 a.m£ Noon. ‘ 5 p.m. Barometer , . 29.G5 29.63 29.63 Thermometer . 67 69 67 Wind, N.B. MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY, CHRIST CHURCH. Meteorological observations, taken at 9.30 a.m., Friday, December 16: Barometer —29.560. , , Maximum temperature during preceding twenty-four hours —73.7. . ~ Minimum temperature during preceding twenty-four hours—4o.o. . Temperature at 9.30 a.m. —Dry bulb b 0.2, wet bulb 54.5. Humidity per cent—49. Maximum temperature in sun —137.0. Minimum thermometer on grass—3l.l. Direction of wind—W. Cloud (0-10)—2. ' Rainfall during previous twenty-four hours —o.ll7in. Barometer—Steady. THE ‘WEATHER IN NEW ZEALAND. The fallowing weather reports were received at 3 p.m.- yesterday:— ' ' Monukaw Heads—Wind, west, breeze; barometer 29.92, thermometer €9; cloudy, bar smooth. ' , - New Plymouth—Wind, W.S.W.. light; barometer 29.79, thermometer 61; fine, sea 1 moderate. Wellington—Wind. N.N.W., fresh; bare--jheter 29.52, thermometer 69; fine. Westport—Wind, W.S.W., breeze; barometer 29,73, thermometer 62; fine, sea slight Jwelh * Kaikoura—Wind, E.S.E., light; barometer J 9.48, thermometer 67; gloomy, sea smooth. Bluff—Wind. S.E., light; barometer 29.37, thermometer 58; fine. * ARRIVED. • December 15—Maheno, s.s., 8277 tons, Seville, from Melbourne, via' southern ports, union, Steamship' Company, agents. Passengers—Misses Gossett, Luttrell, Mynks, ‘ Wallace, Barnett, M’Lean (2), Holdsworth, Dixon (2), Underwood and Flaxman, Mesdames Fairbairn, Allen, Holdsworth, Holesgfctye and Banks and infant, Dr Donaldson, Captain M’Nair, Messrs Broad, Thomson, , Allen and child. Chapman, Wilson, Mirand, Lewis, Connor, Smith, Fraser, Pontey, Broody and Ellis, Master Archer and nineteen steerage. December 15—Devon, s.s;, 3546, tons. Brown, from Dunedin. Kinsey, Barns and Co., cgents. . December 15—Monowai, s.s., 2137 tons, Hornsby,. from Sydney, via . Wellington. •Union. Steamship Company, agents. Passengers—Misses Thompson, Copper, Douglas, ■Rolls, Mansfifeld, Turnbull, Platts, Hicks, 1 Scrimgeour, Milne and Duggan, Mesdames' Fraser, Wilthew, Harrison and child, Lawler, Pearson, Cowlishaw, Hughes, Rolls, Watch, Hicks,' Beyan and hoy and Laing, Messrs Porter, Harrison, Logie, Lawler, Oudaille, Watson, Copper/ M’Gimpscy, Stevenson, Rolls, Glass, M’Bay, Grant, i Hume, Oates, Prostinghair, Bain, Moffatt, Edwards and Keane and forty-six steerage. December 15—Rotomahana, s.s., 914 tons, Collins, from Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers—Misses Dowding* Chesshyre, Burton, Waghorn, Kirk, Poivell, -Humphries, Stephenson, Downing (2) and Wbomleer, Mesdames Anderson, Parnham, Andrews Bryan, Waghorn, Fisher, Hodges and Willingham, Colonel Loveday, Messrs Borthwick, Collins, Walker, Lamblidge, Isaacs, . Clarkson, Young, Fergie, Bourke, Graham, Davis, Andrews, Bryan, Clere, Scales, West, Hanmer, Archer (2), Bailey, Murray, Moore, Gresson, Barker (2), Burgess, M’Pheison, Andrews, Coull and Berry, and forty-one steerage. ; December 15—Baden-Powell, s.s., 92 tons, Muir,-from Wellington.' Kinsey, Barns and Co., agents. /December 15—Cygnet, s.s., 68 tons, Murray, from Cheviot and Kaikoura. Pitcaithly and Co., agents. ■ SAILED. s —Monowai, s.s., 2137 tons, liorrisby,- for Melbourne, via southern ports. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers: For Dunedin—Mrs Ledger and .two I children, Messrs M'Pherson and Young; for Hobart—Messrs Searell, Hogg and Powell; for Melbourne—Mr Burns. " December 15—Baden Powell, s.s., 92 tons, Muir, for Akaroa, via the Bays. Kinsey, -Bams and .Co., agents. , December 15—Devon, s.s., 3546 tons, Brown, lor Wellington’. Kinsey, Barns and Co., agents. ' . December 15—Rotomahana, s.s., 914 tons, Collins, fox Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers—Misses Duncan, Scott (3), Watts, Cresswell, Hayes, Clark, Ford, Robertson, Hopkins, Swanston, Sorensen, M’Meekin, Page £2), .Law, Moody (2), Hitching-s, Bradley and Scrivenor, Mesdames Duncan (2), Chapman and two Roberts, O’Connell and child, Vi’Kenzie, Fay, Maher, Bradley, Gillies, Ed- . jrards and Cruickshank, Messrs Matheson, Seales, Elliott, Meighan, Phillips, Ashton, Burry, Crawford, Duncan, Roberts, Smith, Cruickshank, Burridge, Cutler, Hoar, Martin, M'Master, Robertson, Cumberworth, Hodder, Anderson, Christie, Brown, Harrow (2), M’Bain, Wickes and Braddell, Masters Swanston, M’Kenzie, Rolfe, O’Sullivan, Scott (2), Ellis and Cresswell. December. 