SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 14289, 6 February 1907, Page 6

SHIPPING.

LYTTELTON. PHASES OF THE MOON. FEBRUARY.

WEATHER REPORT, ETC. _ High Water, This Day (Wednesday): Morning 10.17 a.m., afternoon 10.45 p.m. Sun rises 5.11 a..m., sets 7.17 p.m. Alcou rises 11.24 p.m., sets 12.42 p.m. "

MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY, CHRISTCHUKCH. Meteorological observations taken at 9.30 a.m., Tuesday, February 5: Baromoter—29.7ll. Maximum temperature during preceding twenty-four hours—77.s. Minimum temperature during preceding twenty-fcur hours—so.2. Temperature" at 9.30 a.m.—Dry bulb 71.0, wot bulb 58.3. Humidity per cent—39. Maximum temperature in sun—l3S. Minimum thermometer on grass—ls. 9. Direction of wind—N."W. Cloud CO-1U)—10. Barometer—Falling. THE WEATHER IN NEW ZEALAND. The following weather reports were received from New Zealand stations at 5 p.m. yesterday:— Manukau Head'3—Win'd, N.W., light; barometer 30.05, thermometer 75; fine, bar smooth. •' New Plymouth—Wind, west, light; barometer 29.99, thermometer 72; fine, sea smooth. Castlo Point—Wind, S.W., light; barometer 29.75, thermometer 70; cloudy, eea moderate. Wellington—Wind, N.W., "moderate gale; barometer 23.80, thermometer 75; cloudy. Westport—Wind, north, fresh; barometer 19.91, thermometer 70; cloudy, Eea. smooth. Kaikoura—Wind, N.W., breeze; barometer 9.70, thermometer 70; fine, eea smooth. Bluff—Wind, S.W., moderate gale; barometer 29.58, thermometer 56; fine. ARRIVED. February s—Kotuku, s.s., 662. tons. Niehol■oii, from Greymouth. Union Steamship Company, agents. February s—Corinna, s.s., 820 tons, Pender, from Timsru, Oamaru and Dunedin. Union Steamship Company, agents. • i • February s—Mararoa, s.s.. ISBI tons, Man- ' ning, frc/m Wellington. Union Steamship Uompany, agents. Passengers—l3o saloon and iteerags. February s—Pateena, s.s., 550 tons, Stewart, from Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers—ll 6 saloon •nd steerage. ' February s—Morning Light, schooner, 82 tone, Dowell, from Waitepu. C. Ferrier and Co., agents. February s—Falcon, sohooner, 98 tons, Clarksort, "from Havelock. T. H. Ker, agent. SAILED. February s—Corinna, s.s., 820 tons, Pender, for Wellington, New Plymouth and Onehunga. Union StcarnshiD Company, agents. " February 6—Cygnet, s.s., 66 tons, Murray, for Akaroa, via'the Bays. Pitcaithly and Co.; agents. ' February s—lrish Monarch, a.s., 2973 tons, Graham, for Dunedin. , New Zealand Shipping Companv. agents. February s—Wakatu, s.s., 83 tons, Wills, for Kaikoura and Cheviot. Kinsey, Barns and Co., agents. February s—Mararoa, s.s., 1381 tons, Manning, for WolUngton. Union Steamship . Company, agents. Passengers—l2o saloon and •teerage. February s.s., 550 tons, Stewart, ■ for Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers—so saloon and steer- ' ' ago. THE UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S FLEET. WEDNESDAY.—Rotomaharia and TeAnau will arrive from Wellington and will leave on return trip. Talune will arrive from Wellington and enßt ooast ports and will leave fox Dunedin. Kotuku will leave for Westport. - -

Yesterday the s.s. Corihua arrived from Timaru, Oamaru and Dunedin at 6 a.m., the g.s. Mararoa from Wellington at 9.5 a.m., and the , s.s. Paveena from Wellington at 10.10 a.m.

