SHIPPING NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 181, 30 January 1912, Page 2

SHIPPING NEWS

TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 1312. PORT OF HEW PLYMOUTH. I HIGH WATER. High water at New Plymouth to-day '4.53 ajn. and 5.41 p.m. To-morrow 6.26 , ajn. and 7.12 p.m. THE SUN Rises to-day 5.0, to-morrow 5.1. Sets to-day 7.0, to-morrow 6.59. ARRIVED. Monday.—Rarawa, s.s., 1072 tons, Norbnry, from Onehunga. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Flora, from South, Wednesday. Rarawa, from North, Wednesday. Corinna, from South, Friday. Rarawa, from North, Friday. Rosamond, from North, Saturday. Corinna, from North, Sunday. Rarawa, from North, Monday. TELEGRAPHIC. ARRIVED. Auckland, Monday.—Arrived, at 2.30 p.m., Maheno, from Sydney. Newcastle, Monday. —Arrived, Aparima, from Bluff. • SAILED. Brisbane, Monoay.—Sailed, eßntinck, for New Zealand. THE RARAWA. The Rarawa arrived from Onehunga yesterday morning with 100 tons of cargo, including 25 tons cement, 7 tons lime, 2 tons flour, 10 tons sugar, and 460 cases fruit. UNION COMPANY'S FLEET. { The Flora (1273 tons), which recently had her passenger accommadation removed and converted into purely a cargo carrier, is to leave Wellington to-day for Picton and New Plymouth, being due here to-morrow. The Rosamond will not call here on her northern trip from Wellington, but will proceed direct to Onehunga from Picton with a cargo of chaff. She calls here on her southward journey, however, being due here on Satrday, when she will load cargo for Wellington. The Corinna is due here on Friday from southern ports. j AN OCEAN MONSTER. I The new White Star liner, the Gigantic, which is now being built at Belfast, will be 1000 ft in length, with a beam of ] between 110 ft and 112 ft, with a displace- j ment of 70,000 tons and a gross tonnage i of over 30,000. The passenger accommo- j dation will he increased in the first class j to over 1000, and the total of over 4000. \ The Gigantic will not be a greyhound,'] like .the Mauretania, but will be practically a seven-day hotel de luxe. She will have a cricket ground, golf links and re- j ception and "ball rooms, restaurants and j is verandah cafe, tennis courts, plunge and all kinds of baths, gymnasia, and a row of shops. She will be driven by reciprocating and turbine engines, and her cost will range from £1,800,000 to | £2,000,000. | OVERSEA VESSELS. I STEAMERS TO ARRIVE AT WELLINGTON. ; From London— Mamari (due about February 1), sailed on December 6, via Auckland. (Shaw, Savill). Rotorua (due about February 4), sailed on December 23, via Capetown and Hobart. (N.Z. Shipping Co.) Muritai (due about February 16), sailed on November 28, via Australia and Auckland. (Tyser). Mimiro (due about March 2), sailed on December 28, via Australia and Auckland. (Tyser). lonic (due about February 20), sailed on January 4, via Capetown and Hobart. (Shaw, Savill). From Liverpool— Waimana (due about February 18), sailed on December 23, via Australian ports and Auckland. (Shaw, Savill). Banffshire (due about February 29), sailed on December 21, via Capetown. Sydney, Newcastle and Auckland. (F.H.S.) Sussex (due about March 22), sailed on January 12, via Sydney, Newcastle and Auckland. (F.H.S.) From Montreal— Rakaia (due about .February 1), sailed on November 19/ via Australia and Auckland. (N.Z. Shipping Co.) Waiwera<(due about March 6), sailed on December 28; via Australia and Auckland. (N.Z. Shipping Co.) From San Francisco— Tahiti (due about February 1), sailed on January 10, via Papeete and Rarotonga. (U.SS.S. Co.) From New YorkFalls of Orchy (due about February 16), sailed on November 18, via Auckland. (Vacuum Oil Co.) Kirkdale (due about March 24), sailed on December 13, via Australia and Auckland. (A. and A. Line). From PhiladelphiaTerrier. (due about February 18), sailed November, via Dunedin and Lyttelton. (Gollin and Co.)