SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 December 1915, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1915. PHASES OF THE MOON. DECEMBER. 30—Last quarter, 0.35 a.m. ' THE TIDES. High water to-day at 3.27 a.m. and 3.48 p.m.; to-morrow, 4.20 a.m. und 4.50 p.m. THE SUN. The sun rises to-day and to-morrow at 4.38 a.m, and sets at 7.22 p.m. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. ' Rarawa, from North, to-day. Raraw*, from North on Tuesday. ARRIVED. Dec. 30.—Karu s.s., 267 tons, Elders, from Wellington. The Karu arrived from Wellington last night with 250 tons of general cargo. She sails to-day for Greymouth. SAILED. The Corinna sails to-day for Wellington. TELEGRAPHIC. ARRIVED. London, Dec. 29.—Arrived, Turakina and Wliakatane, from New Zealand. Onehunga, Dec. 30.—Arrived, at 8.40 a.m., Rarawa, from New Plymouth. SAILED. Onehunga, Dec. 30.—At 4.15 p.m. Rarawa, for New Plymouth. ARABIA'S NEW ZEALAND PASSENGERS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Melbourne Dec. 30. The Arabia's New Zealand passengers are: Messrs Hillier, Arnold, and Longden and Mrs. Hillier. ' NOTES. From London, via Australian ports, the C. and D. liner Nereliana arrived at Auckland on Tuesday morning. The vessel protemls thence, to Napier and Wellington, and is fixed to load in New Zealand for London. The latest news from Panama states that it will probably be not less than six months before the Canal will be open to regular traffic again. It is intended to cut a temporary channel through the slide to pass through % few vessels which have been waiting since the canal was closed. After six months' time it is believed that danger of slides will be definitely overcome. The barque Antiope, which is being overhauled and refitted at Wellington, has been chartered to take, a cargo of timber from Kaipara to Melbourne. The C. and D. liner Indralema has been fixed to leave New York on February 3 for Sydney, Brisbane and New Zealand ports. The steamer Minnesota, which recently sailed from Seattle for England, broke all ocean deadweight records, holding supreme rank as the greatest cargo ever taken across any ocean in all history. The chief consignments aboard the vessel were 2G,000.0001bs of wheat and barley; fish, 4,000,0001bs; lumber, 2,000,0001bs; and 120,0001bs of hops, the total deadweight cargo, Including coal, being 25,000 tons.