SHIPPING

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXI, Issue 12476, 13 September 1904, Page 2

SHIPPING

PORT OF TIMARU. The flagstaff of Timaru is situated in East Longitude 171deg. 15njin. 13sec; South Latitude 44deg. 23min. 41sec. PHASES OF THE MOON. . SEPTEMBER. d. li. m. Last quarter 3 2 29 p.m. New moon 10 8 13 a.m. First quarter ... 17 2 43 a.m. Full moon 25 5 20 a.m. Moon's Declination—The moon northed on August 28th, greatest northern declinalion on September 4th; souths on September 11th; greatest southern declination on September 17th; norths again on September 24th., WEATHER REPORT, ETC. High Water at Timaru, This Day: sh. 13m., a.m.; sh. 36m., p.m. Sun rises 6h. 20m.; sets sh. 47m. Moon rises Bh. 3m., a.m.; sets 9h. 55m., p.m. Monday: Barometer, 9 a.m. 30.0 in. ; 5 p.m., 30.04 in. Wind, northerly breeze. ARRIVED. September 12—Invercargill, s.s., 123 /tons, Gillies, from Colac Bay. SAILED. September 12—Invercargill, s.s., 123 tons, Gillies, for Dunedin. IN HARBOUR. Nil. IMPORTS. In the Invercargill, s.s., D. Stuart, agent: . 60,000 feet of timber, from Colac Bay. ' Consignees —J. Blyth, E. Brown, W. Sherratt and Co. In the Poherua, s.s., National Mortgage and Agency Company, agents: 42 tons feneral cargo. Consignees—T. Foden, J. tiddle,. M. Pigott, Young and Son, J. Harrison, J. King, O'Toole and Nolan, -Reid and Gray, J. Davis, M. Exley, T. J. Burns, J. Murphy, H. Rothwell, W. Tobin, J. Rainbow, M. O'Brien, Canterbuiy Farmers' Co-operative Association, Waimate Co-operative Association, W. Ness and Son, Thomson and Co., J. BinKey, Neil's Dispensary, J. Hole-and Co., W. McKibbin, T. Murray, F. Nelligan, New Zealand Hardware Company, Kernoliao, McCahon and Co., Ogilvie and Co., A. C. Watson, J. Cooper, W. Miller, R. Forrest, W. J. Thomson, Priest- and Holdgate, B. Richardson, G. Croxford, Timaru Gas Company, G.- Pettigrew, R. Webster, W. Cooper, R. Bowie, New Zealand Carrying Company, New Zealand Express Compaiiy, J. Blyth, order, and holders bills of lading. * EXPORTS. In the Poherua, s.s., National Mortgage and Agency Company, agents : 127 tons of'-produce for Wellington and West Coastports—3l tons flour, 20 sacks bran, and pollard, 12 sacks wheat-meal, 10 sacks oatmeal, 392. sacks wheat, 250 sacks oats, 33 sacks barley, 234 sacks potatoes, 12 cases. Shippers—Three Timaru Mills. Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association, B. P. Bundesen, D. C. Turnbull and Co., Lintott and Co., Buxton and Co. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Wanaka, s.s., from the south, to-day. Papanui, s.s., to-morrow. Koonya, s.s., from the Bluff, on Friday. Delphic, s.s., early. Waiwera, s.s., from London, early.

The New Zealand Shipping Company sPapanui isWlue to-morrow. The Koonya left Greyinouth for the Bluff on Saturday evening, and is due here on Friday, to load produce for West Coast tiorts. - The- Buteshire which, sailed from the Bluff on June 22nd, reached Bristol last Tuesday; and the Matatua which left Lyttelton on July 9th arrived at London on Friday last. The Invercargill arrived from.Colac Bay. about- 2.30 a.m. yesterday with 60,000 feet of timber. - She loaded 290 sacks of bran and pollard, shippfed by the Belford Mills, and sailed for Dunedin last night. The Wanaka is due this morning from Oamaru, with 38 tons of general cargo and sugar from Auckland. She will ship 500 tons of produce here, for Napier, Gisbome, and Auckland, and will probably ' sail this afternoon.

The Union Company's MararoaMn. coming into Lyttelton harbour on Saturday, froin Sydney, Auckland, and other northern ports, refused to answer her henn jiTst outside the moles. She slewed round outside the eastern mol© and bumped on (be mud. The tide was unusually low, the -Mararoa was drawing 19ft. 6in., and there was a considerable swell on, so that she-scraped about on the mud for abouthalf an hour. She then put about and steamed into deep water, and was finally berthed at 11.15 a.m., having arrived at the moles at 9.30. The passengers for the ; south had meanwhile been landed by launch, and: thus wer© enabled to catch the express.

■ (By Cable.) 7 ' ■ HOBART, September 12. Arrived—Kumara from London. She Failed for Wellington at 5 o'clock to-night. She landed 17 passengers; 135 proceeded to New Zealand. Per Press Association. BLUFF, September 12. Arrived—-Waikare, from Melbourne and Bobnrt, at 4 p.m.