SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 March 1916, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT ; OF NEW PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1916, PHASES OF THE MOON, MARCH.. 27—La. i Tuarler, 3.50 a.m. THE. TIDES. High water to-day at 11.3!) a.m. and at 11.58 p.m.; to-morrow, 0.15 a.m. and 0.18 p.m. THE SUN, The sun rises to-day at 0.2 a.m. and sets at 5.5S p.m.; to-morrow, at 0.3 a.m. and 5.57 p.m. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rarawa, from North, Friday. Kowhai, from Wellington, Monday. Rarawa, from North, Tuesday. i TELEGRAPHIC, ARRIVED. Greymouth, March 22.—At 3 a.m., Waimea, from New Plymuotb. • Onehnnga, Mnrclr 22.—At 8 a.m., Rarawa, from New Plymouth. . Auckland, March'22.—At 11.25 a.m., Rona, from Newcastle. [ SAILED, •" ' Syflney, March 22.—Otaki, for Auckland. -,EW STEAMER FOR COASTAL TRADE, n News has been received i- Lyttelton (states the Press) of a nen ..earner for the New Zealand coastal ;radc. The vessel, which has bee mrchased in Sydney by Mr, D. Reef ? Reese Bros,, Christchurch, i» slighfv waller than the Opouri, which is on; by the sasic firm. Her gross torni', , 527, and she is 165 ft in length. 20f- - eptb, and has a, beam of 12ft sin e differs from the Opouri also in tlij-i r hatches are situatqd fore and aff i the engineroom, instead of forward. Formerly known as t' • I, she tiss been re-christened Ore ' ',' id was built at Home in 190? /;r essrs ,C!oo!e Tiros. She is reporte • .ing a .small iuksuw,cr of coal an üble of setaining at 10 knots. It is jjulerstood that the was purchase-' r a reasonable figure, the buyers beinj: lucky in securiNg such a vessel in view of the present cost and scarcitr of tonnage. She will be used in the Limber trade between Nydia Fa* and Lytteiton. and U due at that port for the first time about the end of the : present month.