SHIPPING NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 112, 27 September 1912, Page 2

SHIPPING NEWS

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1912. PHASES OF THE MOON. SEPTEMBER. D. H. M. S. Last quarter 5 1 O 13 a.m. New moon 11 5 25 17 p.m. First quarter 18 7 31 19 p.m. Full moon 26 11 11 14 p.m. High water at New Plymouth to-day 0.22 a.m. and 9.3S p.m. To-morrow 0.57 a.m. anil 10.17 p.m.

THE SUN". Rises to-day 5.55, to-morrow 5.53. . Rets to-day 6.5, to-morrow 6.7. ARRIVED. Thursday.—Moa, s.s.. 93 tons, Sawyers, from Westport. SAILED. Thursday.—Moa, s.s.. 03 tons, Sawyers, for Westport. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Corinna', from South,. Friday. Xgapulii, from North, Friday. , « Corinna, from North, Sunday. Rosamond, from South, Sunday. Xgapulii, from North, Tuesday. TELEGRAPHIC. ARRIVED. Auckland, Thursday.—Arrived, at 3.10 a m,. Auglo-Californian, from Sydney. ■ t Westport, Thursday.—Arrived, at 11.41 a.m., Taviuni, from New Plymouth. SAILED. ■Wellington, Thursday. Sailed, at 12.50 p.m., Turakina, for London. Melbourne, Thursdav—Sailed, Moeraki, for Bluff. THE MOA. The Moa arrived from Westport yesterday morning with a full load of coal. She returned to Westport after discharging.

THE CORIXNA. The Corinna is due from southern ports "this morning. She proceeds to i Onehunga after discharging and will return here on Sunday. ' HOME-LOADING AT WAITARA. The Indralema has arrived in the Wai'tara roadstead to load frozen produce for Home markets. MOTOR SHIP TRIAL. The preliminary trial ship of the motor j ship Eavestone, owne ; d by Furness, Withy j and Co., Ltd., proved to be a most inter : esting event, marking a great step for- j ward iii the commercial development of j the Diesel oil engine for marine purposes, j The Eavcstonc is the first large British- | owned sea-going vessel to 'be equipped 'i with a Diesel engine, and attracted' widespread attention as. she passed down the Tecs—devoid of funnels, without! £moke, smell or noise. For more than j nine hours at sea the engine was driven ' continuously, and during the whole of > this period it answered every demand imposed upon it with the utmost satisfaction. The vessel has a single-screw, and | is 276 ft in length, by 40ft Oin in beam, j with a. deadweight capacity of about 8000 ] tons, and displacement of 4400 tons. As ' compared with a sister ship, driven by ; steam engines, the extra space available ' for cargo on a 30 days' trip amounts to ' no le»i than 400 tons.