SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 94, 25 April 1904, Page 1

SHIPPING.

EM OF NEW PLYMOUTH* ARRIVED. 1 23.—Takapuna, s.s., Lamfnom Onehunlgc.i Passengers— Crawford, Gaw, Pitts, SisMission (2), Mesdames 1 JapWells, Gaw, Crawford, Brown ptml child, Hocken, Whitehead, Br&ilsford, Jeponn nnd infant, MesBrs Murgatroyd, Wells, Mathers, Pearce, Skeet, Brodie, Hastie, Le Compte, Hall, Gaw, Drown, Hocken ] McDowall (2), Whitehead, Giles, , Stoney, Riley, Lewis, Bailsford, JJn»ano, Coates, Perry, Butts, Temple, Marsden, Loveday ; 13 steerage. SAILED. April 23.—Takapuna, s.s., Law- ■ bert for Onethunga ; Union S.S. Co. | •gents. Ptassengers—Misses Pike, | Aitken, Mesdames Griding, C. Mid- | geley, Leicester, Messrs Baker, Tre- j main, Bodeley, Ryan, Hastings, i Griding, Midgeley, Leicester. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rarawa, from Manukau, on Monday. Takapuna, from Manukau, on Tuesday, Rarawa, from Manukau, on Wcd- ■ wsday. Hotoiti, from Manukau, on Thursday, Takapuna, from South, on Thursday* Rarawa. from Manukau, on Fri~«J«y. Takapuna, from Manukau, on Saturday, *

(By Telegraph.) Onchunga, April 24—Arrived 8.30 a.m., Takapuna, from New Plymouth, Bluff, April 24.—Sailed, 9 a.m., Bimutaka, for Port Chalmers. Sydney, April 24. —Sailed, at 2.20 p.m. yesterday, Moeraki, also Suffolk, fop New Zealand. Melbourne, April 24.—Arrived, Mokoia. Manukau Heads, April 24 —Sailed at 5.20 p.m., Rarawa, l.ir New Plymouth.

The Auckland Harbour Board's oil launch Kuaka,which was run down by one of the San Francisco mail steamers some time ago,has had the repairs to her hull effected. The engines of the vessel are in, the hands of the fitters, and the cabins and woodwork on the decks are being painted. The Auckland &tur says it will be some time yet tfefore the ve6sel : >ill be out of the contractors' hands. r rtw Nelson HarJjour Board estimate that they have enough money tin band to complete the proposed '""But through the Boulder Bauk and ■to construct the mole to at least 5 tb» length proposed by Mr Leslie BoynoM, and possibly for the whole length contemplated by the consult- ; fag engineers, Messrs Williams and ffiamoDtf The estimated cost of airing the "cut" is £24,000. \ survey has just been completed 1,1 ton a proposed ship canal connect- ; in# the Forth and Clyde. A similar rfcheme was put forward some years *»go, but was dropped owing to lack koI sufficient financial support. Now, however, that a naval base has been Vgafned additional importance, in View of its value from an Admiralas well as a commercial' stand- ; point, and it is expected that it would have the support of a Government subsidy. Commercially, the ' 'chief value of the scheme would' lie in making Glasgow an east-coast as well as a west-coast port, and in - effecting a great saving of time in , tiie North Sea trado with Glasgow. Two alternative routes have teen ■ eugglested—one via Stirling and ■ Loch Lomond; where the engineering would be comparatively easy, and the other in a direct line, affording saving of ten miles. The estimated cost of the latter scheme, whioh seems to be most favoured, is £lO,000,000.

OCEAN-GOING STEAMERS : Inhra.left London Feb. 8, via Australian ports, Auckland, and East Coast; due about April 20. Suffolk, left New York Feb. 19, via Australian ports and Auckland ; due about May 9. Rimutaka, left London Feb. 27, via Capetown and Hobart; due about April 11. Marere, left London March 1, via Australia, Auckland and East Coast; due about May 2. Wakanui, left London March 2, via Capetown, Hobart and Auckland; due about April 30. Matatua, left Liverpool March 4, via Auckland ; due about April 25. Knmara, left London March 12 via Capetown and Hobart ;■ due about April 28. Star of Australia, left London March 13, via Australia and Auckland ; due about May 24. Anglo-Saxon, left New York March 13. via Australia and Auckland ; due about May 31. SAILING SHIPS : Dumfrieshrie, left Loverpool Dec. 5. Amsterdam, left New York Bee. 24. Taranaki, left Glasgow Dec. 26. Anglo-Norman, left Liverpool Jan. 1. Trafalgar, left Philadelphia Feb. 1. Oban'Bay, left Liverpool Feb. 5. Furst Bismarck, left Liverpool March 14.