PORT OF TIMARU.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 3456, 26 October 1885, Page 2

PORT OF TIMARU.

Ths flagstaff at Timaru is situated m 171 deff. 17min. SOeeo. East longitude ; 4Meg. 23 Bin. Sooth latitude. Bns rises, this day, 4.52 : sets G. 36. < High water, this day, 4.13 a.m. ; 4.31 p.m. ABBTTXO Oct. 24— Taiaroa, a.8., 228 tons, Thomson, from Dunedin. Oat. 25— 8i0 Loge, brig, 241 tons, Manro, {torn Mauritius, via Port Chalmers. BAIUD. Oct. 24 — Taiaroa, v.a., 228 tons, Thomson, for Akaroa and Lyttelton. tteE. 85— Sovereign, sohooner, 85 tons, Eooper, for Auckland, . i .i . ikPORTS. In the Taiaroa, N.M. and A. Company, •MnSTEO tons' generaT merchandise. Con■ignees — Manchester Brother^ and Goldsmith ; J. Bioa ; "Haves ; Agents ; Fullarton ; Owers ; StanatU ; Levien ; Hibbard j. .A. White ; Parks*! D. Mfo&ay} Morris; Exl»y; Brnoe Broa ; Beta and Gray i Wylia ; Coagrove ; h. Price ; Beokdoghmm ; i '.F. Association s Qneloh and Co. ; Craigia; Bayliss and, Co.-; Hooper ; Pearpoint ; Hedges and Son ; Dnnlop and Co. ; Pearson ; Priest and Holdgate ; Shepherd; J. Barratt.; Moms, and .Gall; MoFarUne; Anderson and Co. ; Hutton and Co. ; Lane and Co. ; B. Allen and Co. ; Amos ; J. Unrdooh; Chapmaa; Cameron Bros.; A. Sinolnir ; Sanderson and Co. ; Miles, Archer •ad Co. ; MoKeown ; B. K. Taylor ; T. ana J. , Thomson j_ Welsh ; Gould ; Daviea and Murphy ; 3. Brown ; Macpherson, FUmer and Co. ; Mitohell ; Deeley ; Bnnoimao. In ths Bio Loge, A. H. Tornbnll, agent : 5856 pockets sugar. Consignees — Order. XXPOBTB. I» tike ' Taiaroa, N.M. and A. Company, amnts: 10 bales wool, 5 kegs honey, 60 1001 b bags floor, 2 sacks bran. Shippers— N.Z.L. and M.A. Company ; Inwood and Co. ; Agents. ■ ■ Tie sohooner Sovereign sailed for AnoUand •bout five o'olook yesterday morning. The brigaatlna Blixa firth was nanled to the wharf on Saturday morning, and commenced pntting out har coals. The brigantine Linda' Weber completed her discharging at the wharf on Saturday afternoon, and took m a quantity of produce for The Union Company's s.s. Taiaroa arrived from Dnnedin on Saturday morning with come GO tons of general merchandise, and sailed for Akaroa and Lyttelton m the evening with a ■mall quantity of produce. Mr C. W. Turner's brig Rio Loge, Captain Manro, arrived m port at two o'olock yesterday afteznobn from thS Mauritius, via Port ChaboersVahd was towed m to a berth at the outer buoys by the p. a. Titan. Captain Manro reports leaving. Port Louis,' Mauritius, on September 12th, and had fine weather with fresh S.E. to E.S.E. winds until the 18th, when it shifted to the S.S.E. and S.. and inerewad toafale, accompanied with a very heavy eea.- She crossed the meridian of St. Paul's Island on the 27th September, and then enoounUred a severe gale from the N. W. which went round to the S.W. and S.,and finally settled down to the N.E. with furious head seas. On the 30th, when m lat. 43.26 south and long. 92.26 east, a terrific gale sprang up from the W.S.W. with high confused sea, during which the vessel was hove-to for 20 honrs. The wind Mew with hurricane force until the 2nd inst. , when tbe weather moderated. The heavy sea, however, continued, and at times broKo on board, flooding the decks, and smashed the topgallant rail and deckhouse. Had westerly winds with occasional hail and snow storms to the meridian of Tasmania, and thence W.N.W. till sighting the Solanders on Tuesday ; thenoe fresh winds to Port Chalmers, which she made the following day. She left Port Chalmers on Friday night, and arrived here as above. She conies into port m splendid order, and reflects the greatest credit on Captain Munro and his offioers. Tbe Bio Loge is- an iron brig of 241 tons, and was built at Garston m 1869. Her dimensions arett— Length 122.3 feet, breadth 24.7 feet, and depth 12.8 feet. She brings part of her original cargo of su^iu — the first direct shipmeat of nogar from the Aliuritius to this port. After discharging her inward cargo she will load for a foreign port. She cornea to the wharf the first thing this morning. (By Telegraph.)