PORT OF TIMARU.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3307, 4 May 1885, Page 2

PORT OF TIMARU.

Tho flagstaff at Timaru is situated m 171 dig. 17min. 20aeo. East longitude ; 41deg. 23 mm. Sonth latitude. Sim rises, this day, 6.58 : sets 4.56. High water, this day, G.ll a.m. ; 6.38 p.m. ARRIVED. May 2— Wanaka, s.s., 278 tons, Russell, from Dunedin. Passengers — Mesdames Percival and Mackay, Misses Thomson, Ward, Wilson, Dodd, Cramond, and Mr Reid. SAILED. May 2 — Wanaka, s.a., 278 tons, Russell, for Nelson, via way ports. IMPORTS. In tho Wanaka, N.M. and A. Company, aguut3 : 70 tons goneral merchandise. Consignees — Cornish ; Nicholl ; Craig ; Morria and Gall ; Watt ; Hibbard ; Gunn ; Timaru Gas Company ; Dunlop and Co. ; Morrison and Co. ; Rice and Laurie ; Wall ; Fullarton ; Pearpoiut ; Morris ; Hurt ; Andorson ; Bowie ; Priest and Holdgate ; Agents ; Shepherd ; Collins ; Exley ; O'Driscoll ; Taylor ; Kett ; Middleton ; Canterbury Farmers' Association : Mooney ; Maxwell ; Mahoney ; Railway Goods Agent ; Beckingham ; Amos ; Quelch and Co. ; N.Z, Shipping Company ; Miles, Archer and Co. ; Harrop ; Manchester Bros, and Goldsmith ; Blyth ; Keith ; Taylor and Flatmau ; Taylor ; Studholme ; Reid , and Gray ; Ogilvie and Byera ; Buss ; Darby ; Brown ; Railway Traffic Manager ; Rowley ; Miles ; Bower and Ferguson ; Meehan ; Velvin ; Kernohan, McCahon and Co. ; Beri ; Gardner ; Owers. EXPORTS. Iv the Wanaka, N.M. and A. Company, agonts : Hi bales wool, 12 hides, 2 calf skins, 300 sacks, 300 1001 b bags and 500 501 b bags flour, 20 reels barbed wire. Shippers — Miles, Archer and Co. ; Maclean and Stewart ; Royal Flouring Mills ; Allen and Co. ; Acme Barb Wire Company. Tho schooner Isabella Anderson was loading produce at tho wharf oil Saturday. The barque Norman Macleod was putting out her coinent and taking m grain at the wharf on Saturday, Tho Union Company's s.s. Wanaka arrived from tho South on Saturday with a cargo of general merchandise, and sailed m the evening with produce for Nelson and way ports. The date of the sailing of tho Union Company's s.s. Wakatipu has been postponed till Thursday. The port of Oamaru (says the Oamaru Mail) since the erection of tho new wharf and berthage accommodation has been provided for large ocean-going vessels, is rapidly becoming of great importance, and wo do not hesitate m saying that before long it will rank among the principal ports m the colony. The following will ahow that a considerable increase occurred m the shipping trade last month : — During the month of April 35 vessels, with an united tonnage of 11,315 tons, were entered inwards at this port, and for the same period a similar number of vessels, with a total tonnage of 11,084, cleared from it. The crews of the above represent a total of 690 inwards and 694 outwards. (By Telegraph.) PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. May 2— Beautiful Star, 5.3., from Oamaru. SAILED. May 2 — Seagull, for Auckland. May 2 — Wild Wave, brig, for Kaipara.