SHIPPING.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 11687, 21 February 1902, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF TIMABU. Xh« flagstaff at Timarn is situated in But hrogitmio 171 deg., 17min 20sec; Joath latitude 44 dej?., 20min- s arrived. . February 2C—Petone, 'S.s., from Greymouth. " SAILED. NiL EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Janet Nicoll, s.s., from northern ports, ria. Dunedin, to-day. : Upolu, s.s., from the north, to-day. Rosamond, s.s., from Greymouth, about Zfctli inst. . Waikato, s.s., about 26th mst. ETawea, s.s., about 24th inst. : Doiis Brodersen, from South Africa, via Kin? George'? Sound, early. IN HARBOUR. Steamer —Petone. Ship—Oamaru . Barque—County of Ayr. The s.s. Hawea will load here on Mon- I dav for Napier and Auckland. » ihe s.s. Jar.et Nicoll left Dunedin for Tma.ni via Oamaru on Wednesday night, and is due here this morning. She lands 75 tons of general cargo. The s.s. Petone arrived from Greymouth at 3.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. She has a full cargo of coal, most of -which she will laud here, and the remainder at Oamaru. >She will leave for Oamaru this evening. The s.s. Rosamond is to leave Greymouth to-morrow evening for Timaru via Lyttelton, and is expected to arrive here about the middle of next week. " She has 14,000 feet of timber for Mr John Jack"son. V " The staiths have outlived their day and generation. They were all right when ' the Kawatiri and vessels of that class en- [ tered the port, but are oat of place with the larger vessels cow coming here." "Yes, every captain who comes to Westport would willingly give £1 a month towards the cost of removing thsm." Expressions of opinion from two well-known : captains at Westport the other day. A solitarv iceberg, estimated to be about 130 ft" in height, was passed by the [.Dutch ship Eurcpa during her trip across • the Southern Ocean, on the run from New rYork to Melbourne. This was in latitude 48deg. south, and longitude 54deg. east. It was seen at close quarters from the vessel on the 16th January, and pre- • sented an imposing and interesting specie iacle.. No traces of any other bergs l/were to be seen in the locality. f" Ter Press Association. AUCKLAND, February 20. ! Arrived—Whakatane, from Hobart. WAITARA. February 20. Sailed—Waikato, for Wanganui. S ' WELLINGTON, February 20. i Arrived, at 9.20 p.m., 19th—Hawkes Bay, from Wanganui roadstead. ■ , Sailed—Delphic, for London. - CHRTRTCHURCH. February 20. Sailed Upolu, for Timarn, Oamaru, and Dunedin.