SHIPPING

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 203, 31 August 1904, Page 1

SHIPPING

PORT OJ.' HEW PLYMOUTH. .WEDNESDAY, "lutiljST 31. IUO4. High water a t Sew 1-iyuiouth-ll.oi a.m. u,ud —. High wawr a t Waiuira and u.o p.m. Sun-Rise 6.27 a.m., set 5.33 p.m. Moon—Last garter, bid pro*., ai -Mo p.m. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rotoifci, from Manukau, to-day. Takapuna, from south, to-dayi ' Rarawa, from ManuKau, to-inoirow. 'iakapuna, from Manukau, on *'ndaj RotoMii, from South, on Saturday. Rarawa, from Alanukau, on ilomday. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING. Tim*™, August 30.—Arrived, Ran-' gatira, in hai'uour, from Oawaru at b.3U a.m, ' WeUangton, August 30—Arrived Corinna irom New Plymouth, at s! a.m.; tfuoeros, from New Yorii via Auckland, at 1.20 a.m.

Oaettunga, August 30.-Arrived Rarawa, from New, Plymoutn a t tt.jiU a.m. '

Hobart, August 30.-Sailed, Protet. Preach .warship, for Auckland.

The Rotoitt passed Manukau Heads at 5.20 last evening, from Onehunga to New Plymouth.

Trains will Jaave lor the breakwater to-day to connect with Kotoiti, lor. Souuh, at U.ao a-ui. ; Tatapuna, from South, at 2p.m. ; and Tafcapuna, for. North, at 8.20 p.m. The new steamer ijwiian Monarch, now en route to JKew /©aland, under charter to the Tyser Company, is luUy described in the latest issue of "Syren arid Shipbuilding." 'ihe vessel was constructed by jklessrs Hussell anfi Co., to the order of the Monarch Steamship Company, Limited, Ulasgow, the managing owners being Messrs Haebmn and Verrel, 81 St. Vincent-street, Ulasgow. The dimeusians of tm vessel are :—37oft b/49ft by H9ft Sin moulded, with a carrying capacity of about btfSO tons dead-weight, on a draught of about 38ft Bin. She is of the spar-deck type, built on the deep-frame system to the highest class at Lloyd's, and is about 4404 tons gross register. She has a beautifully lilted saioon, fißisjhed in oak, the other accommodation for, the officers and engineers being finished in teak. She is litted with a distilling apparatus of about 5000 gallons capacity, evaporutprs, feed filters, comfortable arrangement for crew, including hospital, telescopic masts; and sine is also pierced in the 'tween decks for Bide-ligjits, with the view of carrying horses, with extremely high 'tween decks. The machinery has been constructed by Messrs Rankin and Blackmore, Greenock, tne cylinders being 26in 42ta, 70in by 48in stroke, bpilers fitted with Howdon's forced draught. The average speed attained on the trial' trip was twelve knots and three-quarters, which was considered Very satisfactory ._ The vessel is fitted ' with & solid "Bull's metal pro- , pellerV Messrs Bussell and Co. are ; Just completing a second boat for the same owners, the Ocean Monarch.