SHIPPING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14400, 23 March 1911, Page 4

SHIPPING.

POET OF TIMABC. The flagstaff of Tiuiaru is_ situated in Kast. longitude 171 deg. lo miu. IV) set... ciouth latitude 44 liseo. Sun rises, 6.11 a.m.; sets, 6.4 p.m. Moon rises, 10.31 p.m.; sets, 2.V) a.m. Higii water, S.oS a.m.; 9.15 p.m. ARRIVED.—March L"2nd. Breeze s.s. (4 p.m.), oo- tons. Woods, from Port Chalmers. I). C. Tumbuil and Co., agents. SAILRD. —March '22 nd. Breeze, s.s., 552 tons, Woods, for Lyttelton. D. C. Turnbuil and Co., agents. EXPECT !v I > ARRIVALS. Corinna, 3.5., Picton, this evening. Pukaki, a .a., Oamaru, to-morrow. Surrey, s.s., Waitara, to-morrow. Kuahinc, sj., Lytteltvn, Saturday. fc<ratoro, s.s., Greymouth, early. Putiki. s.e., Greymouth. early. Kowhai, &s., Greymouth, early. Kent, 3.5., Wellington, early. Norfolk, s.a., Wellington, early. Lizzie Taylor, ketcli, Havelock* early. J Aruwa, M. t Lyttelton, early. Rangatira, *4., Wellington, April 3rd. Koromiko, s.s., Newcastle via ports, early April, Fckafa, »%., London, via ports, early April. Dravtoa Grange, ».8., Liverpool, in May. Matatna, s.s,, London, via ports, end May OraK. s.s,. London, Tia ports, July 25th. PROJECTED DEPARTTTP.ES. Corinna. s.s.. Dunedin, this evening." Surrey, s.s., Lyttetton, to-morrow, rnkakj, s.s., Lyttelton, to-morrow. . Plmone, 'barque, Maiden. Island, Saturday. NOTES. Shaw Savill steamer Rangatira i will not now arrive m Tmiaru till sho 10 th of April,- to load ior Limdon. The Holmdale left Lyuelton. yesterday for Greymouth to load a return load of timber. The cargo which sho was. supposed to bring to Ximaru this trip, will now in all probability be brought down by the Putiki. . H.ALS. Cambrian arrived at Lyttelton at 8 a.m. yesterday from Timaru. The Breeze arrived from Oamaru yesterday afternoon. She landed general cargo, loaded produoe for northern ports and left for Lyttelton. in .the ... -evening. The Corinna is due here this evening from Wellington via P:cton. Sho lands general cargo,. and later proceeds to Dunedm. Tbe Koromiko arrived at Newcastle on Tuesday from Wellington. c»htoads ooal for Lytteiton and Tim tiu. The New Zealand. Shipping Company's liner Rotorua let London on . Monday for New Zealand ports. The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Opawa left Cardiff on loth inst. for Wellington direct.- Sho i./ijQ no cargo aboard, lieing in ballast, and is due at WelHngton on 29th April. This is the second occasion in which the Opawa has come out empty i<y New Zealand. The Federal Hftulder liner ; Surrey leaves Wellington at daylight to-day - for Timaru. She should arrive here xo-morrow "morning. The Scales liner Clan .Menzies left Auckland at 6 p.m. on Tuesday for - liondon via Monte Video. The Shaw Savill liner Athenio left Rio do Janeiro on Sunday last en route to London. Latest advice received states that the- Government training ship Araokura will get away from. Auckland for the Kermadecs on the 28th inst. What constitute® a record cargo—some ? 9346 . tons —is at present being discharged at Auckland by the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer - Kaikoura, which arrived from England : last week. Tie goods landed include Sio tons of explosives salved from the steamer Aotea at Capetown. A fire broke out in the bunkers of tho Moana on her last voyage from Sydney to Vancouver, but it was put oat by the crew before the -boat arrived in port. The Moana leaves Vans corrver on Friday, and on arrival at : Sidney on April 8 withdraws from the Vancouver service, proceeds direct to • Melbourne, and takes up the intercolonial running of the Marama. The Marama withdraws from the intercolonial running on arrival at Melbourne on April 22, and proceeds to Sydney, leaving the latter port on May 8 far Vancouver. THE FLORA. The t Hobart Mercury* has something to aay about the Flora, nenr being.con- - verted into a collier at Pert Chalmers: "The Flora was originally buiit «n ■; F* gland in ISS2 for the purpose of carrying cattle from Hull to Hampton. In the same year a cablegram was re- _ "coived from the Tnsniaman Steam . Niyrijration Company asking for a ves- - jeei suitable to replace the s.s. Tasmrm, which had been wrecked. The Flora ,w;u> requisitioned, and converted into a / p;-*senger-carrying vessel and despatched. *— l4l —" -"una, vrhera sho ar■—ie*was then engaged 3art trade, and when n party amalgamated Co. cf New Zealand ♦thers. wop. made, over 3panv. After leaving aen Hobprt nnd 3ydon to the Nr-w Zeafrrd coaxal trade. and lien has been used in practically all pf the company's services."