SHIPPING.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 4552, 24 November 1887, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF TIMAEU. The flagstaff of Timaru is situated iu 171 eg 20 mins, East longitude; and 44 deg 25min South latitude. ARRIVED. Nov. 24-Herald, s.s., 376 tons, Jones, from Dunedin. SAILED. Nil. ' . IMPORTS. In the Herald, W. Evans, agent: 5 tons cargo. Consignees—Ogilvie, Bowker, Taylor, Queloh, Dunlop, Pearpoint, Gall, Clark. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Norman Maoleod, barque, from Lyttelton, early. .J The barquontine Jasper left Mauritius on October 11th with a cargo of sugar. She ,ia 'now 44 days out. t . , , ... The barque Examiner, an old trader to this port, and one of the C.W.T. line of vessels, has been chartered to run between Melbourne and the Clarence river with timber. The steamer Herald arrived from Dunedin this morning and was berthed at the main wharf. She brought a small inward cargo and after discharging it commenced loading produce for Wellington and the West Coast. THE (ENDEAVOUR. The correspondent of a Melbourne paper, commenting upon the information received from London, to which we referred on the 22nd inst., states that he served as cabin boy about the year 1850, for eighteen months on board the Brotherly Love, the above-mentioned vessel under anew name; he further states:— . “ At that time the ship in question belonged to a wealthy shipowner, James Young, of South Shields, and while I was in her, she received a thorough overhaul, rendering her as good almost as new, in fact she weathered, shortly after, one of the heaviest gales on the English coast, when the Tyne lifeboat, on going to a rescue,was upset and twenty men drowned,and " an‘ immense number of vessels lost. Furthermore, I visited England in 1877, and saw the old ship still belonging to the same owner, and she really was in first-class condition. When I went bn board I was informed by those in charge that so much did the owners think of her, that she was regularly laid up for the winter and every care taken of her, and they were then only waiting for spring time, |to have her fitted out for the Baltic, which trade she was then engaged in. Now that the centenary of the colonies is to bo held next , year, I would suggest that the Australian Go vernments try to secure possession of the vessel, and I have not a doubt she would be held in quite as great esteem an veneration as ever Nelson’s ship, the Victory, has been regarded by the English people. The work the Endeavour has done will live in the world’s history as long as time shall last, as well as the imperishable name of her commander. If the vessel is really afloat, as I hope and believe she is, I would not have the slightest hesitation in bringing her over her old tracks once more to these shores, as she is, without doubt, the best seaboat I have ever been aboard of.”— Australasian Shipping News .