Shipping News.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLV, Issue 250, 14 December 1903, Page 2

Shipping News.

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. ARRIVED. De*. 12.—Takapuna, s.s., 957 terns, G. HoHord, from Onehunga. Passengers :—Hiss Douglas ; Mesdumes yiekl ami chihd, Wallace, Schofield, Stuart : Rev. T. R. Turton, Messrs Moore, Watt, Crake, Field, Wallace, Mirams, Spence, Jackson, Harold, Steriihouse, Stuart, Smith, Estiaile; 3.-8 steerage. SAILED. t!ec. 12.—Takapuna, s.s., 057 t.ms, G. Hollowly for Onehi.v.ga. I'as'sen'g'ji'S : —Misstes Gurlick ;2). (!ower, Uailger, James, Smith, !'hilips, I'rahant, Hewston?, l'ick'i.ete.! -i own <:'), Whitcombe ; Mesdauies Wells, Brown, Hill ; Rev. Robertson, Messrs Keyes, James, Berry. Dyer, Brown (2), Gentles, Hill, Green. " EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rarawa, from Manukaiu, to-day. Takapuna, from Manukau, on Tuesday. Rotoiti, from South, on Tuesday. Rarawa, from Manukau, on Wednesday. Rotoiti, from Manukau, on Thursday. Takapuna, from South, on Thursday. Rotoiti, from South, on Thursday. Rarawa, from Manukau, on Friday. RotoiW, from Manukau, on Saturday, Corlnna, from South on Sunday.

Ixmg'ariro will be the first „oing steamer to load meat and produce oIY Waitara this season. The Moa should reach, here early this morning from Westport. Shipmasters in Wellington are at present getting in crews of qualified seamen for ocean-going ships. The barque L. J. North sailed from Wellington for London on Wed■esday,- with a cargo of wool. The Nmw Zealand and South African Steamship Company's December steamer to load for South Africa, th« Fifeshire, sailed from Durban on Nov. 24th for Australia. The Norwegian barque Anglo Norman, 822 tons, has been chartered to bring a general cargo from Lyttelfffa to Wellington. The Ventura sailed from San Fran•isco at 8 p.m. on the lOt'h instant for Honolulu ami Auckland. On h«r last trip from London to Adelaide the White Star line Suevic is stated to have made a record trip of 39 days, including stoppages. She town and Albany, and is credited .with an average run of 14 knots throughout the trip.

The TJartmaki Freezing Works Co.— The s.s. Athentic will be the next steamer for dairy procuce, leaving Wellingtott on Dec. 10th, and will be followed by the s.s. Rimutaka on Dec. 24th. The closing days at the Hoturoa Freezing Works will be as follows :—for s.s. Athentic, Wednesday, Dec. 2 ; for s.s., Rinrttoka, Wednesday, Dec. 16th, at 3 p.m. EXPHCTED ARRIVALS IN WELLINGTON. Ocean-going steamers— Tokomaru, left Londoe *flth Oct., via Capetown and Holfart; due 18th Dec. Kaikoura, left London 9th Oct., via Australian ports and Auckland; due about 3oth Dec. Star of Ireland, left New York 12th Oct, via Australia and Auckland ; due about 30th Dec. Everton Grange, left New i York 30th Sept., via Australian ports and Auckland. Paparoa, left Plymoutk oth Nov., via Capetown and Hobart ; due about 28th Dec. Whakatane, left London 2nd Nov., via Capetown, Hobart, due about 3rd Jan. Sailing Ships.— Alice, left New York 7th July. Montgomeryshire, left Liverpool 15th July. Firth of Clyde, left Glasgow 18 July, via Port Chalmers. Bessficld, left Glasgow 19th Aug.