Shipping News.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 8, 11 January 1904, Page 2

Shipping News.

I PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. ARRIVED. " Jain, 9—Rotoiti, s.s., 1150 tons, Rolwrtsou*, from Omhuirogu. Passt-n----■gers —Misses Campbell, GaleiVby, Curtis, Moyes, Crean, FriodhUider, Louisson (2), Daly, Crombie, Blomliekl, W.is-hart (2), Hurl/, Kan.say. Mt-vJaimM H'dilam, Mi'j:lvn:hall, Gatenby, Friedtlander, Evans, Lotiisson, Jt-rtYies, Steed, (5 ill is, maid, ajvd infant, Wishurt. Ross O'Comnor a«nd ?> ctajimi, Hantvley. Rev. Evams, Pi of. Klotz, Messrs Ivkdy, Lyons, Taylor, Okey, Wilton. Friedlander, HtiUam, Bycroft, Bell, l.loyd. Grainger, Fried'a'ndt*, Wa:d, (Allies, l>aly (2), Louisson, Travis, Lowther, Jilirdy, Stet'V Balluty, Nolan, Wh.ittak?r, Brewer, Vaughn, Coates. <• il- - MuriAv, llamsay, Doyle, O'Co/jno-r. McGregor, fifcicsley, Kc'kn, Regan, Brownkv, Shep♦"l'/.t.1, and Bailor, 'JO sUvcaly.'. SAILED. Jan. 9.—Hotoiti, s.s.. 1159 tons, for Onaftunga. Passengers : M4s.*ey Belts (2), Painter, Runrtle, Welbr, Htivtcn, Hawaii ; Mesdaflnes Goklwatjr, Bettn, Mag'insness, Palmer, Ratham, Macintosh, Nichols. Cleg)*, Ha well ; Slrasss Gokhvater. Burgess, M*:K<dlar. Betts ('2). M'agiwniies:?, W'hitaker, Bupre, Pro-gjiett, Remiial. Ba*-th'-iin, Row, Cumiuimg<s. Xewton, BrcMghton, Go vet t. RnndJe, Waitf. Jerkinson, Creswell, Ewington, Ellicit, Pragiwll, Sicvwri'ght, Manawav, floss, Nicholas, Clc-gg. EXPECTED ARIUVALS. Rarawa, from Manukau, on Monday. Tokapuna, from Manukau, on Tuesday. Rotoiti, from South, on Tuesday. Rarawa, from Manukau, on Wednesday. Tnkapuna, from Manukau, on Thursday. Rotoiti, from south, on Thursday. Rarawa. from Manukau. on Friday. Rotoiti, from Manukau, on Saturday. Corinna, from south, on Rnndav. SHIPPING TELEGRRMS. Wellington, Jan. 9—Arrived, Keiya U.S., fnom Bimbury, at 6 a.m. Sailed—Kuinara, s.s., for Lomdon, at G a.m. Tinaru, Jan. 9—Arrivod Evert on Gita,iv£i\ u.s., from Port Chalmers, at 7 a.m. Bluff, Jan. 9—Aniwl, Star of Ireland, from Bluff, via Stewart Island, at 8.15 p.m. Giwbungu, Jen. 10—Arrived, Rotoiti, from New PhmcKith, at 8.30 a.m. ; sailed, Rarawa. for Now Plymouth, at 4.35 p.m. Wellington, J-an. 10—Arrived, Fii'edhire from Lyttelton. at 11 a.m., Wfl.'ik'atane from Auckland, at 5 p.m. S>diay. Ja-n, 9—Saikd, Moeruki B|ni li.dralema, for Auckland, at 2. 80 p.m.

Iho T'mon Company's Mararoa irxilv a smart run orv Friday of 10 hours 45 nvinutes from "full a, iced'* at Lyl.telton to "&top" at thv Qli-.c-h's wJ.-arf, The distance is 174 miles, m.<l the avoragv? &pc\<J was IGJ knots, which the oflicers of tho vew-el s-ay could ha've fcwn improvw fjut for uMavo-uraMe taiJs? conditions from Cape Camirficll. 'Hie HoU)HiM'l:aiva still holds the morfcha t s*"ij;i's fastest time for the rum, just two minutes belter than th\? Muraiva's. H.M.s. Orku.Jo m ! j )2 tho tiin fro:n LvlU'Hon ancJtoreigo to Pcwarrow in 9 hrurs JO minutest—the recoid. The Union Company's now steamer Manuka sailed from Melbourne on Wednesday for New 7x»n}anri ports, vie. Ho-oart and WufT. The Manuka, w-bl'ch Is «a ;/<s v tv|• ;:hip the Moerar ki, is a tAvin-sjiew vtssel of a>l«out 4400 tons, her principal dimensions taing L-caigth Gin, breadth 47ft, depth 38ft. Accounts k>ceivod describe the Manuka as a strikingly handsome vessc-1, elaborately fitted and elegantly furnished. Sho has accommodation for 112 sa-" loon ai d 124 second class passengers, ; and all tlkf latest improvements have boon nui'txhiceJ. Her engines, of which she lias two sots, arc all of tho triple-expansion type, cap flibl-e of drivin-g her at an average speed of 15 kno-ts. Tho Manuka will replace tthe Mararoa in conjunction I with the Rotonmhana in the Wulling-ton-Lyttelton service. Tho new tui'bine steamer Briyaton ctftaibHshed a rec on November 11, when she succeeded in pawing the pier-head at Dieppe two hour) ai>d 50 minutes after leaving pier—a d-istx.nce of 64 nautical miles, or 75 land miles. This represents an average speed of 21$ knots (25 miles) an hour