PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11480, 13 January 1903, Page 6

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

ARRIVED-JTanuary 12. Toroa, 5.5.,- 353 tons, McAlister from Napier. Kinney, Barns and Co., agents. SALLED—January 12. Annie Hill, schooner, 160 tons, Brown for Kaipara via Wellington. Pitcaiiuly and Co., aS ufyo.e schooner, 86 tons, Cameron, for GreyWuth. D. C. Mclntyre and Co, agen.s. Uoroa, s.s., 388 tons, McAuater, for we Cha-thams. Kinsey, barns and Co agents. Wakatu, s.s., 157 tons, Wills, for Wellington, etc. Kinsey, Barns and Co., agents. Tarawera, s.s., 2tXW tons, Stott tor Wellington. I'asscngers—Misses Walsh, iay.t>r, i J eter, Verdon, 'Douglas, Humphrey, Ba«"<jinan, Bicknell (2;, £), Haich, Ho - low Smith, and Leimie, Moadaines McDeod, Dcimchy, Tcschemaker, Sewed, JAcCorniack ar.d two children, Agier, McFerran, Zolirab and infant, Wallace, Forman, O linen, Wright and boy. Morris and boy and Hollow, Rev leather Keogh, Messrs McCormac*, A»ier, McFexran, Hault (2), Pitt, Scott, Weir, Hillary, Zohrab, Wallace, Coy, Hullen, Christie Ferk, McLetlan, Smith, Dennehy, Beckel, Gray, McDeod, Wilson, Sewell, Co.bus, Coney. Fonuan, MeGill and Schatz, Master Beckell. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. IMPORTS. Tarawera—From Wellington: 13 crates felt 1 keg soda, 8 boxes soup, 23 cases gin, 8 tins grease, 28 qr cases fruit,. 8 cks pelts, lo cases, 6 cks, 12 bales, 1 box, 10 pkgs, 12 empty crates, 2 bags, 1 truss. Ftoui .Nelson: 4 sks seed, 1 bicycle, 37 cases jam, 5 cases hops, 6 pkgs. EXPORTS. Waihora—For Wellington: 17 tons theatrical scenery. * For Tokomaru Bay: 10a aks seed. For Napier: 4 crates biscuits, 1 drum oil. 1 pipe, 1 tree, 1 chain harrow, 8 pkgs daisy carts, 1 pole, 27 cases and pkgs. For Gisborne: 2 cases wine, 1 case spirits, 10 cases ale, 1 case health food, 40 bags flour, 10 ska pollard, 30 cases and pkgs. For Auckland: 3 cases tobacco, 10 hhds and 12 cases ale, 23 bdls sacks, 50 sks malt, 18 cases pickles, 1 case drugs, 60 cases saraparilla, 30 cases truit, 120 bags flour, 9 sks seed, 3 trusses leather, 230 bales hay, 1953 sks wheat, 256 sks chaff, 1 diso- harrow, 1 rake, 105 cases and pkgs. Rotomahana—For Wellington: 1 pianoforte, 20 crates biscuits, 9 crates and 2 cases confectionery, 1 crate furniture, 6 patent boiler», 7 pkgs ranges, 10 sks oatma, 1 keg cream of tartar, 70 sks oats, 12 sks rhubarb, 2 trusses leather, 2 frames, 1 axle, 80 roller rings, 68 cases and pkgs. For Wanganm: 1 case confectionery, 2 trusses leather, 8 cases and pkgs. For Patea: 4 hhds ale. For Foxton: 6 cases ale, 3 oases, 2 pkgs. For Blenheim: 8 pkgs, 1 truss. For Picton: 4 crates biscuits. For Westport: 1 perambulator, 5 cases samples, 10 cases meats, 20 bags manure. For Nelson: 2 crates biscuits, 1 case confectionery, 6 cases, 5 pkgs. The trawler Napier arrived from Timaru on Sunday evening. She has come to experiment in the neightbourhood of Lytteiton, where fish of excellent quality is known to be abundant. She is owned by Mr F. G. Sullivan, of Dunedin, and Captain Ryffel is in charge. The trawler is fitted with one of Kay'a patent auto trawling nets, -which has ,a spread of 70 feet. The Toroa arrived, from Napier at 7 a.m. yesterday, and left for the Chatham Islands last night. The attention of the Government has been drawn to the necessity for expending th« £500 put on the Estimates last session for removing obstructions and dredging near the Onehunga wharf. On December 21st the Takapuna grounded at No. 4 buoy, opposite the Bluff, and renamed fast half an hour. The Ngapuhi struck the gTound at the same place on September 3rd and sustained some dfi-"-,ige, bending the blades of her propeller. AkJ*. s\ earner drawing 12ft of water may susta... serious damage when approaching One- , hiiii H a wharf, owing to the rocky eature of thj bottom at No. 4 buoy. Captain J. W. Raymond, Marine Surveyor for the New Zealand Underwriters' Association at the Bluff, during the past twelve years, has resigned. He brought the barque i Sir Harry Smith through Fovea-ux Straits in 1850. The Annie Hill eailed for Wellington and ■ Kaipara at 3.30 p.m. yesterday. The Clyde sailed for Greymouth yesterday afternoon. The Wakatu left for Wellington, etc., last , aig-ht. The Papanui ia eixpected from Timaru to- I lay.