SHIPPING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12604, 6 March 1903, Page 4

SHIPPING

POET CHALMERS. Time Bali at Port Chaiukrs. Tin New Zealand mean t'.me at noon, calculated for the meridian of longitude, in time 11 hours 30 minutes east of Greenwich, will bo signalled ence a week by a time ball drnpping at the instant of mean noon. A blue flag will be hoisted at tha masthead, Port Chalmers signal station, on the forenoon of the day wnen the time signal is given. Piuses of the Moon. MARCHFirst Quarter 7 0,44 a.m. Full Moon 13 11.43 p.m. Last' Quarter 21 1.58 p.m. New Moon 29 .. 0.56 p.m. •.Perigee 11 0.53 a.m. Apogee 2 8.0 p.m. 'tjSun rises 5.54-, sets 6.46. ■' THE WJSATHER. March 5.-8 a.m.: Wind N.E.; weather fair. Noon: Wind N.E.; weather fine. 5 p.m.: "Wind N.E.; weather overcast. B,a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer 30.22 30.24 30.18 Tbarmometer 56 74 64 FORECAST.—Mr Paulin telephoned last night'as follows:—"N.E. winds, changing to S.W. winds, and rain showers." INTERCOLONIAL AND COLONIAL WEATHER REPORTS. (Pee United Press Association.) ♦ WELLINGTON, March 5. Tho following arc the weather reports fvom Australian stations:— Albany, March 4. —Wind N.W.; bar., 29.90; threatening rain. Hobart, March 4.—Wind N.E.; bar. 29.70; fine. Sydney, March s.—Calm; bar. 29.70; very cloudy; .45 rainfall. , Tho following ore the weather reports from /New Zealand stations at 5 p.m.:— Manukau Heads.—Wind S., fresh; bar. 30.20, ther. 71; cloudy; sea. moderate. New Plymouth.—Wind W.S.W., light; bar. 30.09, ther. 69; hazy; sea smooth. Castlcpoint.—Wind N.E., light; bar. 30.08, ther;..s9;,fine; sea. moderate. Wellington.—Wind N., liglit; bar. 20.05, ther. 66; overcast. Westport.—Calm; bar. 39.07, ther. 63; cloudy; sea. Very smooth. Kaikoura.—Wind E., light; bar. 30.10, thor. 66; drizzling; sea smooth. Oamaru.—Wind N., light; bar. 29.98, tlicr. 62; overcast; sea moderate. Bluff.—Wind E., light; bar. 29.90, ther. 61; overcast. Strong westerly winds are probable northward- of Napier and New Plymouth, galo from, between N.E. and N. and W., (hence southward to Port Chalmers and Queenstown, and from between N. and W. and S.W. elsewhere. Rising barometer is to bo oxpectcd north of Enst Cape, Taupo, and New Plymouth, and falling barometer with rain everywhere else. Low pressure from tho west is due at the meridian of South Capo late to-morrow, and also on the 9th inst—R. A. Edwin. HIGH WATER. March' 6— a.m. p.m. At tho Heads ... ... ... 7.1 7.25 At Port Chalmers —• ... 7.41 8.5 ■ At Dunedin ... — ... 8.26 8.50 ARRIVAL. Moura, s.s., 1247 tons, Rolls, from Auckland, via way porta. J. Milk, agent. Parsengers: Misess Neal, Stratford, Wardcll, Broom, Card, O'Ryan, Rossa; Gregory, Mesdames Cook and child, Abbott, Tulloelc, Browne, Jack, Messrs Geraagcr, Maxwell, Roberts, Paul, Farrant, Grncsseror, Butclior, Hammond (2), Tullock, Browne, Bockley, Holloway, Coles, M'Dowell, Captain Allcop; and 17 in the steerage. DEPARTURES. Aotea, s.s., 6423 tons, London, via. northern ports. Murray, Roberts, and Co., agents. ;» . Manapouri, s.s., 1028 tons, MT<eatn, for Fiji and Auckland. J. Mills, agent. Janet,Nicoll, e.s., 456 tons, Wat-son,,for Westport. J. Mills, agent. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From . Liverpool.—Primus, barque, left October 27; arrived Wellington February 22. Canterbury, ship, left December 5. Medea, barque, left January 20. From Glasgow.—Port Sonnaohon, barque, left December 16. Julius Palm, barque, left January 2; left London February 17. Kildalton, barque, left January 31. From Sydney (via Auckland).—Wcstralia, March 8. From Sydney (via Wellington).—Mceraki, March 7. From Auckland.—Talune, March 12. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For Sydney (via Auckland). -Westralia, March 10. For Sydney (via Wellington).—Monowai, March 11. For Melbourne.—Moeraki. March 8. For Auckland.—'Tallin©, March 13. For Westport and Greymouth.—Corinna, March 12. MOVEMENTS OF DIRECT STEAMERS. ' TO ARRIVE. At Wellington.—Tongariro, left London February 1; due about March 19. Perthshire, left London February 3. Karomca, left London February 6. Athenic, left London February 17. Star of Australia, left London February 17. Turakina, left Plymouth February 28. At Auckland.—Balmoral, left New York January 13. At Port Chalmors.—Queen Mary, left New York January 7. ! , TO DEPART. From Wellington.—Waiwcra, March 5. From Lyt-telton.—Mamari, March 5. Hmi?,\v»i:i) hound. Papanui, from Wellington, January 21. Waikato, from tho Bluff. January 29. Ruapehu, from Wellington, February 5. Maori, from Wellington, February 6. Indraghiri, from Wellington. February 12. 'fokomaru. from Wellington, February 14. Whakatane, from Wellington. February 19. Star of New Zealand, from Wellington, February 21. Fifeshirc, from the Bluff,. February 27. Delphic, from Lyttclton, February 23. , Rakaia, from Lyttclton, Jlarah 2.