SHIPPING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13975, 9 August 1909, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PORT OF TIMARU. The flagstaff of Timaru is situated in East hmgtitudo 171deg 15mm 19sec, Boutii latitude 44deg 23mm 41sec. High water, 8.-37 a.m.: 9.25 p.m. Sim ri.-ses, 7.-2 a.m.; sots, 5.1 p.m. Moon rises, 1.3 a.m.; :sets, 11.15 a.m FHASES OF THE MOON. August 9—List quarter, 11.40 a.m. August 16—New moon, i 1.25 a.m. .iugnst 21 —First quarter, 3.25 p.m. August 31—Full moon, 4.3S p.m. ARRIVED. August o—Tongariro, s.s., 10.192 tons. Captain Suteliffe, from Lyttelton. August 7 —Wanaka, s.s., 2422 tons, Captain Todd, from Oamaru. August B—K.ini,8 —K.ini, s.s., 1122 tons, Captain Platts, from Lyttelton. SAILED. August 7—Koonya, s.s., 1001. tons, Captain Nicholson, for Lyttelton. August B—Defender, s.s., 117 tons, Jameson, for Grevmontli. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Storm, s.s., to-day-Pukaki, s.s., about Friday. Kuniara, s.s., about IStli inst. Daniel, barque, daily. Hippolas, barque, early.

It is state<l that be Kia Ora is to load at London this month for Auckland, Wellington and Timaru. The Defender completed loading on Saturday night, and sailed for Greymouth, having taken iu a full cargo of produce for Greymouth and Hokitika. The Tongariro reached here on Saturday from Lyttelton, and is now loading frozen meat and grain for London, and should get away to-morrow for the Bluff. * The Calcutta trader Apanma left Calcutta on Monday last for Auckland via Singapore, and is due at the northern port -the first week in September. She has between 700 and 800 tons for Timaru. The Km! arrived from Greymouth via Lvttelton yesterday afternoon, to land about 400 tons of State coal for Railway Deparment. She is expected to get away this afternoon for. Grevmnnth. The Wanaka arrived on Saturdav afiornonn from Auckland , via southern ports, and discharged 126 tons of m?rr. She is now Joading for Gisborne and Auckland, and sh--'M pre* away abort mid-dav. The Wellington. Timaru, f'orrnna is not coin"' to call at Timaru for the next two down trips, but will proceed from Wellington to Dnncdin direct. Cargo for Timam from will be landed on the np trip. Tlits arrangement has been made owing to the necessity of an extensive overhaul of the steamer at Port Chalmers. ROUGH WEATHER AT SEA. (By Cable.) Received 5.5 p.m., August Sth. SYDNEY, August 8. The Mokoia was delayed by a succession of westerly gales. The Champion ran into heavy westerly weather after rounding North Cape, and gales continued all the way, and reached a climax on August 4th, when no headway was made for 24 hours, the Leicester Castle rolling fearfnllv. The tug jnanaged throughout to keep the track followed by steamers, and onlv once was 14 miles off the route. The Duckenfield, which went to assist, was 'not sighted. Otherwise the tow was uneventful. Arrived, Sehvyn Craig, from Auckland. She was bound from Melbourne, and struck bad weather off the coast, and for eighteen days was tattling off Cape Howe. The gales drove her eastward, and it wsa decided to make for ' Sydney. She is undamaged.