SHIPPING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13728, 19 October 1908, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PORT OF TIMARU. The flagstaff of Timaru is situated in Tw»r. Longti">ude Booth Latitude 44deg. 25min. 41sec. High water, 11.3 a.m.: Sun rises, 5.11 a.m.: sets, 6..»5 p.m. Moon ris®. 2.47 a.m.; sets. 0.7 p.m. PHASES OP THE MOON. Oct. 25—New moon, 6.17 p.m. Nov. 2—First quarter, 1.46 a.m. Xor. B—Full moon, 7.28 p.m. ARRIVED. Oct. 17—Rakiura, i-6-. 81 ton-. Captain Marts, from Port Chalmers. I). Stuart. „ agent. Oct. 18—Invercargill. _ f.s., 120 tons, ('amain Gillw* from Waikawa. SAILED. Oct. 17—Rakiura, f-£- SI tons. Captain Marks, for Bluff. IMPORTS. Ia the Rakiura (D.» Stuart, agent). Consignees—R. Bowie /and Co.. G. Deans. \\. Mason, W'. Miller. N.Z. Hardware Co:, Priest and Holdgate. J. Radclitfe. T. Sherratt, R- Wilson. G. Murdoch. M. O'Meeghan, Ogden and . Taylor, W. K. Tubb. t EXPORTS. Bv the s.Jt. Rakiura, 910 sacks of wheat, for "the C.F.C.A., consigned to Inv^rcargm' EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Otterburn, &S., on Tuesday. Kotnku, 6j6-, on Tuesday. Charles F. Crofcker. barque, early. Paparoa, s.s., in November. Papanui, s-s-, "in December. The fcardev morning from Waikawa with a cargo of timber for J. Murdoch and Co. The little steamer, Rakiura reached here jjj Satuidav morning, .and after discharging her cargo, she took 910 bags of wheat and got away again for^lnvereargill. The 6.5. Paparoa is expected to load here the first week in November, and the Papanui early in December. The latter has 2000 ton» of Horns cargo for Tim.irti. , ' Bj Cable. SYDNEY. October 17. Sailed, Manuka, at 10 p.m., for Wellington. NEWCASTLE, October 17. Sailed, Hazel Craig, for Kaipata : , Northern Chief, for Auckland. MELBOURNE. October 17. Arrived, Moeraki, from Blnff. DISCOVERY OP WRECKAGE. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, October 17. Wreckage has been found on the West Coast, 30 miles south of Cape Maria Van Diemen. It consists of a spar about 11 inche* in diameter, and 50 feet long, also part "of a bow and scroll, all painted in red hematite, and parts of a bow painted white, but with no name. Pieces of doors with a white centre, and a .small flag divided verticallv, one-half iike the Union Jack, and the other half dark blue, have also been found. . A piece of American pine, which bad evidently, been need as a carpenter's bench on some vessel, was found at Oruawharo Bar, "Great Barrier. It was covered with barnacles, and had apparently been long adrift. ' PRESENTATION. TO ENGINEERS. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN. October 17. Several representatives of the Institute of Marine Engineer?, and a large number of leading citizens, assembled in the Town Hall afc mid-da vto publicly recognise the skill of the Hawea's three engines-is. Joseph McLean, A. C. Carman and F. 1. Ritson, on the occasion of the recent breakdown. His Worship the Mayor {Mr J. London) presented the engineers. " on behalf of the Institute;. with gold emblems of merit, and in the course of a congratulatory speech, mentioned that they were all New Zealanders.