SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 302, 14 May 1913, Page 2

SHIPPING.

■» PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1913. ; MAY. PHASES OF THE MOON. • D. H. M. S. New moon 0 8 1 10 p.m. First quarter 13 11 22 12 p.m. Full moon 20 6 55 12 p.m. Last quarter 28 11 40 19 a.m. THE TIDES. High water at New Plymouth to-day 3.10 p.m. To-morrow 3.57 a.m. and 4.34 p.m. THE SUN. Rises to-day 7.5, to-morrow 7.6. Sets to-day 4.55, to-morrow 4.54. Haupiri, from North, Thursday. ~ Rarawa, from North, Thursday, i, . Rarawa, from North, Saturday. Rarawa, from North, Tuesday t • -v i ' '■ ■ TELEGRAPHIC. ARRIVED. ! Wellington, Tuesday.—Arrived, at 5.55 a.m., Corinna, 'from New Plymouth.' SAILED. • J Wellington, Tuesday.—Sailed, at 4.30 a,m., Flora, from New Plymouth. THE'FLORA. _ ' -A I The Flora gpt away from Wellington ' at 4.30 a.m. yesterday and, was expected to arrive late last night. Her cargo J will amount to about 350 tons, after j discharging which she proceeds to West- | port and Greymouth. THE KARAMU. The Karamu was expected to arrive last night from Wcstport with about 400 tons of coal. She sails for Oneliunga after discharging with the balance of her cargo. THE HAUPIRI. The Haupiri is expected to get over the Manakau bar to-day, and is due J here to-morrow to load for Wellington. A NEW LINE FROM SEATTLE. The proposed new steamship service to Australia from Seattle in connection with one of the great American railway companies, talked of recently, was the subject of some rumors in circulation some months ago (says an Australian paper). So for it would appear as if the movement is to be kept a close secret until all plans are matured, but, all the same, sufficient has been allowed to leak out to permit the expression that, should it really be established, the line will be most welcome. Practically speaking, we here in the colonies will be brought closer to the United Kingdom by a week, whilst to the American terminal, Seattle, the journpy will be made in sixteen days, a most valuable saving of time. And * another aspect is, of course, a fresh aveI nue for trade, a thing itself that must Ibe appeciated. Indirectly, no doubt, (the move is a sequence to the proposed I reduction in the American tariff on wools and other lines Australian can supply, a factor which will also spur on other lines to do better even than they have been doing in the past in catering for trade. And it is clear, also, that Mr. Hill, who seems to have control of ; the matter, will make a strong bid for a J share in the passenger traffic between 1 Australia and America, for, although he I has given so few particulars, it is obvious that, as regards the class, of vessel and I their equipment, the line will be remarklable. However, so little official publicity has been given the matter that it iis impossible to review the prospects further, but should it really come about there is no reason to doubt that the prospects are sufficiently bright to allow ■ prediction that from one end of the Com- | monwealth to the other the line will be j appreciated, and is further signs of our growing importance as a trading centre.