SHIPPING NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 216, 18 October 1909, Page 4

SHIPPING NEWS.

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. MONDAY, OCTOBER IS. PHASES OF THE MOON. OCTOBER. D. 11. M. S. East Quarter U U 21 14 p.m. New Moon ..14- 7 50 16 p.m. First Quarter 22 li 4 18 p.'ii. Full Moon .. 2!) d 44 12 a.m. HIGH WATER High water at New Plymouth to-day 11.6 a.m. and 11.13 p.m. To-morrow 11.42 a.m. SUN. Rises to-day 0.28, to-morrow 5.2fi. Sets to-day G. 32, to-morrow 6.34. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Corinna, from North, Sunday. Karawa, from North, Monday, ixoonya, from South, Tuesday. Rarawa, from North, Thursday. Kotuku, from West Coast, early. Kaituna, from Southern ports, early.

TELEGRAPHIC. ARBrVKD. Onehuuga, .Saturday.—Arrived, at 7:la a.m., Corinna, from New Plymouth. Last. Nighv.*— Arrived. Wiuinicra, from Sydney. SAILED. Onehunga, Last Night.—Sailed, at 3.40 p.m., Rarawa, for New -'Plymouth, crossing the bar at 5.25 p.m. Onelmnga. Last Night.—Sailed, at I p.m., Corinna, for New Plymouth, passing Manukau Heads at 2.50 p.m. THE ROSAMOND. The Rosamond is to start her new inn ningon Tuesday, 20th inst. In this yiui jig siio will leave Wellington at noon on Tuesdays, Pieton same days, Nelson Wednesdays, New Plymouth Thursdays, Onehunga (retunyng) Fridays, and New Plymouth Saturdays, arriving at Welling Sundays.

THE CORINXA. The Corinnn, whii'li left Ouehunga yesterday afternoon for Xrw Plymouth has from the former port 11,8(10 boxes of butter and 200 crate* of cheese for transhipment to the Riuipehu at Wellington. She also takes from here 8400 boxes of butter and 300 crates of cheese aJso for transhipment to the Kuapehu for Home markets. Another 750 crates of cheese were ready for despatch, but this quantity has been shut out from the liner ami will be shipped by a later boat. THE MISSING DUCO. Writing regarding the fate of the miniature steamer Duco, the Oainaiu Mail urges that in the public interest there should be an independent investigation as to the condition of tin; Duco when' she left Wellington on her hazardous trip, ft is. says the Mail, too much the custom to allow such vessels to go to sea excessively loaded or with deek cargo, which hampers them if they get into trouble. If a vessel is in good trim, and fairly buoyant, unless some extraordinary mishap overtakes hc r she may be deemed safe; but, handicapped by a dead cargo and top hamper, the risk is great. Those who saw the Duco leave port will be able to say whether she was in a seaworthy condition, or nor, and, for tile sake of humanity, they should tell the whole truth. Only the utmost stringency in the administration of the law applying to seagoing vessels will prevent the imperilling of the lives of seamen who, though they may be conscious of the dangers they rim" are too manly to enter a protest against the conditions by which those dangers are incurred.

1 OVERSEA SHIPPING. STEAMERS TO ARRIVE AT WELLINGTON. Niwaru (due about October 21), sailed on August 21, via Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland and Napier. (Tyser Line). Rimutaka (due about October 18), sailed on September 3, Plymouth September 4, via Teneriffe, Capetown and Hollar!. (X.Z. Slipping Co.) Opawa (due about October 31), sailed on September 8, via Auckland. (X.Z. Shipping Co.) lonic, left Plymouth 18th September, via Teneriffe, Capetown and Holrart. Due Wellington about 2nd November. Star of Scotland (due about November 26), sailed on September 24, via Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland. (Tyser). Turakina (due about November 10), sailed oil October 1, via Teneriffe, Capetown and Hobart. (N.Z. Shipping C.). From LiverpoolSussex, left Liverpool 18th September, via Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland. Due Wellington about 20th November.