SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 145, 6 November 1912, Page 2

SHIPPING.

1 I 1 } j PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1912. PHASES OP THB MOON. NOVEMBER. D. H. M. S. Last quarter 1 3 14 18 p.m. New moon 9 1 41 20 p.m. First quarter 17 10 20 15 a.m. Full moon 25 3 49 14 a.m. High water at New Plymouth to-day 6.35 a.m. and 7.35 p.m. To-morrow 7.13 a.m. and 7.59 p.m. THB SUN. Sises to-day 5.4, to-morrow 5.3. Sets to-day 0.50, to-morrow 0.57. ARRIVED. Tuesday.—Rarawa, s.s., 1072 tons, Norbury, from Onehunga. Last Night.—Haupiri, s.s., 748 tons, Irwin, from Wellington. SAILED. • Last Night.—Karamu, s.s., 800 tons, for Newcastle. ' EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Corinna, from South, Friday. Pukaki, from Wellington, Friday. Rarawa, from North, Friday. Haupiri, from North, Saturday. Corinna, from North, Sunday. Rarawa, from North, Tuesday. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING. j ARRIVED. j Brisbane, Tuescday.—Arrived, Pakeha, from Dunedin. j THE KARAMU. j The Karamu put in an appearance last night from Newcastle. She hai about 400 tons of coal to put out here, after discharging which she proceeds to Wanganui. THE RARAWA. The Rarawa's cargo from Onehunga yesterday morning amounted to 124 tons, ( and included 50 tons manure, 4 tons sugar, 8 tons cement, and a quantity of 1 fruit, besides 2000 ft of timber. THE HAUPIRI. The Haupiri arrived from Wellington last night with 180 tons of general cargo. It was hoped to despatch her for Picton kst light. THE PUKAKI. The Pukaki is expected to leave Wellington to-morrow for New Plymouth, with machinery for the oil works, and should arrive here on Friday. j PROTRACTED TRIPS FROM NEW . ZEALAND. About this time of the year sailing vessels that at other times make fairly creditable trips betwen New Zealand i and Australia seemed to be pursued by - ill-luck, insomuch as it often happens that a passage extends' to as much as double the time it should (says the Sydney Shipping News). Smart schooners, barquentines and barques suffer in this respect alike; in fact, to gain anything like prompt delivery it is necessary for shippers to have recourse to steam tonnage. Recently the scow Maroro, cer- ] tainly not a flier by any means, but nevertheless a fairly consistent sailer, took as long as 33 days to come to Sydney from Manaruka, and even now there is a little vessel (the barquentine Alexa) > which at times lias .acquitted herself j very well as regards sailing, is almost thirty days out from Wanganui to Sydj riey. Of course, Sydney-bound vessels / are not the only ones to be retarded by the weather conditions, the protracted passages being noticeable on all sides, and as if to emphasise this, the case of the Manurewa, which arrived at Warrnambool recently, can be quoted. She left Wanganui On September 3, and with ordinary, luck ought to have reached her destination in twenty days, instead of which the passage extended to 44 days.