LATE SHIPPING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 128, 6 July 1914, Page 10

LATE SHIPPING.

Cabled advice announces- the . arrival *t Southampton of. the Shaw, Savill steamer Tokomaru last Wednesday. She left Auckland on May 12 and called at Monte Video on June 5. After discharge, of heir cargo at Homa the vessel is to .proceed to Oanada to load for New Zealand porte, and is due back agaim in these waters about October 25.

Yesterday morning the C. and D. Line'* steamer Indrabarah arrived in port from tha Bluff to complete Homeward loading and ban* kering prior to her sailing for London to-

morrow. ; .. ... , /. . , .... ... v -'. Amongst the arrivals in port yesterday' was the Turakina, from London, via Wellington. On completing discharge she goes on the Homeward loading berth. w En route from Liverpool to New Zealand ports, the Invertay .made a .call jit Durban last She is .running under the auspices ot the F. ai)d S. Line, and is expected to reach Lyttelton early in August. '

Having completed discharge of her New Zealand cargo at Auckland, the steamer Linden left the northern port late on Saturday night for Newcastle-Heads for orders. To-day the Wildenfels is. expected to le&ve New York for Australian and New Zealand ports. She is coming under the auspices of the U.S. and A.- Line. Under the auspices of the A. and A. Line, a steamer has been fixed to load at New York

•s month for Australian ports, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. The vessel is fixed to sail on July 27.

After lying ashore at Azalea Reef, where she grounded last October whilst on a passage to Stettin from Ocean Island, laden with phosphates, the s.s. Aberlour now lies safe in harbour at Perim, where she will no doubt be temporarily repaired in order to proceed to England (Says the Sydney ''Shipping List.") This vessel struck the reef at a most dangerous time, the weather being against all efforts to refloat her, but the sal- . vage \party worked on undauntedly, repeatedly having to stop work, though, owing to the risks involved; A§ each day# passed, the vessel received more serious damage, until many began to believe that even if refloated at all she would very likely "be "a total con- » structive loss." However, in the end the task was accomplished, ?nd from the report just to hand the damages are much less than might be expected, considering the time she was. ashore. ' , A reduction of 5/- per ton has.been made in the freight on. grain shipped from New Zealand to tlie United; Kingdom. " This applies to oats, wheat, barley, peas, and beans, so that the general Tate is now 20/- per ton, plus 10 per cent., primage from all ports except Pit-ton. In accordance with the usual custom of rating Picton freight at an extra 5/- per ton shipments from that port will be at the rate of 25/- per ton. k SOUTH CANTERBURY'S PORT, lieturns issued by the secretary and treasurer of the Timaru Harbour Board show that ■ the revenue for the six months ended, Jun« 30.. ■ was a record; the , total bping J517.P92; for the corresponding ; period of last year it .was £15,70.1. The tonnage of the inwards shipping was 230,809, as compared with 245,681 for the corresponding period last year. The imports totalled 47,437 tons, as compared with 47,313 tons in the first six months of 1913. Exports of wool this year were a record for the port, the total being 37,409 bales, as compared with 33,334 for the first •six months of 1013. Other record exports wore:—Hides 1976, /grass seed 2082 sacks, beans and peas 6251 sacks, beef 913 quarters, and linseed 501 sacks. The total exports were 57,484 tons, and the total imports and exports 104,921 tons. In 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, and 1913 Timarti held third place ia the Dominion for frozen mutton and lamb shipments. This year's totals at other ports are not available yet. Timaru exported for the six months of this year 703,281 catcases of frozen mutton.