Shipping Intelligence.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3285, 8 April 1885, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT OF TI&IARU. Tho flags taff at. Timaru is situated in 171 deg. 17min. 20sec. Kaat longitude ; 44deg. 23 min. Sonth lat.itnrto. Sun rises, this day, 0.27 ; sots 5.3t!. High water, this day, V.B a.m. ; 9.31 p.m. AKRTVED. April 7— Taiaroa., s.s., 228 tons, Thomson, from Nelson, via way ports. HArLED. April 7 — Taiaroa, a.s., 228 tons, Thomson, for Dunedin. IJII'OHTS. In the Tuiaroa, N . M. &A. Company, agents : 15 tons of general merchandise. Consignees — Kurnohnu, JloCahon and Co.; Bowie; Morris and Gall ; Miles, Aruher and Co. ; N . M . uncl A. Company ; J. Barrett : Collins and Co. ; Levien ; Purdic aud Co. ; E. T. Rhodes ; Mrs Luxmoore. Iu the Ku nil worth, 1). Stowart, agont : 140 tons coal. Consignee — E. Smith. EXPORTS. In tho Taiaroa, N.M. and A. Company, agents: 151 bales of wool, 18 tons flour, 20 hides, :>3 cases cheoso, 10 packages butter. Shippers — N.Z.L. and M.A. Company ; Agents ; Temuka Cheeso Factory ; Colonel Eichbaum ; Royal Flouring Mills. Tho schooner IConilworth commenced discharging her coals at the wharf yosterday. The schooner Onward was loading produce for a Northern port yestorday. Sho will finish to-day. The hrigantinc Anthous will finish discharging to-d:iy. and then load for Greymouth. The brigantine Marshall S. will be hauled to the wharf to-day to discharge her ballast. She loads with prodnco for Auckland. The Union Company's s.s. Taiaroa arrived from Nelsou, via way ports, yesterday, with o small load of general merchandise. She sailed in the ovening for Duuedin with a quantity of •wool and produce. The Auckland Hentttt of the 2nd inst. says : — The steamship Triumph is fast approaching completion for sea, the work of fitting up the 'tween decks being l'apidly proceeded with under tho superintendence of Mr D. Gouk. Captain Worsp has been appointed master of t*ie Triumph. Iu September, 187G, Captain Worsp left sea life to take up tho onerous position of Marine Surveyor and Secretary to the Insurance Companies Association at this port, and ho has hold that appointment until tho present time. Captain Worsp is an old friend of the travelling public of New Zealand and Austiv 1 '':!, he having during the last 21 years been closely associated with this colony. He came otit to this port as chief of the ship Scoresby, then took service with the old Panama Company, and two years later was appointed to the command of the steamei Phce'^o. Ho subsequentlycommanded, seriatim, the steamers Lord Ashley, Auckland, Aire^ dale. Egmout, again was appointed to the Ashley, aiid then to tho Phoebo. and held the latter command for something like six years, resigning it to take charge of the Union Company's steamer Tanpo. Captain Worsp was not only a most popular master, but also a most fortunate one to boot, for throughout his career as .steamboat master, Captain Worsp has absolutely steered clear of accident and damage of any kind. Not one casualty even can be attributed to his account. There are few men of: so many years' service in an intricate trade who can claim so much credit. Mr Mclntyre (a gentleman who for many years held a similar position in J. Hoult's employ, ont of Liverpool) has beeu appointed to the important post of chief engineer. A Home paper says : — The twin screw hopper dredger — tho Melbourno— the largest and most powerful dredger yet constructed, was launched on the 17th February from Messrs W. Simons and Co.'s yard at Renfrew. Her dimensions are : length 205 feet; breadth, 35 feet ; depth between decks, 11 feet (j inches ; draught when fnlly equipped, 7 feet ; speed. 7 knots ; engine power, 850 T.H.P. ; boiler pressure. 90 lbs to square inch. Her bucket ladder measures 100 feet, weighing about 40 tons, and carrying 39 buckets on the chain, each holding one ton. The dredger ■will .lift, allowing for stoppages, about tiOO tons of soil an hour, and when running freoly 900 or 1000 tous. She wilj dredge to a depth of 35 feet below water line. The vessol is fitted as a twiu screw, having two independent acts of compound engines so arranged that cither or both will drive the bucket gear. The accommodation for the officers and crew is very comfortable, tho state rooms being abaft tho engines, aud the crew's cabins on the starboard side, alongside the well. The Melbourno was named by Miss L. Brown, the daughter of ono of the builders. The vessel was designed by and built under the superintendence of Sir John Coode, the consulting engineer of the Trust. At the lunch Sir John Coodo was represented by Mr William Matthews, C.E., and the Agent-tieueral for Victoria, the Chairman of the London Committee of the Trust by Mr Kingston, ono of tho staff of the Victorian Agency. Tho Melbourne will ho tried for speed and other requirements in about six weoks' timo, and will Bail at the ond of April. (By Telegraph.)