SHIPPING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13682, 26 August 1908, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PORT OX TIMABU.

Th* flagstaff of Timani U situated in East Lougtitude 171deg. 15min. I3,see.; South Latitude 44deg. 23mia. 4L;ec. Hio-h water. 2.20 a.m.: 2.40 p.m. Sim rises. 6.52 a.m. ; >=ef.-. o. 26 p.m. Moon risei-. 6.43 a.m.: sets, 4.25 p.m.

PHASES OF THE MOON.

Aug. 27—New moon, 10.29 a.m. Sept. 4—First quarter, 8.21 a.m. Sept. 11—Full moon, 11.55 p.m. Sept. 17—Last quarter, 10.5 p.m. Sept. 26—New moon, 2.29 a.m.

ARRIVED.

August 25—Kotuku. s.s., 1054 tons, from Urevmouth. August," 25—Ripple, s.s.. 187 ton*. Allsop, from Port Chalmers. SAILED. August 25—Kotuku. *>.>.. 1054 tons, for Oamaru. August 25—Ripple, s.s.. lßi tens. Allsop, for Wangamii. IX HARBOCR. Nil. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Corinna, s.s., to-morrow. Kotuku. s.s., on Saturday. Marriari. s.s.. on Sunday. Ennerdale. e-«.. early. Tnngariro. s.s.. about September 7th. The Union Company's chartered steamer Navarino left Newcastle for New Zealand last Thursday. Part of her cargo of coal its for Timaru. The Canterbury Steamship Company\> .m.s. Ripple (D. C. Tumbnll. agents], arrived from Port Chalmers early last evening. She loaded 200 tons, of produe- for Wanganui. and sailed f>.r that port direct a. few hours, later. The s.s. Petone. which was towed into Lyttelton a week ago in a disabled condition, having met with an accident t«» her machinery, has been taken in ha ad by Messrs Andetsou. who haw contracted to Tepair the engine bed and crankshaft, and to have the- work completed in 36 da vs..

The Antarctic exploration «-hip Nimrod is to retnrn to the Far South early in December, and in order to lit. her for tho trip.Mr J. Miller and his staff have begun a. general overhaul. Caulking is being carried on at present, and it i;> expected that the vessel will be pitt ' Ilt " dock, next mom h.

The Union Company's s.s. Kotuku came into port at 7 o'clock yesterday morning, and landed 200 tons of iirey State coal for the Railway Department and 20.0C0 tVet of timber for J. .Taeksr.n and Co.. and Cray and Co. She sailed in the afternoon for Oamaru. taking no cargo, but on Saturday, when the w-iil return to take up the Flora's running, •she will load produce for Wellington, and tli? Wti-t Coast.

A REVERSIBLE TURBINE.

A resident of Auckland claims to haw solved the problem of the revet sible turbine, which during lecent veins has been the despair of .«» many engineers in different parts of the world. The secret has not been disclosed, but the working model, which was seen by an Auckland Herald representative, seemed to demonstrate the troth of tlw? assertion, steam being shut off. and the engine .<-efc in the opposite direction in ;>. few seconds, which time it is contended can b.- still further reduced when the proper levers are 'fitted and adjusted. The model whs run np to the estimated speed of 50C0 revolutions per minnte. and the rate can easily; be slowed down to anything required. There is an absence of vibration, and the running is particularly smooth and even. There are only two vanes, as compared with the thousands in the other inventions, and the inventor has compensated for all end friction of rollers and vanps by forming a steam pivssnre equilibrium. There, is no-reciprocat-ing or eccentric motion—in other wjords. everything is worked from a. dead centre, perfectly round—and thf turbine can be made into a, compound or triple expansion. Mr John Marks, a native of the Dominion. is the inventor, and steps are being taken to have the invention patented in every country in the world. The model is about 30 hr.r~e power. Mr Marks claims that his turbine can be built at a third of the cost of a reciprocating engine, and that the steam consumption wilt be less ithan in the ease of others.