SHIPPING.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18492, 6 February 1930, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF TIMARU. Bun rises 5.12 a m.; sets 6.58 p.m. High water 8.7 a.m.; 8.34 p.m.

PHASES OF THE MOON.

ARRIVALS. February 5. Gale, s.s., 567 tons (McKenzie) from Dunedin. (D. C. Turnbull and Co., agents.) DEPARTURES. February 5. Gale, s.s., 567 tons (McKenzie) for Lyttelton. (D. C. Turnbull and Co., agents.) EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Waipahi, Dunedin To-day Opihi, Dunedin Feb. 7 Karepo, Lyttelton Feb. 8 Katoa, Dunedin Feb. 8 Breeze, Oamaru Feb. 8 Storm, Oamaru Feb. 9 Golden Cloud, Wellington .. Feb. 9 Cumberland, Bluff .... .. Feb. 18 Fort Denison Feb. 20 Coptic, Wellington Feb. 21 Port Brisbane, London .. .. Feb. 25 Valacia, New York Mar. 10 Golden Cross, Pacific ports .. May 18 PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Waipahi, Dunedin Jo-day Opihi, Lyttelton Feb. 7 Karepo, Dunedin Feb. 8 Katoa, Lyttelton Feb. 8 Breeze, Lyttelton Feb. 3 Storm, Lyttelton Feb. 9 Golden Cloud, Dunedin .. .. Feb. 11 Cumberland, Lyttelton .. ~ Feb. 18 Port Denison Feb. 22 Coptic, Lyttelton Feb. 21 Port Brisbane, New Plymouth Feb. 27 Vajacia, via ports Mar. 10 Golden Cross ' May 20 NOTES, The Gale, from Dunedin, loaded cargo at this port yesterday, and sailed for Wellington, Wanganui and Picton last night. The Waipahi is expected to arrive to-day from Dunedin, to lift cargo for Wellington, Napier and Gisborne. To take on shipments for Wellington, Nelson and New Plymouth, the Opihi is due at Timaru to-morrow from the south. The Karepo should discharge Westport coal at this port on Saturday. She will then proceed to Dunedin. The Katoa is set down to call here on February 8. from Dunedin. She will load cargo for Wellington and Auckland. The Breeze should call on Saturday, to pick up cargo for Wellington, Wanganui and Picton. The Storm, from Dunedin and Oamaru, is scheduled to loaa for Wellington and Wanganui on Monday next. Overseas. The Cumberland is to arrive here on February 18. She will discharge a quantity of general merchandise, and will then load frozen meat and general cargo for Home ports, including those on the West Coast of England. She is expected to sail for Wanganui about February 21, from Timaru, and should leave New Zealand finally on March 13.

