SHIPPING.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2994, 30 October 1882, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF TIMARU. * Tho flagstaff ol Timaru is situated in 1 Ideg. 17min. 20seo. East longitude. 44deg, 23min. South latitude. abbivbd. Nil. BALED. Nil. . EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Magellan Cloud, schooner, from Tairua, early. Annie Bow, barquentine, from Newcastle, early. Young Dick, schooner, from Newcastle, early. ■ .

THE S.S. ROTOMAHANA STRANDED AT BLUFF. Bluff, Oct. 29. The s.s. Eotomahana, when entering the harbor this morning,'grounded at the stern of the Ocean Chief, the spring tides with a southwest breeze causing the ebb tide to run very strong. When the steamer passed the light ship at 7 a.m. Captain Webster slowed the engines preparatory to running up to the wharf. He evidently did not allow for the strength of the tide, and before way could be got on the steamer again the tide took charge and slewed her out of the channel and carried her on the rocks between the lightship and the Ocean Chief. She went on without bumping, and lay quietly while the tide receeded, the starboard anchor being let go and holding well. The tide turned at 9 a.m., and at 10.30 a.m. she floated, quietly and steamed alongside the wharf. A diver went down and examined her bottom, but the water was too thick to make a reliable examination, which was then made inside. It showed three large dents with the cement broken. The cement has been cleared away, but there are no signs of a hole anywhere. The vessel is making no water, and it was decided to go back to Dunedin, and the Rotorua will take her trip.