LYTTELTON.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6647, 20 November 1899, Page 1

LYTTELTON.

SAILED. . Nov. 18 — Rotomahana, s.s., 901 tons, Manning, for Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers^— MissSs ,A. "Eeay, Dorset, Crocker, Campbell, Hawkins, Gardner, Byrne, Stevenson, Fox (2), Ina Wbitson, Broughton, Milne, Dyer, Duncan and Murray, Mesdames Lough, Hunt, Johnson, Bowmakef, Blundell, Bush, Broham, Dyer, Parker, Siddells and child, Pearce, Collins, M'Gregor, Brown, Holme 3, Harman, Milne and two chilr dren, Hawkins, Eobson and child, Large and infant, Piatt, Smart and King, Capiain "Willis, Messrs Clark, Ho3kruge, J. Webster, Little, Pollard, Thomas, Pearce, M'Lean, Bisley,'Uru (2), C. L. Russell, Moore, B. Edwards, M'Kay, H. E. V. Crawford, Markman, Andrews, C. F. Wilson, C. Franklyn, Owles, D. Henry, C. Kane, M'Fee, Dunning, Hargreaves, Fairbairn, W. Clarke, Wingfield, L. Ingram, Greenshields, Meikleham, H. C. Thompson, Hallenstein, J. M'Kenzie, Piatt, Smart, King, Lough, Hunt and Johnson. Nov. 18^-Te Anau, s.s., 1028 lons, Bernech, ior Wellington and East Coast ports. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers— P*r Wellington— Misses Ingersoll (2), Buri, Griffiths, Livingstone, Gellatley, Campbell, Farrant, Gray, Ross, Kerr, Bromley, Ireland, Gill,, Coppin and. Davidson, Mesdames Kawlins, Atkins and Bland Holt, Messrs Rawlins, Dart, Warwick, Davis, Farren, Carr, xiarris, Knight; Foster, Phillips (2), -Troup,. H-.*-Lawes, Scully, Scott, Halford, Cross, W- E. Baker, A. Norman, Styan, Kehoe, Maxwell, Scarlett, Corlesse, Kemp, Montgomery, Harford, Wheeler, Shave, Cohen, M'Gowan (2), Atkins and Bland Holt; for Napier— Mesdames Donnelly and maid and Irving, Messrs L>. Baker and Huston; for Auckland— Mrs Jone3 and family, Mr Jacobs. Nov. 18— Elingamite, s.s., 1675 tons, Waller, for Dunedin. Kinsey, Barns and Co., agents. Passengers-^Miss Strange, Messrs Irving, Wells, Thane, Hunt, Fuller, Ferguson, Barnard, Haig, Davidson and Tame. Nov. 18— Herald, s.s.,' 356 tons, Rutter, for Wellington and Westport. Union Steamship Company, agents. Cap^u Black, late of the Blackball Company's s.s. Hesketh, has assumed comand of the same same Company's s.s. Pareora. Captain Dilner, who had been m temporary charge of tho latter vessel, ha 3 relieved Mr Hayes as chief officer of tho Brunner. The Wellington " Evening Post " announces that, through the agency or Captain Holm, of the barque G. M. Tucker, the Westport Coal Company has purchased the composite barque Darra, built in' 1865, for hulk purposes at Lyttelton. The Darra was to leave Sydney this week, in charge of Captain Holm, for Newcastle, to load coal for Lyufcelton. Writing to a friend in Wellinjrton, Captain Holm states that vessels suitable for hulk purposes are hard to obtain at the present time, but the Darra is a good sound vessel, and should in every way meet the requirements of the company. Her dimensions are — Length, 190 ft 7m;, breadth, 33ft; depth, Hit.