SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 October 1915, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF NEW PLY? WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, l«i3, PHASES oFiiE MOON. ' B OCTOBER. 23—Full moon, 11.52 p.m. ls 31—Last quarter, 4.16 p.m. THE TIDES. High water to-day at 7.25 a.m. and 7.46 p.m.; to-morrow, 8.7 a.m. and 5.29 '" P' m - i THE SUN. The sun rises to-day at 5,24 a.m. and sets at 6.38 p.m.; to-morrow 5.23 a.m. and sets 6.37 p.m. _____ £ EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rarawa, from North, Tuesday. Corinna, from Wellington, Thursday. Rarawa, from North, Friday. ARRIVED. ' Oct. 19—Rarawa, s.s„ 1072 tons, Dark, from .Onehunga. Passengers:—Mesdames Smith, Mitchell, Edwards, Manimer, Waddell, Kerr, Hill, Lowe, Livingstone, Cunningham; Messrs Mitchell, ' Christie, Ambury, Brown, Wilson, Palm- ' er, Brian, Kennedy, Hendy, Godkin, '■ Buskin, Busby, Ross; twelve steerage. j SAILED. • Oct. I!).—Rarawa, for Onehunga. Passengers:—Misses Cameron, Jackson, Elliott; Mesdames Good, Arrowsmith, sen., and three children, Arrowsmith, Jenkinson; Messrs Largon, Arden, Kasper, Parrington, Fedorowicz, Arrowsmith, Sole, Kasper, Free, Richards, Powell, Corrigan, Honeyneld; seven steerage. TELEGRAPHIC. ARRIVE!* Sydney, Oct. 18.—Moeraki, from Wellington. SAILED. Auckland, Oct. 19.—At 2.15 a.m., Niagara, for Sydney. THE RARAWA. Tho Rarawa brought a general cargo of 95 tons from Onehunga yesterday, Included in this were 27 tons of manure. A ROUGH PASSAGE. Captain R. Kennedy, master for many years of the barque Louisa Craig, which arrived at Adelaide recently, timber laden from Kaipara, said that he did not desire another voyage like the one he had just finished. Referring to the voyage, the captain said: "I have been 27 • years roaster of a ship, and never before have I seen anything like it. I am thoroughly disgusted with the weather. Until this trip I would not have thought it possible that a vessel would have to battle away for over thirty days from Wilson's Promontory before reaching Port Adelaide. We left Kaipara on August 16 with fresh south-east and ea3t winds, which lasted until we got to the north of Wilson's Promontory. We were , north of the Promontory on August 26. After passing King's Island we fell in with strong north and north-west gales, and for more than 30 days we were battling against them. I am told the vessel was reported off Cape Willoughby and four times off Cape Borda before she could get inside. The wind never showed southward of west from the time we encountered the gales until we got inside of Cape Jervis. The ship has established an unenviable record. She was never before over 30 days in making the trip. This time I was 40 days at sea. The Louisa Craig lost a few of her sails, which the strong winds blew away, but her cargo remained intact, and she suffered no damage to her hull." IMPORTANT APPEAL CASE N ABANDONED. The appeal by the British Government against the decision of the Singapore Prize Court in the case of the Greek steamer Pontoporos has, it is understood, been dropped. The Pontoporos was on a voyage from Calcutta to Karachi, under charter to a British firm in the former port, with a cargo of about 5000 tons of coal for the Indian Government. *• In the Bay of Bengal she was seized by tho Emden, and was used by her as a h j„ coaling ship until she was captured off , the coast of Sumatra. On the same occasjon the Markomannia was sunk. The authorities at Singapore applied to the Prize Court for condemnation of the Pontoporos as a lawful prize of war, she having been, at the time of her capture - by H.M.S, Yarmouth, in German service. S, The Court decided against the Government, who lodged an appeal with: the Privy Council. The. abandonment of ( that appeal would .seem to be at the [ instance of the Imperial Government.