SHIPPING.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXV, Issue 18913, 26 June 1931, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF TIMARU. Sun rises 7.41 a m.; 4.38 p.m. High water 11.35 a.m.; PHASES OF THE MOON. Full Moon .. .. June 30, 12.17 p,m. ARRIVALS. June 25. Holmdale. s.s.. 681 tons (Williams) from Oamaru. (H. J. R. Somerville and Co. agents.) Kahika, s.s., 1172 tons (Warren) from Oamaru. (Union S.S. Co.) DEPARTURES. June 25. Holmdale. s.s., 681 tons (Williams) for .Lyttelton. Kahika. s.s.. 1172 tons (Warren) for Lyttelton. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Opihi, Oamaru, To-day Tees, Dunedin June 27 Totara, Oamaru June 27 Coptic, Port Chalmers June 28 Huntingdon, Port Chalmers .. June 29 Gale, Oamaru June 29 Waipiata, Oamaru June 30 Storm. Dunedin July 1 Port Dunedin, Port Chalmers July 6 Ruahine, Port Chalmers July S Golden West, Lyttelton July 9 Opawa, Bluff July 16 PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Opihi, Lyttelton To-day Tees, Lyttelton June 27 Totara, Lyttelton June 27 Gale, Lyttelton June 29 Coptic, Lyttelton June 30 Waipiata, Lyttelton June 30 Storm, Lyttelton July 1 Gojden West, Dunedin July 10 Opawa, Lyttelton July 18 NOTES.

The Holmdale arrived from Oamaru yesterday morning, and after loading general cargo for Wellington, Picton and Wanganui, sailed for Lyttelton. The Kahika arrived from the south last night. She picked up general Wellington. Napier and Gisborne cargo, and sailed for Lyttelton. The Opihi is now expected to arrive this morning from Oamaru. Wellington, Nelson and New Plymouth are her loading ports. The Tees has been delayed in the south and is due to arrive to-morrow from Dunedin, when she will load for Wellington, New Plymouth and Waikato Heads. The Totara is expected to arrive on Saturday from Oamaru to discharge a part cargo of coal from the West Coast. After loading for Wellington and New Plymouth she is to sail for Lyttelton. The Gale on Monday and the Storm on Tuesday are exected at Timaru for Wellington and Wanganui loading. It is anticipated that the Waipiata will reach this port on Tuesday from Oamaru. She is to load for Wellington and Aucklarfd'. - l ' t Overseas. V The Ruahine is scheduled to arrive here from Port Chalmers on July i. .r, to load frozen meat and general cargo for London. London cargo is to be discharged at Timaru by the Port Dunedin which is listed to reach Timaru on July 6th from Port Chalmers. SWEDISH SHIP’S PERFORMANCE. The Swedish motor ship Bullaren, which is unloading Pacific Coast cargo in New Zealand, was not only the first motor ship owned by the Transatlantic Company, but was also the first of the long series of such vessels built at Gotaverken, Gothenburg. The Bullaren was delivered in June, 1918, and has since been continuously employed in the Australian trade. Up to the end of March she had travelled 644,529 miles; she has never been laid up and has never sustained any serious damage to her machinery. Included in her voyages have been non-stop runs from the Solomon Islands to Marseilles via the Cape. NEW ZEALAND PORTS. By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, June 25. Arrived: Port Fairy (6.55 a.m.) from Napier; Matai (4 p.m.) from Hauraki Gulf. Sailed: Westmoreland (7.20 a.m.) for London; Diomede (1.15 p.m.) for Tonga. WELLINGTON, June 25. Arrived: Maori i 7 a.m.) from Lyttelton; Mataroa (12.40 p.m.) from London; Mittelmeer from Auckland. Sailed: Waipahi (5.25 a.m.) for Auckland; Kaimiro (7.10 a.m.) for Greymouth; Ruahine (7.10 a.m.) for New Plymouth; Roseric (8.15 a.m.) for Callao; Omana (11.30 a.m.) for Newcastle; Maori (7.50 p.m.) for Lyttelton. LYTTELTON, June 25. Arrived: Breeze (7.35 a.m.) from Timaru; Wahine (9.55 a.m.) from Wellington; Wainui (10.20 a.m.) from Dunedin; Port Huon (2.35 pm.) from New Plymouth. Sailed: Coptic (8.50 a.m.) for Dunedin; Tees (9.20 a.m.) for Dunedin; John (11.55 a.m.) for Wellington; Karepo (2 p.m.) for Greymouth; Waipiata (2.10 p.m.) for Dunedin; Parera (3.30 p.m.) for Waikokopu; Wahine (8.40 p.m.) for Wellington. MAIL NOTICES. Subject to any necessary alterations, mails will close al 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. For North Island Offices of New Zealand: Monday, Wednesday Friday 12.30 p.m. Late fee railway station 1.48 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday. Saturday. 3.15 p.m., late fee railway station 4.26 p.m. For Christchurch, North Canterbury, and Westland: Daily, at 6 am.; Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 12.30 p.m.; Tuesday. Thursday, Saturday, 3.15 p.m. For Temuka and Geraldine: Dally, 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 am. For Temuka, Geraldine, and Ashburton: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10.45 am. 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.; Wednesday, Friday, 2.45 p.m. For Fail-lie, Pleasant Point, etc.: Daily, at 6 a.m. (letters only) and 3.15 p.m. P’or Fair lie (letters only) and Hermitage: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, per car, 10.45 am. For Oamaru and Invercargill: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 7 p.m. (letters only). For Dunedin and Christchurch (night trains). Daily 7 pm. except Sundays (letters only!. For AshburtAi: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 7 p.m. (letters only).

SATURDAY, JUNE 27. . At 3.15 p.m. (Late Fee 3.30 p.m.) Great Britain, Ireland, Continent of Europe, Canada, United States of America, 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 loz. (Due London 30th July.) MONDAY, JUNE 29. At 12.30 pm. (Late Fee 12.45 p.m.) For Australian States (Australian Air Services extra 3d per ioz.) South Africa and the East, per Maunganui at Wellington. THURSDAY, JULY 2. At 3.15 pm. (Late Fee 3.30 p.m.) Great Britain, Ireland, and Continent of Europe (specially addressed correspondence only), Panama Canal Zone and Central America, via Panama and Pitcairn Island, per lonic, at Wellington. INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS. 25th June—S.S. Ulimaroa from Sydney via Auckland. Australian mail. 26th June—M.S. Mataroa from London. English mail. 30th June—R.M.S. Maunganui from San Francisco. English and American mail. W. P. ALDRIDGE. Chief Postmaster. Timaru, June 26, 1931.