15—Canopus, s.s., 835 ions, Lobb, ior Westport- Westport Coal Company, igents. December —Maheno, s.s., 3277 ions, Neville, for Sydney, via Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers; For Wellington—Misses Moore, Maher, Andrews, Came, Wilson, Bain, Bowen, Shanaghan, Duncan, Harris and Laws, Mesdames Morris, Webster and two children, -Young, Duncan and Harris, Rev A. L. Hansell, Messrs Burnett, G Ellison, Andrew (2), G. P. Williams, Tippett, Kirkpatrick, Wallis, Mur-' ray, Turnidge. Maokie, Hughes and Fraser; for Sydney—Misses Lowton, Dowding, Shirlaw, Auld, Salter, Townsend, Stewart, Gra- , ham and .Barnes. Mesdames Hoskins. Brightwell, Nohilin, Rankin, Hullen and Manning and twb children, Rev E. P. (Blamires, Messrs Holmes,' Barnett, Manning, W. H. Wanklyn and Hoskins. December 35—Adansi, s.s., 1643 tons, Lament, -for Sydney. Pitcaithly and Co., ■ agents. ■ December. 15—Brisbane, s.s., 716 tons, M’Leod, for Kaipara. C. W. Turner, agent. : Kinsey, Bsms and Co., port agents. December 15—Arthur, ■ barque, TIB tons, , Evensert; • for Kaipara. M’Olatchie and Co., ' agents. . THE UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY’S FLEET. t , SATURDAY.—Mararoa arrives from Wel- , lington and leaves on return trip. Manuka arrives from Sydney via cast coast ports and leaves for Dunedin. Poberua arrives from Timaru, Oama.ru and Dunedin and leaves for iWellirlgtoh, Westport and Grey-mouth. . SUNDAY.—Rotomahana arrives from Wellington. ' The Union Steamship Company’s s.s.Monowai, from Sydney, via Wellington, entered within the moles at 6 a.m. yesterday. . She left Sydney on Saturday last, and arrived’ at Wellington at 4 p.m. on Wednesday. ’ Smooth seas, with heavy rain squalls, hazy, overcast weather and variable winds pre- ■ vailed throughout the passage across the Tasman Sea. The steamer left Wellington for here at 4.15 p m. on Thursday. Yesterday the 5.9. Devon arrived from Dunedin at 6 a,m., the s.s. Rotomahana from Wellington at 8.20 a.m., the s.s. Baden-Powell from Wellington at 10.45 a.m. ■ The schooner Rings, which left‘Lyttelton on Friday last, arrived at Havelock on Thursday night. She had been greatly hindered by adverse winds. ' The Union Steamship Company’s new turbine steamer Maheno, from Melbourne, via the south, arrived at 4.30 a.m. yesterday. The report of the passage states that the Maheno left Melbourne at 7.40 p.m. on Wednesday, December 6, cleared the Heads at midnight, passed Swan Island at 11,30 a.m. • on Thursday, December 7, rounded Tasman Island at 10.40 the same night, and arrived in Hobart at 2 a.m. on Friday, December 8. She left Hobart again at 4.20 p.m. on Friday, had Tasman Island abeam at-6.30 the sane night, sighted Puysegur Point at 10.35 p m. on Sunday last, and arrived o2 the Bluff at 4 a.m. on Monday, mooring at seven the same morning. Making allowance for th=! difference in time . between Tasmania ltd How Zealand, the Maheno made the run irom Hobart to the Bluff in the smart time of 58 hours. She left the Bluff at 7.30 on Monday evening, and arrived in Dunedin on Tuesday morning. After leaving Melbourne she experienced fine weather, with light iou'h-easterly wind and swell, which held till arrival at Hobart; from thence fine weather, with light south and north-easterly wind and smooth seas. The steamer left Port Chalmers for Lyttelton at 5.25 p.m. on Thursday. She made the run from Otago Heads to Lyttelton Heads in lOhr smin, or ■b average speed of nearly 18 knots. ‘

