SHIPPING.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 11662, 22 January 1902, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF TIMARU. The flagstaff at Timara is situated in Cut longitude 171 deg., 17min 20sec; Soath latitude 44 dcg., 20min. ARRIVED. ua. SAILED. January 21—Papanui, s.s., for Lyttelton. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. • Upolu, s.s., to-morrow. Hawea, s.s., to-morrow. \ Janet Xicoll, s.s., on Friday. Hawea, s.s., on Thursday. ' Mamari, on 27 th inst-. Devonport, barque, from Newcastle, early. La Bella, barquentine, from Newcastle, early. Vv han<*ape. s.s., at end of month. IN HARBOUR. Steamer —Papanui. Ship—Oamaru. The s.s. Hawea is due to-morrow from Auckland via the Blaif and Oamaru, with 130 tons of general cargo. She will take 650 tons of produce for Xapier, Gisborne, and Auckland. The s.s. Papanui did not leave until about midnight. She was delayed from working for some time on ilcnduy mgut; on account of the rain. ~ The s.s. Mamari is expected on Monday' - next, and will load 10,000 carcases of mutton, 1500 bales of wool, and some tallow T and pelts. The barquentine La Bella, for winchMessrs D. C. Tnrabnll and Co. are agents, left Newcastle for here on Thursday lastwith a cargo of ccal for Mr John Mee. She is expected t-o arrive at an early date. The Alexandra lies on the beach near Westport in the same position as she was . on Monday, the bow facing the sea. The •weather is moderate, and if a rough sea does not set in she not suffer much further damage. It is looked upon as an , impossibility to get her off, as she is hard and fast in the sand. She had ten months j provisions on beard- If there was the , ; remotest hope of towing her out of her present position the damage could easily be repaired. The captain is part owner of the barque, which is valued at £IO,OOO. She was onlv recently fitted up at Sydney. The crew are all young men, the eldest being 22- An inquiry will be held. There is no difficulty in boarding the vessel.

"WRECK AT THE ISLANDS. Per Piess Association. AUCKLAND. January 21. 2»ews from the Islands states that the British barque Savemake, bound from San Francisco to Qneenstovrn, with a cargo of wheat, has been totally wrecked on one of the Paumotas (Society Islands). Part of the crew reached Tahiti earlv in January- Thev were picked up in a halfstarred condition. The captain and several .of the crew left for Gambia Island for assistance. Ten men remained with the ■wreck. No news of the captain and his party has been received. The French authorities have sent a gunboat to the scene of the wreck and to search for the captain. THE BARQUE ALEXANDRA. * ' / A HOPELESS WRECK-; WESTPORT, January 21. Captains Ewan and Price returned from : the scene of the wreck of the barque Alexandra on Tuesday. They state that the ship lies in an extraordinary position, -with her head seawards. A small island cone-shaped, about 100 ft high, is close to the vessel. The ship's stem is about 50ft inside of this island, and about 10ft beyond it. The crew threw planks across from the ship to the top of the island, walked across and clambered down on to the beach. A patch of rocks lies about-lOOft-.on the starboard side of the ship, and she rests on another patch amidships. These are right through the bottom of the vessel, whick is full of water, 10ft at the ' bow at low water, with the stern dry. • The amiiship frames are buckled up and decks started, showing that the ship is broken amidships, and the rudder-box is bent. AH the spars are intact, with the sails hanging to the yards. The three boats are on the skids and everything looks right on deck and aloft, but the ship is a "hopeless wreck, and likely to break in two with the first south-westerly gale. With the exception of the pcop-deck the ship is covered at high water. She was a particularly well-found vessel in so far as ropes and running gear are concerned. The crew rigged up a haulway iine with an endless chain and brought the stores and their personal effects ashore. Captains Ewan and Price recommended that the vessel be abandoned to the underwriters, and 1 sold for the benefit of all whom ni"y concern. AUCKLAND. January 21. Sailed—Kobe, for Wellington. WELLINGTON, January' 2: - Ar-'Ted—Rjapehu. from v-a Hobirt.