SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 February 1916, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1916. PHASES OF THE MOON, i FEBRUARY. 4.—New moou, 3.42 a.m. 11.—First quarter, 9.57 a.m. 10—Full moon, 2.5 p.lll. -(i —Last quarter, !1.0 p.m. THE TIDES. High water to-day at f1.28 a.m. and 0.4-7 p.m.; to-morrow, at 10.fi a 111. and 10.24 p.m.

THE SUN. The rises to-day at 3.4 a.m. and sets at 0.50 p.m.; rises at 5.5 a.m. and sets at 0.55 p.m. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Alexander, from Westport, Friday Rarawa, from North, Friday. Corinna,, from .South, Saturday, TICLE'iRAPHIOI ARRIVED. Melbourne, Feb. 2.—Arrived, Riomv, from Wellington. Auckland, Feb. 2.—Arrived, at 1 p.m., Victoria, from Sydney. ' THE ALEXANDER, The Alexander, which was expected to arrive yesterday, has been delayed, and will not arrive till to-morrow morning. A LINICR AND A WHALB, No more iish stories, please (writes "Mariner" in the Shipping Gazette). The adventures of the two wonderful aiul useful sharks previouslv written about seem to have stirred the whole piscine population of the Seven Seas to emulation. The latest, and uiav it be tlie last, is of '"hale that tried not merely to salve * 'ship's papers, but to hold up a liner—doubtless with the intention of annexing inaiLs. In ordinary times there ie "nothing very extraordinary about ft collision with a whale, but in time of war. when all above (ho waters and under the waters are suspect, to be scrambled out of berths by an impact that stops a ship travelling 10 knots is in itself a suspicions circumstance. The Oceanic liner Sonoma is the ship reputed to have had this argument, with a 30ft "fish." and, according to report, she (thai is, the steamer) "seemed to stop for a few seconds." An examination of the ship wo.a made, while the whule went away with what the officer described as "an awful liiadache."