SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 289, 29 April 1913, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. TUESDAY, APEIL 29, 1913. PHASES OF THE MOON. APRIL. D. H. M. S. New moon 7 5 25 14 a.m. First quarter 14 5 16 14 p.m. Full moon 21 9 9 19 a.m. Last quarter 28 5 4G 14 p.m. THE TIDES. , High water at New Plymouth to-day 3.32 p.m. To-morrow 4.8 a.m. and 4.45 p.m. THE SUN! Rises to-day 6.49, to-morrow 0.50. Sets to-day 5.1 L, to-morrow 5.10. SAILED ...7 , Monday.—Cor.inna, s.s., 1271 tons, Cameron, for Wellingtons <, EXPECTED ARRIVALS... Rarawa, from Norths , .Tuesday. Karamu, from Westport, Wednesday. Flora, from South, : Wednesday, , Rarawa, from North, Thursday., Rarawa, from North,- Saturday. ARRIVED., Auckland, Monday.—Arrived, at 2.5 a.m., Nerehana, from Sydney \ at 1.25 a.m., Wimmera, from Sydney.Bluff, Monday.—Arrived, at 8.20 a.m., Moeraki, from Hobart, with Englisli mail.

THECORINNA.' - i The Corinna' got away for Wellington about 12.30 p.m. yesterday taking away 2500 crates of cheese and 100 boxes of butter for transhipment to the Rotorua. 275 boxes of butter for local consumption, and a quantity of general cargo. THE FLORA. The Flora, from southern ports, is due here to-morrow With general cargo. THE KARAMU. The Karamu was to have left Westport at midnight last night for New Pl« mouth. She is due late to-night or early to-morrow morning. EXPORTS FROM WAITARA. j The Tongariro, which left the Waitara roadstead on Friday, took the fol- ' lowing cargo for London:—273o quarters beef, 0535 carcases mutton, 90 carcases pork, 375 bales wool, 144 casks tallow, 82 casks pelts, 135 casks oleo, "i bales rubber, 1 package rubber, 2 cases fiddle strings. GROWTH OF UNION FLEET. Just ten years ago (says an exchange) it was regarded as something of an event that the total tonnage of the union Company's fleet had reached 100,000 tons. ! With the addition of the steamer Gilford, ! recently purchased,' the aggregate for rthe red funnel steamers was brought up to the 200,000 tons mark. Including this ' Gilford, the Union Company has now 71 ! steamers, with- a total of 202,043 tons I gross register. The largest steamer I (the Niagara); is 13,500 tons gross regis- ) ter, and the smallest (the Wainui) 084 [tons gross register. ' The four "Grange" ) steamers recently acquired by the; comi' pany have not yet been inehuled in the list of vessels. Were these steamers in-': eluded, the increase ' for (he ' ten years j might be shown to be nearly 125. per cent.