SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 May 1920, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. TUESDAY, MAT 18, 1920 PHASES OF THE MOON. ' ; may. • ■; 18th.—New Moon, 6.2 pim. 25th.—First Quarter, 8.44 a.m. ~, '.- TIDES. High water to-day at 932 a.m. and 9.55 p.m.; to-morrow, at 10.17 a.m. and 10.38 p.m. SUNRISE AND SUBSET. The sun rises to-day at 7.9 a.m., and sets at at 4.51 p.m.; to-morrow, rises at 7.10 a.m. and sets at 4.50 p.m. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Vaj£' Ravawa, from Onehunga, to-day. '■•!' • Kium, from Limestone Island, to-day. ' ' Corinna, from South, early. Gallic, from Sydney, May 24. Malalta, from Walpole Island, May 27. ARRIVED. May I".—Rosamond, s.s., at 7 a.m., 721 tons, Nicholas, from Wellington. May 17.—Walporl, s.s., 1919 tons. Knowles, from Newcastle. I SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ARRIVED. I Auckland, May 17.—Orari, at 3.40 a.m., freni Sydney. Bluff, May 17—Kaiapol, at 1.25 p.m., from Melbourne. May 17.—Oplhl, from New Zealand. SAILED. Onehunga, May 17—Rarawn, at 3.45 p.m., for New Plymouth; passing Manukau Beads at C.30 p.m. , THE ROSAMOND. The Rosamond arrived from Wellington at atom 7 a.m. yesterday, with a full cargo of general merchandise from Wellington for this port. She Is expected to be ready to sail at noon to-day for Greymoutli. THE KINI. Thß Klni was engaged yesterday discharging coal from Greymouth. She is expected to leave to-morrow for Picton, where she .will load up with chaff for Onehunga, for which port she also has on board a part cargo of coal. THE WAIPORI. The Walporl arrived early last erenlnj from Newcastle direct with a shipment of 2600 tons of co»l all for the railway department. She also has 30 tons of steel rails for the New Plymouth Harbor Board. Her movements after discharging here are at present uncertain. THE RARAWA. The Rarawa Is due to-day from Onehunga, and will sail for the north again after the arrival of to-night's mall train. THE CORINNA. The Corinna was scheduled to leave Dunedin yesterday, ', and is expected here about the end of the week. She comes via Oamaru, Timaru, and Nelson, omitting Lyttelton. ' ' THE lONIC. Mr. Newton King advises that the lonic has wirelessed that' she will reach Auckland at 8 o'clock to-morrow. LOST SCHOONER IN TOW. ' By Telegraph.—Press Association. . Wellington, May 17. A wireless from the Talune states that she has picked up the lost schooner Retriever between Raiatea and Papeete and is towing her to the latter place. THE INGA INQUIRY.

CAUSE OF STRANDING. FINDING OP COURT OF INQUIRY. On Saturday morning the Magisterial Court of Inquiry which sat to hear the evidence in respect to the stranding of the steamer Inga In the Taranaki Bight on the morning of April 30th., while the vessel vras on a passage from Newcastle to Wnnganul, delivered its finding. The court's finding was as follow; "The court having heard and considered llie evidence tendered in connection with the stranding of the s.s. Inga on the coast of New Zealand between Waihi Point and Oeo River, South Taranakl Bight, on the morning of April 30th., 1920, while on a voyage from Newcastle to Wanganul, Bnd that the casualty was due to the vessel falling to keep to the course set by the master at 11.30 p.m., on the night of April 29th., when the Egmont light was picked up, The course E.S.E. then laid down was a safe one under ordinary conditions, and was followed by the second officer (.lesse Archer) after taking charge of the ship at 12 p.m. The fact that the vessel was carried about fivo miles out of her course towards the land and into danger Indicates that she was affected by a set in shore that was . not • apparent to the officer in charge. The court Is not satisfied that the position of the vessel at 1 a,.m. fixed at 11 miles from Cape Egmont was correct, as no allowance was made for the vessel's diminishing speed while the fires were being drawn between 12 and 1 o'clock. Under the circumstances it is evident that the vessel was closer to land than the position marked on the chart indicates. , The court considers that the distance run by the vessel when taking a 4-polnt bearing should bo verified by patent log and not made dependent upon the mere estimated speed at the time. "The course Is also of opinion that the second officer should have called the master at 2 a.m., when the vessel was getting closer to land when passing Otumatua Point two or three miles off. In the particular circumstances, the night being clear and land visible, we consider that failure to coll the master as directed was an act of negligence on the part of the second officer, which prevented the master havlqp an opportunity of then correcting the vessel's position. Although the casualty was in our estimation partly due te an inset which took the vessel off her course unobserved by the second officer in charge, yet we think it could have been obviated had the position of the vessel been more definitely fixed at I aim., and had the master been called by the second officer at 2 a.m., or when the vessel was getting closer to land as directed. "We think the casualty was to some extent contributed to by the fault of the master In falling to use the patent log to assist In verifying the vessel's position and hy me neglect of the second officer as above Indicated, but not by any other officer or member of the crew. "The court considers that the conduct of the second officer calls for severe censure, and that of the master for some censure; but Is not prepared to hold that their certificates Bhould be suspended, but they will be required to pay tlio cost of these proceedings lu equal shares."