SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 February 1916, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1916, PHASES OF THE MOON. FEBRUARY. 20. —Last quarter, 9.0 p.m. THE TIDES. High water to-day at 11.23 a.m. and 11.38 p.m. j to-morrow 11.55 a.m. and o.la p.m. THE SUN. The sim rises to-day at 5.25 a.m. and sets at '' "J p.m.; to-morrow at 5.20 a.m. and t" p.m. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Corinna, from South, to-day. Ngatoro, from Greymouth, to-day. Rarawa, from North, to-day. Rarawa, from North, Friday. Rarawa, from North, Tuesday. ARRIVED. Feb. 20.—Tainui, g.s., from Puponga. TELEGRAPHIC. ARRIVED. Auckland, Feb. 21.—Arrived, at 6.10 a.m., Niagara, from Sydney. Sydney, Feb. 20.—Arrived, at 5.30 a.m., Victoria, from Wellington. Brisbane, Feb. 21.—Arrived, Joan Craig, from Auckland. Bluff, Feb. 21.—Arrived, Paloona, from Hobart. i SAILED. Newcastle, Feb. 21.—Sailed, Rona, for Auckland. Wellington, Feb. 21—At 4.15 p.m., Berwick Law, for London. Nelson, February 21.—At f1.45 p.m., Corinna, for New Plymouth. Onelmnga, Feb. 21.—At 4 p.m., Rarawa, for New Plymouth. Greymouth, Feb. 21—At 2.5 p.m., Ngatoro, for New Plymouth. Wellington, Feb. 21.—At 5.10 p.m., Manuka, for Sydney. THE CORINNA. The Corinna will not arrive from Wellington until this afternoon. THE TAINUI. The Tainui arrived in port yesterday from Puponga with a consignment of coal for Bendall and Co. THE NGATORO. The Xgotoro, which was expected from Greymouth yesterday, did not shoM' up. She' was delayed in sailing on Saturday night by a stiff wind which was blowing" on tlie West Coast, and left yesterday afternoon. A NARROW ESCAPE. . An exciting experience has been met by the P. and O. steamer Benalla. On the voyage to Australia a fire broke out on' the vessel, and it has recently had a narrow escape from destruction by an enemy submarine. Writing from London on December 17 to his father, Mr. C. E. Morgan, Epsom, the third engineer of the Benalla, Mr. Morgan, says: "We arrived here to-day after a very eventful voyage, details of which I am not permitted to write. We were chased by a submarine while we were in the Mediterranean Sea. We were extremely lucky to get through all tight We brought from Malta the crews of nine ships that had been sunk." BARQUE GOLDEN GATE. The chief attraction at the Auckland wharves on Thursday (says the Herald) was the four-masted barque Golden Gate, which arrived from San Francisco. The vessel, which brought general cargo, kerosene and benzine, has a net tonnage of 2273. Her hull is built of steel and is 394 ft long at the waterline. The masts are 159 ft high and are of steol for 120 ft of their length. No less than 0809 square yards of canvas are carried. The crew comprises 17 sailors before the mast, and with the master (Captain Burgess) and two stewards, totals 25. Captain Burgess is accompanied by his wife. The Golden Gate was built 28 years ago in Great Britain, but was then named the Lord Shaftesbury, whose effigy forms the vessel's figurehead. Up to four years ago she sailed under the llritish flag. She then came under the Stars and Stripes, and was purchased about a year ago by her present owner. Shortly before the temporary closing of the Panama Canal, the vessel was trading from Monte Video, and she was one of the last vessels to be towed through the canal.

The barque Antiope. which was brought across to Wellington from Newcastle some time ago, and was subsequently bought by the Otago Rolling Mills Company, of Dunodin. was to have left Wellington last weel; for Kaipara, where she is to load timber for Melbourne. The Antiope lias just undergone an exceptionally thorough overhaul in Wellington. It 'is thought that the vessel may be taken over by the Commonwealth authorities to carry wheat to the United Kingdom or Europe. Captain T. W. Tellick, formerly master of the John, is in command of the Antiope.