SHIPPING
PORT CHALMERS. Time Ball at Port Chalmers. New Zealand mean time at noon, calculated for the meridian of longitude, in time 11 hours 30 minutes east of Greenwich, will be signalled once a week by a time-ball dropping at the instant of mean noon. Phases of ths Moon. (Calculated for New Zealand mean time.) March. j). B. M. First Quartet ... ... 6 6 45 a.m. Full Moon ... ... 14 0 25 a.m. Last Quarter ... ... 22 4 46 a.mNew Moon ...'• ... 29 0 48 a.m. The Weatheb. March 23.—Wind S.W., Rale. Weather squally. _ 8 a.m. Noon. 6p.m. Barometer ... 2t}'Bß 2994 3004 Thermometer ... 44 54 56 High Water. ~~ I a.m. p.m. Mirch 24 ) AttheHeads - 1033 11S3 juaicn M\ At Port Chalmers ... 11.13 0.3 VAt Dunedin ... 11.58 0.48 ARRIVALS. Brunner, a.s., 352 tons, Waller, from the north. J. Mills, agent. Duke of Sutherland, s.s., 2031 tons, Whyrnper, from London (January 24), via Teneriffe (February 1). N.Z. Shipping Company, agents. DEPARTURES. Manapouri, s.s., 1020 tons. Wheeler, for Sydney, via East Coast ports. J. Mills, agent. Passengers: For Lyttelton—Misses Guise, M'Caw, Mesdames M'Caw, M'Farlane, Messrs Lund, Muir, Brown. For Wellington—Misses M'Donald, Morse, Eastgate, Mesdames Hinchcliffe, Moyse, Collins, M'Kerrow, Pearce (and family), Moys, Mr Allen For Napier—Mr Ahlfeld. For Syduey—Mrs Ridings. Ten steerage. Isabella Anderson, schooner, 78 tons, Laing, for Kaipara, via Lyttelton. K. Ramsay, agent. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From London.—Nelson, ship, 1247 tons, Bannatyne, NKRC. Tongariro, s.s., 4163 tons, Bone, ySMF. Hawke's Bay, s.s., 2960 tons, Falgate (December 30. Maori King, s.s., 2476 tons Priske, LNFK. Tekoa, s.s., 4450 tons, Stuart' March 7. Mamari, s.s., 3583 tons, Maxwell, LFNP. Star of Victoria, s.s., 2116 tons, Smyth, KLMF. _From Liverpool.—Doon, barque, 859 tons, RGHB. From Liverpool, via Wellington.—Snowdrop 609 tons, Foster, JPDL. Victoria Nyanza, barque, 1022 tons, Bacon, VPCQ. Fkosi Glasgow.—Elizabeth, barque. City of Glasgow, ship, 1186 tons, Tannock, WQHD. Fkom New Yokk.—Motley, brigantine, 591 tons, Harper, JSRF, December 31, Rudolph Josephy. 477 tons, Bradhering, MDKT, January 23. Abiel Abbott, barquentine, 590 tons, Collins, IROF, February 20. Mary E. Russell, barque, 575 tons," Nickels, JRGT, March 1. Crescent, barque, 583 tons, Bartlett, JSMH. From Hambubg.—Hudson, barque, 797 tons Kemp, WSFD. Paquita, barque, 460 tons, RGCV, December 25.
but it has been ascertained, beyond a doubt, that such land causes no disturbance of the compass aboard ship, as they are entirely beyond its innuence at the distance vessels are usually navi-gated-from the. shore. From time to time one hears extremely foolish accounts of vessels being wrecked through the attraction of land. The writer recollects one in particular—the loss, some few _ years ago, of a steamer near Capo Santa Maria, in the River Plate—which was attributed by s°m? sage newspaper correspondent to the ettect of a supposed magnetic hill in the vicinity of the wreck. As a matter of fact, the vessel was lost through ignorance of the north-easterly current which invariably runs on that coast with great strength during a pampero." Lieut. Lecky is an undoubted authority, but he is somewhat dogmatic, and since he wrote a vast amount of information has been gathered regarding electricity and electrical disturbances which may or may not somewhat weaken his position.'
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 9383, 24 March 1892, Page 1
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