SHIPPING.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18818, 5 March 1931, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF TIMARU. h Sun rises 5.49 a m.; sets 6.46 p.m. High water 3.23 a.m.; 3.48 p.m. i - (Add half-hour summer-time.) J j PHASES OF THE MOON. ' ( Last Quarter . March 11 at 4.45 p.m. j ] New Moon . . March 19 at 6.21 p.m. | ; First Quarter . March 27 at 4.34 p.m. j ■ ARRIVALS. March 4. Kahika, s.s., 1172 tons (Huntley) from j Oamaru. (Union S.S. Co.) j Holmdale, s.s., 608 tons (Williams) . from Oamaru. (H. J. R. Somer- j ville and Co., agents.) DEPARTURES. March 4. Kahika. s.s., 1172 tons (Huntley) for Lyttelton. Holmdale. s.s., 608 tons (Williams) for Lyttelton. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. ■Opihi, Oamaru To-day j Wainui. Oamaru To-day : Kaimiro, Dunedin Mar. 6 | Progress. Dunedin Mar. 6 j Katoa, Lyttelton Mar. 7 . Calm. Dunedin Mar. 7 Talroa, Oamaru Mar. 8 Port Alma, m.v., Bluff Mar. 9 Breeze, Dunedin Mar. 9 Storm, Dunedin Mar. 9 John, Dunedin Mar. 11 Waipiata, Oamaru Mar. 12 Canadian Highlander, Ly’lton Mar. 13 Maimoa, Lyttelton Mar. 17 . Port Waikato, Pt. Stephens .. Mar. 17 Cornwall, Pt. Chalmers Mar. 26 PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Opihi, Lyttelton * To-day 4 Wainui, Lyttelton To-day Kaimiro, Lyttelton Mar. 6 * 'progress. Lyttelton Mar. 6 ; Katoa. Akaroa Mar. 7 j Calm, Lyttelton Mar. 7 Tairoa, Lyttelton Mar. 8 Breeze, Lyttelton Mar. 9 Storm, Lyttelton Mar. 9 < Port Alma, Lyttelton Mar. 10 John, Lyttelton Mar. 11 Waipiata, Lyttelton Mar. 12 Canadian Highlander, D’edin . Mar. 13 , NOTES. The Holmdale arrived yesterday morning from Oamaru, to load for Wellington and Wanganui. She sailed late in the afternoon for Lyttelton. The Kahika reached Timaru yesterday from the south, and after loading for Wellington, Napier and Gisborne, sailed in the evening for Lyttelton. The Wainui is expected to arrive to-day from Oamaru. She is to load Wellington and Auckland general cargo at Timaru. The Opihi is listed to arrive to-night from Oamaru, on the Wellington, Nelson and New Plymouth run. Under favourable conditions she will sail the same night for Lyttelton. The Progress is expected to load for Wellington, New Plymouth and Waikato Heads at Timaru to-morrow. The Kaimiro is due on Friday morning from Oamaru, to load for Lyttelton and Westport. The Calm, on the Wellington and Wanganui run, is set down to reach here on Saturday from Dunedin. The Waimarino is expected to leave Auckland early next week for South Island ports, including Timaru. Overseas. The Port Alma, which is to load frozen meat, wool and general cargo for the United Kingdom, is scheduled to arrive on Monday from the south. The Somerset, which has general Home cargo for discharge at Timaru, is expected to arrive on March 19th from Port Chalmers. The Maimoa is due from Lyttelton on the 17th, to load general cargo, dairy produce and frozen meat for London and West of England ports. The Ororl is expected to leave London on March 14th for New Zealand r ports, including Timaru. NEW ZEALAND PORTS. By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, March 4. Arrived: City of Dieppe (3.20 p.m.) from New York. Sailed: Golden West (4.45 p.m.) for Napier. WELLINGTON, March 4. Arrived: Wahine (7 a.m.) from Lyttelton; Kuku (3.30 p.m.) from Motueka. Sailed: Coptic (7 a.m.) for London; Maimoa (3 p.m.) for Lyttelton; Wahine (7.50 p.m.) for Lyttelton. LYTTELTON, March 4. Arrived: Gale (5.50 a.m.) from Timaru; Maori (8.10 a.m.) from Wellington; Armadale (5.45 p.m.) from