SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 January 1918, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET OF NEW PLYMOUTH. FRIDAY, .JANUARY 4, 1918. PHASES OF THE MOOX. JANUARY. flth—Last quarter, 11.20 p.m. 13th —New moon, 10.12 a.m. 20th—First quarter, 2.14 a.m. 27tli —Full moon, 2.51 p.m. THE TIDES. High water at Xew Plymouth to-day at 1.19 a.m. and 1.38 p.iii. ; at 1.5S a.m. and 2.17 p.m. THE SUN. The sun rises to-day at 4.3!) a.m. and sets at 7.21 p.m.; to-morrow, rises at 4.40 a.m. and sets at 7.20 p.m. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Tinrawa, from Oneliunga, Friday. ITarawa, from Oneliunga, Tuesday. TELEGRAPHIC. ARRIVED, Oneliunga. Jan. 3.—Rarawa (5.40 a.m.), from New Plymouth. SAILED. Oneliunga, Jan. 3.—Rarawa, at 3.30 p.m., for ticw Plymouth, passing the Manukau heads at 5.15 p.m. CORINXiA TAKING CHEESE The Corinna, which arrived on Tuesday, is to load filOO crates of cheese for Wellington. Owing to tfie present week being a busy one at the wharf, it is not expected that the vessel will be able to leave before to-morrow.

Germany offered recently to Holland seven German steamers lying in Dutch East- Indian harbors as compensation for the seven Dutch steamers sunk on •22nd February last liy German submarines off Falmouth. Commenting on the oiler, a Dutch East Indian visitor to Holland says: "A Dutch cannot help smiling when he finds fear expressed that the German and Austrian ships which sought refuge in East Indian harbors might run out to sea as raiders. About 4fi steamers fled into our harbors. The Von Kleist, lying before Colombo, receded warning telegrams, and she ran full speed for Padang. It will not be long before these ships require 110 more watching. The vegetable power of the tropical flora is so overwhelming that unused buildings are in a short time covered with foliage. Not less luxuriant is the growth of shells and corals. It is not unusual to find oh! crocodiles with an armor of shells. The steamers lying idle must now be crusted with a layer of coral and shell of from 20in to 30in thick. About a year ago attempts were made, under supervision of the harbor authorities, to get some movement in the Von Kleist. After many days' work no greater speed than five knots could be got out of her, although the ship originally had a speed of 20 knots. Danger of their escaping fast-running raiders exists only in the imagination of the ignorant."