SHIPPING.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 12 October 1926, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OP TIMARU. Sufi rises 5.15 a.in.; sets 6.17 p.m. JMoon rises 8.6 a.m.; sets 11.32 p.m. High water 6.15 a.m.; 6.42 p.m. PHASES OF THE MOON. OCTOBER. Hay. hr. m.

VESSELS IN PORT. ~'Np. 1 Wharf.— Whangape, s.s. No. 2 Wharf. —Katoa, s.s. No. 3 Wharf. —lonic, s.s. expected arrivals. Calm .s.s., Oamaru, Wednesday. Opihi', s.a., Oamaru, Wednesday. Brcc/A s.s., Oamaru. Tuesday. Matakana, s.s., Dunedin, Thursday. Tort Hacking, s.s., Tort Chalmers, October 19. ' - 01 Ruapehu, s.s., Port Chalmers,Canadian Commander, s.s., Lyttelton, early. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Tonic, s.s., Wellington, to-night. Katoa, s.s., Lyttelton, to,night. Calm, s.s., Lyttelton, Wednesday. Whangape, s.s., Lyttelton, Wednesday. Opihi, s.s., Lyttelton, Wednesday Canadian Commander, s.s., Dunedin, early. NOTES. The heavy rain experienced in Timaru yesterday considerably hampered operations on the waterfront, and very little work was done on any or the three .vessels in port. The rain m the south has also altered the shipping timetable, and consequently the itineraries of vessels calling at Timam have-had to be put back. The weather was 26 had vesterday that the Rurow, which'arrived in the roadstead in the moriuhg, was- sent on to Lyttelton, and ibior northern cargo wilT be shipped bv t Jic Katoa. ' The .Katoa is expected to get away to-night fqr Wellington, Auckland, and Westport. Under favourable weather conditions, the liner lonic, which is taking 39,000 eggs, tallow and general cargo for the United Kingdom, should sail to-night lor Wellington. The Whangape is expected to complete her discharge of Newcastle coal, load return cargo for Australia, and sail on. Wednesday for Lyttelton. The Calm is now due on Wednesday from the south, to load for Wellington and Wanganui.

The Opihi has also been delayed, and is now scheduled for Wednesday, to ship general cargo for AVcllington, Ne'son and New Plymouth. The Shaw Savill steatner Matakana, with direct general merchandise from London, is set down to call at Timaru on Thursday from Dunedin. -.-w LINER RAMS TUG. By Cable —Press Association —Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. PARIS, October 10. The 34,000 ton liner Paris rammed a tug entering Havre docks. Eleyeif q.f .the ,crew were drowned, thoSgh. boats rushed to tho rescue. OVERSEAS. LONDON, October -11. • Arrived. —At Quebec, Canadian Cruiser. ‘ Sailed. —From ; Honolulu, Aorangi, from -San Francisco'; also West’ Carmona. ' ■ COASTAL AUCKLAND, October 11. Arrived.—Hororata' (6 a.m.) from London; Niagara- -(10.50- a.m.) from Vancouver; Ngakuta (6 a.m;) fromRaimtSnga. _ '• - • g-* AVELLINGTON, October 11. /graved.—John (3.15 a.m.) ■ from ; Tiimini : Karori (5.45 a.m.) from AVestporf: '"Tahiti (6.15 a.m.) from Sydney.' Snijod.—AVahine (8.20 p.m.) for Lvtto.ton. ' ' ' CHRISTCHURCH, October 11. AVrfved. —Canopus (8.25 p.m.) from AVeStport. Sailed. —Maori (7.55 p.m.) for Wellington. DUNEDIN, October 11. Arrived. —Opihi (6.15 p.m.) from AYdlliiigton.

MAIL NOTICES.

Subject to any necessary alteration, mails will close as under: —- Registered letter mails close one newspapers and parcel n*ail3 ( logo ',45 minutes earlier than ordinary k-rt;of’’ mail. Only parcels prepaid at express transit rate, are forwarded by express trnirfij. For northern ports of New Zealand, Monday. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 3.15 p.m.; Wednesday and Fridav at 12.30 p.m. For Christchurch, North Canterbury and Westland, daily at 6.40 a.m.; Monday, .Tueeday, Thursday and Saturday at*3.;ls p.m. ; Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 12.30 p.m.; and Wednesday and Friday at 3.30 p.m. For Temuka and Geraldine, daily at 5.30'a.m., by motor car; Tuesday, Thlirsday and Saturday at 10.45 a.m.; Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturrlat ,»t 3.1 d p.m.; Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 12.30 p.m.; Wednesday r.rjjl Friday at 3.30 p.m. For Waimate, daily at 5.30 a.m. For Oamaru, daily at 6.30 a.m; •jFor Waimato, Oamaru, .Dunedin, Invarcnrgill, and all southern offices, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday ;;ut .10.45 a.m.: Tuesday, Thursday anti 'Saturday at 3.30 p.m.; Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 2.45 p.m. .jFor Fairlie, Pleasant Point, etc., daily at 3.30 p.m., and on Monday only at 6.40 a.m. For Fairlie on Tuesday and Saturday, per motor car, at 6 a.m. For Pleasant Point and Kerrytown, pdf motor car, at 6 a.m. daily, except Mondays. £ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, V At 3.15 p.m. 'For Australian States, South Africa, and; the East, per Marama, from Wellington. ; WEDNESDAY .OCTOBER 20, *. At 12.30 p.m. iFor Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent of Europe, (specially addressed correspondence only) ; also South America, per lonic, from Auckland.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21. At 3.15 p.m. Mails for Great Britain, Ireland, and Continent of Europe (specially addressed correspondence only), also all Slates of South America and Falkland Islands, per Kai Ora, at Wellington. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, At 3.15 p.m. Great • Britain. Ireland, Continent ol Europe. Canada, United States of America, Mexico, and West Indies (via A'anconver), also Fiji, Hawaiian Islands and Japan. Connecting at Auckland with s.s. Niagara. INCOMING OVERSEA MATES. (Arrival times approximate onlv.) October lltli.—S.S. Tahiti, ’from e. . 1*,,A ust. nia i’, 129 hags from beyond 'A list.. and P 3 •parcel-receptacles: duo in office 9.30 a.m. October 12th. —R.M.S. Niagara from,

Vancouver, via Auckland; U.S.A. and English mail. A. H. STEELE, Chief Postmastrti Jimaiu, October 12, 1926.

First Quarter . . 15 1 58 a.m. Full Moon . . , 21 4 55 p.m. Last Quarter . , 28 10 27 p.m.