SHIPPING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14214, 2 June 1910, Page 4

SHIPPING.

__PORT OF TIMARU. The flagstaff of Timaru is situated in East _k>ngrcude 171 deg. 15 rain. 19 sec., South latitude 44 deg. 23 rain., 11 sec. High water, 9.55 a.m.: 10.20 p.m. Sim rises, 7.27 a.m.; sets. 4.29 p.m. Moon rises, 0.13 a.m.: sets, 1.44 p.m. ARRIVED. Nil. SAILED. • June Ist—Waihora. 463S tons. Hutchings, tor Newcastle. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Corinna, rrom Pieton, today. Cormthic, t.s., from tiisborne, to-day. hLotuku, from Oarnaru, tc-morrow. • Breeze, s.s., rrom oumaru, to-mor-row. Kaituna, s.s.. from Westport, Saturday, June 7th. ivairaki, s.s., June 7th. Wanaka, rrom Bluff, June 11th. Lizzie lay lor, schooner, rrom Havelock, early. Te Anau. from West-port, early. Diikera, s.s.. from Bunburv, June 10th. Ivornata, from Newcastle, next week. Ecuunga, s.s., from Newcastle, via ports, -early. Ruahme, s.s., from Lyttelton, Jane loth.

Matutua, from Wellington, early in June. ~~ Triton, barque, from Maiden Island, daily.

Owing to Friday being a holiday the ».s." Kotuku will not leave Timaru till Saturday evening. Latest advice states that the Komata was not to leave Newcastle till last Tuesday for Timaru and Dunedin. The Wanaka wiii load at Oamaru about Wednesday next, at the Bluff on the Thursday following, and' at Timaru on Saturday, June 11th, for Napier, Gisborne and Auckland. The Waiiiora having completed the discharge of her part cargo of coal, left last evening on her return nip to Newcastle, to bring a furthir eoneignment- of coal for New Zealand. Bad\ weather on the West Cc;u>t is holding up the Kamona, Paparoa and Flora- inside Greymouth' and the Te Anau, outside. Consequently it is not known when the To Anau may reach here.

The s.s. Corinna left Pieton at 6.30 p.m. yesterday fur Timaru, and sliould arrive about 7 o'clock this evening. She lands general cargo from Wellington, and takes in cargo for Dunedin, sailing again to-night. She returns to Timaru on Monday on "her usual time table run to lead for Wellington. Nelson, and Xew Plymouth. Shipping matters at this port have been very dead this last- week —a striking contrast- to the sanVe time last week, when the great rush of vessels, resulted in the. record shipping. However, matters should improve somewhat in the next few weeks, several home liners, with the usual coasters, being amongst the expected arrivals.

The steamer Kairaki has lost eight or nine blades from her propellors altogether. Three went at once or two occasions, and the others came off singly.; The repeated losses are attributed to the fact that whereas the original blades were of cast steel, the new ones put on were of cast iron. The design of the blades was altered to give sufficient- strength. but the strength of the iron did not come up to expectations, and the new blades gaTe way. Bronze blades now occupy the places of the broken ones. and are answering perfectly.