SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 March 1921, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF NEW LATEST OVERSEA MOVEMENTS. MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1921. PHASES OF THE MOON. MARCH. —Last quarter, 8.50 p.m. TIDES. High water tc-day at 0.15 a.m. and 0.21 p.m.; to-morrow, at 0.43 ajm. and 1.4 p.m. SUNRISE AND SUNSET. The sun rises to-day at 6.9 a.m. and sets at 5.51 p.m.; to-morrow, rises at 6.10 a.m. and seta at 5.50 p.m. IN PORT. Koranui, a.s. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rarawa, from Onehunga, Wednesday. Poherua, from Greymouth, early. Rira, from Wellington, early. Port Hacking, early in April. Liberty, from New York, end of April. Port Pirie, from London, end of April. THE RABAWA. The Rarawa is due to arrive from Onehunga on Wednesday morning with passengers and cargo. She will return north at 8.20 p.m. KORASNUI TO SAIL. The work of discharging the steamer Koranui has been held up over the Easter holidays, but it is hoped to dispatch the vessel for Westport to-morrow. MOERAKI LEFT SYDNEY. The Union Company’s inter-colonial passenger steamer Moeraki left Sydney at 10 o'clock on Thursday morning direct for Wellington, where she is due this afternoon. The vessel will hot go to Lyttelton on her present trip, but will reunain at Wellington until Thursday. when she Tvill sail for Sydney and Hobart. lONIC LEFT SOUTHAMPTON. Tire Shaw, Savlll and Albion Company have been notified by "fable that their liner lonic left Southampton on March 24 for Wellington and Auckland via Panama. The vessel, which will omit to call at Newport News, is due at Wellington about May 4. LAS VEGAS FROM PACIFIC SLOPE. The General Steamship Corporation’s steamer Las Vegas, en route from San Francisco, left Los Angeles on March 8 cargo-laden for Auckland, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Melbourne and Sydney. She is expected about April 5. The Las Vegas has the following cargo for New Zealand:—Auckland, 150 tons, 130,000 feet timber, including 91 tons for transhipment Wellington; Lyttelton, 1650 tons, including 23,000 cases gasoline; Dunedin, 1800 tons, including 23,000 cases gasoline. PORT DARWIN AT MELBOURNE. The C. and D. Line have received cable advice that the Port Darwin arrived at Melbourne on Thursday morning from London. The vessel is to proceed thence to Hobart, Sydney, Auckland, Napier and Wellington to put out her cargo. THE ORAWATI LAUNCHED.

The Orawati, built to the order of the New Zealand Shipping Company, was launched by the' Greenock Dockyard Company, Ltd., Greenock, recently (says an exchange). The Orawati is an oil-tank steamer of 7000 tons, and will have engines by Messrs. J. G. Kincaid and Company, Greenoek. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ARRIVED. Port AhurirL, March 26.—Ngahere (11.30 p.m., March 25), from Newcastle. Greymouth, March 26.—Kadapol (11 p.m., March 25), from New Plymouth. Onehunga, March 26.—Rarawa (11 a.m., March 25), from New Plymouth. - Auckland, March 27.—Piako (9 a.m.), from Liverpool. Auckland, March 27.—Kaiwarra, barquentine; Retriever, in tow from Papeete. Auckland, March 27.—Kent (7.33 p.im.), from New York. SAILED. Melbourne, March 26.—Paloona, for New Zealand. Port Ahurlri, March 27.—Viking Star (4.30 p.m.), for London, via Panama.