SHIPPING NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 178, 20 August 1909, Page 4

SHIPPING NEWS.

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. FRIDAY, AUGUST 20. PHASES OP THE kOON. 1). H. M. g. i'ull lloon .. 2 8 51 \i a.m. last Quarter 8 11 40 21 p.m. New .lloon ... 10 11 31 19 p.m. First Quarter 24 3 32 15 p.m. lull Moon .. 31 4 44 20 p.m. High water at New Plymouth to-day 11.33 a.m.; to-morrow ll.oli a.m. and 0.5 p.m. Sum rises to-day 0.42, to-morrow 6.41. Seta to-day 5.18, to-morrow 5.1!).

ARRIVED. Thursday.—Eaiawa, s.s., 1072 tons, j Nor burr, from Onehunga. : SAILED. j Last Night.—Rarawa, s.s., 1072 ton*, N<jrbury, for Onehunga. Passengers: .vlesdataes Oliver, Herbert and child, Massey and child, Uoss, Burton, A. I). Uray t J. Bennet and child, .Misses Piiili ,-s and Maher, Messrs Mitchell, E. (iriffiths, H. Weston, llassey, Hawke, ..udge, Dudfield, Uoss, Benjamin and itrs; 10 steerage. uast Night.—Kegulue, s.s., for Westport.

FXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rarawa, from North, Thursday. Corinna, from South, Friday. Rosamond, from North, Saturday. Corinna, from North, Sunday. Rarawa, from North, Monday, Koonya, from South, Tuesday. Rosamond, from North, Tuesday. TELEGRAPHIC. SAILED. * Sydney, Thursday.—Sailed, Saturnas, for Westport. Melbourne, Thursday. Sailed, last night, Manuka, for New Zealand. Nelson, Last Night.—Sailed, at 4.15 p.m., for New Plymouth. Port Chalmers, Last Night.—Sailed, at 5.30 p.m., Bantu, for Sydney.

THE RAItAWA. The brought from Onebunga yesterday morning 130 tons of including 35 tons of cement, 7'/a tons of manure, 10 tons of flour, 6 tons of sugar, 270 casts of fruit, and 14,000 feet of timber. THE CORIXNA. The Corinna left Nelson at 4.45 p.m. yesterday for New Plymouth and will arrive early this morning. She brings about 700 tons of cargo from Southern ports for New Plymouth. THE REGtJLUS. The ReguluS, which arrived from | Westport on Wednesday evening, after j discharging her 250 tons of coal, sailed ] last night for Westport. TONGARIRO AT WAITARA. Ther e.s. Tongariro is loading frozen meat in the Woita-a roadstead. This is the last shipment for the season. During the season twenty-one Home liners have called at the roadsto:v! } writes our Waitara correspondent. The Tongariro is due in Wellington to-morrow, and is timed to leave that port on Thursday for Plymouth and London, via Mont'c Video and Teneriffe.

A SELF-DISCHARGING COLLIER.' A new type of steam collier, lmilt at Sunderland for the Dunrobin Steamshm Co., Ltd.. of Newcastle-on-Tyne. is distinguishable from the rest of her class m that she is fitted with a patent arrainr.'ment which makes her i n effect wif- iifcharging. She has been co-i----1 to carry about 311(11) tons deadlv.ipht .in a draught of 17ft 11 in. and' lo nine knots and a-lialf on a daily consumption of about 20 tons of coal. In discharging the coals from the hold are run out by means of a broad flat belt, worked by' an electric motor. j raetically no manual labor is involved in the process, excepting, probably, a couple of men in the hold to prevent o : .j pieces Of coal jambing oil the belt 0,their journey to the exit. It is estimated that the v—sel will be able to . - charge her,self at the rate of 500 • per hour, or, in other words, will ~ able to put out her full cargo in six hours. This saving in time is, of course, a big item in reducing the vessel's woiking costs. But the saving is not onlv m time. It is calculated that on the ordinary discharging expenses she will save G'/ 2 d to 7d per ton, and these two advantages together, if demonstrated in actual practice, as is expected, will place the vessel in a position to conipste m the coal-carrying trade with exceptional advantage. Another feature of the ship which will contribute to timesaving, is that she is so constructed that at no time will she need water ballast for shifting purposes.

The Koonya is at present loading at Southern ports for New Plymouth, bein,? due here on Tuesday next. It is stated that the Northern Company's Kapanui, which was gutted by fire at Warkworth last week, is beyond repair, and that her fyngines anil 'boiler will be removed, aad the hull disposed of.

In connection with the magisterial e*-i----wiry into the mishap to the Rarawa on May 27, it is announced that the assessors appointed are Captain W. J. Reid, who sat on the Penguin enquiry, and Mr. F. U. Blakev, C.E., of Auckland. Now tlmt the Morse signalling is being used more and more extensively in the merchant service, the system is now ltoin? thoroughly taught on the training ship Amokura. Not only are tile cadets tauglit to receive messages by flashlight and In* flags, but also by sound, and thus thev will be ready to pick up signals sent in a fog. This system has an advantage, too,-inasmuch as where one is slow to pick up signals with the eye, his ea r nviv be sharper for the business, and vice versa. Commander, Hopper, of the Amokura, is himsfelf an expert operator. ,

OVERSEA SHIPPING. STEAMERS TO ARRIVE. """r r ."ndon— Mnrere (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 ShipI'i'tit Co., agents). Waimate (due about September 19), sailed on July 23, via Auckland. (New Zealand Shipping Co., agents). Aarawa (due about September 7), sailed July 23, (Plymouth July 24, via Teneriffe, Capetown and Hobart. (Shaw, Savin and Albion Co., agents). From LiverpoolCornwall (due Wellington about August 30), s'ailed from Liverpool on June -6. via Australian ports and Auckland. (F.H S. Line, agents). Delphic (due about September 21.'), sailed from Liverpool July 10. via Australia and Auckland. (Shaw, Savill and ilbion Co., agents). Fifeshire (dne about September 27), sailed on July 24, via Australian ports i and Aucklaad. (F.H.S. Line, agents). J From New York— "! Glendevon (due Wellington about! .August 27) ; siv'nd on June 8, via Aus-! tralian ports an | Auckland. (New Zealand Shipnini company, agents.) (due Wellington about ingujt 30) sait"d on June 21, via Auckland. (Vacuum Oil Co.. agents). TomOana (due Wellington about September 8), sailed on June 15, via Australian ports and Auckland. (TJyser Line, agents). Tomoana (due Wellington about September 8), sailed on June 15, via Australian ports and Auckland. (Tyser Line, agents). Kabinga (due about September 29). ?ailed on July 15, via Australia ports and Auckland. (Tyser Line, agents).