PORT OF TIMARU.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3774, 5 November 1886, Page 2

PORT OF TIMARU.

Tlio fingstaff nt Timaru is situated m 171 dog. 17min. 20?ce. East longitude ; -Ikk'g. 28 mm. South latitude. High water, this day, 0 .'lB a m. ; 10.0 p.m. AIIIIITKD. Nov. 'I — Annie Bow, bar>[ucntiue, 2.">0 tons, Stephens, from Newcastle. Nov. -I— Nora, brigantinc, 215 tons, Mur•m'son, from Newcastle. SAILFD. Nov. 4— Marmion, schooner, 03 tons, Johnston, for Lyttelton. IMPOBTS. In tho Annie Bow, Alex. White, agent and consignee : 392 tons coul. Jn tho Norn, W. Evans, agsnt and consignee : 355 tons coal. The brigantine Peerless has yet about a thousand 9:irks of produce to tnke on board beforo she will be ready to sail f r Auckland. '1 he schooner Marmion having finished tliachnrging hor timber for this poit and taken on board eomo ballast, sailed for Lytlelton yesterday with part of her original cargo from Aaipara. Mr A. White's bnrquentino Annio Bow hove m eight of port yesterday morning after a run of sixteen days, nnd sailed m undor shelter of tho breakwater and dropped anchor about noon. Captain Stephens reports leaving Newcastle at six o'clock on the morning of the 23rd ult., snd experienced tho saire Tfoather on tho patsage as. did the brignntint Nora. She sighted land lac» Bundoy nnd the Solanders thoncxt morning, and had light winds up tho coast. She .brings a full load of coal for her owner, <ind\ broke bulk at the outer wharf, frh«r» aba was berthed after her arrival. Tho brigantine Nora arrived m the offing •bout nin« o'clock yesterday morning, and being taken m tow by tho -p.s. Titnn was fcerthsd inside tho breakwater about 11 o'clock. Captain Murchison reports leafing Kowcostlo at 3 p.m. on the 23rd ult., nine hours afttr tha Annie Bow. Had strong iouth.-we»terly winds with squally weather and heavy »ea till makiag Foveaux Straits, last Sunday morning, when the wind was blowing a perfect hurricane from the southward. Sighted the Bluff at daylight that morning and passed Taiaroa Heads next day. From thence to arrival had light north-easterly winds, the run up tho coast occupying two and a half days. Tho brigantine's pas3nge occupied sixteen days, and she beat the Annie Bow by ten hours' sailing. In the race across from Newcastle both vessels experienced tho sumo weather and their seagoing qualities were shown up to advantage. The Nora conies into port m capital trim. Shs brings a full load of coals for her agent, Mr William Erans, and shortly after her arrival was moored at tho inner wharf, where »h» eomasnead to discharge her cargo. (Bt Telegraph.)