SHIPPING.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12906, 21 February 1906, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PORT OF TIMARU. The flagstaff of Timaru is situated in East Longitude 171deg. 15min.: 13sec.; Sooth Latitude 44deg. 23min. 41sec. PHASES OF THE MOON. FEBRUARY. d. h. m. First Quarter 2 0 1 a.m. Full Moon 9 7 16 p.m. Last Quarter 16 3 53 p.m. New Moon 23 7 27 p.m. WEATHER REPORT, ETC. High Water at Timaru, This Day: Ih. 5m., a.m.; lh. 30m., p.m. Sun rises sh. 31m.; sets 6h. 56m. Moon rises 2h. 49m., a.m.; sets sh. 45m., p.m. ARRIVED. - February 20—Storm, sJs., 186 tons, Jones, from Dunedin. February 20—Tutanekei, s.s., Government yacht, Bollons, from Oamaru. February 20—Poherua, -s.s., 749 toes, Lindsay, from Westport. February .20 —Warrior, scow, from HoManga. SAILED. / •. . February 20—Tutanekei, s.s., Government yacht, Bollons, for Lyttelton. February 20—Storm, s.s., 186 tons, Jones, for Wanganui. IN HARBOUR. Steamer —Poherua. Schooner—Lizzie Taylor. Scow—Warrior. v ■ ' IMPORTS. In the Storm, s.s., 20 tons general cargo. Consignees—F. Karton, J. Oddie, A. Butter, A. Williams, C. Thomas, Reid and Gray, J. Edufond, A. Watson, Morrison Bros., Priest and Holdgate, Dalgety and Co., R. Tremain, R. Wilson and Co., Canterbury Farmers.' Co-operative Association, T. Buxton and Co., A. Frew. EXPORTS. In the Corinna, s.s., National Mortgage and Agency Company, agents: 200 tons of produce for Wellington and New Plymouth—7B tons of flour, 226-sacks of bran and pollard, 6 sacks of wheatmeal, 4 sacks of oatmeal, 331 sacks-of wheat, 378 sacks of oats, 1 bale of woollens. ' ShippersThree Timaru Mills, Aspinall and Co., D. C. Turnbull and Co., South Canterbury Woollen Company, Canterbury Farmers" Co-operative Association, National Mortgage and Agency Company, Randrup Bros., T. E; Shiel-and Co., Burton and Co. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Pukaki, s.s., from the south, this morning. Wanaka, s.s., from the Bluff, to-morrow. Squall, s.s., daily. V Wairuna, s.s., from Lyttelton, to-mor-row. .. Owing to the heavy sea at Oamaru, the Wanaka. was unable to berth yesterday. and will therefore not be here till tomorrow. . The Poherua' arrived at 5 o'clock last evening from the West Coast, with a load of coal and timber. She will probably get away this afternoon. The Storm arrived yesterday morninc and landed a small quantity of general cargo. After taking in 130 tons of produce for Wanginui, she left about noon. The Government yacht Tutanekei arrived at 8 o'clock yesterday morning- from Oamaru, bringing the Right Hon. .R. J. Seddon to Timaru. She sailed at 10.30 a.m. for Lyttelton. . The scow Warrior arrived here yesterday (morning, bound from Hokianga to Dunedin,. with a full cargo of timber. She was 20 days out, having been detained by head" winds, and had run out of water and short' of provisions. The little vessel was not; able to make, the harbour in the face of a steady sou'-wester that blew '"all''the' morning. She made several attempts, tacking back and forth past the entrance, and at last had to give up the endeavour - and anchored in the shelter of the extension. Her manoeuvrss were watched by a number of interested spectators; and though in an unpleasant. predicament, the scow was a very pretty figure, lit by brilliant sunshine, and plunging 1 into the chopping waves, making big white splashes. She was anchored shortly after mid-day and lay there all day. The New Zealand Shipping Company has addressed a letter to the Wellington Harbour Board, stating -that as the latter appears to-be under the impression that Wellington is the cheapest port in the colony for shipping, they desire to remove ,' that impression from their minds by. giving ' a statement-; of .the charges payable for £he same services and the same amount of (Cargo on the present voyages of-toe steamers Turakina and Kaipara. These are. given jas follows : Wellington; £331; 'Auckland, £209.; Lyttelton, £196; Dun-, edm, £240. . The excess at Wellington,a Press Association, telegram ---says/. iss;;ap--sparently accounted for "by the harbour improvement, rate being charged against the ships instead of against goods as elsewhere, and because at the other ports the charges for a second visit on the same voyage were oceduced. Other points of difference are mentioned which tell against Wellington, and a table is attached showing that the percentage. of harbour revenue contributed by the ship is only at Sydheyvand Melbourne, whereas it runs to 50 m v Wellington.

Per Press Association. BLUFF, February 20. Arrived—Maheno, from flobart via Milford Sound, with an English mail. The mails missed the first- express. -.. -