SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 125, 18 May 1908, Page 2

SHIPPING.

- k*t ov dm plvmouth. .MOMMY, MAY 18. MUUIti (ft THJJ MOON. mnM ' ft E. M. 8. ;« .. 1 8 10 13 ftjn. VS?JS .. 16 4 8 16 p.m. | "- fitSwrt«» a n m hwb. %'" il jij-jj «sUr at Sew Plymouth to-day, ''-"uisi«J»- aUII 10 ' 5 ' P* 1 " - ' to-morrow, £v bumpf llu * mornin « J- <J > to-morrow jOrto- Wb to-day 4.51, to-morrow 4.50. fi. I ARRIVED. h\. ub 16.—Penguin, »3., ■ ; tons, ••j{riS> f'om Onehunga.

SB- BAILBD. Ibv IB— Kotulcu, sj., for Onel.uii t ... gUy 16.—Penguin, »*.. 824 tone, laL, for Onehuuga. Passengers: £*e=. HiP. Smith, Caulder, Endean, hi tlavt.n. Meadamea Uayton and tarra\. .Ue«r». Jaminuu, Morton, prncer. t.udcan, Langsford, Gallaher, (array, feheahan, Fred Pirani, Pattoa, (ethane, liraiWord, Bodle, and Hayrard.

SKIPPING TELEGHAMS. Sydney, May 17.—Sailed, Irish for Auckland. Newcastle, May 17—Arrived, Wairuna, from New Zealand. Sailed, Otterburn for Auckland. Melbourne, May 17—Arrived, Warri>noo. ' Onehunga, Suaday.—Arrived, at 11.30 ajn., Kotuku, from New [Plymouth. Onehun.i, Sunday.—Sailed, at 3JJS p.m., Karawa, for New Plymouth, crossing the b.ir at i.lO p.m. Onehunga, Sunday. Sailed, at 03U aja, Corinna, for New Plymouth, crossJag the bar at 8.40 a.m. Auckland, Sunday.—Arrived, at 10.15 ajn., Victoria, from Sydney. Melbourne, May 17.-Bailed 3 p.m. yesterday, Moejaki.'for New Zealand.

Mr. W. S. Rentoul, late acting second engineer of the Rosamond, w now third of the Kotuku. Mr. Naismith. late third of the Kotukn, has transferred to the Rosamond as second. It is understood that the full steaming capacity of the Uiniaroa lietween Australia and New Zealand will be put to the teat withm the ue\t few weeks, and it is anticipated that an exceedingly creditable record will l«- established if fine weather is obtained. The vessel ha< been running lor some time with one boiler out of commiVn.n.

The fir-t steamer to exceed lo.frnn ton, was the Ciiy of Pari*, in I**": the first to exeeel 20,000 tone, the Celtic, in | 1901; ami the fift to exceed 311.1*10 tons. | the Lusitaaia. In 1840 the average ipeed of Atlantic steam shipping was K knots an liour: 1850. 12 knot--. 186". knot«: Wit'. 14% knots; 1880. 13',i knot*: Isw. 21) knots: IMHI. 23V- knot*: and IW>7. -•"> knot-. During the pa-t 117 years flu- indicatid hor«-]>oiviT ha- in- : creased fr«»i TI» to iWJMK). j The Sue/ Canal revenue is showing the eflVts of the depression, in the world - * trade. Tli- number of ships which passu! through the canal during Januarv and February was 022, as j agair.st "14 in the first two month', of j 1907. The receipts from tonnage tolls fell from £764.143 to £711.717. Coal consumed by modern steamships. from data to hand (says an Australian exchange I. is a material factor in traffic oversea. The turbine steamer Maheno. for instance, burns about 420 tons on the average between Pydnev and Wellington, while maintaining the speed of IS knots, and the twin-screw steamer Marama consumes 350 tons; the Moeraki ami Manuka average, on the same timetable, about 280 tons. The lliiddart-l'arker steamer Ulima-

rna. which arrived from Sydney the other d.iv. brought one of the largest. if not the record cargo, from Sydney to New Zealand. She left Sydney with 21ft!) tons of general cargo, of which 1100 fo-is were for Wellington. A large proportion of the cargo comprised 800 torn of. kapok from India (ex the Harms), of which 500 tons are for Wellington. KX PUTTED ARRIVALS. Rarivwn, from Onetranga, Monday. Rotoiti. from Bouth, Tuesday. Penguin, from Onehunga, Tuesday. R»r»wi>. from Onehunga. Wednesday. Rotoiti, from Onennnga, Thursday. Tarawa, from Onehnnga. FrMur Penguin, from Onehunga, Saturday.