SHIPPING NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 210, 9 October 1909, Page 6

SHIPPING NEWS

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 0. PHASES UF THE MOOX. OCTOBER. JA H. M. S. L.tal Quarter 0 0 21 14 p.m. N<:>v Moon .. 14 7 50 10 p.m. Fust Quarter 22 li 4 IS p.m. Fuh Moon ... 20 0 44 12 a.m. HIGH WATER High water at New Plymouth to-day fi a.m. and 5.38 p.m. Tomorrow 6.7 a.ui. and 6.38 p.m. SUN'. Rises to-day 5.30, to-morrow 5.38. Sets to-day 6.21, to-morrow 0.22. ARRIVED. Friday.—Moa, s.s., 188 tons, Bur;, from Wcstport. SAILED. Friday.—Jloa, s.s., 188 tons, Bur', for Westport. Friday.—liotuku, s.s., 1054 tons, Aid well, for Wcstport and Greymouth. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rosamond, from South, Saturday, tiarawa, from North, Moaday. Rosamond, from North, Tuesday. Ilarawa, from North, Thursday. Corinna, from South, Friday. TELEGRAPHIC. ARRIVED. Onehunga, Friday.—Arrived, at 8.20 a,m., Rarawa, from New Plymouth. Westport, Friday.—Arrived, at 1.30 p.m., Koonya, from New Plymouth. SAILED. Wellington, Last Night.—Sailed, at 5.45 p.m., Ulimaroa, for Sydney. Wellington, Last Night.—Sailed, at 4.10 p.m., Rosamond, for New Plymouth. Westport, Last Night.—Sailed, at 5.55 p.m., Koroiuiko, for Sydney. THE KOTUKU. TThe Kotuku, which arrived on Thursday evening with 507 tons of West .Coast coal, commenced discharging at 0 o'clock that night and completed yesterday, getting away for Wcstport at 1.30 p.m. THE MOA. The coastal steamer Moa arrived here about 5.30 a.m. yesterday from Westport, with 128 tons of coal. She left after discharging for Wcstport. THE ROSAMOND.

In order to meet the expected heavy shipments of dairy produce during the season the Union Company are considering the matter of revising- the present time-table between this port anil Wellington. The Rosamond, on her arrival at Wellington next wee!-, will probably withdraw for survey. After her survey has been completed, it is suggested that she should take up a running that would enable lier to assist in the carriage of dairy produce. In this new running she would leave Wellington on Tuesdays, arrive at New Plymouth on Thursdays, leaving the same evening for Onehungi, and leave New Plymouth on her return to Wellington on Saturdays, with chees". Should this arrangement be finally decided upon the Rosamond will make a special trip here on the 22nd. returning to Wellington again on the 23rd, to put into the new running. Alterations have recently been made to the vessel - to make her specially suitable for the carriage ot cheese. She is due. here to-day as usual on her weekly trip from Wellington.

DREDGERS FOR XEW ZEALAND HARBORS. Np fewer than four steam dredgers are being built by Messrs Fleming and Ferguson, -of Paisley, for harbor work in New Zealand. One of them, the Eileen Ward, was launched recently. She is a powerful, twin-screw, suction, hopper dredge, with a hopper capacity of 1000 tons and a dredging capacity of 3000 tons per hour. Her dimensions are 205 ft, by 30ft, by 16.9 ft, and she is intended for the Westport Harbor Board's service. For the Auckland Harbor Board Messrs Fleming and Ferguson are building two dredgers. One is a twinscrew, stem-well, hopper dredger capable of raising 800 tons of material per hour from a depth of 45ft, and with a hopper capacity of 800 tons. Her dimensions are 20oft, by 40ft, l>v' 14.9 ft. The second vessel for Auckland is a pontoon suetiou dredger, capable of dredging 1000 tons per hour from a depth of 45't, and delivering the material through hal f a mile of floating pipe. For the New Plymeuth Harbor Board the firm arc building a twin-screw, stern-well, combined bucket and suction dredger, intended to dredge 300 tons of clay per hour from a depth of 40ft, or 400 tons of fine, loose sand. Her hopper capacity i« 400 tons, and her dimensions are 180 ft bv 13ft. All except the pontoon dredger will make the voyage to New Zealand under their own steam.

The Union Company has recently issued instructions to their officers in regard to Bluff harbor that departing must be made u "slack water." this decision being the outcome of the recent grounding of the Manuka, over which event an enquiry'was held. The Hud-dart-Parker liner Ulimarosi the other day attempted to make her departure against a strong incoming tide. On reaching the channel the vessel met the full force of the tide, which was running in at about seven knots aud this slewed her bows round so much thai she almost collided with the red dolphin, and looked like getting into shoal water. However, by skilful manoeuvring ehe managed to steam clear.