SHIPPING NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 70, 13 September 1911, Page 2

SHIPPING NEWS

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1911. POET OF MEW PLYMOUTH PHASES OF THE MOON. SEPTEMBER. D. H. M. S. First Quarter 1 3 57 19 a.m. Full Moon 9 2 33 19 a.m. Last Quarter 16 5 27 20 a.m. New Moon 23 1 14 16 a.m. First Quarter 30 10 45 12 p.m. THE TIDES. High water at New Plymouth to-day 1 ],;j(f a.m. and 11.59 p.m. To-morrow 0.22 p.m. THE SUN Rises to-day 6.12, to-morow 6.11. Sets to-day 5.45, to-morow 5.49. EXPECTED ARRIVALS.

Rosamond, from Wellington, to-day. Regulus, from Westport, to-day. Kotuku, from West Coast, Thursday. Rarawa, from North, Thursday. Corinna, from South, Friday. Rosamond, from North, Saturday. Corinna, from North, Sunday. Rarawa, from North, Monday. Rosamond, from South, Thursday. TELEGRAPHIC. ARRIVED. Onehunga, Tuesday.—Arrived, at 10 a.m., Rarawa, from New Plymouth. ROSAMOND DUE TO-DAY. The Rosamond left Wellington yesterday for New Plymouth direct, and is expected to arrive here this morning. THE REGULUS. The Regulus is expected to arrive here to-day from Westport with a cargo of 400' tons of coal. After discharging, the vessel returns to Westport, where she is to load coal for Wanganui. THE KOTUIvU. The Kotuku has been detained in Onehunga owing to wet weather, but is expected- to leave to-day for Jlew Plymouth and should arrive here to-morrow. THE BIG CUNARDER. It has always been expected that the Aquitania, the new Cunarder, would represent a substantial advance. Therefore the 'news that she'is to be over HOOft. in length, or some ltOft. longer than the two leviathans which the HamburgAmerican Company are building, will create no surprise. There is a natural temptation to go one better than your neighbor's biggest ship, and in this case time has been on the side of the Cunard Company. There lias apparently been no need for undue baste in finally determining the dimensions of the ship. Consequently there has been the opportunity of pursuing a '"wait and see" policy, with decidedly interesting results. In the case of the Olympic and the Titanic the length over all is BS2ft. 9in., [ and the length between perpendiculars 850 ft. The Hamburg-American figure is j an advance on these, just as the Cunard figure now carries matters slightly further still. The 1000 ft. ship has been re- • garded for some time- past as shortly i due to arrive. The new will bring us a little nearer to that stage, > and will thus emphasise the lesson which is speedily being pressed upon the attention of the harbor authorities on both sides of the Atlantic. But while the question of length is an important factor, the determining feature, from the usual standpoint of comparison, is ! the gross tonnage of the ship. No de--1 finite statement is forthcoming as to the probable tonnage of the Aquitania, and it is not quite clear as yet what the tonnage of the Hamburg-American liners is to be. Conceivably the Germans may still have the biggest ship in the ordinary acceptance of the word. An interesting feature of the new Cunarder, it is said, will l>e the utilisation by intermediate turbines of the steam from the high-pressure turbines.

OVERSEA VESSELS. FOR WELLINGTON. Prom London— Whakarua (due about September 13), sailed on July C, via Australia, Auck land and Napier. (Tyser). Rimutaka (due about September 14), sailed on July 8, via Auckland. (X.Z. Shipping Co.) Indrabarah (due about September 23), sailed July 22, via Australia and Auckland. (Tyser). Rotorua (due about September 18), sailed on August 5, via Capetown and Hobart. (N.Z. Shipping Co.) Kia Ora (due about September 22), sailed on August 4, via Auckland. (Shaw, Savill). From Liverpool—

Kent (due about October 3), sailed on July 29, via Capetown, Hobart and Auckland. (F. 11.5.) From Montreal—

Karamea (due about September 0), sailed on June 15, via Australia and Auckland. (X.55. Shipping Co.). Cape Corso (due about October 12), sailed on July 30, via Australia and Auckland. (X.Z. Shipping Co.) Whakataite (due about October 30), sailed on August 23, via Australia and Auckland). From New York.

Cape Ortegal (due about September 13), sailed on June 17, via Australia and Auckland. (Tyser). Walkure (clue about September 18), sailed on July 1, via Auckland. (Vacuum Oil Co.) Tomoana (due about October 7), sailed on July 8, via Australia and Auckland. (Tyser). Lord Lonsdale (due about October 18), sailed on July 2G, via Auckland, (Vaccum Oil Co.) Trifels (due about October 10), sailed on August 1, via Australia and Auckland. (Dalgety and Co.) Cranley (dun about November 18), sailed oil August 27, via Australia and Auckland. (Tyser). From San Francisco — Aorangi (due about September 14), sailed on August 23. via Papeete and Rarotonga. (U.S.S. Co.) From Bunbury— Clan lioss (due about September 14), sailed on August 2ii, via Lvttclton. (0. 11. Scales).