SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 September 1915, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, J'Jlu. PHASES OF THE MOON. SEPTEMBER, 1915. 10—FirBt quarter, 6.58 p.m. 23—Full moon, 9.12 p.m. THIS TIDES. High water to-day at 12.39 a.mfl and 1.2 p.m.; to-morrow, 1.33 a.mfl and 2.3 p.m. THE SUN. The sun rises to-day at 0.9 a.m. and sets at o.CI p.m.; to-morrow, 0.8 a.m. and 5.50 p.m. ARRIVED. Sept. 14.—Regulus, s.s., 505 tons, Vickerman, from Grevmouth, via Wanganui. Sept. 14.—fearawa, s.s., 1072 tons, Bark, from Onehutiga. Passengers:—; Fedorowicz, George, Fiteli, Broadhurst, Wheatley; Nurse Blancbard; Messrs Bayley, Carncross, Pressley, Healy, Stanfield, Pirrit, Bottrill, Black- j man, Fagan, Jepson, Sillibournc, Knight, Fedorowicz, McLean, Sellars, Potts, Young, Wheatley; twelve steerage. THE RARAWA. The Rarawa arrived from Onehunga yesterday, with 100 tons of general cargo, including 20 tons of cement, 10 tons of sugar, and 7 tons of manure. CLAN FARQUHAR DELAYED. Advice has been received that the U.S. and A. liner Clan Farquliar did not get away from New York until the "sth inat., for New Zealand and Australian ports, and consequently is now expected at Wellington on October 10. The vessel, which is coming via Panama Canal, is loaded for Auckland, Wellington,* Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. FINE STEAMING RECORD. What is said to be a record performance was put up by the big White Star liner lonic (Captain Davies) on the run down the coast from Whangarei to Wellingtdn. The distance between the two ports is, roughly, 000 miles, and the big mail steamer cut it out in the particularly fast time of 42J hours at an average speed of 14.1 knots. The lonic came out from Liverpool to New Zealand, via Suez, and has visited Auckland and Whangarei to load frozen meat. She arrived at Wellington on Saturday morning, and will be despatched for London, via Sydney, to-morrow. WAITARA PORT. The Waimate arrived in the Waitara roadstead on Sunday, and was to leave last night for Wellington, where she will complete her Home loading. The Carpentaria is expected next week, and will make a clearance from the frezing chambers. A SMART DISPATCH. The British steamer Hpithead, which left Newcastle recently for Valparaiso with a full cargo of Caledonian coal, received what is stated to be the quickest dispatch ever given to a steamer at that port. Tlie Spithead, which had recently discharged a cargo of Argentine wheat at Melbourne, arrived at Newcastle between 7 and S o'clock on the Monday morning, and was berthed at. tlie cranes an hour later. At 10 o'clock a start was made to load the vessel, and at noon on Wednesday she had completed loading 7453 tons of coal, and at 2.30 p.m. proceeded to sea. Altogether she was only 555 hours in port, and during that time 10 hours were allowed for meals and "smoke-hos," so the Spithead was loaded at the rate of about 200 tons an hour.