PORT OF TIMARU.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 2235, 19 November 1881, Page 2

PORT OF TIMARU.

The fls.gita.ff at Timaru is situated m 171 leg. 17min. 20seo. Eait longitude ; 4Weg. 23 •un. South latitude. Nov. 18—9 a.m. : Bar., 29.89 ; ther. 57 j • weather calm ; sea, slight swell, t p.m. : Bar., 29.81; th«r., 59; weather oalm; lea, slight swell. iSEiras. Nov. 18— Waitaki, s.s., 228 tons, Holmes, from Dunedin. Passengers— Cabin : Mrs Per.cival, Missea Williamson and Falooner, Messrs Reid, Green, Foster, Marshall, MoPhenon and 7 steerage. iaiutd. Nov. 18— Waitaki, s.s., 228 tons, Holmes, for Dunedin. Passenger! — Cabin: Messrs Waugh and Bower. IMPOSTS. In the Waitaki, N.M. and A. Company, agents — 53 tons general merchandise. Consignees : Reid and Gray ; Lane and Co. ; Corporation ; Exley ; Miles, Archer and Co. ; Strachan ; Storm ; Maslin ; Driscoll ; Salek ; Anderson and Co. ; Evans, Qrandi and Dooley; Cooper; Howie; McKeown; Houston ; Greenup ; Ellis ; Jackson ; Shepherd ; Ogilvio and Byers ; Fraser ; Blyth ; Lukey ; Turnbull ; Hart ; Brown ; Rowbotham ; MoGuiness; Hibbard ; Engineer Waterworks ; Mundell and Co. ; Childs ; Morris ; Priest and Holdgato ; J. R. Stansell ; Filmer; Amos; Union Bank ; Order ; Agents. IXFOBTS. In the Waitaki, N.M. and A. Company, agent — 406 bales wool ; 20 casks tallow ; 8 bundles skins ; 14 hides. Shippers : Agents ; K.Z.M.P. Company ; Jonas. In the Edith Reid, master, agent : 750 sacks (3000 bushels) wheat ; 180 sacks (720 bnshels) barley. Shippers: P. Cunningham and Co. TISSBXS IM FOKT. Brigantine— Entorpriso. Sohooners— Jessie Nicool, Edith Reid. Steamer — T.iilia Denham. SXPECTED ARRIVALS. Waitaki, s.s., from Dunodin, on Tuesday. Candidate, ship, from London, early. Ganymede, barquo, from Newcastle, early. Elizabeth Graham, barque, from London, •arly. Young Dick, schooner, from Hobart, early. The sohooner Martha Reid completed loading up with grain for Lyttelton yesterday, and will sail for that port to-day. The s.s. Waitaki arrived from Dunedin yesterday morning and returned to the same port m the evening with produce. Captain Mills received the following telegram from Captain Edwin, Wellington, yesterday: — "Expect bad weather between north and sonth. Glass will fall again soon and wind backing, and after ten hours heavy sea on beaoh." The following by-law m reference to light dues at Sonth Australian ports has been adopted bytho Marine Board of Sonth Australia: — Light dues shall be paid on all ve»sels (exoept those exempt under clause 3 herein), according to the undermentioned scale, viz : — 1. From or to any port beyond the limits of the province, Id per ton register. 2. On ships trading within tho province the following coasting light dues shall be paid, viz : — On each ship under 30 tons register, 5s per quarter, or part of a quarter, m advance ; on each ship of from SO tons to 50 tons register, 15s do ; on each ship over 50 tons and under 100 tons register, .£1 5s do ; on each ship of 100 tons register or over, id per ton m, and id per ton out. Vessels exempt. — 3. Light dues ■hall not be oh&rged on the following vessels, viz : — Her Majesty's ships-of-war, troopships and transports lured by Her Majesty's Government ; bnt this exemption ahall not apply to merohant ships freighted wholly, or m part, by the Government for the voyage to or from Port Adelaide ; ships-of-war belonging to sovereign powers m allianoo with Her Majesty, shipi belonging to the Royal Yaoht Squadron, and yachts or ships used solely for pleasure, and not engaged m trade or the conveyance of passengers for hire. Ships outfitting to or refitting from whale fisheries. 4. The Northern Territory, for tho purpose of thi» by-law, is considered to be beyond the limits of tho province. 5. The masters of all ships for wnioh light dues are charged must, within 24 hours after arrival, produce tho certificate of registry of the ship at the offices of the Marina Board, or, m case of vessels on which a quarterly charge ia made, at least ones m every three months. 6. A receipt for light dues when levied shall be given to every person paying the same ; and no officer of Customs, at any port, shall grant s, clearance or transire for any snoh ship unless tho receipt for the same is produced to him. The receipt for light dues must be exhibited by the master or person m charge of any ship to any officer of the Marine Board at such times as may bs deemed neces* aary. The following extract from the Northern Whig is of great interest, as showing an entirely new departure m the art of recovering stranded iron vessels, of whioh there are numerous instances m these colonies : — " The Dnnmore, a splendid new steamer belonging to Glasgow, and plying between Plymouth and Belfast, which went on the rocks m a fog at Ballyquintin Point, near Portaferry, Connty Down, has been satisfactorily got off. At first two steamtugs endeavored to remove her, but they failed, as she was firmly held on by the rocks sticking up through tho iron sheeting at her bows. With gunpowder it was then tried to bloat the rocks away, bnt this was not found to be satisfactory. Captain Anderson, the skilled superintendent for the Underwriters' Association, then applied to Mr Robert M'Conkey, of Donaghaaee, who has lately returned from the Danube, where he was engaged removing a steamer for the European Commission, whioh was sunk between Vienna and Sulina, and where he used large quantities of dynamite and blasting gelatine with complete sucoess. Mr M'Conkey obtained "^ qnarrymen to thrill holes ia the rocks at low water, close along the starboard side. The holes were made from 8 inches to 15 inches deep, and into each from two ounces to eight ounces of dynamite and blasting gelatine were put, and, when fired, the rocks ware satisfactorily shattered without the skin of the vessel being injured. After some days' work some hundreds of tons of the projecting rocks were thus cleared away. Timber logs were placed underneath tho keel of the steamer, so as to support her when the rocks were ont away. After the jagged rooks on the starboard side were removed, Captain Anderson directed the vessel to be canted over at high water into the dock prepared for her, bo as to rest on the timber logs. This was done by aid of tackling from the fore and main masts to anchors placed at tho starboard side of the vessel upon rocks abont 500 feet distant. When the vessal was turned over the rocks on the other side were ont away m a similar manner, to allow the ship-carpenters to bolt a strong wooden sheeting where the holes were made, and caulked them up, so as to be water-tight. On Tuesday last, at high water, by aid of her own engines and two Bteamtugs, the Dunmoro was safely got off and taken to Glasgow for repairs. There were upwards of 140 shots of dynamite and blasting gelatine fired m the rooks close to the skin of the vessel and underneath her keel, none of which did the vessel the least harm, and the total weight of explosives used was only 70 lbs. Tho whole work was carried ont m the most satisfactory manner under Captain Anderson's directions, who thoroughly understands the nso of dynamite, having used it with great success previously m cutting away the rocks from underneath the s.s. City of Venice, which ran on the North Rock, near Cloughey, County Down, abont three years ago." [BT TSLBQBAPH.]