The s.s. Devon left at 4.13 p.m. yesterday for Wellington. After shipping a quantity of cargo for West of England ports she is to go from Wellington to Sydney and thence Home via Buenos Ayres. The schooner Lily came off the Lyttelton Harbour Board’s slip yesterday morning. Her place on the slip was taken in the afternoon by the s.s. John Anderson, which went on ,to be cleaned and painted. The steamer is to come off to-day,' The s.s. Bjidon-Powell left for Akflroa via the Bays at 3.5 p.m. yesterday. The s.s. Adansi, which brought a cargo of E‘ trrah timber from Bunbury to Dunedin and yitelton, left yesterday evening under orders to proceed to Sydney. What her movements wiL be alter reaching that port is not known, here. It is understood that another steamer will come to Lyttelton shortly with a second load of timber from Bunbury. The s.s. Brisbane left for Kaipara at 5.55 last evening, the s.s. Canopus for Westport at 6.15, the s.s. Adansi for Sydney at 9.56 p.m., and the barque Arthur from the stream for Kaipara at 7 p.m. The Cygnet arrived, from Cheviot and Kaikoura at 9.33 last evening. The Rotomahana left for Wellington at 6.15 last evening, and, the Mhheno for the same port at 7.45. v There was considerable speculation in the’ port last night as to whether the latter boat would succeed in catching the Rotomahana and in breaking the record of lOhr 17min at present hold by the Moeraki for the trip to Wellington. TELEGRAPH NOTICE BOARD. LYTTELTON, December 15. Arrived, 4.25 a.m., Maheno, from Port Chalmers; 6 a.m., Devon, from Port Chalmers; 6.25 a.m., Monowai, from Wellington; 8.20 a.m., Rotomahana, from 'Wellington; 10.45 a.m., Baden-Powell, from Wellington. Sailed, 1.15 p.m., Monowai, for Port Chalmers; 3.5 p.m., Baden-Powell, for Akaroa; 4,15 p.m,, Devon, for Wellington; -5.50 p.m., Brisbane, fer Aaumai; 6.10 p.m., Canopus, for Westport; 6.12 p.m.,. Rotomahana, for Wellington; 7.40 p.m., Maheno, for Wellington. , WELLINGTON, December 15. Arrived, 5.30 a.m., Mararoa, from Lyttelton; 6.25 a.m., Manuka, from Napier. Sailed, 8 p.m., Mararoa, for Lyttelton; 5.40 plm., Manuka, for Napier. PORT ROBINSON, December 15. 1 Arrived, 4 a.m., Wakatn, from Lyttelton; 11.50 a.m., Cygnet, from Lyttelton (via Kaikcura). Sailed, 3.25 p.m., Cygnet, for Lyttelton; WESTPORT, December 15. Arrived, 7.40 p.m., Kini, from Lyttelton. Sailed, 12.10 p.m., Defender, for Lyttelton. AUCKLAND, December 15. Sailed, 5.20 a.m., Whakatane, lor Napier; 6 a.m., Star of Ireland, for Wellington. PORT CHALMERS, December 15. Sailed, 3.45 p.m., Kassa, barque, for Greymeuth. FAREWELL SPIT, December 15. Pareora passed east for Wellington at G a.m., and Kaituna also passed east for Wellington at 10.10 a.m. EAST CAPE, December 15. ■Wanaka passed south at '12.45 p.m. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ( WELLINGTON, December 15. Sailed —Manuka, for Lyttelton and Dunedin; passengers for Lyttelton—Misses Glasgow, Paltel and Trent, Mesdames Booth, Bowie and two children, Gifford and two childien, Oswald, Lucas and Bouse, Messrs Luggate, Borrie, White, Chaplin, Lucas, Morrow, Northoote, Fogi, Gifford, Bowie, Khull, Booth, Wrigglesworth' and Fowler, Masters Payne, Barrett and Fowler; for Dunedin— Misses Brown, Platts, Waymouth, Rowe, Bums and Reid, . Mesdames Wilford, ■ Oommin, Loughnan, Woodbury and two children, Menzies, Waddell and three children, Allen, Martin, - Dickie, Bannatyne and Burns and infant, Messrs MTntosh, Woodbury, Rowe, Harty, Allen, White, Watson and Burns, Masters Wilford and Gray. Mararoa, for Lyttelton; passengers—Misses Fornadez, Shand, Freeman (2), Pulton, Turner, MJLood (2), O’Kane, Darby, Thomas, Gellatley, Burns, Rawnsey, Tavendale (2), Sievwright (2), M’Callum, Shand, Sutherland, Gilroy, Abernethy, Drummond and Wilson, Mesdames Shaddock, Carman, M’Lean and three children, Tavendale, Hargreaves, Fanley and child, Foster and Henderson, Dr Gribhen, Rev Father M’Dermott, Captain Simson, Messrs Bowen, Wilson, Warne, Hempieman, Milne, Shaddock, Fernandez, Suggafe, Malet, Jacques, Russell, Jack, M’Leod, King, Mathieson, Kennedy, Wynne, Pringle, Sievwright, Pioticker, Turner, Pye and Foster, Masters Foster, M’Lean, Milne and Jennings AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. SYDNEY, December 15. Arrived, 6.30 p.m.—Mokoia, from Auckland. ■

DECEMBER. a. h. m. First quarter . . . 4 6 8 a.m. Full moon . . 12 10 56 a.m. Last quarter . . . . 19 11 89 p.m. New moon . . 26 3 34 p.m.