LYTTELTON.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7605, 15 January 1903, Page 3

LYTTELTON.

ARRIVED. Jan. 13 —Wanalra.. s.s., 1572 tons, Lam&beirt, jram Uewcasfcl-e. Uniion Steamship Company, agents. Jan. lo^-Mosrcki, s.s., 271* to©3, Chatiidld, from Melbouraio, via scutihera porta. Union Sbaitnaliip Company, agents. Passenfferj — Misses Irvine, Ctook, 'Wostgart'h. Bilioh.-, watt, "Wilkie »nd Evana, ifeadiams* Tihornton, Cameron, Oimrohfield, Wilkia, Berswiok, ma,id «.nd child, Raimcad vaA Evwns, Messrs Humble, .Camaron, Sampson, Sbepley, Maxwell, <3<oodvin, WiJkic (2), Scoulorn, Jcffr<ys, Law, Danaid, R&nnoad, Hewitft, Youtsg^ end Peacock, cad fiily-two siceraga. J«n. 15—^Bim-o, fi.>3., 144 tons, Bergnitft, from Timaiu. Pitradthly and Co,, mgeaits. Jpm. 15 —Ilotcinsihaiia, 's.b^ 914 ixaia, Man- . liing, from W-elHiogton. Unjcn Steaanshiip Cc-in-pany, -agen'iia. Passengers—Two Sisters cf Mission, 'Misses ilountlort, Bitmcad, Calvcrt, fei-aarf, Ba'iih, Coxh&ad, ODevoatix, Iron 3, Burptt, Smith, Penry, M'Melkn, Stevens, Iflidfcrd, iiea&aa, Sixwit tmd Puaeer, Meadiamca Hyndtnan, SjnmoDs, "W'-eafca-iviay, Hides end two dhildrea, Kcrr, Bibm*ad, PJetciiCTi Kircaldie, Baiih !»nd infant. Trevor and two caiildrca, York, (Fletcher, Cr.abb -and obitd, Jull umd family \i), JeMop, Bawe, M'Nivsn, M'Kay aad. two children, Deacon, WrjgJxt «aud three cbiildrep, yttlghb, Meehan, "Waters and MenoUwwi't, Dr Trevor, Mesara liaang-Moasoji, Ramsdeu, Gvtz- ; aard, Cam«ron, Wawinsooi', M'Fflr!«n%, Wt-bh, sTe««op. Pfljaoaa, Coxhead (3), PJ«t»lier, TWrn,Hon, M'Cormioli:, Connolly. Burridge, Bitawod, HLOjik, Rangsr^, HandonaJd, Craigh*ad, Craibb, Howard, Barkes, Rcad«Bg, M'Niven, Hamiito'i', . Poyos, Larafdan, Jl'Manaway, Deacon, W«ikci-, = ftlerohant, Crunreidc. Petherick, Occhrnaio, Morpath, Wyldio, Shwley, Corniord, Dixoa, toljtfon and Brown, onl tliiity-nine et«eroge. I The Post" state 3 •that the. a.s. S'ter of ■fIT-eiw Z&alimd haa bscn delayed at Auckland, . *iid will Jiot reach Welliugion until Sunday. TUe s.s. W&na]?2, from JTewcastlo, ancijered In the stream aboiit midnxg'hfc. To-dpy tha ■s.-s, M-C'Or-aH arrived from Melbourne, via seutliszMi ports, at 6.50 a.m., tho p,S. Rimti from Timairu e't 7.40 «,.-in., and iiho «.g. Kotomshaua. frcm W-etlington at 8.40 a.m. • During the ais;, moxiiihsjei^ded- Sept. 30 Jast, fhe steamers ftf-'tlie ' Union' lino employed in /tin TK-smankn ira&t& consumed 216,9341 b Mi««t, 19,431 loavea oi. bread (4lb each), 16,1291 b butter, 4071d0s egga, 5442 gallons nrnik, 93,5791 b iee 1, 1318 Ijaga (potatoes, £310 -wjart-h, «f ■butcJK-rs' smai-l-gcoda, £570 vegetables, £435 fruit, £421 fifth, £234 poultry %n& gro;ceries." TJiQ total expenditure tos £9509. j The ' Jiajgest eailing ressefl ever "built, the I *'«even-xp»«tsr," recently made lier first, tiip. » She carried 7300'toni cf coal from Philadelphia to Beaton, being, it is said, tlio tegesfc cargo !lo| coal ertr lc.vd.sd on «i sailing tOiip. ' i The ma^ffter of 1-he Earl of Divnravn.il-, wluc'h ;,eiTived-*t Aoapulco on Oct. 33 from iNewcastle, rep6i't3:—Oct. 25, in lat. 16.45deg N., ! loiag. 103.i6deg W., pa-3sed the oa>psizcd I wreck of a wooden vessel, aibout SiCO l!t iv I l«igtik appaxoatly not l-ong in that state. .Very teavy gales \?er« expericaoed on this eoaat. S^pt. 24 nr.d 25—The currents off Hie Qaaeb set to iha eouti-cast. The annual re-port of Capiaiii> Brooks, Bnperintendeat of Foreign Mails, at Wiashing"ton, jJhows thai. Vh-e- zeoord for tlie itastes-t time *»»de by a ondil steamer betwocai New Yo-i^lc vivi Southampton -last year has to be credited Ho the I)eutJc]ilß«d, ihs -wall-known Itamburg•4A.meric*n liner having covtrad tho dis!a:nce ia 147J Sipurs. T-h« next best time, 140 tiours, *rafl «-chieyed by tfoe Kronpcinz .Wil'helm. xA the North, German. Lloyd fleet. After tih4-e "«<N>rd" figures, Vho times cf the Britos'h wail -steamers appear slow, indeed. Amongst :the^e, the Cunnrdca: Luca.j'.ip> again s"cld-» tcrji place, feer run ivona. New York to Queenstcnvn fiwicg /been accomplished in- 166 jiours, the . Oceania, of the White S 1 !** line, running the Baane-djistance in 167 Ihours. Auw«Jgs>t fltli«r records given in the" rep'e-rt a-ra thoso <*l La Sa-vcie, ef t'lje Prenc'a General Trawsatl'antdc line, -whicih raa^o the nini from 2N T-ew Yc>rk in H*vne in. 17? hours.; the big -pcrptio, which ' run frcm .S's.n, Francisco to' Yokoha^ai, via pongkong, in 657| hourg, aud i3i« Aniftrk&n '■MjfHi whicih made ihp trip in 6fi3 .hour?, j'rom w^ioh rectords it. yet.'wppe-are ilwt. y/ilih th« exception of the Gcormnn " flioP3," BritisSi. ! -Bhipn c»n hold tiheir owu in- #p«ed, -whilo, vi regard to osrgo-can-yiiig, t'lio 'Gaimya «hio3 named do not in any &iiise eater into tifco competition.