PORT OF TIMARU.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3253, 28 February 1885, Page 2

PORT OF TIMARU.

The flagstaff at Timarn is situated in 171 dog. 17min. 20seo. East longitude ; 44dog. 23 mm. South latitude. Sun rises, this day, 5.40 ; sets 6.40. High water, this day, 1.30 a.m. ; 1.58 p.m. ABKIVED. Feb. 27 — Reward, schoonor, 41 tons, Andrews, from Lyttelton. Fob. 27— Colonist, schooner, -13 tons, Bailoy, from Lyttolton. SAILED. Nil. CLEARED. Fob. 27— Howard, schooner, 41 tons, Andrews, for Nelson. ..Feb. 27— Elizabeth, barque, 349 tons, Walker, for Sydney and Newcastle. EXPORTS. In the Reward, mastor, agent ; 300 sacks, 300; 1001b bags and 120 50lb bags flour. Shippers—Royal Flouring Mills. In the Elizabeth, W. Evans, agent : 1020 sacks (4105 bnshols) whoat, 820 sacks (3280 bushels) oats, 370 sacks flour, 540 sacks sharps, 820 sacks bran, 20 kegs butter. Ship.-. per3 _Agent ; C. \V. Turner ; Royal Flouy&ig Mills ; N.Z.L. and M.A. Company ; Caaterbnry Farmers' Association ; David Stuart ; Anderson and Co. VESSELS IN PORT. Inside the Breakwater — Steam tng — Titan. Barque — Eliz ab eth . Schooners — Colonist and Reward. EXPECTED ARRIVAL?. Taiaroa, s.s., from Dunedin, to-day. Ohau, s.s., from the South, to-day. Norman McLeod, barque, from London, early. Deva, barque, from London, early. Rangitikei, ship, from London, early. Allegiance, ship, from London, via Lyttelton, early. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For Lyttolton, via Akaroa— Taiaroa, s.s., to-day. For Auckland, via way ports— Ohau, today. For Sydney and Newcastle— Elizabeth, barque, to-day. For "VVaitara— Colonist, schooner, to-day. For Nelson — Reward, schoonor, to-day. The schooner Reward arrived from Lytteltou yesterday morning, and was immediately berthed at the wharf. She bxonght no inward cargo for this port. About five o'clock she finished loading, and was then hauled off to tho buoys. She takes a full load of flour to Nelson, shipped by the Royal Flouring Mills. The schooner Colonist arrived from Lyttelton in ballast yesterday, and was berthed at the inner wharf about one o'clock. During the afternoon she discharged her ballast and took in about 20 tons of flour. She is expected to finish loading about noon to-day, when she will sail for Waitara. The barqne Elizabeth finished loading last night. She will sail about mid-day to-day with prodnce for Sydnoy and Newcastle. The New Zealand Shipping Company received a telegram yesterday morning stating that the s.s. Tongariro had arrived at Plymouth on the 24th inst., all well. Their R.M.S. Rimntaka arrived at Hobarton Thursday, from Plymouth (loft January 17th). Tho coals she was supplied with, we are informed, turned out to be inferior, hence her protracted passage. She is due in Wellington on Tuesday. (By Telegraph.)