SHIPPING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14268, 6 August 1910, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PORT OF TIMARU. The flagstaff of Timaru is situated in East longitude 171 dug. 15 nhu. 19 tec, South latitude 44 dug. 23 mia. 11 BCC. High water, 4.3 a.m.; 4.30 p.m. frillii rises, 7.10 a.m.; sets, 5.3 p.m. Moon rises, 7.50 p.m.; sets, 5.47 a.m. AR HIVED. August sth Koonya, s.s., 1091 tona, Norton, from Oaniaru. August sth—Kairaki, s.g., 408 tons, Scott, from Oamaru. SAILED. August 5th —Koonya, s.s., 1091 tons, Norton, for Lyttclton. August sth—Kairaki, s.s., 408 tons, Scott, for Lyttelton. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Invorcargill, s.s., from Waikawa, to-morrow. Comma, s.s., from .Wellington, Thursday. Taviuni, s.s., from Oamaru, Friday. Koniata, s.s., from Greyniouth, on Monday. Wanaka, s.s., from Bluff, Monday. Te Anau, s.s., from Wellington, Tuesday. Rimutaka, s.s., from Lyttelton, Monday. Nairnshire, s.s., from AVellington, August 11th. Lizzie Taylor, ketch, from llavelock, early. Rakanoa, s.s., from Lyttelton, tomorrow. Anglo Mexican, s .s., from Lytt'lton, August 15th. towaiyhiiumi, from Hakodate, via ports, end August. The Shaw, Saville liner lonic arrived lit Jlohart on Thursday evening, and left at noon yesterday for Wellington. The s.s. To Anau, which is making a Special trip to Auckland from Timaru, .will not now foe here till Tuesday. Tim s.s. Wiiihorn, at present loading coal at Westport for Auckland, will sail from the hitler purl to Newcastle, where ehe loads a cargo of coal for Lyl.leltuu and Timaru about 'JOth inst. The s.s. Rakanoa leaves LyUcltou tonight for Timaru, and is due here tomorrow to hind a large coal and limber cargo from the West Oo.'ut.

The coastal steamer KaintUi, lookiiv.'; Epic and span alter her recent overhaul at Lyttoltoii, arrived from (humini at '> p.m. yesterday, and loaded 137 talis pi-educe, for Wellington, Gisbonio and .Napier, and whs to leave for l.yttelfuu at i) p.m. Tlie s.s. Koonya arrived from Oainuru yesterday, and landed Go tun.-: general cargo, including transhipments e\~ Warriinoo, and 10,700 feet timb.n'. She loa<led 250 tuns produ.-e for n.al iieiii ports, saitiny tor Lytleltnu at ';) p.m. Tlie Liui(jii Company's charier.-d steamer Anglo-Mexican arrived at l.yiteltou early yesterday mornme,, alter a good run across from JN'owoasdc. She •is expected at Timaru about loth inst. 'J'Jio s.s. Xaviuni vvtlL not call at Tiimiril this trip from AYostpoit, and wis to have left there, yesterday lor i'ort Chalmers, but she will ho here as usual on J'Yiday next on her usual run.

The Federal Moulder liner Drayton Grange whicli left Wellington for Avonmouth, resumed hor voyage from St. Vincent last Saturday. Tlie vessel is due at her destination on August .9tii. Although the harbour of MonLu Video is regarded as one of the finest in the world, substantial improvements and enlargements have been decided to be carried out at an estimated cost of £1,000,000.

An Jtaliau engineer (Signer Gabolliiii) has invented a, process for the buildim. of ships in artificial .stone, and a vessel of this type is working with so much success on tlie Alain at Frankfort, that several more are in course of construction in Italy and Germany. The "rout advantage of the system' is that ships built of reinforced concrete are free from barnacles. As compared with ordinary ships the weight of a vessel i s one-third heavier, but the cost of construction is less by a fourth