SHIPPING NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 68, 29 June 1910, Page 2

SHIPPING NEWS

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29. D. 11. M. S. Last Quarter 1 10 1 17 a.m. New Moon 8 0 53 16 a.m First -Quarter, 15 4 56 16 a.m. Full Moon 23 7 48 21 a.m Last Quarter 30 4 15 21 p.m. j HIGH WATER. High water at New Plymouth to-da„ 11.55 a.m. and 1.19 p.m. To-morrow 1.39 a.m. and 2.0 p.m. SUN. Rises to-day 7.22, to-morrow 7.22. Sets to-day 4.38, to-morrow 4.38. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rosamond, from South, Thursday. Rarawa, from Onehunga, Thursday. Putiki-, from Westport, Friday. Te Anau, from South, Friday. Rosamond, from North, Saturday. Paritutu, dredge, from Wellington, Saturday. TaTiapun'a, from North, Monday. TELEGRAPHIC. ARRIVED. Onehunga, Tuesday.—Arrived, -at 8.55 a.m., -Rarawa, from New Plymouth, Wellington, Last Night.—Arrived, a 7.45 p.m., Corinna, from. New Plymouth MISHAP TO THE ROTOITI. Hobart, Tuesday.—The Rotoiti, carried by an' exceptionally stormy current, grazed her bilge keel along the corner of the entrance inland of Hell Gates and started a few rivets. Temporary repairs have been effected, and she will proceed to Melbourne for docking. PUTIKI DETAINED. The Putiki, which was to have left Westport yesterday .for New Plymouth,! has been detained owing to rough wea-j ther on the coast and there being a fresh; in the river at Westport. She should arrive here in time to begin discharging . on Friday morning.

PROGRESS OF A KEIGN. When King Edward ascended the throne, in 1901, the Deutschland was the fastest ocean steamer afloat, and the blue ribbon of the Atlantic was accordingly .held 'by Germany. The Kaiser Wilr helm IT., the then largest express steampr in the world,, was under construction for the X'orddetitsclier Lloyd. She was, it is true, not so big,as the Celtic, ol the White Star line, the first ocean steamer to exceed 20,000 tons, but sh« was close up to that figure, and her speed was to be in the neighborhood oi twenty-four knots. The .White Star went on steadily building still 'bigsw vessels, culminating temporarily with the Adriatic, of 25,000 tons, and the Germans responded with another express flyer in the shape of the Kronprinzessin Cecilie. We ; were apparently to be content, aa regards speed, with, the Campania and Lucahia. , , But the formation<of the ' [North Atlantice Combine changed, the outlook. ■ The British Government, encouraged the Cunard Company to build the Lusitania and the Mauretania, ,the fastest as well as the biggest steamships now afloat, and the vear MK>7 saw the blue ribbon wrested from the Germans. The coming oi these quadruple-screw vessels emphasised the triumph of the turbine, first introducedon the Atlantic in 1904 in the Victorian, of the Allan line, and cut the Atlantic voyage down by half a day. Later developments, of course, include the adoption of a combination of turbines and reciprocating! engines'in the White Star Dominion liner Laurentic, and a like svstem will probably be relied r~ in the Olynroic and Titanic, the 45,000-ton ships which the White Star, line now have under construction. These vessels, one of which is to be launched in October, represent a doubling of, the size of the Atlantic liners within.the limits of the late King's reign.

, ■. OVERSEA VESSELS. • • FOR NEW PLYMOUTH. Viganella, left Liverpool March 12, due about end of June. Paritutu (dredge) sailed from Clyde on March 24. > FOR WELLINGTON. From London— Ruapehu, (clue about June 28) sailed on May 'I2J Plymouth May 14, via Teneriffe, Capetown and Hobait. (N.Z. Shipping Co".) drari (due about June 29), sailed on May 9, via Auckland.. (N.Z. fchip<ping Co.) ...... Tainui (due about Julv H), sailed on Mav 26, .Plymouth May 28, via Teneriffe, Capetown and Hobart. (Shaw, Sayill). < Kumara (due about July 15), sailed on June 4,, via Auckland. (Shaw, Sa- ' vUJ). Rimutaka (due about July 20), sailed on June 9, Plymouth June 11, via Teneriffe, Capetown and Hobart. (N.Z. Shipping Co.) Whakatane (due about August 30), sailed on June 17, via Melbourne, Syd- , nev and Auckland. (N.Z. Shipping Co")

From. Liverpool— Nairnshire (due about July 6), sailed on April 30, via Australian porta, Auckland and Napier. (F.H.S.) Caldergrove (due about August 7), sailed on May 28, via Australian ports and Auckland. (F.H.S.) From New York— Indrani (due albout July 29), sailed on May 4, via Australian ports and Auckland. (A. and A. Line). Strathclyde (due about August 10), sailed on May 19,, via. Australian ports and Auckland. (U.S. and A.S.) Indraehiri (due about August 20), sailed on June 7, via Australian ports and Auckland. (Tyser). From Montreal— Rakaia (due about July 29). sailed on Mav 14, via Melbourne, Svdnev and Auckland (N.Z. Shipping Co.) *