SHIPPING NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 155, 26 July 1909, Page 4

SHIPPING NEWS.

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. MONDAY, JULY 26. PHASES OF THE kOON. D. H. M. S. Full Moon .. 3 11 51 15 p.m, Last Quarter 1» 6 31. 13 p.m. New Moon .. 25 10 21 18 p.m. first Quarter 25 11 22 15 p.ui,

'High water at New Plymouth to-day 2.15 a.m. and 2.4U p.m.; to-morrow 3..S a.m. and 3.38 p.m. High water at Waitara and Upmuike 15 minutes later. ■Sun rises to-day 7.8; to-morrow 7.0 Sets to-day 4.54; to-morrow 4.54.

ARRIVED. Friday, Midnight.—Riinu, s.s., 400 tons, Richards, from Wauganui. Saturday—Rosamond, s.s., 721 tons, Kdwin, from Kelson, Ricton and Wellington. Last Night.—Corinna, s.s., from Onoliunga.

SAILED. Saturday.—Rimu. s.s., 400 to;is, Richirils, for Kawhia and Onehunga. Saturday.—Rosamond, s.s., for Onemnga.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rcgnlus, from Westport, to-day. Rarawa, from North, to-day. Rosamond, from North, Tuesday. Koonya, from South, Tuesday. Rara.va. from North, Friday. Rosamond, from South, Saturday. Rarawa, from North, Monday. Rarawa. from North, Thursday.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES: Corinna, for South, to-day, at noon. Rarawa, for North, to-day, 8.30 p.m. Koonya, for Westport and Greymouth, Tuesday. 1 TELEGRAPHIC. 1 ARRIVED. Onehunga, Saturday. Arrived, at 8.25, Corinna, from Now Plymouth. I Onehunga. at 8.35 a.m., Rarawa, from New Plymouth. London, Friday. Arrived, Opawa, from Lyttclton. Ka'whia, Saturday.—Arrived, at 7.:15 a.m., Rimu, from New Plymouth. Sydney, Saturday.—Arrived, 'early, Mokoia, from Auckland. Auckland, Sunday.—Arrived, at 10 ~a.m., Wimmera, from Sydney. I Onehunga, Sundny.—Arrived, at 9.20 a.m., from New Plymouth. SAILED. Auckland, Satin-day.—Sailed, at 2 p.m., tug Champion, with Leicester . Castle in tow, for Sydney. Westport. Last Xiglit.—Sailed, at 5.30 p.m., Rcgulus, for New Plymouth. i Onehunga. Sunday,—Sailed, at (I.SO a.m., Corinna, for New Plymouth,, pausing llamikau Heads at 8.15 a.m. I Onehunga, Sundayi—SaMed, at 3.40 p.m., Rarawa, for New Plymouth, passing Manukau Heads at 5.10 p.m.

RE-LAUiXCHIXG THE TAVIUNI. Westport, Saturday.—Work at the Taviuni is proceeding in the direction of constructing a temporary wooden rudder and laying down ways for launching. The vessel will be towed to either Wellington or Dunedin, where complete repairs and renovations will be effected. The cutting of the .breakwater will shortly be taken in hand.

THE ROSAMOND. The Rosamond arrived from Nelson, Picton and Wellington about 12.30 p.m. on Saturday, with 177 tons of cargo, including 175 sacks of chaff from Picton and 1250 cases of kerosene ex Walkure, at Wellington, from New York.

THE KOOXYA, The Koonya is due here to-morrow from Uluir and way ports. She will have about 250 ton's of cargo for New Plymouth.

THE RIMU. The Rimu was unable to work- Opunake on its trip up from Wanganui as anticipated, owing to the heavy sea, and came on to New Plymouth,' arriving here about midnight.' and left shortlv afterwords for Kawhia and Onehunga."

