SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 May 1916, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF NEW (PLYMOUTH. TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1910. PHASES OF THE MOOS, JUNE, 1916. 2nd—New Moon, 5.5 p.m. 10th—First Quarter, 8.24 p.m} lßth->Full Moon, 1.48 a.m. Zifrlh—Last Quarter, 4.53 p.m." THE TIDES. High water to-day at 7.33 a'.nf. ana 7.57 p.m.; to-morrow, 8.19 a.m. and 8.42 p.m. THE SUN. The ,sun rises to-day at 7.14 a.m. and sets at 4.41 p.m.; to-morrow, at 7.13 a.m. and 4.40 p.m. EXPECTED" ARRIVALS. Rarawa, from North, to-day. TELEGRAPHIC. SAILED. Onehunga, May 29.—At 3.15 p.m., Rarawa, for New' Plymouth. Auckland, May 29.—At 6.40' a.m., Southern Cross, for Norfolk Island. Newcastle, May 29.—Ihumata, for Auckland. Sydney, May 26.—Sailed, Ihumata, for Auckland. ARRIVED. , Sydney, May 28.—At 9 p.m., Riverina, Auckland. Auckland, May 29.—At 5.50 a.m., Niagara, from Suva. Melbourne, May 29.—Paloona, irom Wellington. Auckland, May B*.—At 3.45 p.m., Mapourika, with Flora in tow, from Papeete. • Pieton, May 29.—At 9 a.m., Kaituna, from New Plymouth. Melbourne, Mty 26.—Arrived, Ron.i, from Mercury L'ay. MANUKAU HARBOUR. A icport regarding the advisability of replacing the buoys in the Manukau Harbour by beacons was received by the Auckland Harbor Board at its meeting last week (says the Star). Captain Gibbons (harbormaster at Onehunga), stated that from the shipmasters' point of view beacons • were immeasurably superior to mark buoys. Moreover, the cost of maintaining buoys was considerable, whereas bea'cons once erected required very little, if any, maintenance (or many years. At present there were 20 red and 11 black buoys marking the main channel from Puponga Point to Onehunga. It would require about 24 beacons to efficiently mark the channel. The steamer Arahura, which has been undergoing examination and overhaul in Calliope Dock, following upon her taking in water (luring the recent gales, left the dock on Friday, and resumed her East Coast running on Saturday. The statement is made that the fourmasted schooner Kona, which put into Auckland on May 19 in a leaking condition, will probably be sold. Communications are proceeding between the Union Steam Ship Company, representing the owner; and Mr. B. Kent, of the Alliance Assurance Company, as representing the Firemen's Fund Insurance Company in San Francisco, which inMired the cargo and yreight. Whether or not the vessel will be sold should be known in the course of a few days. Prior to putting in at Auckland, the Kona was bound from Newcastle to Port Allan, Hawaiian Islands, with coal. The vessel left Newcastle on April 29, and experienced fine weather until May 9, when she ran into a violent southeasterly gale. The weather caused her seams to open, and to take in water, and as a result it was decided to run for Auckland.