SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1916, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET OF NEW (PLYMOUTH. 1 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER G, 1916. PHASES OF THE MOON, ' •Full moon, 12th, 5.7 p.m. hast quarter, 10th, 5.12 p.m. j New moon, 27th. 9.11. THE TIDES. High water at New Plymouth to-day at 3.21 p.r, to-morrow, at 4.U a.m. and 5.3 p.m , the sun. 1 ' The sun rises to-day at G. 21 a.m. and sets at 5.38 p.m.; to-morrow, rises at 0.20 a.m. and sets at 5.40 p.m. EXPECTED-. ARRIVALS., Corinna, from South, Thursday. Rarawa, from North, Friday. . ARRIVED? September ss.~Rarawa, s.s., 1072 tons, Bark, from Onehunga. 'Passengers: Misses Miller, Bennett, LondonMesdumes Phipp and child, Cowling, Miller, Jenkins and child, Honey. Horrock and Reddle; Messrs. Bates, Sinks, Abbot, Cottier, Bowling, Callagan, Kinal, Shipper, Diprose, Honey, Morteneux;' three steerage. TELEGRAPHIC. ARRIVED. Auckland. September s.—Karu, from Luatoka. Auckland, September s.—John Craig, ■ from Newcastle. SAILED. Nelson, September 4.—Sailed, at 8 p.m., Alexander, for Westport, via New Plymouth. iPcrt Chalmers, September s.—Sailed, at 9.40 a.m., Kaikoura, for Melbourne, Auckland, September s.—Sailed, at 11 a.m., Hinemoa, for northern lighthouses. Auckland, September s.—Sailed, at 10.15 a.m., Makura, for Suva. Port Chalmers, Sept. s.—At 4.30 p.m., Edgar F. Luckenbach, for Sydney. THE RARAWA," The s.s. Rarawa resumed her, running yesterday when she arrived at the breakwater from Onehunga. She left again at the usual hour lasf night and returns again on Friday.

THE ALEXANDER. Messrs. Cock and Co. advise that the Alexander, which sailed at 8 o'clock last night from Nelson, will arrive here on Thursday with 280 tons of coal. She proceeds from here to Westport. TITO STORMBIRD'S HISTORY. In brief, the history of the Stormbird, tlie oldest iron steamer in the world, is a3 follows: — The Stormbird was built on the Clyde in ISo4, and after trading fa', years in Australian waters, wa? mautiused by a Dunedin firm. She was jscquently bought by'the Wellington Steam Navigation Company. At the outbreak of the Maori war in Taranaki she was engaged by the Government to carry troops. She was originally built to act, in conjunction with another small steamer, the Vonga Wonga, as a tender for two liners—the Sovereign and the Prince of Wales—which were to have inaugurated a service between Melbourne and Panama. The project, however, fell through. The Stormbird came out under sail, occupying 110 days on the passage to Hobson's Bay. She subsequently ran in the Melbourn'e-Wostport service. It is believed that Mr. John Jones, of Dunedin, purchased her in the early 'sixties for the New Zealand coastal trade. 'Her subsequent owners were, in turn, Mr. George Haughton, of Dunedin, Messrs W. and G. Turnbull and C 0.,, of Wellington, the New Zealand Shipping Co., Mr. Charles Seagcr, and- finally the Wellington and Wanganui Steam 'Packet Co. In 1883 the Stormbird was lengthened to the extent of 17 feet by Mr. D. Robertson, at Wellington. She was an iron vessel, and a few weeks ago resumed running after a thorough overhaul, doing service which the most recently launched vessel could not excel. The Stormbird had. two sets of new engines and another set of new cylinders. Her last engines manufactured by Mr. D. Robertson. The original engines had two 24ineh cylinders and a 24-inch stroke, with a boiler pressure of lSlb to the square inch.