It is announced that the s.s. Taiori is to load at Greymouth this -week for ‘Wellington and Lyttelton. The schooner Amelia Sims is expected to ’leave Lyttelton towards the end of this week for Kaipars,, to load timber lor Lyttelton. The Union Steamship Company’s Kotuku, now commanded by Captain. Nicholson, arrived from Greymouth at 1.55 a.m. yesterday, with a cargo of coal and timber for this port. The s.s. Oswestry Grange, from Liverpool, brought nineteen saloon and 70 Ihird-c'ass passengers for Wellington, ol for Lyttelton, smd 60 for Port Chalmers. About 122 passengers were landed at Auckland. The s.s. Surrey, from Liverpool, which arrived at Wo.lington on Sunday n ght, put in on account of a shortage of coal, and goes to Auckland before coming south. The steamer brought the following passengers:— IPox Wellington: First saloon—Mrs BannerShaa, Messrs A. R. Wilson and Zoltouski; 69 third-class. For Ly.tolton: First-class— Miss L. Graham, Messrs , S. F. Dunlop and W. L. S.ephen; 20 thrd-cl?.ss. For Port Oaalmers —5 third-Aaaa. For Auckland: F.ratolass—Mis* Wentworthy; 38 third-class. The We.lington and southern passengers were landed at Wellington on Monday. Captain. Strang, who has been acting Marine Superintendent of the Union Stcamahip Company for some time past, has now been formally appointed to the position. The Union Steamship Company received cable advice on Saturday stating that the new steamer Komata will be ready for delivery not later than March 10 Mr Boas is staad-ng by the s.s. Mouxa te third ofleer. .... Captain E. D. Watson, latc.y in charge #f the Union Company’s rteamef Eaurcffo, who has been appo.nted wharf manager for the Union Comnany at Melbourne, is to leave Dunedin towards the end of the week. His predecessor was Captain Currie, who held the position for many years. Oeptain H. A. Rutter, at present in charge of the Whargapo, is to proceed to London by the Shiw-Savill steamer Tokomaru to take command of the. Union Steamship Company’s large now cargo steamer Waihora, which is being built by Messrs Swan, Hunter, Wigbam, Richardson and Co. In addition to' the P. and O. steamers Poona and Feshawur, tier sister ships. Pcra, Palma and Palmoro, have recently been fitted with an impcr.ant installation of refrigerating machinery for the carriage of' frozen produce to the East. The Union Company has bech advised of an alteration in the ’weekly connection between Woll.ngtou and Sydney. The e.s. Moeraki will now leave Wellington for the New "South Wales port on Friday, February 22, inst tad of on Saturday, February 23, and steamers sailing each fortnght af;er the above dale will sail on Friday instead of Saturday, mo se to make the Suez mail 1 connection. The schooner Morning Light, from Waitapu, with a cargo of timber, arrived at 0.3 p.m. yesterday. She left Waitapu at noon im Saturday, and had a fine passage. The schooner Falcon, from Havelock, arrived last evening with a load of timber, and anchored in the stream at 9 p.m. A - schooner, unrecognised, btit supposed to b© the Joseph Sims from Kaipara, arrived last evening andi anchored late in the cvcnf’articulars are given in an exchange of several old New Zealand traders which arc now doing duty in the East. The a.s. Rotorua, one of five vessels sold by the Union Company about four years ago, is now owned 'by the ifeo Gnan S.S. Company, Penang, and 'trades regularly between Penang and Tonkah, on :he west coast of Siam. The Omapere is trading between Penang and Rangoon, via west .coast of Siam and the Mergui Archi•elago. The Janet Nicoll is engaged chiefly an the rice trade between Singapore and Bangkok. Ail these vessels ere now under the Ko G-nan flag. The Orowaiti was purchased by a Japanese firm, and renamed Pulorimu, and is now running between Shanghai and the south coast of Japan. The Wai-, hoia was purchased by the Russian Government, which refitted the vessel at Hong Hong «t considerable cost. She is at present running in the mail service between Hong Kong and Tladivostock. and connects with the 'Trans-Siberian railway at Dalny. Three of the intermediate steamers of the “N" class, v z.. tho Nile, Namur and Nyanza . —have been delivered by the builders to the P. and O. Company, and are now employed on the direct line between London and the ports of China and Japan, which is carried on as * regular fortnighTy non-postal servic?. The fourth verge! of this class—the Acre—would ■ have’been delivered early this year, but the strke of boilermakers and riveters on. the CTyde will canto some delay. The following changes of pursers in the Union Company’s fleer, are announced:—Mr W. Kwon, of the Arahura, i;> to transfer to tho Pateena, Mr Pessmote. of the Crrir.nu, joining the Arahura. and Mr Evill. r--is a d of the Arahura, going over to ;he Ccrtnr.a. JJr Neal!, who het been purser of the u aka- ■ tipu in Australia for some time, wiT arrive from Sydncv by the Mohcno to join th» T;Jure nsxt work, Mr Dcdd. of the Taluue, ‘ls" io 'frautfer- -to the rt's kare. Mr Mooney is tv l»Ve M' M’KcxTrN p' ire on the PenT&r M’Kensie jc;n:Ttj ihe Mapcnrika. 0-.; tain O. I*. Gif'-'-, of ’>? barque Srucr«v. ytdportS " having paired a:: unuaualij iargo

