SHIPPING NEWS
MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1911. PORT or HEW PLYMOUTH PHASES OP THE MOON. DECEMBER. D. H. M. S. Pull Moon 5 2 28 21 p.m. Last Quarter 13 5 22 18 a.m. New Moon 21 3 17 15 a.m. First Quarter 29 6 24 17 a.m. THE TIDES. High water at New Plymouth to-day 7.10 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. To-morrow 8.20 a.m. and 8.51 p.m. THE SUN Rises to-day 4.40, to-morrow 4.39. Sets to-day 7.20, to-morrow 7.21. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rarawa, from North, Monday. Koonya, from South, Monday. Rarawa, from North, Thursday. Rosamond, from South, Thursday. Rosamond, from North, Saturday. TELEGRAPHIC. ARRIVED. Onehunga, Saturday—Arrived, at 1.30 p.m., Rosamond, from New Plymouth. THE ALEXANDER. The Alexander is due here to-day or to-morrow from Nelson, via Karitane and Waitapu, with a load of cattle. NEW ENGINEERING ERA. The Toiler has created a record by being the first oil-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, and her voyage from the Tyne to Nova Scotia is notable for another reason (remarks the London Standard). Hitherto only small vessels have been fitted with internal combustion engines, but at the present time a whole fleet of large motor ships is being built in Europe, and the Toiler's record is the opening incident of a striking development in shipbuilding. The advantages which these vessels possess in comparison with steamships are important. A motor occupies far less space tban a steam engine, and the oil fuel is much less bulky than coal, besides being more easily handled and stored. This means that the motor ship, whether designed to carry either passengers or cargo, can earn more than a steamship of the same tonnage. ■ On passenger boats the absence of dirt from coaling and grime from smoke is also a valuable consideration. Then, again, the saving of labor, due to the fact that oil motor engines require no stokers, means a considerable decrease of the ship-owner's expenses. At the present time ten of these ships are being built in Europe, and nearly all are larger than the Toiler. The. most important is a large passenger and cargo boat being constructed on the Clyde by Messrs Barclay, Curie and Co., for the East Asiatic Company, of Copenha'jvn. She v.ilj be equipped with three 2000-horse-power engines. The same company is having other vessels built with internal combustion engines in Denmark. ITerren filolim and Voss, of Hamburg, have a 9000-ton cargo vessel in hand for the Hamburg-Amerika line, and two sets of Diesel engines, each developing 1500-horse-power, are being put into her. A cargo boat of about 320© tons dead-weight is building for Messrs Furne'ss. Withy and Co. in the yard of Sir Raylton Dixon and Co., at Middles- ■ borough, and the performances of 'this ship will be watched with particular interest, for she has similar lines and dimensions to several steamships, so that it will be easy to compare the relative merits of the two sets of engines.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 136, 4 December 1911, Page 2
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486SHIPPING NEWS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 136, 4 December 1911, Page 2
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