SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 December 1915, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. MONDAY, DECEMBER 0, 1915. PHASES OF THE MOON DECEMBER. 7—New moon, 5,40 a.m. 13—First quarter, 11,15 p.m. 22—Full moon, 0.29 a.m. 30—Last quarter, 0.35 a,m, THE TIDES. High water to-day at 9.5 a.m. and 9.2(1 p.m.; to-morrow, 9.55 a.m. and 10,24 p.m. THE SUN. The sun rises to-day at 4.30 a.m. and sets at 7.21 p.m.; to-morrow, 4.39 a.m. and 7.21 p.m. ' SAILED. Dec. 4. —Ngakuta, s.s., 940 tons, Hine, for Wellington. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rarawa, from North, to-morrow. Karu, from Wellington, to-morrow. Kaliika, from Lyttelton, Wednesday or Thursday. Rarawa, from North, Friday. Corinna, from South, end of week. TELEGRAPHIC. ARRIVED. Newcastle, Dec. 4.—Koromiko, from New Zealand. Wellington, Dec. s,—At 3.30 p.m., Ngakuta, from New Plymouth. Wellington, Dee. s.—At 5.30 a.m., Waimarino, from Suva. SAILED. I Newcastle, Dec. 4.—Dalmore, for Weill ington. Port Chalmers, Deo. 4.—At 1.45 p.m., Whangape, for Newcastle. Wellington, Dec. 4—At 7 p.m., Mokoia, for Melbourne, Wellington, Dec. s.—At 9.35 p.m, on Dec. 4, Wairuna, for Melbourne. NOTES. ' Captain Tellich, of the steamer John, has been appointed to the command of the barque Antiope, which was purchased recently from the Paparoa Coal Company by a Dunedin firm, which intends to refit the vessel and commence running to Western Australia. The old ship Tamar, which is now owned by Mr. T. A. Shute, of Liverpool, arrived at Newcastle on Sunday, November 21, after a fair passage of 49 days from Monte Video. Several good days' sailing were recorded, the best day's run being 340 milos in 24 hours, an average of 14 knots per hour, which compares well with the modem tramp steamer. The Tamar has been chartered to load Caledonian coal for the West Coast (South America). The four-masted barque Golden Gate has been chartered to load general cargo at San Francisco for New Zealand, but the ports have not been mentioned. To see. such a vessel chartered to load in San Francisco is something out of the ordinary, and it is many years since such a charter has been arranged. It is proof of the shortage of steam tonnage existing throughout the world at the present time. The Golden Gate is a steel fourmasted barque of 2341 tons, and waß built in 1888 by the Whitehaven Shipbuilding Company. Up till 1912 the vessel was owned by Messrs J. Herron r.nd Co., of Liverpool, when she was sold to a (irm in San Francisco, which, however, has not altered her port of register, and so the gallant old vessel still hails from Liverpool, flying the red ensign.