SHIPPING NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 80, 13 July 1910, Page 2

SHIPPING NEWS

WEDNESDAY, JULY 13. JULY. D. H. M. s. New Moon 7 8 57 18 a.m. First Quarter 14 8 1 10 a.m. Full Moon 22 8 14 12 p.m. Last Quarter 29 8 11 17 p.m. HIGH WATER. High water at New Plymouth to-day 1.21 p.m To-morow 1.43 a.m. and 2.5 p.m. SUN. Rises to-day 7.16, to-morrow 7.15. Sets to-day 4.44, to-morrow 4.45. AKKiVED. Tuesday—Koonya, s.s., 1091 tons, Norton, from southern ports. SAILED. Tuesday—Koonya, s.s., 1091 tons, Norton, for Westport and Greymouth. EXPECTED ARRIVALS.' Rosamond, from South, Thursday. Takapuna, from North, Thursday. Rosamond, from North, Saturday. Corinna, from South, Sunday. Koonya, from South, Tuesday. TELEGRAPHIC. ARRIVED. Wellington, Tuesday.—Arrived, 11.30 a.m., Corinna, from New Plymouth. SAILED. Greymouth, Tuesday.—Sailed, at 1 a.m. Kamona, for Adelaide. THE KOONYA.

The Koonya arrived from southern ports about mid-day yesterday with 110 tons of general cargo. She completed discharging about 4.30 and sailed for Westport. and Greymouth. THE ROSAMOND. iThe Rosamond left Wellington yesterday for New Plymouth, via Picton and Nelson. She will have about 100 tons of. cargo to land here, besides 38 goats from Picton.

- ; A FAMOUS CUNARDER. / Breaker of many Atlantic records during her twenty-six years' service, the famous Cunarder Umbria is now herself being demolished. This deliberate destruction of a fine old vessel with apparently many more years of useful life in her must seem strange to some of the hundreds of thousands of passengers tfho travelled in her, but the law of economics is a relentless one. Provided with machinery enabling her to steam between twenty and twenty-two knots, she made many remarkable passages between Liverpool and New York, and versa. She was the Mauretania of her day, and even at the mature age, for a liner, of fifteen .years, she created a sensation in shipbuilding circles by beating all her previous best records—an accomplishment of which the builders were justly proud. But with the advance of scientific ship construction the Umbria became a comparatively expensive boat to run. Her speed was attained at a higher cost than owners care to pay m the present age of feverish competition. And so she passed into the hands of the Forth Ship-breaking Company, Ltd., of Bo'ness. An interested gathering assembled at Bo'ness to watch the old liner make Jier final run under steam. At high-water a farewell blast from the Umbria's whistle heralded the final stage of her existence. With two tugs to render assistance, she began to gather spa.d, and then, a short distance from the yard, these atendants cast off and the Umbria rushed forward until she sank deeply into the mud. Here she will remain until her engines and boilers have been lifted out, when, having been floated again, she will be taken further into the basin to undergo complete dismemberment.

[ OVERSEA VESSELS. ■ FOR WELLINGTON. j From London— I Kumara (due about July 15), sailed on ' June 4, via Auckland. (Shaw, Savill). Rimutaka (due about July 26), sailed on June 9, Plymouth June 11, via Teneriffe, Capetown and' Hobart. (N.Z. Shipping Co.) Marere (due about July 23), sailed on May 23, via Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland and Napier. (Tyser Line). lonic (due about August 9), sailed on June 23, 'Plymouth June 25, via Teneriffe, Capetown and Hobart. (Shaw, Savill and Albion Co.) From LiverpoolNairnshire (due about August 15), sailed on" April 30, via Australian ports, Auckland and Napier. (F.H.S.) Caldergrove (due about August 7), sail- . Ed on May 28, via Australian ports and Auckland. (F.H.S.) Empire Transport (due about August 1 29), sailed on July 2, via Auckland. F.H.S. Line). From New York— Indrani (due about 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 J and Auckland. (U.S. and A.S.) Highland Monarch (due about August 15), sailed on June 21, via Auckland.| Vacuum Oil Co.) j Indratrhiri (due about August 20), sailedi on June 7, via Australian ports andj Auckland. (Tyser). Tomoana (due about August 30), sailed on June 20, via Australian ports and Auckland. (A. and A. Line). | From Montreal— Rakaia (due about July 29). sailed on. May 14, via Melbourne, Sydney and: Auckland (N.Z. Shipping Co.) Whakatane (due about August 30), sail-, ed on June 17, via Melbourne, Syd-. nev and Auckland. (N.Z. Shipping Co*.) ' I SAILER TO .ARRTVE. I King Malcolm, barque, sailed from Mar-j seilles on June 23.