SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 116, 20 May 1904, Page 1

SHIPPING.

OF MEW PLYMOUTH* FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1904. ■r. ogu water at New Plymouth.— V and 0.22 p.m. | Sigh water at Waitara—o,l2 a.m. K ■ *nd 0.37 p.m. W~ S»o—Rise 7-11 a.m., set 4.49 p.m. 1 Moon—First quarter, 22nd, 9.55 •" AKBTVED. - ' May 19.—Ngapuhi, 5.3., 600 tons, .. Norbury, from Onehunga. Passen- * gen Misses Winks (2), Kenny, Spence, Mesdames Ropere, Oxeley, Marshall and' child, Darragh, Messrs fiarcey, Mclntyre, Wood, Tomlinson, £ . WaTffli, McGovera, Miller, MacNlcol, Parsons, Rutherford, Lamb, Booth, I Paget, Mills, and 12 steerage. SAILED. k May 19.—Ngapuhi, s.s., 600 tons, I' 'ttorbury, for Onehunga. Passengers ; —Miss Cummings, Mesdames Goodson, Mellor and four children, Harri- ; son and two children, McDonald, t Craike, Wilkinsin, Rev. North, 2L Messrs Champion, Stokes, Kingdon, •Sgy- Shephferd, Jacka, Qoodson, Moss, Cunningham, Richardson, Iloar, f , Harrison, Mellor, Kiddy, Smith, v»• Bourne, 12 steerage. Cargo—4 yearlings and 2 calves, Luxford ; 3 i<i boxes butter. Co-operative Soeiety; 22 cases cheese, Bewley and fei, Griffiths; 7 cases bacon, Stratford gl , Bacon Co. ; 125 packages hides and Gamlin ; 15 packages, Burgess, S>" Phaser, and_jCo. ; 1 do.. Express p ; ■ Co. i 6 packages leather, McAllum ; 220 packages Railway Department. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Tftkapmia, f rom South, to-day.: ~ Rotolti„ from Manukau, to-day. * Corinna, from South, on Sunday. . TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING, ?f- . Westport, May 19.—Arrived Oreti *i.?Jtftom New Plymouth, at 7.10 p.m. Wellington, May 19.—Arrived, Wakanui, from Picton, at 12.55 p.m. g, Fremantle. May 19.—Arrived, Britiaimia from London. Passengers for ' " New Zealand—Messrs Dalton, Colpin end Caulfield. Westport, May 19—Arrived, Alexfe ander, from New Plymouth, at 9 p.m.

The Takapuna left Wellington at ■ 6.10 p.m. yesterday tot New PlyI mouth. The. Eotoiti left Onehunga at 3.10 yesterday for New Plymouth, passing "Maniilcmt Heads at S.IS. Tlx Federal liner Essex, which is yiftie initial steamer hi the West of ; Eng|ai)d-New Zealand service, was to '<Jo£{ist Glasgow, Bristol and LiyerJiool in thij order given, and leave Liverpool on or about April 25 (the JPttt rays). Hitherto Bristol hps not Si IM facilities such as.the new servwill provide', and £t if considered Sgftbat, with adequate recognition, the can be made' the means of matKgT (riaUy augmenting ' both the import export tride of that pprt. MesJohn Lysaght and Co., of BrisBfe»'gnl r Vill, it is Understood, ship large Bpi'£(nuft£bineata of their corrugated iron PltS He#' Zealand by the EaSex. The WteJßrtam Metairy says it is regarded !&-,«■ awy debatable matter how 1 far may rely on the Midlands to HlpiMp fa jropplying cargoes for these steamers. lip A BOOM IN SHIPBUILDING. ■Sfei 'Quite a boom in shipbuilding: has Bfe-Aat fat in England, end doubts are Htfjfetprfwrnt aa to what. the effect will Hacl»;og freights. About 200 steamBff illLil. representing an aggregate dead carrying capacity of neaily tons, were contracted for, IpjipUriDg 'tihe first two monthß of the Bjgapressnt year. Shipowners, as well many shipbuilders, look Bajforward with misgivings to the adSTJljjprt of the new tonnage, dreading a aeriouH collapse of the freight mar-1 kett Mr Howard Houlder, referring £► to this matter in the course of a ? speech in London, remarked that f some of their sMpowning Mends at present moment were being sub-, i- ject to the blandishments of soft- • ■ txmgued shipbuilders, who sought to induce people to build ships against: their better judgment. It seemed to j' 'Um that very much improvement f~, could not be expected to be seen in •i tibe shipping trade unless shipowners jp l .jfit their faces very strongly against k •OVtftHlUding in the immediate fust ture. It was not a bit of use for the g" British, shipping industry to possess f ■uch very valuable property as it did at the present time if if f and took steps to destroy jp! *#!* earning power of that property tqr adding unduly to the tonnage aftoafr . . , ,