The Golden Cloud will discharge lumber, drums and cases of petrol, and a quantity of general cargo at this port, about February 9. She will load empty drums for the return trip, and will sail via Dunedin. The Port Denison will load wool and frozen meat at Timaru, for London and the United Kingdom, about February 20. The Coptic, from Wellington, should call here on February 21, to load frozen meat and general cargo. She will proceed to Lyttelton after finishing loading here. The Port Brisbane is listed to arrive here on February 25, to discharge general cargo from London. She will proceed to New Plymouth, via Lyttelton. The Valacia, from New York, via New Zealand ports, is expected at Timaru on March 10. She will discharge and load general cargo, and will then proceed to Dunedin. NEW ZEALAND PORTS. By Telegraph— -Association. AUCKLAND, February 5. Arrived: Maui Pomare (12.45 p.m.) from Norfolk Island; Tamaroa (9 p.m.) from London. Sailed: Port Dunedin (6.40 p.m.) for Halifax. WELLINGTON, February 5. Arrived: V/ahine (7 a.m.) from Lyttelton; Calm .(12.20 p.m.) from Wanganui; Kaitoke (5.30 p.m.) from Lyttelton; Holmdale (5.30 p.m.) from Wanganui; Rangitata (7 p.m.) from Napier. Sailed: Kairanga (12.10 p.m.) for Lyttelton; Titoki (5.30 p.m.) for Nelson; Calm (6.25 p.m.). for Wanganui; Wahine (7.50 p.m.) for Lyttelton. LYTTELTON, February 5. Arrived: Maori (6.40 a.m.) from Wellington; Kahika (7.25 a.m.) from Timaru; Kaikorai (2 p.m.) from Oamaru. Sailed: Kahika (4 p.m.) for Wellington; Frances Massey (4.15 p.m.) for New Plymouth; Maori (8.20 p.m.) for Wellington. MAIL NOTICES. Subject to any necessary alteration, mails will close at the Chief Post Office, Timaru, as under:— Registered letter mails close one hour, and newspapers and parcel mails close 45 minutes earlier than ordinary letter mails. Only parcels prepaid at “Express Transit Rate” are forwarded by express trains. For Northern Offices of New Zealand: Daily, 12.30 p.m. and 3.15 p.m. For Ashburton, Christchurch, North Canterbury, and Westland: Daily, 6 a.m., 12.30 p.m., and 3.15 p.m. For Christchurch and all Intermediate Offices: Daily, 12.30 p.m. For Temuka and Geraldine: Daily, 5 a.m., 12.30 p.m., and 3.15 p.m. For Winchester, Orari, Rangitata, Hinds: Daily, 6 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. For Waimate: Daily, 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. For Oarr: aru and all Intermediate Offices: Daily, 6 a.m. and 10.45 a.m. For Waimate, Oamaru, Dunedin, Invercargill, and all Southern Offices: Daily, 10.45 a.m. and 2.45 p.m. For Fairlie, Plfeasant Point, etc. - Daily, 6 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. For Fairlie and Hermitage: Daily, per car, at 10 45 a.m. For Dunedin and Christchurch (night trains): Daily, 7 p.m., excepting Sunday. (Letterj only.) For Oamaru and Invercargill: Wednesday, Friday and Saturday: 7 p.m. (Letters only.) For Ashburton: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 7 p.m. (Letters only.) THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, At 3.15 p.m. For Australian States, South Africa and the East, per Ulinlaroa, from Wellington.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, At 10 a.m. Parcel mail for Victoria, Western and South Australia, Tasmania, South Africa, Egypt, India and Ceylon, per Maheno, from Bluff. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, At 3.15 p.m. For Great Britain, Ireland, and Continent of Europe (specially addressed correspondence only), Central America, British, French, Dutch Guiana, Venezuela, Republic of Colombia, Peru and Ecuador, via Cristobal, per Rangitata, at Wellington. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, At 10.45 a.m. Mails for Victoria, Western and South Australia, and Tasmania, per Maheno, from Bluff. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, At 3.15 p.m. For Apia, Pago Pago, and Niue Island, per Maui Pomare, from Auckland. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, At 3.15 p.m. For Great Britain, Ireland, Continent of Europe, United States of America, Canada, Mexico and West Indies, also Argentine, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Falkland Islands, via Vancouver, also Fiji and Hawaii, per Niagara, from Auckland. (Due London March 11th.) INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS. sth Feb—S.S. Ulimaroa, from Sydney. Australian mail. 11th Feb. —R.M.S. Tahiti, from San Francisco. English and American mail. Newspapers addressed to United States of America must be prepaid at the rate of id each 2oz. Letters containing Postal Notes, Bank Notes and valuables, should be Registered. Registration costs only 3d, and ensures absolute safety. Late fee letters for “Express Mails” will close 15 minutes after the closing of the mails at the Chief Post Office, Timaru. C. R. INGRAM, Chief Postmaster. Timaru, February 6, 1930.

First Quarter . . Feb. 7, at 4.5G a.m. Full Moon . . . Feb. 13, at 8.9 p.m. Last Quarter . . Feb. 20, at 8.14 p.m. New Moon . . . Feb. 29 at 1.3 a.m.