SHIPPING NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 183, 9 January 1912, Page 2

SHIPPING NEWS

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1911. POET OF HEW PLYMOUTH. ARRIVED. Monday.—Rarawa, s.s., 1072 tons, Norbury, from Onehunga. SAILED. Monday.—Corinfla, s.s., 1271 tons, Cameron, for Wellington. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rarawa, from North, Wednesday. Rosamond, from South, Thursday. Rarawa, from North, Friday. Rarawa, from North, Monday. Petone, from Newcastle, early. TELEGRAPHIC. ARRIVED. Bluff, Monday.—Arived, at 10.50 a.m.,' Warrimoo, from Hobart, with English mail. THE RARAWA. The Rarawa brought from Onehunga yesterday morning 84 tons of cargo, including 15 tons sugar, 15 tons flour, 5 tons cement, 16 tons manure, besides 1800 feet of timber and seven horses. THE CORINNA. The Corinna yesterday loaded about 12,000 boxes of butter and a quantity of general cargo and sailed about 5 p.m. for Wellington. ANOTHER BOAT FROM NEWCASTLE The Petone, of the Canterbury Shipping Company's fleet, is now on its way from Newcastle to New Plymouth with a cargo of coal. No official advice has yet been received. NEW UNION STEAMER: TO BURN LIQUID FUEL. ■i new 13,500-ton steamer for the Union Steamship Company is now under construction on the Clyde. Sir James Mills says the vessel will be the largest and most luxuriously-fitted British passenger steamer running south of the line, or in the Pacific. Her dimensions will be 522 ft' 6in in length and 66ft in breadth.. She will be' a triple-screw, driven by combination engines of high power; and she will be the first British mail steamer to be equipped for the. burning of liquid fuel. The'bunkers will be constructed to carry between 4000 and 5000 tons of oil. j The quantity will be taken at Vancouver, and will be sufficient for the round voyage. The vessel is expected to consume between 80 and 100 tons of oil fuel per day. ' * A shipping correspondent comments'as follows? —"Sir James Mills has made a careful study on the spot of the actual working (results of American and Japanese steamers running on the Pacific, and using liquid fuel. The bold lead taken by the New Zealand company speaks volumes for the enterprise and foresight of its directors in this important matter of steam-raising as applied to a last British pasenger ship." OVERSEA VESSELS. STEAMERS TO ARRIVE AT WELLINGTON. Prom London-^' Star of India (due about January 13), sailed on November 4, via Australia, Auckland and Napier. (.Tyser). f Otaki (doe about January 13), sailed on November 4, via Australia and Auckland. (N.Z. Sniping Co.) Muritai (due about February 5), sailed on November 28, via Australia and Auckland. (Tyser). Tainui (due about January 23), sailed ou December 7, via Capetown and Hobart. (Shaw, Savill). Mamari (due about January 24), sailed on December 6, via Auckland. (Shaw, SariH)., Rotorua (due about February 4), sailed on December 23, via Capetown and Hobart. (N.Z. Shipping Co.) From LiverpoolSomerset (due about January 10), sailed on November 22, via Capetown and Hobart. (F.H.S. Line). Banffshire (due about February 28), Bailed on December 21, via Capetown, Sydney, Newcastle and Auckland. (F.H.S.) Waimata (due about February 16), sailed on December 23, via Australian ports and Auckland; (Shaw, SaviH). From Montreal— Bakaia (due about January 26), sailed on November 19, via Australia and Auckland. (N.Z. Shipping Co.) From New York— Marienfela (due about January 16), sailed on October 31, via Australian ports and Auckland (Dalgety). i