SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXI, Issue 15257, 18 March 1910, Page 6

SHIPPING.

LYTTELTON. PHASES OF THE MOON. MARCH.

TO-DAX’S ALMANAC. High Water, 10.3 a.m.; 10.32 p.m. Sun rises, 6.3 a.m.; sots, 6.14 p.m. Moon riso3, 1.60 p.m.; sets, 10.34 p.m. YESTERDAY’S WEATHER.

ARRIVED. March 17, 1.25 a.m.—Star of Australia, s.b., 6625 tons, Kearney, from Dunedin. Kinsey and Co , agents. March 17, 6.50 a.m.—Maori, s.s., 3399 tons, Aldwell, from Wedington. . Union Steam Sh.p Company, agents. Passengers—Ono hundred and eighty-two saloon and steerage. March 17, 7.10 a.m.—Warnmoo, s.s., 30'29 tons, Clift, from Melbourne, -via Hobart, B.utT and Dunedin. Union Steam Ship Company, agents Passengers—lntercolonial: Mrs Garry, Messrs Schoonmacker, Palmer end Manning, and four steerage; coastal: Misses Myers, Edgar and Henty, Mesdames Fairbairn, Moss Gillon and Biack, Messrs Fairbairn, Stephens, Moss, Hepper, Gil.on and Reynolds, and three steerage. March” 17, 8 10 a.m.—Cygnet, s.s., 124 tons, Murray, from Akaroa. Pitcaithly and Co., agents. March 17, 7.10 p.m.—Wakatu, s.s., 157 tons, Wills, from Kaikoura. Kinsey and Co., agents. march 17, 1110 p.m.—Kittawa, s.s., 1247 tons, Pennington, from Greymouth. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. SAILED. March 17, 6.25 p.m.—Runutaka, s.s., 7052 tons, Clifford, for Timaru. New Zealand Shipping Company, agents. March 17, 7 p.m.—Warrimoo, s.s., 3520 tons, Clift, for Sydnoy, via Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agento. Passengers: For Wellington—Mesdames Campbell and Hall. Captain Hall, Mr Ford; for Sydney—Missea Sliver and Wilson. Mesdames Rix, Hay, M’Arthur. Jowett, Sutherland, Hale, Stewart ar.d Jones, Messrs Morrow, Hay, Futzb (2), Rose, Wilson, Madden M’Arthur, Jowett, Sutherland, Croft, Pottie, Rix, Fisher and Baxter', and thirty steerage. March 17, ■ 7.30 a.m.—Hinemea, s.s., 542 tons, Bollons, for Gcdley Head and southern lighthouses. On Government service. March 17, 8.15 p.m.—Cygnet, s.s., 124 tons, Murray, for' Kaikoura. Pitcaithly and Co., agents. March 17, 8.30 p.m.—Maori, s s., 3399 tons, Aldwell, for Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Passengers—llo saloon and sixty steerage. March 17, 8.35 a.m.—Lily, schooner, 84 tons, Bloom, for Greymouth. Pitcaithly and Co., agents March 17, 9 p.m.—Tainui, s.s.. 9987 tons, M:ffatt, for Wellington. Dalgety and Ca, agents. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. THIS DAY.—Mararoa, b.s., from Wellington; Petone, s.s., from Greymouth; Mceraki, s.s., from S7-moy, via Wellington; Breeze, s.b., from Timaru; Cygnet, s.s., from Kaikoura; Holmdale, s.s., from Gisborne. From Sydney—Mceraki, s.s., via Wellington direct, March 18; Maheno, s.s., arrived Auokland March 13,. connects with Monowai, s.s., due March 18. From London—lonio, s.s., sailed February 13, left Cape Town February 26, due March 18; Otaki, s.s., sai-ed February 10, lue April 11; Turakina, s.s., sailed February .7, due April 11; Star of Scotland, s.s., sailed February 23, due early in May; Athenio, s.s., sailed March 3, due April 25; Tokomaru, s.s., sailed March 10, due May 6. From Liverpool—Cornwall, s.s., sailed January 7, at Sydney March 7, due Yfarcb 18; Fifeohire, s.s., sailed February 5, due April 15; Rangatira, s.s., sailed February 24, due April 20; Drayton Grange, s.s., sailed Marcn 5, due May 15. From New York—Spithead, s.s., sailed January 7, due March 21; Georgia, »t., sail;d January 8, due March 31; Marie, barque, tailed January 10, duo about April 30; Aberlour, s.s., sailed January 27, due about April 17; Indralema, s.s., sailed Fobruary 28, duo May 15. From Marseilles—Gabriollo d’Ali % barque, to sail UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY’S - FLEET. The Mararoa will arrive to-day from Wellington on the ferry service. The Moeraki left Wellington last evening for Lyttelton, coming from Sydnoy, - and she is duo this Horning. She will sail for Melbourne, via louthern ports, this evening. Tno Kooaya Is unable to leave Dunedin till Monday, and will not get here till Wednesday. The Wanaka is fixed to leave Wellington on Tues3ay with a cargo of sheep. After discharging them here, she will go to Dunedin. There is very little tonnage in port just sow. Yesterday the Star of Australia returned to load for Home, but in the evening ihe Tainui and Rimutaka sailed leaving the lyser steamer the on.y ocoari liner in port. Che only coastal steamer in harbour last night was the Kittawa, and yesterday tho last of tho schooner fleet took its departure. The Shaw-Savill steamer Tainui sailed last vvoning for Wellington, whero she will complete loading for London. She took in a large quantity of wool, frozen meat and general cargo here. Captain Stevens, late of tho Union Steam Ship Company’s Talune, has been placed in charge of the Mokoia for that vessel’s island running.

