SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 February 1916, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1910. PHASES OF THE MOON. FEBRUARY. 19.—Full moon, 2.5 p.m. 20.—List quarter, 9.0 p.m. THE TIDES. High water to-day at 0.49 a.m. and 0.72 p.m.; to-morrow, 7.45 a.m. and 8.10 p.m. THE SUN. The sun rises to-day at 5.18 a.m. and sets at 0.41 p.m. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rarawa, from North, to-day. Rarawa, from North, Friday. TELEGRAPHIC, ARRIVED. Melbourne, February 14.—Arrived, Kaituna, from Greymouth. SAILED. