PORT OF TIMARU.

Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 2906, 16 January 1884, Page 2

PORT OF TIMARU.

Tha' flagstaff at Timarn is sstnafed m 171J Aeg. nmin. 20seo. Enst longitude ; 44deg. 2S mm. Sjnth latitude. - c- -. .■,■■, i Jam:iS-9 a.m.:.'.Bar'., 28.47 ; tfer.,i€7; wind, N.W.,. stormj ; .weather, bright and dear; eea, moderato swell. 5 p.m. : Bar., 28.62: ther., 70; wind, N.W., frcar. braoze | sea, slight swell. Hijf a Water— This day, Januury Kith : 5.24 a.m. and 5.48 p.m. AIUBIVSS. Jan. IS — Beautiful Star, s.s., 146 tons, Whit), from Dunedlu. ji SMLBD. Jan. 15 — Beautiful Star, b.h.. 14*> Cons, Whifej, for Bunedin. IUPORTP. In tie Beautiful Star, N.M. and A. Compunj agenta — 65 tons of penenvl lnorchanciiao. Con--B:tfn»a- Navies ar-d Murphy : Pciqst and Holdfiife ; Order ; Breadley ; Eiloy : TLnaru Harbor Board ; Manager Gas Company ; Mileii, Aroher and Co. ; Hurt : Pewson ; Monis ; Bowie ; Anderson and Co. : Tayloi aud i iktman ; Williams ; Hibbard ; Kett ; Canterbury Farmurs' Co-operativj A:ssocia'ior.: Farrell : Kernoban, McCahoa and Co.; r>-"*»'on; SVebster ; Siegert and Fanvel; N.Z.3. Company ; Agents. IXPORTS. In tho Boantifnl Star, N.M. and A. Coumanj agents : 221 bales of wool, 5 bales; of iikina. Shippers — N.M. and A. Company : George Priest. Tlio Tnion Company's s.s. Beautiful Stai arar'voi from Dunedin about mid-day yesiordaj a atiroig head wind haviug detained !i jr somo what.' She was bronght alongside the wharl on irrial, and her cargo of icarch:indi-!( quirk! ? disohargeil. After takinc m a fnl loa^i o£ wool and skins, she left tar Diincdii aboat 7 o'cloak. Th* oarque Mary Ann Aunison waa taking m *'heat and oats at tho outer w'narf tester day. >he goes to Jiydnov On account of !Uessri Bobt. Wilkin au 1 Co. El the list of exports by thd Cingnlesi Bxjpplie r l to us the following- itoms wen omittsd: — 3 bales ..of skins and 198 Ulloa o wool, shipped by .Messrs Burt and ilooiiy, o C.jjym ;or ; and 1(16 balsa of wool and 5 bale: of tilsn-<, shipped by The Colonial Rec.l Pro psrty Company (Limited), of Sh'?rwoo< Downs. The s.s. Konu_ni left Wellington for thi f>]ii yesterday and should arrive this m jrniu™ S'ai) will take m cargo for Dunedin, also Wei liojrton and West Coast ports. Tjo N.Z.G.A anil M. Company are her local agents. 'Che barque Comodre, well-known to th< shipping commonity at this port, hod nthor t rough passage lately from London to Sydney I-itae South Athmtio her deefca werj swop frequently aud sails were carried away. Th< fovetopsail tie carried away m lat. 42 s., long 16 X., breaking m its fall the orano of tb loitertopsail yanl. On the 21at; Deiiember when the vessel was to the southward o Tdaioania, the boats woro stove ia ,- th compass was wr.shed ovorboard, apas.*e spar and other deck lumber also wont ever the side The .passage, taken altogether, was, m fact one of the roughest her worthy skipper eve encountered. A Teasel floating- bottom upwaitis was passe* by tbe Sedwell Jane, three-mastijd schooner N*tnl to Melbourne, on Noveaibor 29th, ii la:. 35.34 S., long. 44.30 E. She appeared t b<- about 140 t'eet long, had been now!; coppered, and did not seem to have been ii that position lon b \ The weather was too nn fcvoragld to allow any close approach to her. In evidonco of tho extreme difficulty there i is. carrying ont satisfactorily m practice th theoretical rules for atability, it is stated tha so crank aro oven H.M.S.S. Iron. Dnkc Audacioa.i and r anguard, though dea-gned b; gantlemon who are reported ~o have n Kiperiora iv their profession, thut the actio of their helms a~ full speed gave them a Kst c 13 degreeß, and m order to make thet ordinarily safe it was found nccossaiy to fil m their bilges with scrap irou and cemeni to the great detriment of their sailing power! In 1881 the Meteorological Council of Grea Dritain issued a circular to a'l their storrr irarning stations, m order to obtain expre; (ions of local opinion as to the value of th ftorm warnings. The replies, 135 m numbei were, with few exceptions, unanimously favoi lible, and ahowed that during ':ho2J! years c its existence m the United Kingdom the stori naming- system created by Admira\ Fitzroj raid cari-it d on succesaivelv by lleteorolJ iiicalCommittee and the MoteorologiciilCounci lias certainly not lost its position iit the eat ra&tion of the British fishing population. Captain Howie, of. the brigantane Ariel, he •iiacovered a w:w paasage throngh tlie Barric lEoei, which Be reports upon a3 llollows:Having shaped a course for Trinity Openin< and finding a good clear traok leading on t it, stood into the onter entranc-a, but nigl coming on had to stand out to sea again. I the morning at. daylight tacked ship and Btoo m imtil Fitzroy Island and Cape Urufton wei sighted. Keeping a good look-oat at th masthead, and steering a W.S.W. courat found a good clear passage through the Barrie Bgef of from sir to seven mileatade,. and shon water from the masthead, this goingto fast to take aonndings. Sighted the sand ban off Fitzroy Ishind to sonth and Grc*n Islan^ to the north, with appaiently a cletx possag between, and i.tood close m to Fitzioy Islanc sliaping a course for t'airna, which was quiokl reached, and anchorage taken up near th wharf. Captain Howie farther reports tha ho considers the above passage as snperior t Trinity Opening, it being wider and"free fror shallow coral-patches, and is apparently dee water throughout. The now chaaiiel beini immediately to the east of Cairns harboi Tussels trading to the Islands will find mue! greater facility m making: for or leaving thi part. JBT TEtEOKAPH.) .