SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 69, 25 March 1904, Page 1

SHIPPING.

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH* FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1904, High water at New Plymouth—l.sß a.m. and 2.29 p.m. High water at Waitara—2.l3 a.m. and 2.44 p.m. Sun—Rise 6.4 a.m., set 5.56 p.m. Moon—First quarter, this day. 9. 13 a.m.; ARRIVED.March 24—Iiotoiti, s.s., 1159 tons, Burgess, from Onehunga. Passengers —Misses Bellrmger, Weller, Cotthert, Craigmile, Myles, Mesdames Fair uiut child, Birkett, Englebretson, Nixon, Boom and child, Masters, Messrs Hyde, Westwood, Atkinson, Hamlin, Lucas, Fair, Birkett, Englebretson, Redmond, Skeates, Bazles, Stewart, Cotthert, Simpson, Mumlell, Crawford, Kent, Elliscm, Iluckimin ; 15 steerage. March 24—Takapuna, s.s., 957 .tons, Lambert, from South. Passengers—Miss Langmuir, Mrs Brewster, Messrs Perrin and Conynghame ; five steerage.; SAILED. March 24—Takapuna, s.s., 957 tons, James, for Onehunga. PassenIfers —Misses Avery, Kelly, Lewis, Mesdames Stevenson, Hay, Avery, Kelly, Hoskin, George, limns, Messrs Napier, \\ atkins, Young, Binns, Se.ward (2), Houghton. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rarawa, from Manukau, on Friday Takapuna, from Mauukau, on Saturday. Corinna, from South, on Sunday. The Rarawa left Onehunga at 4.35 p.m. yesterday for New Plymouth, crossing the Manukau bar at 6 p.m. The Ayrshire completed loading frozen meat and produce in the Waitara roadstead yesterday, and sailed at 1.15 p.m. for South. Captain Robertson, of the Rotoiti, is temporarily laid aside by illness, and his command is taken over meantime by Captain Lambert, ol' the Takapuna. Mr James will have charge of the latter vessel during her skipper's absence. The mail steamer Sierra, Captain H. C. Houdletto, which arrived at Auckland from San Francisco and Island ports at 1.45 p.m. on Monday, made a very rupid passago o/ 16 days 12 hours 3 minutes; the actual steaming time being l.ldays 11 hours 31 minutes. The Sierra left San Francisco at 12.45 a.m. on March 4, and reached Honolulu on the afternoon of the 9th ; was detained until 1 p.m. on tho 10th and did not enter Pago Pago harbour until the morning of the 10th ; the steamer hanging oil the' port during the night- Resumed the voyage the same date, and arrived at Auckland as above. Fine weather prevuiled throughout the voyage. The Sierra resumed her voyage to Sydney early on Tuesday morning. The disastrous collision which occurred in Hobson's Bay about 15 years ago between the ships lolanthe and Cape Verde, resulting in the latter being sunk at her anchorage, says the Sydney Telegraph, is recalled by the reappearance nt Melbourne at the present time of the lolanthe. In 1 the long intervening years the latter vessel has undergone a change of both name and nationality, for she is now known as the Maria, and flies the Italian flag. Captain Harwood of the steamer Inriraghiri (now at Auckland), who had such a narrow escape from drowning in Hobson's Bay recentlj through falling from a ladder into the sea, was second mate of the lolanthe when that vessel ran down and sank the Cape Verde. The experiments which have been conducted with the 10 submarine vessels of the Holland-Vickers typo built at Barrow for his Majesty's navy have been of so successful a character, and have so fully demonstrated the usefulness of these small craft as instruments of war, that the Admiralty are contemplating tho advisableness of constructing a large flotilla at an early date. At present nine submarines are being built at Barrow, and a tenth is being designed, which will make 20 built at Barrow for the Admiralty. The nine now in course of construction will be launched about the end of liie present month. It is then propositi to build 27 more marines in batches of nine at a time, and to complete (.hem with the utmost celerity. OCEAN-GOING STEAMERS : Ruapehu, - left London Feb. 2, via Capetown and Hobart' due about Miweh 19, Indraghiri, left London Jan. 10, via Australian ports, Auckland, and Napier ; due about March 30. Athenic, left Plymouth Feb. 14, via Capetown and Hobart; due about March 29. Aotea, left London Feb. 5, via Auckland ; due about April 7. tnhra, left London Feb. 8, via Australian ports, Auckland, and East Coast; duo about April 20 SAILING SHIPS : Kelson, left Glasgow Oct. 3 (left Port Chalmers for, Wellington March 18>„ Dumfrieshrie, left Lovcrpool Dec. 5. Amsterdam, left New York Doc. 24. Taranaki, left Glasgow Dec. 26. Anglo-Norman, left Livorpool jNw. 1. '/"rafalgar, left Philadelphia Feb. 1. Oba"n Bay, left Liverpool Feb. 5. Furst Bismarck, left Liverpool March 14/ I