SHIPPING NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 281, 24 May 1912, Page 1

SHIPPING NEWS

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1912. PHASES OF THE MOON. MAY. D. H. M. S. Full Moon 1 9 56 16 p.m. Last Quarter 9 9 33 13 p.m. New Moon 17 9 51 18 a.m. First Quarter 24 1 48 15 a.m. Full Moon 31 11 6 18 a.m. HIGH WATER, High water at New Plymouth to-day 3.0 p.m. To-morrow 3.40 a.m. and 4.20 p.m. THE SUN Rises to-day 7.14, to-morrow 7.14. Sets to-day 4.46, to-morrow 4.46. ARRIVED. Thursday.—Eotoiti, ss.., 1159 tons, Flynn, from Wellington, Picton and Nelson. ( SAILED. Thursday;—Eotoiti, ss.., 1159 tons, Flynn, for Onehunga. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rarawa, from North, Friday. Corinna, from South, Friday. Rotoiti, from North, Saturday. Rarawa, from North, Monday. Rarawa, from North, Wednesday. Rotoiti, from South, Thursday. Kaituna, from South Australia, early. TELEGRAPHIC. ARRIVED. Auckland, Monday.—Arrived, at 6 a.m., Hohenfels, from Sydney. Onehunga, Thursday.—Arrived, at 9.5 a.m., Rarawa, from New Plymouth. Wellington, Thursday.—Arrived, at 5.25 a.m., Manuka, from Rarotonga; at 7 a.m., Tahiti, from Sydney. THE ROTOITI. I The Rotoiti, with 245 tons of general j cargo, arrived from Wellington, Picton and Nelson yesterday. She sailed for ' Onehunga after discharging. The vessel ? is due .back here to-morrow with a cargo of explosives. THE CORINNA. j The Corinna is due here from southern ports to-morrow and will have about 850 tons of cargo, after discharging which she will load all southern cargo and return to Wellington. ° SHIPBUILDING YARDS FOR AUSTRALIA. There is a likelihood that shipbuilding yards will be established in Sydney •. within the nest two years by private j •companies (says the Sun). Two of the largest Clydebank (Scotland) firms have ' agents in Australia at present making enquiries and estimates with a view to picking on a locality suitable for the erection either of branch works or independent businesses. Their choice will alj most certainly he Sydney. The scope of ) I the yards will he much larger than any j now in Australia. They will be able to J turn out vessels as large as any in the Australian coastal trade, and also to j build all the warships which Australia is likely to want for years to come. The . establishment and' carrying on of the | works will give employment probably to 10,000 men, of whom many will be sent out from Scotland. The information comes from a trustworthy source, but» the negotiations which are going on, between the Scottish firms and the Australian authorities have not yet reached a stage which would justify'a definite announcement being made*. The object of placing the yards in Sydney is to have them handy to the coal and iron fields of Newcastle and Lithgow. This gives Sydney an advantage over Melbourne, though in point of geographical conditions Melbourne is not inferior to Clyde —(the home of the biggest shipbuilding / works in the world.