SHIPPING.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 7073, 20 February 1893, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET OF TIMABU Tho flagstaff of Timaru ia situated a l7ldeg 17.20 min East longitude ; and 44 deg 23 mm South latitude. ARRIVED. Feb 19—Invercargill, s.s,, 175 tons, Sundatram.from Invercargill. bailed. Feb. 18—Omapere, a.a., 353 tend, Robertson, ’fbrtheabrth. Peb 19-r Falcon, schooner, 92 tons. Green, for the north. ’ . EXPORTS. In the Omapere, W.M. and A. Co. agents : For various ports, 43 tons flour, 487 eke bran and sharps, 124 do wheat, 75 do oats, 10 bags hides, 3 bales wool. Shippers—Timaru and Temuka mills, Lintcitt and Co, Fothecingham, Loan Go, Clark, Miles, Archer and Co. In the Falcon : 92 tons flour, 500 sks oats. Shippers—Evans and Co, C F.A. IN HARBOUR. . Barques—Peru, Araby Maid, Peri, and Highland Forest. Steamer—lnvercargill, ' ; ' VESSELS HOMEWARD BOUND. Vessel. Days ont. Helen Denny (Captain Carnell) ... 71 Cambrian (Captain Thomas) 65 Mercia (Captain Kimminga) 58 Aberoarne (Captain Lewis) ... ... 37 Asterion (Captain Foote) ... ... 25 *Tura ina (Captain Hamon) ... ... 14 Arabellar(Captain Dresser) ... ... 12 Bagna (Captain Andersen) 4 * Not including time occupied repairing at Lyttelton. The schooner Falcon sailed early yesterday morning, with a cargo of mill produce for the north. . The s.s. Invercargill arrived from the south about 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon with a cargo of timber, wbiich she is discharging today. RACING OF ATLANTIC AND OTHEB STEAMERS. This colony (saya an exchange) has lately i been entertained with the rival performances of its fastest intercolonial passenger steamers. Firing-np is the order of the day. and has been for some time; hub when a win is claimed, the other side sometimes affirms that it is “ against the rules ” to go in for racing, and that their ship vras simply jogging along quietly. In other waters, however, than Australian, steamers will do their best to whip anything belonging to opposition lines; and not only does a dogged determination to do this exist in the “ cuddy,” but the infection seizes “Jack” as well as his master, and things are lively down in the stokehole as well as on the bridge. On the “ herringpond” enthnssasm in this respect mast be at very high pressure occasionally. Take the Canard and Inman lines for example. A report received says:—‘‘A remarkable race aecojs the Atlantic between the Canard liner Etruria and the In man liner City of Paris has just (24th December) been concluded. The City of Paris had 20 minutes start from New York with the United States mail; but the Etruria passed Daunt’s Hook 4 hours 6 minutes aheaddf her rival, though the logs of both vessels indicate that the City of faris ran 27 ;| 9 miles, while the Canard sea route was six miles longer. The Etruria seems to have weathered the Atlantic storms most successfully, for-whilst the City of Paris on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday ran respectively 377, 403, 4tlo, and 346 knots, the Etruria accomplished on those days 414, 440, 430, and 226 knots respectively. It was also claimed for the Etruria that she was not so clean as the Inman liner, for the latter came out of dry dock two or thre.e months later than the Cunard crack vessel.” -