SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1915, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OP NEW PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1915. PHASES OF THE MOON. DECEMBER. 22—Full moon, 0.29 a.m. 30—Last quarter, 0.35 •:. THE TIDES. High water to-day at 9.50 a.m. and 10.15 p.m.; to-morrow 10.34 a.m. and 10.53 p.m. THE SUN. The sun rises to-day at 4.30 a.m. and sets at v .24 p.m.; to-morrow 4.30 a.m. and 7.24 p.m. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rarawa, from North, Friday. ARRIVED December 21.—Rarawa, s.s., 1072 tons, Bark, from Onehunga. Passengers:— Mesdames Blamires and two children, Shaw, Buckley, Webster, Hirst, Smith, Clark, Bnrreli, Barnett and two children, Wilson, Curie, Yandle, Boeson, Allen and Goldieeut; Misses Grant (2), Harding, Buchanan, Shaw (2), Carey, Widd, Webb, Esse, Richards, Kelley, Price, Fraser, Harding, Curie (2), Henry, Temple, Barrett White, Birch. Curie, Rowland, McGregor, Parker, Howarth, Frewin, Maeyer, Till, Goldieeut; Messrs Bayly, Dwyer, St. George, Baiison, Sellers, Brown, Watkin, Reid, Harrison, Buckley, Cowan, Fraser, Perham, Morris, Masters Hall and Peck, Bradley, Nicholson, Scott, Gnldwater, Burre.il, Rev. Blamires, Bond, Corby;-29 steerage.

TELEGRAPHIC ARRIVED Vancouver, Dec. 20.—Makura, from Auckland. DAMAGE TO THE OMRAH. By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, Dec. 21. The Omrah, after discharging her damaged cargo, consisting of wool, skins and wine, sailed fov London. A survey disclored that the structural damage to the .-i*qsel was trifling.

THE RARAWA. '■"'.« Karawa brought 105 ( : genera, urge from Onehunga ye.A.--uoy, including 22 tons of augar, 21 tons 'if soltar, »»d eight tons of manure. THE LARGEST TRAMP. Weather-beaten, salt stained, and altogether inconspicuous in appearance, the. Norwegian tramp steamer Themig, which arrived in Wellington from >Vw 't cxk rff'mtly, is, in reality, a more than usually interesting visitor. Before being chartered by the Barber Line, of New York, the Themis traded between Newfoundland and Rotterdam and Philadelphia with iron ere. While engaged in this service she was held up after the declaration of war between Russia and Gerr.-aisy. With the outbreak of hostility- ci:ere came the end of her iron or? (.railing, for the time being at any raw, ;in(! early in the present year she was chartered by the Barber Line for trn.de oversea. As previously stated she »vns one of the vessels to be blocked by t!i'- huge landslides in the Panama Canal, having to anchor in Gatun Lake, and inter return to the Atlantic in order to preoped to New Zealand, via the Cape of Good Hone. There were about 36 vessels r.-ihmUy waiting in Gatun Lake, including the Maritime (late Nord-•.l'.'iit?ehf-;'-Tjlcyd steamer Bclilesien). recently purchased hy the Union Company. She was bound fur the west coast of America, en roul eto New Zealand. The. Themis was not permitted to proceed Luther than Gatun Lake, and consequently the crew had no opportunity of cbtsitiing ;i view of the disastrous landslides which have had °r> great an effect on shipping. II might be added that the Themis, a vessel of 7402 tons, is the largest cargo tramp afloat, her capacity being over 13,000 tons, She lias a mixed crew as far as nationality i<- ' "• '"mod, although her captain 'and principal officers are natives of Norway.