SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 March 1916, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. MONDAY, MARCH 20, 101 G. PHASES OF THE MOON. MARCH. 20—Full moon, 5.3 a.m. 27—Last quarter, 3.59 a.m. 1 THE TIDES. High water to-day at 9.55 a.m. and at 10.11 p.m.; to-morrow, 10.28 a.m. and at 10.44 p.m. THE SUN, The sun rises to-day at 5.56 a.m. and sets at 0.1 p.m.; to-morrow, at 6.0 a.m and 8.0 p.m. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rarawa,. from North, Tuesday. Rarawa, from North, Friday arrived 7 . March s.s., 1271 lons, Scott, from Southern ports. March 18—Rarawa, s.s., 1072 tons, Bark; from Wellington. March 18.—Waimea, s.s., from Westport. ■...■.■..', ,' ■ . . March 19.—Kowhai, s.s., 792 tons, Elders* from Lyttelton. • • .': SAILED, ■ March 18.—Rarawa, s.s, 1072 tons, Bark, for Onelmnga. TELEGRAPHIC ■ ARRIVED. Onelmnga, March 19.—At 5.45 a.m., Rarawa f r om New Plymouth. ?.&, SAILED. " Newcastle, March 19.—Koromiko, for New Zealand. CARGO FROM SOUTH. The.Corinna arrived here at 10 a.m. on Saturday with general cargo from southern ports. She sails for Welling, ton to-day. The Kowhai arrived from Lyttelton with general cargo yesterday. • " v COAL FROM WESTPORT, The small steamer Waimea, with a cargo of coal, arrived at Moturoa from Westport on Saturday afternoon. ' THE RARAWA, The Rarawa, which went to Wellington for bet annual overhaul, returned here on Saturday afternoon. She left for Onehunga at night. SALE OF THE PETONE. A shipping deal of no little interest took place at Lyttelton last week, when the Canterbury Steamship Company's Petone wwnoia at a satisfactory £°ure, The Petone is well-known on tne %ew Zcalana eoust. and since ncr advent to these waters f nas. haa aune an interesting cnreei. M.* was ■'built in limt) by ■Mossis and Mitchell, ureenock, ana was naiueo GresLmn. hunseuuentfv sh« was pin-chased, by the Blackball Coal Company, Cty-.sccluircn who ran her in the coal tram, Dctwcen lireymouth, and Lyttelton, ' in conjunction with the Pareora .and Dingadee, since disposed of. With the increasing demands of the trade, the Blackball Coal Compay purchased the up-to-date colliers Ngahere, Ngatoro and Ngakuta, and disposed of tire •Petone to. the Canterbury' Steamship Company, the latter firm a few months previously having sold the Ripple to a Napier firm. The Petone Is a steel single-screw steamer of 70S tons gross register, and is 185 ft 4in Ion", | 29ft 2in wide and 11ft Sin deep. She has been engaged in the West Coast, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin trade for the past four years. It i« understood that the vessel, after being overhauled, will load general cargo and sail for Greymouth to load for Noumea. She is then to enter into the guano trade, probably between Surprise Island and Lyttelton or an Australian port.