The New Zealand Shipping Company's liner Rimutaka sailed last evening for Timaru and Dunedin, to commence loading for London.

The Tyser steamer Star of Australia arrived yesterday, and is loading- Homeward cargo under her own flag. Tho Federal-Houlder-Shire liner Buteshire is expected to-morrow, to load for London under a charter to tho New Zealand Shipping Company. The Maoriland Steamship Company’s small steamer Holmdale will arrive to-day or tomorrow from Gisborne, with a load of sheep. She will go from Lyttelton to Groymouth. The schooner Huia is expected here soon. She arrived at Wellington from Kaipara, after a squally' trip, on Monday night, and discharged 75,000 feet of timber there. She has a similar quantity for Lyttelton, and was expected to leave for this port last evening. Sailings axe now announced in connection with the new service, by the New Zealafid Shipping Company’s steamers, between tho east coast of Canada and Australian and New Zealand ports. The Rakaia has been fixed to take the first loading, and she wi‘l leave Montreal on May 14 for Melbourne, Sydney and the usual New Zealand ports. She will be followed by the Whakatane, leaving Montreal on Juno 15. Both steamers have passenger accommodation. Tho service ie to he known as the New Zealand Shipping Company s Eastern Canadian Service, and the agents throughout -Canada will be the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. The four-masted barque Andromeda. 116 day 3 out from New York, reached Wellington on Tuesday evening. She made an uneventfu. passage, the only features of which wore the occasional pales incidental to a long ocean voyage. She left New York on November 20, and soon fell m with a succession of southerly pales, sometimes of hurricane force, which lasted for nearly four weeks. Mountainous seas swept the decks. When the vessel was forty days out. the equator was passed, and the subsequent south-west trades were squally all through—so fierce at -times that some sails were tom to shreds. Gough Island—a desolate spot about 2000 miles soutb-wost of the Cape was sighted on January 17. The Andromeda ran her “ easting down ” along the 42nd parallel of south latitude, with variable fortunes of winds and seas. On February 5 a violent westerly gale was encountered in 68dog E-, and the barque laboured heavily in the trough of the seas. Thereafter moderate conditions were tho rule till Monday, Mnrch 7. when a strong blow from the northwest necessitated her being hove-to under lower mizzsn topsail. The Andromeda, which Is under command of Captain R. J. Deeks, brings a load of case oils.

The Union Company’s steamer Waifemata, which recently arrived at London with a valuable cargo shipped under the auspices of the Shaw, Savill »nd Albion line, in New Zealand waters, will shortly enter on a series of charters which will probably detain her from New Zealand waters for some months. Her first commission is to load eenernl oareo at Glasgow and Antwerp for Puget Sound ports. The steamer will then load a m.-'t cargo of lumber at Puget Sound for Fiii and on her wav down will shin Bof> or 700 mules at San Franci«co, _ also for Fiii. +<> be delivered to the Colonial Sugar Refining Company. TELEGRAPH NOTICE BOARD. WELLINGTON. March 17. Arrived. 7.15 a.m.. Wimmera. from Lytte’ton; 6.15 a.m.. Mararoa, from Lyttelton; 4.10 p.m.. Warrimoo, from Lyttelton. Sailed, 540 n.m., Moerski, for Lyttelton; 810 n.m.. Mararoa. for Lvt.foU.on. P LYTTELTON, March 17. Arrived, 730 a.m., Warrimoo. from Port Chalmers: 7.30 am., Star of Australia, from Port Chalmers; 7.5 a.m., Maori, from Wellington: 8.20 a.m.. Cvenet. from Akaroa; 7.20 pm Wakatu. from Kaikoura. Sailed, 1.15 am.. Wairuna. for Wellington; 1.55 a.m., Kaioum. for Piston; 740 a m., Hinemoa. for southern lighthouses; 625 p.m., Rimiita'-a for Timaru; 7 n.m., Warrimoo, for Wellington; 8.23 p.m., Maori, for WelUngton- TIMARU, March 17. cured 443 n m.. Breeze Dr Lyttelton. PORT CHALMERS. March 17. Arrived, 10.45 a.m., Tarawera. from Lyttel<on' BLUFF, March 17. gailed. 6.40 p.m., Buteshire, for LvUaWe. v

d. h. m. Last quarter . . . 4 7 22 p.rn. Mew moon . . 11 11 42 p.m. First quarter . . 18 3 7 p.m. Full moon . . . . 26 7 51 a.m.

9 am. Noon. S p.m. Barometer . . 30.03 30.08 30.20 'inermorueter 66 72 68 Wind, S.W., light; cloudy.