SHIPPING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13839, 26 February 1909, Page 4

SHIPPING.

Wi. FORT OF TIMARU. )&: - K* The flagstaff of Timaru is situated ';''• n East longtittide 171deg. 15inin 13 bee, Kouth latitude 44deg. 23min 41sec. "A : '?& High water, 7.36 a.m.; 5.4 p.m. 7-1. Sun rises, -5.44 a.m.; sets, 6.38 p.m. ■'-■ Moon rises, 0.27 a.m.: sets. lO.li) p.m :V", ; ; V PHASES OF THE MOON. . • Feb. 27—First quarter, 2.19 p.m. ■■' ' ARRIVED. .Feb. 25—Tnrakina, s.s., 10,900 tons. Captain X. E. Bower, from Lyttelton. Feb. 2-s—Corinna, s.s., 1273 tons, •: Captain Cameron, from Wellington. SAILED. • Feb: 25—Turakiria, s.s.. 10,960 tons, Captain X. .Bower, for Port Chalmers. Feb. 2o—Corinna, s.s., 1279 tons. Captain Cameron, for Dunedin. IMPORTS. • In the .s.s. Corinna, 61 tons of general cargo. Consignees —Burt, C.F.C.A., J. Meehan, Scriingeour, Myers and Jones, Briscoe and Co., Escott, Penrose, Hawkey,' Harrison, Sputer, Bishop, Murdoch, Hayman, Evans and Co., Comer, .Davidson,.Post and Telegraph. Baxter, Edwards, S.C. Dairy Co., N.Z. Hardware, xV.Z. Express Co., Timaru Woollen Mills, Manchester, A. Budd. Dawson, Beri, Allan, Ogden .and Taylor, Dalgety and Co., and - Jackson and Co. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Komata, s.s., .to-day. Pitkaki, s.s., to-day. Ifcikiura, s.s., to-day. Waihora, s.sl", .to-morrow. " Storm, s.s.. March 2nd. Wanaka, s.s., about March 3rd. Kumara, s.s., next month.

The Turakina arrived yesterday,' and sailed last- evening for Dunedin, taking between 12,000 and 13,000 carcases of mutton and lamb, 1400 bales of wool. and 150 casks of tallow and pelts. The s.s. Pukaki is due here this morning from" Dunedin, "with 81 tons of general cargo. She loads for Wellington... Picton and the West. Coast, sailing this evening. - The, Corinna arrived from .Wellington' about- 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon with 61 tons of general cargo. After taking in 104 tons of general, and a small quantity!of wool, she got away again . for Dunedin. The s.s. Komata left Lyttelton yesterday, and should arrive here early ' this morning. She has a large cargo of Westport coal to land, and should complete - discharging to-morrow evening, and -sail for Westport. The s.s. Rakiura will be here to-day from Lvttelton, with a cargo of Oregon tibiber/ which xc'&s transhipped from ' the «s. Indravelli. The timber is for D: C. Tnrnbull and Co.. and the little stesimer. will make four or .five trips in order to bring it all. NAUTICAL ENQUIRY. Per Press Association. .-- ' DFNEDIX, Feb. 25. \, marine enquirv, before Mr KeiiTiek. S.M., with Captain Sundstrum arid Captain Forbes as. nautical assessors, was begun to-day to investigate rhe circumstances : attending the collision between the oil launch Maheno and the steamer Matariki in Otago harbour on January 28th. The proceedings were instituted by the Collector of application for anenquirv set forth that the cause of the casualtv. as far as he had ascertained, tras-that the master, of the Maheno. or person in charge of her. was guilty ot negligence in navigating Ins vessel at the time of the collision, by which the Maheno sustained material damage. The Collector of-Customs said that the Government did,>. not .. consider the damage* to the vessels a very' material lk>int,"'but regarded 'it as of extreme importance that the safety of passengers should not be jeopardised. The captain of the Maheno (Louis Mathiosnn). and steersman (William Thomas Nash), gave evidence. On the morn--in« in qtiestion both boats were due to leave Dunedin' about 10 o'clock. Iho Maheno cast off a minute or two before the Matariki. which was nearer the entrance to the basin, and moved out at right angles to the wharf, in order to turn round. The Maheno also swung out intd the basin. The Maheno's starnoard engine failed at a critical moment, iind the collision between the two boats occurred. The enquiry will be continued to-morrow.