SHIPPING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13891, 30 April 1909, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PORT OF TIMARU. The flagstaff of Timaru is jsituated in East longtitude 171deg. lomin 13 eec, South latitude 44deg. 23inin 41sco. High water, 11 a.m.; - Suu rises, 7.7 a.m.: sots, 5.3 p.m. . Moon rises, 3.18 p.m.; sets, 0.5!) a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON. May 6 —Full moon, 11.38 pm. May 13 —Last quarter, 9.15 a.m. May 20 —New moon, 1.12 a.m. Hay 27—First quarter, 0.58 p.m. ARRIVED. April 29—Ripple, s.s., 413 tons, Captain Allsop, from Chatham Islands. April 29—Storm, s.s., 405 tons, Captain Woods, froi>_ southern ports. SAILED. Nil. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. " Kotare, s.s., to-day. Kodnya, s.s., to-day. Rakaia, s.s , on Monday. Ennerdale, s.s., this' week. Whangape, s.-s., next month. The s.s. Den of Ruthven las just about completed loading gram, rnd is timed to sail to-day for the Blulf. . • The s.s. Wairuna was to have sailed late last night via Picton, with a cargo of produce for Auckland and Gisborne. The s.s. Koonya should arrive uore to-day from the south, and loads for Wellington, New Plymouth . lid the West Coast. The s.s. Storm arrived from the south yesterday with a small general cargo to discharge. She loads produce for Wanganui. The s.s. Ripple arrived : yesterday from the Chatham-: Islands with a shipment of sheep. The vessel also brought a few.-passengers'to Timaru. LAKE STEAMER WRECKED. THE ULIMAROA GROUNDING. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, April 29. ■ News'has been received in Dunedin that the Lake Wanaka. steamship Makarora became a complete wreck yesterday. No details are to hand except that the passengers and mails are safe. ' 'At a meeting of the Harbour Board to-day. 'the committee which was appointed to consider the position of the grounding of the Uulmaroa while coming up the harbour, submitted a- report, in which it expressed the opinion that the master of the vessel (Captain Wyllie )had not exercised ordinary care in * the navigation of his vessel, and recdmmended that his pilotage exemp-tion-certificate be withdrawn, the captain to have the option of applying in three months for reinstatement. After a lengthy discussion the recommendation was rejected-by six votes to four. In the course of the discussion the opinion was freely expressed that m the event of such an .accident in the harbour again the Board should be represented at any enquiry that is held.