SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 September 1916, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF NEW (PLYMOUTH. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 101(3, PHASES OP THE MOON, \ Full moon, 12th, 5.7 p.m. Last quarter, 19th, 5.12 p.m. New moon, 27th, 9,11. THE TIDES. High water at New Plymouth to-day 10.53 a.m. and ll.il p.m.; to-morrow, at 11.22 a.m. and 11.45 p.m. THE SUN. The sun rises to-day at 0.11 a.m. and sets at 5.4!) p.m.; to-morrow, rises at 6.9 a.m. and sets at 5.51 p.m. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Corinna, from Onehunga, to-day. Rarawa, irnm North, Friday. Karamu, from Lyttelton, Friday. Regulus, from Westport, MondayRarawa, from North, Tuesday. TELEGRAPHIC. ARRIVED. Onehunga, September 1^. —Rarawa, from New Plymouth. Auckland, September 13.—Wairuna, from Suva. SAILED. Westport, September 12.—Regulus, for New Plymouth. Manukau Heads, September 13.—Kowhai, for New Plymouth. THE REGULUS. The Regulus is due from Westport today. After completing hei discharge she will leave again to-night for southern ports. THE NGAHERE, The Ngaliere, which arrived "at Auckland on Friday with the hulk Elinor Vornon in tow, is to load cement and general cargo at that port for New Plymouth. No definite word has been received as to her time of sailing, but she will come round the North Caps probably and may arrive hern late to-night. From here she proceeds to Wanganui and Wellington. NilE KOWHAI. The Kowhai is due here early this morning from Onehunga. She is expected to discharge her cargo and leave to-night for southern ports. ZEALANDIC FOR WAITARA. The Shaw, Savill steamer Zealandic is due at Waitara. from Brisbane, at 5 o'clock to-day to load meat, etc., for London. The vessel will subsequently visit Wanganui roadstead, Napier and Auckland. No call will be made at Wellington. THE STORMBIRD. Mr. .T. G. Shstrpe sends the Wanganui Herald ihe following:—"Among the many anecdotes relating to the career of the old Stormbird, I have seen no reference to her being cast ashore on the Hokitika beach in the year 1865. If I remembei rightly, the Hokitika bat had been unsafe to enter for several days, and, in consequence, a small fleet of carge and passenger sailers and steamers, bringing cargo and diggers to the new rush, were in the offing awaiting the signal of 'Bar Safe.' The day we arrived from Nelson in the old Elenor the course was clear, when a rush was made for the river. Among the many craft (if I remember rightly) which attempted to enter was the Stormbird. which grounded and went ashore. Some six weeks later, when we left the rush disappointed and liard-up. we walked revnd the boat, which was embedded up to the bulwarks in drift and gravel. A sto-ui swept her clear and into the Hokitika river a few day after we left, and how the old boat has weathered the winds and storms of the succeeding fifty-one years is known to many who traveled by her. one of the best known of her skippers being the jovial Captain Doyje " NOTES.

The price at which the Petone changed hands, £21,000, is endorsed in the latest issue to hand of Fairplay, the well-known English shipping journal. It is no* so very long ago that the Petone was sold for £OOOO. "It's an ill wind, etc." may aptly apply to the war so far as many shipowners are concerned