LYTTELTON.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7800, 3 September 1903, Page 3

LYTT ELTON.

* arrived. ■JTilli Weat*^i«, Wayne, Price, B^tf, xjuuwf S CodS Laixenwn and Leslie, Mesd«n.es bleton, Joaea. Bannatyne, mmr Winter, Nixon, Harvey, Mitchell, o° n j, aet * *tSS&?S3B&. »•»-. 5 «1 tons Breen ' {fom London via coastal ports. Dalgety and • 3-Pareora, 5.5.,535 ton.s,Sßiack, from Greymouth, via Oaniaru. q W. Turner, • geDt - . SAILED. \ September 3-Emma Sims, auxiliary screw ketoh. 60 tons, Lane,, for Picton, Pitcaifchly and Co., agents. <Ehe Shaw, Suvill and Albio© Company's srs. Delphio arrived to-day from .London 1 ,, via th» usuS ports of call and several New Zealand ports, of whioh Timaru was the last. She anchored -at the Heads ««xly this . morning, and wae -berthed at No. T wharf at 11:15 «.m. The Delphic has no cargo for Lyttedton, and is expected to remain here about a week, loading for London. Captain Jl Breen is etill in commtnnd. Mr J. Symons is chief officer, Mr A. E. Jackson second, Mr S. J. Learmoufch third, and Mr A. C. Hague fifth. Mr G. "Weight is chief engineer, Mr English second, Mr\ Jaqkson third, *nd Mr NicholL iourth. Mr M'Dongall is chief refrigerating engineer, and Mr Cunningham purser.; * - The New Zealand Shipping Company's s.s. Paparoa was brought in from' the , stream.: «ndberthed ai No. 5 wharf at 10 a.m. to-day. She is to complete her loading here, and will leave for London on Saturday. ■ ;. .^ The s.B. Botomahana arrived fronl Wellington at . 11 a.m. to-day. The ketch Emma Sims sailed for Picton at 9.20 a jn. to-day. • ■>' . The 6.8. Paxeora arrived from Greymouth, Via Oamaru, at 12.40 p.m. to-day. A. return of the accidents to. seamen, andofl>ers v on hoard ship reported to .the Marine Department during the past financial year is giv«n in the annual report of the Department. There w«re ten. fatal accidents, four ! persons, were drowned, and nineteen aninoc accidents were reported. . , ... It is stated in. tile 'annual report of the Marine Department that during .the year owners of New Zealand sailing vessels urged the Department to arrange for the granting of such certificates for their vessels as . would %c recognised in. New South Wales/ so as. to avoid toe nec-essity of the vessels 'having to be surveyed in that State, and the Department lias been in correspondence with the Department of Navigation at Sydney on the subject. That Department has agreed to recognise Kew Zealand certificates, and arrangements have been made for their isiue. The surveys will bo made by ihe engineer surveyors, bnt, as there' is no statutory power in thia colpny for the compulsory periodical survey, only those •vessels whose owners desire tit will be surveyed and receive certificates, pending an amendment of the Jaw. - \