BUSY AT THE PORT.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 February 1921, Page 4

BUSY AT THE PORT.

THE KUMAR A DUE TO-MORROW MANBY LODGE FROM NEWCASTLE. Another busy week at the yort o£ New Plymouth ii* in view, and probably (here will be further congestion on account of the insufficiency of the berthing accommodation. * • After a busy mouth the only steamer now in port is the West Maliwah, which will probably sail to-morrow morning for Melbourne. The Kamona left, last night after discharging 1600 tons of cement here. To-day the Rarawa is to arrive fromOnohunga <ui her usual trip, and the Kiunara is <hu* 10-morrow from Australia io load frozen produce for the United Kingdom. During to morrow afternoon the sieaniei Manby Lodge is expected to put in an appearance from Newcastle with 35()<| tons of coal for the Railway Depare ment. The Kini is also due to-morrow from Greymouth with a cargo of (<al, and towards the end of the week thy Ngatoro and the Flora, are sclicduleit to arrive from the -outli, each with general cargo, while the Rarawa will return from Onohunga cn Friday It will l>e seen that this is an abnormal amount of shipping to he handled at the port in one week, and the indications are that some of the vessels will experience delay while wait, ing berthage and labor. Whether the Manby Lodge can berth ai the snjn<» time as the Kumara is unccri.uii. a* advice of the former vessel s visit was onh received yesterday, and no particulars of her size are available.