number of icebergs during a recent voyage from Kaipara to Glasgow. On October o forty-tines' bergs were seen, some of them being estimated to be 800 ft above water level. The "first iceberg was seen off Capo Horn in 56,36 S. and 67.13 W.. on September 28, and the last was sighted north of the Falkland Islands, in 43.16 S. and 50.53 \\ T .\ Oc ober 8. It is most unusual to encounter such a vjst number of icebergs so far north at that time of the vear. The s’.s. Wakatu sailed for Kaikoura- and Cheviot at G. 15 p.m. yesterday, the s.s. Mararoa for Wellington at 6.40 p.m., and the s.s. Pateena for Wellington at 7.5 p.m. The rs'ew Zealand Shipping Company’s s.s. Wbakatane is expected to arrive luxe from the south to-morrow, to finish her loading for London. She is to leave Lyttelton finally for Homo on Saturday next. The Huddart-Parker Company’s s.s. Victoria is to arrive from Dunedin this morning, and to leave for Sydney,, via east coast ports, this evening. The s.s. -Corinna left for Wellington, New Plymouth and Onclmnga at 3.40 p.m. yesterday. ~ The s.s. Cygnet left at 4.5 p.m. yesterday for Akaroa. via the Bays. The s.s. Irish Monarch left Lyttelton at 4.20 p.m. yesterday for Dunedin, where she is to discharge the remainder of her cargo from New York. She is then to go to Sydney tor orders, and to be decked. 'The Fchooner Annie Hill has completed her loading for Greymouth. but is unable to leave Lyttelton, as she has not at present got a second mate. TELEGRAPH NOTICE BOARD. LYTTELTON, February 5. Arrived, 3.55 a.m., Kotuku, from Greymouth; G a.m., Corinna. from Timaru; 9.5 а. Mararoa, from Wellington; 10.10 a.m., Pateena, from Wellington. Sailed, 320 a.m., Rosamond, tor Greymouth; 3.40 p.m., Corinna. for Wellington; 4.5 p.m., Ovgnet, for Kaikoura-, via Bays; б. p.in.. Wakatu, for Kaikoura; 7.5 p.m., Pateena. for Wellington: 6.40 p.m., Mararoa, tor Wellington. WELLINGTON, February 5. Arrived. 7.10 a.m., Rotomahana, from Lyttelton ; 9.35 a.m., Te Anau, from Lyttelton. Sailed, 0.10 p.m., Tahire. for Lyttelton; 6,10 p.m., Te Anau. tor Lyttelton; 8 p.m., Rotomahana, for Lyttelton. PORT CHALMERS, February 5. Sailed, 6.50 p.m., Victoria-, for Sydney. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. KAIPARA. February 5. Sailed—Marjorie Craig, barque, for Sydney. AUCKLAND, February 5. Arrived—Kaituna, from Westport. Casablanca, barque, from Newcastle. Sailed —Pondo. for Westport. Manuka., for the south; passengers for Lyttelton—Misses H. Tobin. T. Tobin, O’Brien (4). Small (2). Miles. Halley, Coster, Cooke, Carter. Hall, Wareing. Howden, Chappell, E. Maguire, M. Howitt. Rowles, Parsons and Rose (2), Mcadames J. F. llicks, Stone. E. A. Gee and chi d. A. Ailkcn and child, F. S. Cole, O’Brien, Parsons, Paton, Eaton. Rose. Cooke, Dobbie, Revel!, Foster and child, Halley and Gibbous, Messrs Booth, J. Sewald, J. F. llicks. O’Brien, H. J. Rose, Parsons, Swanson, Alien. W. S. Eaton. E. G. Williams, Elkin. Hart (2) and Fester. WELLINGTON, February 5. Arrived—ilaheno (at midnight), from Sydney Taviuni, from Suva. Apollo, barque, from Liverpool, via Dunedin. Sailed—Surrey, for Auckland. DUNEDIN, February 5. Arrived—Monowai. from the Bluff. , Kconya, from west coast. Eunice, from Kaipara. Sailed—Saint Helena, for Wellington. Victoria, tor Sydney, via Auckland; passengers for Lyttelton—Misses Pino (2), Colquhoun, Bell (2). Harris. Newman and Irwin. Mesdames Bews. Byers, Nathan and child and Dixon, Messrs Colquhoun, Nathan, Wainhouss and Byers. AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. SYDNEY. February 5. Arrived—Kamona, from Kaipara.

d. h. in. List quarter . . G 0 22 p.m. moan- . . . 13 5 13 a.m. First quarter . 30 4 5 p.m. Full moon . . , 23 5 53 p.m.

TUESDAY, Barometer . . Thermometer . Wind. KW. 1EBRUARY 5. 9 am. Noon. 5 p.ru. •23.60 2D.7.3 2=1.75 73 76 74