SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1559, 17 February 1879, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET OP LYTTELTON.

Wbathee Eepobt— Pebrnary 17. 9 a.m. —Weather, clear, blue sky; winu, S.W., light. Barometer, 30.28; thermometer, 53. Umli Water—To-morrow. Morning, 1.31; evening, 1.58.

Arrived—Pebrnary 10. Circe, brigantine, 145 tons, Alexander, from Blnlf, C. W, Turner, agent. Hinomoa, Government steamer, Fairchild, from Wellington. Passengers—Messrs Allen (2), Burt, Miss Woodhouse. Orthes, ship, 1200 tons. Macfarlano, from London. New Zealand Shipping Company, agents. Passengers—Saloon—Messrs Sbarland, Way, Bntten, Innes. Second Cabin—Mesdamcs Smith, holly, Misses Kelly (2), Nichols, Messrs Connor, Hnghes, Brown. Brndburn, Smith. Clapham, Dixon, Sherrill, Kelly, Nichols, W. B. Nichols. Steerage —Messrs Scott, K. Hamilton, W. Hamilton, Lowney, Johnston, Swift, Gleuuy. _ Arrived —February lb. Chile, barque, 707 tons, Culbert, from Loudon. Edwards, Bennett and Co, agents. Passengers—second cabin, Mr and Mrs Geo. Crichton and family (9), Mr and Mrs W. H. Parry and family (-), Messrs Trenchard, Hurley, Pitcher, Parker ; steerage, Mr and Mrs J. A. Westfield and family (3), Mr D. Walsh, total 25. February 17. Seabird, brigantine, 155 tons. Smith, from Havelock. Master, agent. _ Australian Sovereign, barque, 352 tons, Berry, from the Bluff. C. W. Turner, agent. Cleared— February 17. Waratah, barque, 202 tons, McArthur, for Hobart Town. Montgomery and Co., agents. Sailed— February 15. Wanaka, 5.5.,278t0n5, McGillivrny, for Akaroaand Port Chalmers. It. Pullett, agent. Passengers— For Akaroa — Messrs Lo Coutrier, Schubert, Wopsley; tor Port Chalmers —Messrs Goodwin and Collison. , Hawea, s.s., 401 tons, Kennedy, for Auckland, via East Coast. It. Pullett, agent. Passengers— For Wellington—Messrs Dewe, Ford, Stevens, Pengelly, Panlton, Clark, Harmon, Lewis, Wolcott, Tonng, Master G. Smith: for Napier—Messrs Dick, Cameron, Beaton, Deaves, Samuels; tor Auckland —Messrs Pudboe, Cooper, Forsyth, Bennett. February 10. Sunbeam, barque, 441 tons, Thompson, for Newcastle. Master, agent. „ Vindex, barqne. Rouse, for Newcastle. C. VV. Turner, agent. . ~ Fire Fly, brig, 180 tons, Downing, for Newcastle. C. W. H. Woledge, agent. , Marie, barqne, 465 tons, Burmeister, for Dunedin. C. W. Turner, agent. Wave of Life, brigantine, 79 tons, Herbert, for Havelock. Master, agent. The barques Vindex and Sunbeam sailed yesterday for Newcastle, the German barque Marie for Port Chalmers, with part original cargo from Mauritius, the Wave of Life for Havelock, and the brig Firoflv for Newcastle. The schooner Croydon Lass, Captain Curran, arrived on Friday night last, four days from Nelson, with a cargo of timber. Gn the 10th had the wind N.W., followed by a S.E. gale on the 11th and 12th ; was oil Stephen’s Island on the latter date; wind changed to light N.W. On ThursTay had a light wind from the southward to Kaikoura, thouco N.E. to arrival. The fore-and-aft schooner Reward, Captain Westlake, arrived on the 14th from Motouan, having left there at noon of that date. Reports strong easterly wind and heavy sea. _ The Government steamer Hinemon, Captain Fairchild, with the European mail via San Francisco, arrived at twenty minutes past twelve yesterday afternoon, seventeen hours from Wellington, and but seventy-three hours from Auckland, inclusive of stoppages at Napier and Wellington. Between Auckland and Napier she was but thirtythree hours, beiug but an hour more than too fastest run on record, and that was a smooth water passage, whereas the Hinemoa, for a hundred miles, had to face a hard south-west gale and head sea. Captain Fairchild reports sighting a large ship off Capa Campbell, making to the southward. After landing seventy-three sacks of mail matter, she sailed at 12.50 p.m. for Port Chalmers. tSe CHILE, FROM LONDON. The barque reported iu the shipping news in this morning’s "Press,” as being signalled last night, proved to be the above vessel, 105 days from London, with twenty-five passengers all well, and a fnll general cargo, about 400 tons of which is for the Bluff. Messrs Edwards, Bennett and Co., are her agents.