SHIPPING NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 174, 16 August 1909, Page 4

SHIPPING NEWS.

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. MONDAY, AUGUST 10. PHASES OF-THE MOON. D. E. M. 6. Full Moon .. 2 8 51 12 a.m. Last Quarter 8 11 40 21 p.m. New Moon .. 10 11 31 19 p , m . First. Quarter 24 3 32 15 p.m. Full Moon .. 31 4 44 20 p.m. High water at Ne«- Plymouth to-dav 0.10 a.m. and 9.39 p.m." To-morrow Oiw a.m. and 10.11 p.m. Sun rises to-day 0.40, to-morrow 0.45. Sots to-day 5.14, to-morrow 5.15. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rarawa, from North, Monday, liegulus, from Westport, Monday. Ilosamond, from North, Tuesday, liimu, from North, Wednesday." Karawa, from North, Thursday, lorinna. from South, Friday. Rosamond, from North, Saturday. Kiiuu, -from South, Saturday. Coriiuui, from North, Sunday. TELEGRAPHIC. ARRIVED. London, August 14.—Arrived, Clan Ogilvy, from Auckland. I Melbonurne, Saturday—Arrived, MaI mika, from New Zealand. SAILED. Auckland, Saturday—Sailed, at 8 a.m. Walkure, for Newcastle. Newcastle. Saturday.—Sailed, Solgran, for Lyttelton. • (Inehunga, Last Night—Sailed, at 5 p.m., Rarawa for New Plymouth, crossing (he liar at 7 p.m. • Sydney, Saturday,—Sailed, at 5.30 p.m., Mocraki, for New Zealand. Newcastle, Saturday.—Sailed, James Craig, for Auckland, Helen Denny, for Wellington. THE P. AND O. LINE. London, August 13— The Peninsular and Oriental Company has placed two steamers of 7000 tons in the Bombay service for only one class of passengers, paying second rates. The company is seeking to cater for the junior members of the civil and military services. THE ROSAMOND. The Rosamond did not arrive in port from Wellington till half-past ten on Saturday night, wing about ten hours overdue. ' She experienced a heavy sea on .the trip up, taking over 30 hours to do the journey, thus avemgingless than 6 knots an hour, so much did the wind and sea tell against her. Owing to the lateness of arrival only the deck cargo was discharged, which consisted of cases of kerosene. Some 300 sheep were taken aboard, and the Rosamond left for On :- liunga at 4.15 yesterday morning. She is due back here on Tuesday. BEGUJX'S DUE TO-DAY. The Westport Coal Company's collier Regulus is due at the breakwater to-day from the West Coast with 500 tons of coal and 80 tons of coke, all under consignment to the company's branch here.

THE GOOD OLD DAYS. It is s'aid that patience, as a popular possession, decreases as civilisation increases. "You don't seem able to put up with a tenth of what we went through," is a taunt which aged pioneers good-humoredly throw at their descendants. The playful charge of the old brigade is imported, by the New Zealand Land Company's "Embarkation Register," now on view at the Dominion Museum, Wellington (says the Post). The ships chartered to bring out the pioneers averaged about 500 tons, and passengers ranged from 200 to 300. The Blenheim. 375 tons, was smaller than the l'ateena, which was cursed with bell, book and candle during the time when it replaced the Muraroa on the Welling-ton-Lyttelton ferry run. but the "hlenlieim brought 179 passengers over 13,000 miles of ocean.

SAI'ETY AT SEA. Sii many and wonderful are the safctv appliances on ships nowadays that the ■ miliar -lory of the *ailorman at sea a storm wim. serene in his conscious"."■is of ample sea-room, piouslv ejaculated, •(■ml help the poor folks'at home ■■• • .1 ." is not without point. hi a few .wars, perhaps, those who trust their pi-rsons to the merpv of the deep ma- be in a safer pnsit : <-, than their brothers on shore, and :ravelling on a vessel may be a more lium-drum matter I Inn travelling on a street ear. Al'anHhile. however, the dangers of the sea arc very real, as one may see by reading the en hie*. Last year, says a writer in tin- Century, a thousand ships or more were lost; the year before the sea took nearly the same toll. To the lourist assurance of safety lies in the fact that it is the sailing vessel, with its dependence on the fickle wind, that largely makes up this tremendous loss. Cargo steamers voyaging on unfamiliar coasts nearly complete the disastrous roll. When all is s'aid, however, it is h the personal equation tluit the truer ele. ments of safety at sea must always lie. It is the skill, courage, and devotion to duty of those in charge of the ship that finally count; and fortunately very fewEnglish shipwrecks arc without some tales to tell of splendid heroism and devotion.

The number of vessels entering t.'lic port of Waitara for July was 23, the tonnage being 13,743; outward 20, tonnage 13,021. The Hinemoa j 6 expected to leave Bluff about next Wednesday for tlie outlying inland groups, in quest of castaways and to replenish the stores at the depots where nccc'ssarv. She is due back at the Bluff about a" fortnight later.

The barque Odd took away a cargo of 1532 tons of coal from WeStport on Tuesday last fo r Matupi. The repairs to the steamer Jane Doiigias at Okarito are now approaching completion, and it is hoped that the vessel wil be put in the water again about the end of the week.

Hie report of the preliminary enquiry held at AVestport concerning the stranding of the ilangairapa at Karamea recently was received by the Murine Department on Thursday last. It is proliable that.no further action will be taken in the matter.

OVERSEA SHIPPING. STEAMERS TO ARRIVE. From London— Marcre (due Wellington about August 30), sailed June 29, via Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland. (Tyser Line, agents).

Paparoa (due about August 26), sailed from Plymouth July 10, via Capetown and Hobart. (New Zealand Shipping Co., agents). Waimate (due about September 19), sailed on July 23, via Auckland. (New Zealand Shipping Co., agents). Aarawa (due ahout September 7), sailed July 23, .Plymouth Julv 24, via Teneriffe, Capetown and Hobart. (Shaw, Savill and Albion Co., agents). Prom LiverpoolCornwall (due Wellington about AugI'st 30), (foiled from Liverpool en June 2(1. via Australian norts and Auckland. (F.H.S. Line, agents). Delphic (due about September 21), sailed from Liverpool July 10, via Australia and Auckland. (Shaw, Savill and Albion Co., agents). Fifcshire (due about September 27). sailed on Julv 24, via Australian ports and Auckland. (IUI.S. Line, agents). From Now York— Hlendevon (due Wellington about i August 27), sailed on June 8, via Aus•r.ilian norts and Auckland. (N T cw Zcaind Shipping Company, agents.) 'tannockburn (due Wellington about .-glut 90) sailed on Juno 21, via Auck-) uid. (Vacuum Oil Co., agents). Tomonna (due Wellington about September 8), sailed on June 15. via Australian ports and Auckland. (Tyser Line, agents). Tomoana (due Wellington about September 8), sailed on June 15, via Australian ports and Auckland. (Tyser Line, agents).