SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 November 1917, Page 2

SHIPPING.

FORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER lli, 1!)17. PHASES OF THE MOON. 15th—New moon, u'.s a.m. 22nd—First quarter, 10.5 a.m. 29th—Full moon, 6.18 a.m. THE TIDES. High water at New Plymouth to-day at 10.18 a.m. and 10.38 p.m.; to-morrow at 11 u.in. and 11.23 p.m. THE SUN. The sun rises to-day at 4.54 a.m. and setß at 7.6 p.m.; to-morrow, rises at 4,53 a.m. and seta at 7.7 p.m. EXPECTED* ARRIVALS. Rarawa, from Onehunga, to-day Kini, from Wellington, to-morrow. Corinna, from Onehunga, Monday. Rarawa, from Onehunga, Tuesday. ARRIVED. Nor. 15—Huia, s.s., 127 tons, Smith, from Wellington (8.45 p.m.). TELEGRAPHIC". Onehunga 15—Rarawa sailed for New Plymouth. Wellington 15—Kiv;i will sail for New Plymouth at 8 p.m. to-night. THE HUIA. The Huia arrived at 6.45 p.m. from Wellington yesterday. After discharging about 60 tons of cargo she proceeds to Waitara. THE KINI. The Kini has been slightly delayed in Wellington and consequently will not reach N.P. until to-morrow morning, unless the weather is very favorable, in which case she may berth late to-night. FEDERAL SHIPBUILDING SCHEME.

A certain amount of light was cast on the- position as regards the Federal shipbuilding scheme by Mr. Hughes the other day in his speech to the commercial men of Sydney. The Government, said the Prime Minister, had been criticised because it did not start shipbuilding some timo bock, but it was not going to put i.he people's money into an enterprise unless, it saw daylight. What Mr. Hughes Implies in these words (remarked the Sydney Daily Telegraph) is given fuller significance from an authoritative statement made recently in another quarter, "The Government's intentions are known to nil," said this informant, "but its accomplishments to date must in detail remain unrevealed. The one great 'hindrance has been the securing of adequate supplies of material. OnC specialist has been sent by the Department to scan the available sources of gunplv for our needs, until he assures us that every bit of material is available there is no intention of going forward in construction on a big scale. The price of too hasty attempts in shipbuilding has already been too 'high. One case is, of course, noto* rious. A certain vessel was completed in a sort of a way, and her cost to date is threefold the original estimate—a matter of over a million. We are not goin<; to be caught that way again. The most pleasing aspect of the matter i 3 the cordial support we are receiving from the unions. Suggestions have been made as to the imposition of martial law over the I shipbuilding yards. Nothing of the sort is required. The trouble is not men, but material." ,