SHIPPING.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 283, 12 November 1884, Page 2

SHIPPING.

The first boat will go off to the Ringarooma kt 5.80 to-morrow morning, The Thomas Russell landed her stock in first-class order, and leaves Auckland toflight. The Rtogarootna will arrive frotn South tomorrow, and the Tarawera and Ringarooma will be here on Sunday. Sir Edward Heed proposes to fit a ship wl h an firmof’plaled shield to Ho within the ordinary bull of the vessel up to the line at which it is armor-plated on tho outside. He 0 intends that within this protection the torp?do will be checkmated. It may, if it ha* go?d l\jck, pierce the bottom of the. ship, but it will get no further than the internal armor shield, which is so constructed that the ship being struck by a torpedo will float, and may be fought as if nothing particular had happened. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Ringarooma, Southern Ports, 13th Ringarooma, Auckland, 16th Southern Cross, Napier and Wellington, 21st Tarawera, Southern Ports, 16th Asterion, from London Lochnagar, from London PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Ringarooma, Auckland, 13th. Southern Cross, Auckland, 21st Tarawera, Sydney via Auckland, 16th Ringarooma, Melbourne via South, 16th

Hioa Watzb. Bns arsza sris A.M. r.u. A.M. F.M. Wednesday 12 .. 0.47 1.11 4.20 6.30 Thursday 13 .. 1.34 4.25 6.81 Friday, 14 .. 2.20 2.43 4.24 6.32 Saturday 13 .. 8.5 8.28 4.28 6.84 Sunday, 16 .. 3.50 4.18 4.22 6.85 Phasks or xns Moox S’ew Moon, 18th , 5.42 a.m. First Quarter, 20th a . . 9.36 a.m. Apogee, 20th ,. —- , 2.30 p.m.