A .'['Hi AX.D ITS TOW. The tug Champion, which arrived at Auckland nn Thursday from Sydnev. covered the distance in 4'/, davs, an average speed of 11'/. knots per hour being maintained. The- tug and her tow left at 2 p.m. on Saturday for Sydney. Captain Tlalerow, of the Champion, expects the 'I2OO-iniles tow to occupy about ten days, everything, of course, depending on the weather conditions. The Champion is said to be <>ue of the most powerful tugs in Australasia, and is owned by Messrs .T. and A. Brown, of Sydney. The Leicester Castle, it will ibe remembered, put into Auckland on the 28th June in distress while .bound from Monte Video to Newcastle. Tho ship had lost her fore top-gallant and the upper portion of her mainmast, and was in a more o,- less battered condition.and the crew had had an adventurous and trying experience. According to the story told by Captain ltabetr Brown, the 'Leicester Castle left Monte Video on the 12th April, and all went well until .she was eight davs out. The ship was then proceeding along under a light wind, when, without warning, a big tidal wave, estimated at 120 ft hi"',, struck the vessel, j-lad the ship lnvn fully loaded she must have met with serious consequences. As it was, she was thrown on her beam ends, and it was fully ten minutes before she righted *«••»«. TJ|o.se «n deck at the time the mountaiiwus wave struck the ship were thrown off their feeb The captain .supposes that the disturbance was due to seismic action under the sea. Teinpest.ii-1 ous weather set in on the 20th April, and further damage was done to the ship which eventually made for Au'ek-

Hie Xeiccste r Castle is an iron shin of 20,, lons register, and was built ill 1i,82 by .Messrs Oswald. Mordaunt and Co., of Southampton. Her dimensions are as follows:-L,.ngth, 273 ft 4in; breadth, 40ft 3in; and depth, 24ft •'in She is owned l, y Messrs J. Joyce and Co., of Liverpool.

SURVEY OF STEAMERS. . A gentleman connected willr shipping •n speaking the other day of New Zea'ii.l steamers being surveyed in Ausira.in considered that the exigencies of the intercolonial service was responsive for shipowners preferring their ships to be surveyed on the other side .... account ofless expense being involv- ; U H lnt f coI ™'al steamers spent two or three days in Australia at their erm.na ports, whereas'in New Zealand ..hese steamers only stay one night at •ey should he carried out without interfenng with the vessel's runnin* The survey might not be completed for two oth.ee trips, but it was quite reasonable to suppose that the chief engineer's assurance that any particular portion L . '"" oh " l "' , A- was in good order twnld suffice until on the following trip Jie inspector could satisfy himself q, v personal inspection. Such a system of inspection was impracticablc-in fact nnpossible-in New Zealand ports, where hour* Un]y exoc ' ,,,wl l wcnty-fo„r Jhe Reg,,,,,; |, iw fpom Wml . port with a cargo of coal. '■Bringing coals to Newcastle". The Manuka, which arrived at Wellington on l-nday, brought 50 cases of letter Iron, .Melbourne. •Mr. J. Uonard. late chief officer of the forinna. has joined llv Whamrane as chief officer. .Mr. 11. N. wLvlmrn

OVERSEA SHIPPING. TO ARRIVE.

From LondonStar of Australia- (due Wellington about July 231, bailed May 29, via Aus■ralian ports asj Auckland.' (Tyser Lme. agents.) l ■*

S Ul ' fled on June «, via AusS n P. o *. " n(1 . Auckland, (ghaw, iMtiill and Albion Line, agents.) Tongariro (due about July 20), sailed on June 12 for via Tcneriffc snipping Company, a'-'tnts) Corinthic /due Wellington about Augh ,', «l k '' from Loml °" •>""* 20, hm,mth-27, for Wellington, via Teneiiffe, .Cape own and Hobart. (Shaw, Savill and Albion Co., agents). From LiverpoolDevon (d,„. Wellington about August and Auckland. (F.U..S. Li„ c , agents.) 0(\:!'a ' (~,, -f , ' o,n LiTO >'l"")l on June -6. via Australia,, ports a ,,d Auckland. U'.ii.ft. Line, agents). From New YorkBant,, (due Wellington about August Auckland T Aus "'»" Auckland. (A, and A. Line, agents,} '