SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 August 1916, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OP NEW (PLYMOUTH.'• SATURDAY, ..AUGUST 20, 191G, ' " PHASES OF THE MOON, AUGUST, 1916. New moon, 29th, 5.1 a.m. | THE TIDES. j High water at New Plymouth to-day at 7.53 a.m. and B.IU p.m.; to-morrow-at 8.43 aaa. and 9.3 p.j^ —« I THE SUN. The sun rises to-day at 6.33 a.m. and sets at 5.20 p.m.; to-morrow, rises at 0.33 a.m. and sets at 5.27 p.m. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Karamu, from Onehunga, to-day, Kamona, from Edithburg, Wednesday Bimu, from Onehunga, Tuesday. ARRIVED. August 25.—At 8 a.m., Ngahere, a.s. 1090 tons, Dilner, from Wanganui. ' August 25 Rimii, s.s, 4)1 tons, Parris, from Onehunga. PassengersMisses Robertson, Green, Carey, Jones, Farquhar (2), Hunt, Barker, Smith, Mesdames Allen, Wilson, M'Kay and child, Hunter. Messrs. Theoolu, Etish, Turner, Eobinson (7), Thomson, Comerford, Stott, Ogle, M'Kay, Fraser, Johanson, Ellis. Otway, Millar. SAILED. August 24.—Eegulus, s.s., 585 tons, Vickerman, for Greymouth. TELEGRAPHIC. ARRIVED. Auckland, August 25.—Arrived, at ll.'S a.m., Tongariro, from London, via Panama Canal. Sydney, August 25.—Port Elliott, from New Zealand. SAILED. London, August 24.—Andy Mahoney, for Auckland. Wellington, August 25.—At 1 p.m., Cacique, for Sydney,

THE RIMU. The Rimu arrived from Oneiiunga yesterday. After discharging 128 tons of cargo she sailed at the usual hour last night on the return journey. THE KARU. Tlie Union Company have received advice that the Kara will leave Dunedin and Oamaru to-day for New Plymouth, and will arrive about Thursday. THE KAMONA LATE. A telegram received yesterday from Timaru states tliat the Kamona arrives there to-day and that an endeavor will be made to dispatch her to-night for Lyttelton. This will mean that Jie Kamona will not arrive at New Plymouth till Wednesday at the earliest. THE NG'AHERE ARRIVES. The Ngahere arrived yesterday from Auckland, Wellington and Wanganui, and had 12(1 tons of cement, sugar and general cargo to discharge here. She left again for Greymouth later on in tht> day, THE ALBATROSS. Advice has been received by the Marine Department at Wellington that the.master of the auxiliary ketch Albatross, which recently went ashore near Kawhia, anticipates that the vessel will be refloated. If the Albatross is refloated she will go to Onehunga- for the purpose of having repairs effected. THE MATATUA. Further particulars concerning the Shaw, Sav.ill, "and Albion liner Matatua were, received in Auckland by the English mail this week. The advice to hand states that the vessel, which was temporarily repaired at St. John. New Brunswick, aftor being refloated, loaded a cargo of timber at Newfoundland for England, where she was ordered to proceed in order to have permanent repairs effected to her hull. The Matatua, however, was again doomed to misfortune, as shortly after leaving St. Mary's Bay! her loading port, she went ashore during a thick fog, and so far as is at present known in New Zealand, is still aground. This second mishap occurred about the middle of July. The advice received accounts for the heavy reinsurance rate has now fallen to 40 guineas j per cent. The Matatua is a vessel of 7390 tons gross register. She was badly damaged as the result of a serious outI lii-eot- of fire which occurred on March 13, just before the vessel had completed loading cargo for Australian and' New Zealand ports at St. John, New Brunswick. The damage was so extensive that it was found necessary at the time to submerge the vessel near the wharf from which she was being loaded, but she was afterwards refloated. The theory that the fire hud been caused wilfully was at first entertained, but later it was discovered that the outbreak was due to the ignition of a quantity of carbide.

NEW CARGO BOATS. The most important shipping arrivals at Auckland this week have been thine w cargo steamers Leitrim and Devon, The Leitrim is on her maiden voyage, and came from Liverpool, via Australian ports and Whangarei. The Leitrim arrived at the latter port last Thursday morning and'loaded a large shipment of frozen meat. She will also load a record shipment during her stay at Auckland. The vessel, which has come to the Dominion under the auspices of the Federal-Shire Line, although owned by the Union Steam Ship Company, is of tlie cruiser-stern type, and driven by four turbines geared to two screw shafts. She was constructed by Sir Eaylton Dixon and Co., Ltd., at Middlesborough, and is registered at London. The Leitrim is of 9540 tons gross register, is 470 ft in length, and has a beam of COft, and has large refrigerator capacity. All the latest appliances for the rapid and safe handling of cargo have been installed on the new vessel. The Leitrim will not visit other Dominion ports this voyage. The Devon i s a modern vessel of 0001 tons gross, and is of the cruiser-stern type. She was built last year for tha Australian and New Zealand trade to replace the old Fedoral-Shire lined Devon which was wrecked near IVnearrow Lighthouse, Wellington Heads, some years ago.