SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1561, 19 February 1879, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POST OF LYTTELTON. Wwatht-b Bnpoivr-Febrimry 19. 9 n m.—Weather, overcast; wind, N.fc., flgnt. Barometer, 30.20; thermometer. 60. Hisrh Water—To-morrow. Morning, 3.10; evening, 3.34. Arrived— February 18. Omaha, brigantine, Ayers, from the Chatham Islands. Master, agent Passengers - Messrs Hood, Chndlcigh, Shaiul (2), Langdale, Moore, Murphy, M'Atidrew, Sol wood, and five natives. Arrived— February 18. Examiner, barque, 200 tons, Scoullar, from Greymouth. C. W. Turner, agent. Pelorua Nelson, schooner, 56 tons, Nelson, from Felorus Sound. Master, agent. Tw„T»n«nia from Island City, barque, 421 tons. McDonald, irom Newcastle. P. Cunningham and Co, agents. February 19. Alhion ss 596 tons, Tozer, from Melbourne via •££««?«*& srasiSr x» bourne-saloon Mr' Bryant, Goortz, MacS F l Gotch J. Anson, J. Mulligan, and 10 in £l' U £ Bluff - Miss McLaren. From SSSX-M™B Bevan, Miss Arkell, and 2 steerage. For North-10 saloon, 15 steerage. Cleared— February 10. Albion, s.s., 596 tons, Tozer, for Wellington. R. P bßß Sue, 341 tons, Bnrch, for Newcastle. C. W. Turner, agent. Sailed— February 18. Florence, barque. 809 tons. Houston, for London. Eoyso, Stead and Co.. agents. Ringarooma, s.s., 623 tons, Chatfield, for Melbourne via South. R.Pnilett, agent. Passengers -For Dunedin: Mesdames Bashford, Raphael, Messrs Young, Barr, Manson, Lewisson. For Melbourne-Mr and Mrs Street and child, Mr and Miss Bath. Mr G. L. Beat!., Mr Fitzmaurice. For Hobart Town-Miss King, Mr F. B Passmore. Steerage-Melbourne: Mr aiid Mrs Sale and child, Mr and Mrs Trevelyan and child, J. bneritt.

The barque Florence, for London, was towed to Se The 9 nne schooner Reward is announced to sail for Wellington direct in a fow days. The New Zealand Company has despatched the Coriolanus for this port, December .Maij, with twenty-seven passengers, and the Red Gauntlet, Jt The ir barqne Times is loading for London under charter to the New Zealand Shipping Company. p On Monday afternoon the hopper barge Sumner s place on Messrs Loutitt and Co.'s slip, was taken by the Heathcote. ... . ..__ All the vessels in harbor were gay with bnnting yesterday in honor of the presence in port of the Marquis of Normanby. ,„»„„-#•« Captain Smith, brigantmo Sea Bird, reports hiving made the Heads on Monday, 54 hours from Havelock. Had a light S.E. wind to Cape Campbell, a S.W. gale to Kaikoura, thence moderate southerly winds. The brigantine Omaha, Captain Ayres, from Chatham Islands, February 13th, arrived yesterday afternoon. Had two days of southerly wmds followed by variables, with fine weather. Sighted the whalers Splendid, Triton, and Alaska, cruising off the islands. , Two barques and a barquentine are reported as having passed the Heads, Otago. on Sunday bound North As three barques have since arrived at this port is probable they were the three vessels seen. At Catlin's River on Saturday last there were—the Jessie loaded, for Dunedin, Jane Hannah for Timaru, Harriet and Janet Ramsay for Oamaru. The hull and cargo of the schooner Clyde were submitted to public competition on behalf cf the underwriters on Friday last. The sale was conducted by Mr Thomas Acland, of the firm of Aclaud. Campbell and Co., and was held on the scene of the disaster on the Ninety-mile beach, near Taumutu. The attendance of buyers was large, and nil the lots submitted obtained fair competition. The hull rigging, &c, was eventually kuocked down to Mr Wm. Wood, for £3lO. The cargo, which consisted of oats, bran, flour, &c, was purchased by local buyers at very satisfactory prices, considering the difficulty of cartage. , The Union Steamship Company give notice that lutrgage labels may be procured at the Company s offices here and at Lyttelton. The schooner Alert arrived at Wellington, from Timarn, on Sunday night last. The steamship Eingarooma, of the U.a.o. line, arrived at eight o'clock yesterday morning, sixteen hours and a-half from Wellington, She brought fifty-seven passengers aud ten tons of cargo, as per memoranda above ; took in forty tons, and sailed at 3 30 p.m. for Port Chalmers en route to Melbourne via Bluff and Hobart Town, with twentyone passengers booked here.