SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7919, 7 September 1905, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PfRT OP NEW PLYMOUTH. THURSDAY, SEPT. 7, 1905. High water at New Plymouth—--123 a.m. and 2.58 p.m. .High water at ¥!ait«ra-2.38 a.m. •aai 5.13 p.m. *»Ufl—Rise, «.20 a.m., set, 5.40 p.m. Moon—Full moon, Sept. 14, sbr 17| tt Ms. a.n;. , . . • \ v ARRIVED. Sept. 6.—Rotoiti, s.b., 1100 tons, Robertson, (rem South. • SAILED. Sept. S— Rotoiti, s.s., 1100 toas, Roi»rtsou, lor Onehiuga. Passengers RadclitU, Lucking, AitcUmou and 3 children, Thompson Clarke, Misses Fox (2), Ludford St Leon, Graham, Bratt,. Messrs Bailey, Darnels, Thompson, Morton, Mynott, Fletcher, Ludford, Baker,. Surgeson, Helton, Rex, Fox, Masters Fox (2) Wunphry, Fartand, Rya, St. Leon Niepfla, Gladstone, Morpeth, RadcliSe.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rarawa, from Manukau, to-day. Kotoiti, Irom Manukau, to-morrow. JWrapuna, from South, Saturday. Uonnna, from South, Sundav. Mfawa, bom Manukau, Monday. Tabwuia from Manukau, Tuesday. BMoitt, from Soutb, Wednesday. «awa, from Manukau, Thursday imotu, from Manukau, Friday, TELEORAPHIC SHIPPING. PWt Chalmers, Sept. S.-Sailed, at "£•"»•. Easei, lor Timaru. Tlmani, Sept. a.-Saited, at 8.3Q 'p.m., Aotea, lor Wellington. MeHwunw sept. 6.-Sailed. Moer•n, for 8108. t^ y f a °l: B ?*' e -S'Uwl. Victoria, foe Auckland, at 1.20 p.m. J^?' ** iled frOTn Onenunga< tor New Plymouth at 3.10 p.m. yesterday, crossing the Manukau bar at 5.20 pjn. KXTSCTED ARRIVALS AT *ELLINGTON. STEAMERS. ■rate HneJ, out about September 10, sailed from New York June 15, »i« Australian port» and Auckland. Sariathlc, due about September 11 ■ailed from Plymouth July 29, via Sapetowa and Hobart. Aparlma, due about September 12 •ailed from Calcutta August 5, via Buujapore, Java. Fiji and Auckland. Havereham Orange, due about September Ift, sailed from New York on June 3S. via Australia and Auckland. Brayton Grange, due about September 18, sailed from Liverpool July 11, via Australia and Auckland. Star of New Zealand, due about September 20, sailed from London Jnly 13. via Australia and Auck- 1 land. Paparoa, due about September 27, aafled from Plymouth August 12, via Capetown aad Hobart. Bailed from New York July 12, via Australia and Auckland.

At a meeting o( the London Optica) Society, Mr W. Rosenheim gave an address on "Lighthouses." He ■aid that it was a principle among tile authorities that a light of tins kind should be seen not less than fifteen mites away. A Hghthouße should teen miles away. A lighthouse could not be toil I too high, as the Trinity Brethtrn had found In the case of one th«t formerly stcfVd on Bebchy Head, which they mored to the foreshore below. Until IM7 the Eddjstone was Hghted by twenty-lour tallow candies. The first application of optics to lights, in lighthouses was the use ol parabolic reflectors. The next step, was the invention of the lighthouse lens by Trunel, a DutehBtftof. Sflewuson pertoctal, toe ft-ns 90 that the light was thrown on to the required point and none of it was lost.

A sensational account had •been received at Fteith relative to excesses ol the crew of the barque l>ass oJ Lcuy, which ielt Fremamuj u, r Bangkok on the 10th Match. i n a fetter one ol the crew says : ""We all refused Uuty *)nr weeks ago, antf have ' not started work yet. The. ship has ■been lying ott the island for over three weeks «jw, ami we have Been living o« biscuits and -water, as they will pqt give us anyMhing else t* we turn to work. H e haveworWl the skipper into the hospital, so We first mate has tten in charge. When loading was completed too inate went to Bangkok to get instructions from the skipper? leaving U» second mate in Sarge The •Pints were broached, and y« crew jot drunk. Some cro tri«l tj scl