Wellington. Sailed: Breeze (1.15 p.m.) for Dunedin; Gale (4.20 p.m.) for Wellington; Maori (7.55 p.m.) for Wellington. DUNEDIN, March 4. Arrived: Karepo (6.45 a.m.) from Timaru. Sailed: Kaimiro (3.15 p.m.) for Oamaru; Karepo (5 p.m.) for Newcastle; Wainui for Oamaru. MAIL NOTICES. Subject to any necessary alterations, mails will close at the Chief Post Office, Timaru, as under:— Only parcels prepaid at express transit rate are forwarded by express trains. Registered letter mails close one .hour, and newspaper and parcel mails close 45 minutes earlier than ordinary letter mails. Late fee at railway station cleared at due time arrival of express trains. For North Island Offices of New Zealand: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 12.30 p.m.; Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 3.15 p.m. Foi Christchurch. North Canterbury, and Westland: Daily, at 6 a.m.; Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 12.30 p.m.; Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 3.15 p.m. For Temuka and Geraldine: Daily, at 5 a.m. For Ashburton: Daily, at 6 a.m. For Waimate: Daily, at 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. For Oamaru and Intermediate Offices: Daily, at 6 a.m. For Temuka, Geraldine, and Ashburton; Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10.45 a.m. and 3.15 p.m.; Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 12.30 and 3.30 p.m. For Waimate, Oamaru, Dunedin, Invercargill, and all Southern Offices: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10.45 a.m. and 3.30 p.m.; Wednes- ~ day, Friday. 2.45 p.m. For Fairiie, Pleasant Point, etc.: Daily, at 6 a.m. (letters only) and 3.30 p.m. For Fairiie and Hermitage: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, per car, 10 45 a.m. For Dunedin and Christchurch v(night trains): Daily, at 7 p.m., excepting Sunday (letters only). For Oamaru and Invercargill: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 7 pjn (letters only;.

For Ashburton: Wednesday, Friday. Saturday, 7 p.m. (letters only). THURSDAY, MARCH 6. At 3.15 p.m. (Late Fee 3.30 p.m.) Australian States, South Africa, Japan, China and Straits Settlements and Egypt, per Maunganui, at Wellington. Correspondence will also be accepted for despatch by air-mail services in Australia. Air-mail fee in addition to postage, 3d per ioz. SATURDAY, MARCH 7. At 3.15 p.m. (Late Fee 3.30 p.m.) Great Britain, Ireland, Continent of Europe, United States of America, Canada, Mexico and West Indies, Argentine, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Falkland Islands, via Vancouver; also Fiji and Hawaii, per Niagara, at Auckland. Correspondence will also be accepted for despatch by air-mail services in Canada and United States of America. Air-mail fee in addition to postage 4d per *oz. (Due London 9th April). MONDAY, MARCH 9. At 12.30 p.m. Great Britain. Ireland and Europe (specially addressed correspondence only), Central America and South American Western States via Panama, to connect with Mataroa, at Wellington. (Due London 13th April.) MONDAY, MARCH 9. At 12.30 p.m. Great Britain, Ireland and Europe (specially addressed correspondence only). Central America and South American Western States via Panama, to connect with Ruapehu, at Wellington. (Due London April 14th.) INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS. 10th Mar.—S.S. Tainui, from London, via Auckland. English mail. 10th Mar.—R.M.S. Monowai, from San Francisco. English and American mail. C. R. INGRAM, Chief Postmaster. Timaru, March 5, 1931.