SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 March 1916, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POP.T OF NF.W PLYMOUTH. TIT I'RSDAY, MARCH a, 1918. PHASES OF THE MOON. MARCH. 12-- Kirsi qi.atlor, 6.9 a.m. Jill—Full moon, 5.3 a.m. 27 —Lust quarter, H.a!) a.m. THE TIDES High water to-day at 0.18 a.m. and at O.Sli p.m.; to-morrow, 0.58 a.m. and at 1.20 p. m THE SUN. . The sun rises to-day at 5.45 a.m. and sets at ti.ls p.m.; to-morrow, at 5.40 a.m and 6.14 p.m. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rarawn. from North to-day. Kowliai, from Wellington, Saturday. SAILED. March B.—Corinna s.s., 1271 tons, Scott, for Wellington. THE NGAKUTA. Tlio Ngakuta is expected to arrive today from Wanganui anu the West Coast with coal. DEATH OF A VETERAN" SHIPMASTER.

A cable message received some days ago announced Hie death at Sydney of Captain Frederick Bracegirdle, one of the oldest and best-known master mariners in the Commonwealth. The late Captain Bracegirdle, who was born in Surrey, England, in the year 1831, left Loudon in 1849 in the Samuel Enderby for Hobart. Prior to this he was iu the I'. and 0. Company's Ariel, which ran from Plymouth to Gibraltar, Malta and Alexandria. Between the years 1849 and lS6fi he sailed in many well-known ships, including the Amazon, La. Hogne. Abyssinian, Light of the Age, and the barques Fancy and Fanny Fisher, trading to Am#y, Mauritius, Bombay, liurraeliee, Calcutta, Hongkong, Shanghai and the West Indies.' In October, 1800, he left Sydney in the Kaikoura, of the Panama Mail Company, making seven voyages between Sydney, Panama and Wellington. In 186f> Captain Bracegirdle entered the coastal trade with the Clarence and Richmond River Company. He made (iSS veyages to the northern rivers, and in 18i!4 left the service of the company te accept the pesition of assistan( harbormaster in Sydney, retiring in 1901, on attaining the age limit in the service. Altogether the veteran captain sailed abßiit, 938,78 ft miles. Ple was a familiar figure at the annual meetings af 1 lie New Smith Wales League of Ancient Mariners, when be was nearly always i:i the company of his friend, Captain .1. l'ank::. The ages of these two veteran shipmasters totalled 171 years. THE DEMAXB FOR TOXXAC.E. According to advices received by the last American mail, evtraordinaTy events are taking place on the Pacific Coast, and so keen is the demand for sail tonnage that old barges and many old vessels that are fit te be repaired or rerigged are being made readv, and great interest is being manifested as to how these old craft will fare when once again at sea. One of the mast remarkable cases in connection with these old vessels is the barquentine Planter, which was built for the coast lumber trade at Port Ludlow in 188t>, and which sank in the bay of Bntcliertown several years ago, and was later brought to the surface when the war caused a shortage in tonnage. She has been undergoing a refitting process lately, and will be shortly ready for commission. Apparently anything that floats is still in demand. Schooners, barques, ships, steamers, in fact, all types of vessels that can carry cargoes to Australia are wanted, and wanted so badly that some recent sailer fixtures for September-October loading were arranged at Ofis and 100s. There is money in many businesses just now, but the shipowning appears to tye amongst the best investments.