SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 November 1915, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1915. PHASES OF THE MOON. NOVEMBER. 7—New moon, 9.29 p.m. 14—First quarter, 10.40 a.m. 22—Pull moon, 5.13 a.m. 30—Last quarter, 9.47 a.m. THE TIDES. High water to-day at 0.27 a.m. and 7.2 p.m.; to-morrow, 7.34 a.m. and 5.05 p.m. THE SUN. The sun rises to-day at 5.7 a.m. and sets at 0.53 p.m.; to-morrow, 5.(i a.m. and 6.54 p.m. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Kennedy, from Westport, to-day. Rarawa, from North, Friday. Kowhai, from South, Saturday. Rarawa, from North, Tuesday; TELEGRAPHIC.

ARRIVED. Wellington, Nov. 3—At (1.40 a.m., Mararoa, from Rarotonga. Wellington, Nov. 3, —At 5.55 a.m., Corinna, from New Plymouth. Onehunga, Nov. 3.—At 9.15 a.m., Rarawa, from New Plymouth. Lyttelton, Nov. 3.—At 10.30 a.m., yacht Oarnegine, from Dutch Harbor, Alaska.

THE KENNEDY. The Kennedy left Westport for New Plymouth early yesterday morning with 200 tons of coal. She should arrive here this afternoon.

AMERICA'S MERCHANT MARINE. A report from Washington states that the American flag now floats over more ships in the foreign trade than at any other time since 1863, and the United States is pressing dose on France and Norway as a maritime nation. Figures just made public by the Department of Commerce show a record increase in American shipping for the year ended 30th June. On that date there were registered in the foreign trade 2768 ships, totalling 1,813,775 gross tons, an increase of 363 ships and 737,623 tons for the year. Practically all the increases are due to the new American registry law Assistant Secretary Sweet, of the Department of Commerce, stated recently: —"This year there is three times as great an increase in registered tonnage than any previous year in American history. Our registered tonnage is now much greater than at any time since 1863, when we had 2,026,114 gross tons in foreign trade. It is many times more efficient, however, as the steam tonnage now amounts to 1,273,007 gross tons, while in 1863 it amounted to only 133,215 tons. The increase from the Ship Registry Act of 18th August, 1914, to 113 th June, 1915, was so rapid that tonnage under the American flag now employed in foreign trade is nearly equal to such tonnage under the French or Norwegian flags. British tonnage, of course, is more than tenfold greater."

SAILERS AS COLLIERS. Times that have passed are 'recalled by the latest list of Australian charters, wherein it is mentioned that four large vessels have been fixed to load coal for the West Coast of South America. Soon after war broke out coal shipments to the West Coast practically ceased, and the position was not improved by the embargos being placed on the trade, so beyond the vessels despatched to the East or the Pacific Slope—and there were not many of them that went forward ta the latter part of the world either—it was only on rare occasions that a vessel cleared Newcastle bound to South America. Hence the fact that four fairly large sailers—three of which are under the British flag, having been taken up to load coal for the West Coast—will create some interest. The vessels are the ships Cumberland and Belford, the fourmaster ship Lauriaton, and the French barque Sully,

TO SAIL FROM LIVERPOOL. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company advise that the following vessels art fixed to leave Liverpool:— Delphic, on November 15, for Australia; due New Zealand about January 25, Zealandic, on November 30, for Australia; due New Zealand about January 31, Waimana, on December 17, for Australia; due in New Zealand about February eo.