SHIPPING NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 188, 7 February 1912, Page 2

SHIPPING NEWS.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1912. PORT OP HEW PLYMOUTH. PHAOBB OP THE MOON. FEBRUARY. Full Moon 3 11 35 13 a.m. La at Quarter 10 0 27 20 p.m. New Moon 18 6 21 13 a.m. Firit Quarter M 7 3 19 p.m. HIGH WATER. High water at New Plymouth to-day 11.54 a.m. To-morrow 0.15 a.m. and 0.36 p.m. THH SUN Rises to-day 5.8, to-morrow 5.9. Sets to-day 6.52, to-morrow 6.51. I EXPECTED ARRIVALS. ' Rarawa, from North, Wednesday. Rosamond, from South, Thursday. Rarawa, from North, Friday. Koonya, from South, Friday. Rosamond, from North, Saturday. Kaitoa, from Westport, Saturday. Rarawa, from North, Monday. Corinna, from South, Friday. Corinna, from North, Sunday. TELEGRAPHIC. ARRIVED. Port Chalmers, Tuesday.—Arrived, at 7.40 a.m., Terrier, from Philadelphia, via Fremantle. Auckland, Tuesday.—Arrived, at 6.20 a.m., Croydon, from San Francisco. Auckland, Tuesday—Arrived, at 8.30 aon., Horn elan, from Puget Sound. Onehunga, Tuesday.—Arrived, at 8.30 ajn., Rarawa, from New Plymouth. KOONYA FURTHER DELAYED. The Koonya has been further delayed in the South, and is not expected here till Friday. | THE ROSAMOND. The Rosamond is expected here to-mor-row from Wellington, Picton and Nelson. ! ghs sails for Onehunga after discharging her 'targo. ■ ■ COAL FROM WESTPORT. ' The Kaitba ■ (Anchor Line) is to load eoal at Westport on Friday for the local branch of the Westport Coal Co. and is due here on Saturday, . c

HEW WHITE STAR BOAT PANAMA CANAL PROSPECTS. - ' London, December 22. The fact that the White Star Line has ordered an 18,000-ton vessel for its Australasian servipe has caused little surprise to those who know the trade and its possibilities. Natural advantages, says the Shipping Gazette, improved where necessary by the engineer, have placed the Antipodes in a position to deal .ii'ith'a much larger class of ship than is now engaged in its oversea trade. It is fitting that the White Star should introcfueb this big type of ship to the colonies, for it was that line which first gave the public that degree of comfort and those healthy'conditions of travelling which are only obtainable in large ships. Despite the fact that passengers and cargo are largely controlled by the seasons, it may be predicted, that the liners using the Suez Canal rotate would, had that waterway permitted, have been even bigger than I they are to-day. The vessels proceeding via the Cape are riot thus handicapped. To make the colonial demand for big ships clearer, it should be noted that the size of the colonial-owned steamers employed 6n the inter-State services on both the New Zealand and Australian coasts has increased by leaps and bounds, until at the present time 16-knot passenger vessels of 8000 tons are the accepted type. Such vessels are working the principal ports with the same punctuality as did the smaller class of 9hips which they are superseding. THE SHORTEST DISTANCE. It is within the bounds of possibility that the White Star line, with its ripe experience of the Australian service, has a new departure in view. A service of 18,000-ton vessels, between, say, Sydney as a terminal port, and this country, New Zealand and the Panama Canal, would, in regard to passengers, simply "scoop the pool." Not only would fresh fields be opened np, but the cold and stormy weather of the Cape route, or of tie Cape Horn route, the discomfort of the southwest monsoon, and the enervating heat of the Red Sea would all be avoided. With it all, the distance travelled by sea would be shortened. Again, in the off season, when cargo is scarce in the colonies, with but a slight divergence of the route 'feome of the principal ports of Chili, Peru and Ecuador could be visited in order to fill the liners' enormous cargo holds to the utmost. Should the vessels be intended to use the Panama route they will pass close to ports which handle the vast output of the Mexican and Texan oilfields. Therefore it h quite a possibility that they will be fitted to burn liquid fuel. A Liverpool correspondent writes:—'ln the local berth trades the chief activity of late has centred in those of New Zealand and' Australia. These have been brisk, and the berthed tonnage is unable to cope with the volume of cargo moving. It is perhaps not to be wondered at that the White Star line are building larger \ vessels, with increased passenger accom- [ modation, as well as more room for cargo." I OVERSEA VESSELS. ! STEAMERS TO ARRIVE AT WEL- . LINGTON. From London—i Muritai (due about February 16), sailed on November 26, via Australia and r 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). Turakina (due about March 5), sailed i on January 19. via Capetown and Hobart. (N.Z. Shipping Co.) Hurunui (due about March 19), sailed on ' January 26, via Auckland. (N.Z. Shipping Go.) From Liverpool— Waimana (due about February 18), sail- • ed 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.TI.S.j From Montreal — Waiwera•(due about. March fii. sailer] on December 28. via Australia and Auckland. (X.Z. Shipping Co.) Wakanui (due about March 29), sailed on January 19, via Australian ports and Auckland. (N.Z. Shipping Co.) From New York — I Falls of Orclty (due about February 16), I sailed on November 18, via Auck-