SHIPPING NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 322, 23 February 1910, Page 2

SHIPPING NEWS

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23. FEBRUARY. D. H. M. 8. Last Quarter 2 11 4 13 p.m. New Moon 10 0 50 12 p.m. First Quarter 17 G 9 17 p.m. Full Moon 24 3 12 20 a.m. HIGH WATER.

> High water at New Plymouth to-dav 8.41 a.m. and 9.0 p.m. To-morrow 9.19 a.m. and 9.39 p.m.

sua. Rises to-day 5.26, to-morrow 5.27. Sets to-day G. 34, to-morrow G. 33. ARRIVED. . Tuesday.—Koonya, s .s., 1091 tons, Showman, from southern ports. Tuesday.—Himitangi, s.s., 323 tons, Manley, from Westport. SAILED. , Tuesday—Koonya, s.s., 1091 tons, Showman, for Westport and Greymouth. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. "*'"'* Rarawa, from North, Wednesday. Rosamond, from South, Thursday. Rarawa, from North, Friday. Rosamond, from north, Saturday. Rarawa, from North, Monday. Koonya, from South, Tuesday. TELEGRAPHIC. ARRIVED. . Wellington, Tuesday.—Arrived, at 6.45 a.m., Corinna, from New Plymouth. , Onehunga, Tuesday.—Arrived, at 9.40 -a.m., Rarawa, from New Plymouth. . Greymouth, Tuesday—Arrived, atß.lo a.m., Kaiapoi, from Newcastle. THE KOONYA. The Koonya arrived from southern .ports yesterday with 311 tons of general ,cargo. She sailed at 5.20 p.m. for Westjport and Ureymouth, taking away 50 }tons of rails for the latter port. THE HIMITANGI. The coastal steamer Himitangi arrived at the Breakwater about 3 p.m. yesterday from Westport with a cargo of coal. , ! THE PORT.

The harbormaster, Captain Newton, has started a very systematic and scientific survey of the harbor and its approaches. He has marked out the wharf in quarter-chains, and from each jnark a boat goes out at a right angle, keeping "dead" on the mark all the time, and sweeps the sea floor with a .long iron bar suspended on ropes. As soon as an interruption to- the bar's progress is struck the lead is put down and exact soundings taken, after which the spot is marked and the dredge put ,to work to remove the obstruction, may be a rock or a mound of sand. In this way a smooth sea floor is assured. Already some boulders, weighing up to half a ton, have been removed from alongside the wharf. The iron bar is being used pending the installation of a system of sweeping the harbor with wire-netting, which Captain Newton has under consideration. Tho present system, it may be added, is no Jess reliable than the one in which netting is used, but it is slower.

The cargo taken from Waitara by the liner Kaikoura consisted 0f:—4404 quarters beef, 4 loins beef, 4404 carcases mutton, 3318 carcases lamb, 904 boxes frozen sundries, 25 sacks tails, 1070 bales wool. 190 casks tallow, 104 casks oleo, 12 casks casings, 45 casks pelts, 129 bundles hides.

OVERSEA VESSELS TO ARRIVE AT WELLINGTON. From London— Tomoana (due about Feb. 20), -Sailed on December 17. via Australian ports, Auckland. iNapier. (Tyser). Tainui (due about Feb. 22), sailed on January 6, Plymouth January 8, via Tenentfe, Capetown and Hobart. (Shaw, Savili and Albion Co.) Paparoa (due about March 6), sailed or. January 10. via Auckland. (N.Z. Shipping Co.) Rimutaka (due about March S) sailed on January 20, Plymouth January 22, via Teneriffe, Capetown and Hobart. (N.Z. Shipping Co.) lonic (due about March 22), sailed on February 3, Plymouth February C. via Teneriffe, Capetown and Hobart. (Shaw, Savili). Niwaru (due about March 28) sailed on January 26, via Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland and Napier. Tyscr). Kia Ora (due about March 31), sailed on Feb. 8, via Auckland. (Shaw, » Savili). Wliakarua (due about April 18), sailed on Feb. 11, via Melbourne, Sydney Auckland and Napier. (Tyser). From Liverpool— Buteshire (due about Feb. 24) sailed on December 11, via Sydney and Auckland. (F.H.S. Lint-';. Kumara (due about Feb. 2a)", sailed on December 27, via Auckland. (Shaw. Savili and Albion Co.) Cornwall (due about March 14), sailed on January 7, via Sydney and Auckland. ' (F.H.S. Line). Fifeshiro (duo about April 12), sailed on February 5. via Melbourne. Sydney, Auckland and Napier. (F.I-1.3.) From New YorkStar of Australia (due about March 10) sailed on December 16, via Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland. (N *" Shipping Co.) SpithcacT (due 'about March 18). sailed on January 7, via Australian ports and Auckland. (A. and A. Lin;>'. Georgia (due about April 20), sailed on January 6. via Auckland. (Vacuim Oil Co.) Aberlour (duo nbo'it Am-i] !•"), filled ru January 27, via Melbourne. Sidney and Auckland. (A. and A. Line). SAILERS. Jacques, barque, sailed from New Yo:'k on November 24, via Auckland. (Vacuum Oil Co.) Andromeda, barque, sailed from N<?\v York on November 20. (Vacuum Oil Co.) Marjory Glen, barque, sailed from Liverpool on December 15.