SHIPPING NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 274, 10 April 1911, Page 2

SHIPPING NEWS

MONDAY, APRIL 10. PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. i PHASES OF THE MOON. APRIL. D. H. M. S. First Quarter 6 5 31 21 p.m. Full Moon 14 2 13 18 a.m. Last Quarter 29 10 2 12 a.m. New Moon 29 10 2 12 a.m. THE TIDES. High water at New Plymouth to-day 6:56 a.m. and 7.23 p.m. To-morrow 7.43 a.m. and 8.4 p.m. THE"SUN Rises to-day 6.25, to-morrow 0.26. Sets to-day 5.35, to-morrow 5.34. ARRIVED. Saturday.—Rosamond, s.s., 721 tons, Ritchie, from Onehunga. Saturday.—Alexander, s.s., 377 tons, Vickerman, from Westport. Sunday—Kini, s.s., 1122 tons, Watson, | from Greymouth and Westport. SAILED. Saturday.—Rosamond, s.s., 721 tons, Ritchie, for Wellington. Sunday.—Manukau, s.s., for Waitara. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rarawa, from North, Monday. Rarawa, from North, Wednesday. Rosamond, from South, Thursday. Rarawa, from North, Friday. Corinna, from South, Friday. Corinna, from North, Monday. Koonya, from South, Tuesday. Rosamond, from Onehunga, Saturday. TELEGRAPHIC. ARRIVED. Sydney, April B.—Arrived, at midnight, Victoria, from Auckland. Onehunga, April B.—Arrived;' at 8.25 a.m., Rarawa, from- New Plymouth. Lyttelton, April 8. Arrived, at 7 a.m., liaiapoi, from Newcastle. SAILED. Auckland, April B.—Sailed, at 1 p.m., R.M.S. Manuka, for Rarotonga, with San Francisco mail. THE ROSAMOND. The Rosamond arrived about noon on Saturday from Onehunga and sailed in the afternoon for Wellington, taking away 31 tons of general cargo. THE ALEXANDER. The Alexander (Anchor Line) arrived on Saturday afternoon from Westport with 290 tons of coal, 152 tons of which are State coal, and 138 tons of Westport coal, all for the Railway Department. She discharges to-day. THE KINI. The Kini yesterday morning arrived in port from Greymouth and Westport with a cargo of 300 tons of coal. She will discharge this morning, and sail, after completing, for Onehunga with the balance of her cargo. THE WAITARA BAR. The small steamer Manukau, which had been sheltering at the Breakwater since Tuesday, awaiting an opportunity to cross the Waitara bar, left port yesterday afternoon to make another effort. There has been very little water on the Waitara bar lately, and besides preventing the Manukau from proceeding inwards, the Tainui has been unable to cross outwards.

THE MOTHER OF INVENTION. j Necessity is proverbially the mother of invention, and its right to the title was never better illustrated than in the striking method which was' devised by a Norwegian captain to stop a leak in a barque that was under his control. The vessel, the' Flora, which was bound for Capetown, experienced such terrific weather in the Bay of Biscap that she was obliged to lie to for six days. In the buffeting that the barque received she sprang a leak and began to take in water at the rate of six inches an hour. The captain constructed a great water-proof bag sixteen feet long, six feet in circumference and two feet in diameter. This he kept distended by means of hoops. A window of thick glass was let into the side, five feet from the bottom. The captain stepped into this bag and by means of tackle was drawn under the water so that he could see the leak. The other end of the bag being open and above water he had plenty of air, and could communicate with his men. Two sleeves had been made in the bag and were tightly tied about his wrists, so that he could work freely. In this way, observing the leak thfough the window, the captain found himself from seven to ten feet below the surface. At one time the chafing of his feet against the vessel's side wore a hole in the bag and the water entered and covered him. However, he was drawn up in good time, the bag was repaired, the work was continued and the leak was stopped. This is just one more instance of the immense resource tliat is required from those who "go down to the sea in ships."