LYTTELTON.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6488, 17 May 1899, Page 2

LYTTELTON.

ARRIVED. May K^— Omapere, s.s., 356 tons, Biophy, from Greymouth. Union , Steamship Com' pany, agents. May 16 — Herald, s.a., 365 tons, Butter, from • Westport. Union Steamship Company, agents. SAILED. -.. .' May 16— John Gambles, barque, 984 : tons, Wielke, for Timaru. Kaye and Carter, agents, i May 16— Rotomahana, s.s., 901 tons, Manning, for Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers — Misses Jarrold, Adams ana Longton, Mesdames Hutton. and clhild, Studholme and Gunn ana chiia, Hori Best, Captain Stannara, Messrs Puahopa, l Trenwith; Gray, Brown, Clark, Harrington, *Eoss, Wiiaing, Holdaway, Meason, Thomson,; Hunt (2), Harper, Maude and Slater. \ May 16— Corinna, s.s., 820 tons, Rolls, for; 'Bouthern ports. Union Steamship Company,; agents. '" ; i May lfr^-Jano Douglas, s.s., 76 tons, Murray, fqr Akaroa via Bays. Pitcaithly, Wallace^ nd; Co., gents. ■ ■ .■". ; • EXPORTS. Te Anau: For Patea — 2 sacks salt, 4 pkgs;. for Suva^ — 1 case; for New. Plymouth — 129: sacks oats; for Nelson — i bdls baths, 70 sacks flour, 20 sacks oats, 9 sacks seed, 3 pkgs; for' Blenheim^— 6 pkgs ; for Greymouth — 1 case ; , for Foxton — 5 pkgs; for Wanganui— -20 saoka; peas, 20 sacks oats, 20 sacks oatmeal, 12 pkgs; ; for Wellington— 2o boxes soap, 5 pkgs ranges,, 110 sacks flour, 35 sacks oatmeal, 40-, cases fruit, 8 sacks bacon, 225 sacks bats, 28 sacka! ■pollard, 40 bags flour, 3 cases bacon, 2 cases '•. glue, 39 pkgs.; for TJfapier — 20 boxes nails,- 30 sacks flour, 50 cases fruit, 53 pkgs; for Auck-: land — 33 sacks seed, 's bdls wire, 2 cylinders,---35§ sacks oats, 5 cases bacon, 2 cases glue.j .12- cases pickles, 10 sacks oatmeal, 100 sacks ; pollard, 600 sacks potatoes. 56 saoka shaiipa,; 5 pkgs harrows, 145 sacks flour, 60 bags flour,; 130 sacks bran, 30 sacks onions, 2 trusses; leather, 78 pkgs.. . ' • • : "'' , Taupo: For New Plymouth — 44 bogs flour;.; for Greymouth — 75 sacks oats, 26 sacks bran,---•6 sacks pollard, 20. cases apples, 4 cases boots,; 50 sacks flour, 21 pkgs; for Westport — 30 sacks potatoes, 34 sacks onions, 30 sacks flour, 14---bags flour. 23 sacks wheat, 10 sacks bran, 30 sacks- chaff, 10 sacks. oats, 18 pkgs;- for Wei-, lington— 20 sacks flour, 60 sacks pollard. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. . From London' — Waimate, ' ' at Auckland. Rimutaka, due. colony. May. 17. Tekoa, due colony 'May 24.. Matatua, due Port Chalmers May 21, Lyttelton May 28. . From Cape Town-^Allonby, barque, 14G0: tons, Kerry, W.P.RXi. : ■ From Liverpool — M«nchester, dredge, aailwci Feb. 8 (put into "Vviiterford^ ' Fjcom Liverpool, via Wellington— Silverdow : <hip, 1177 tons, Marshall, Q.L.T.E. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. '■■ For London— L^pb. Torridon, Blenneiw, Cdnway, Lizzie BeH, prari, lonic, Wai anui, : .W|aimate and Lake "4?ria. - } VESSELS HOMEWARD BOUND..- --' .-,••■ Days, out . Eibe (Captain Fox)' . . . . . . .. 75 Canterbury (Captain Collingwood) ■.• . 64: ■ ' Wellington (Captain Thomas) .... 23, Norman M'Leod (Captain Cafiero) . . 19 Westland (Captain Kelly) ..... 1* Lake Superior (Captain Pan ton) . . 12 ' Nelson (Captain Perriam) . . . ; 12 Unmistakeable evidence of the steady diminution in sailing tonnage is contained in the |, annual report of the Liverpool Shipowners' |\ Association, which states that its membership has* decreased in the last year from jrinety firms to. eighty-four, and tie sailing ships owned by those firm 3 measure 591,003 .tgna' register, as against 650,497 tons » year ago. The Russian ship Lech Linnhe will hi placed in dock for the purpose of tightening up a few loose rivets, . . ' H.M.S. Mildura will .arrive at Ly Melton < on June 2 to. go into the graving-dock. The; White ;.Star liner lonic arrived in Port yesterday morning from Wellington, having been delayed for some time at the northern owing to the heavy gale. She brings -' some 600 tons of merchandise for this port. Captain Brophy had charge • of.'-the' steamer Omapere on thp passage . from Greymouth to Lyttelton, but Captain . Smith takes -icomr tnand at this. port. . .. '.-.-. .- . ■ . c , i> : .' > • 'Captain Stannard, who brought the. barque Lake Erie f rom . New York; went ; north . by the steamer Rotomahana lost night. : Captain Hugh Munro will probably resume; command bf the Lake Erie for the passage Home. The steamers Omapere and .Herald, which arrived in Port yesterday morning from the West Coast, were both ' out in the recent heavy weather, but though obliged . to , seek shelter - under . Port ':Underwood, they sustained np damage. • - The barque John Gambles was floated" 'out of the graving-dock yesterday forenoon, „and proceeded direct to sea. She goes to Timaru, where, after., landing ■ her coal- ■ cargo, she loads grain for the United* Kingdom. Owing .to being .delayed .between .Napier; arid Wellington by the recent heavy weather, the steamer Flora was not despatched from Wellington yesterday evening, and will not reach Lyttelton till to-morrow. BuiJnewi Notices.

TUESDAY, MAY 16. 9 a.m. 5 p/m. Thermometer . . 50 47 Barometer 80.03 30.05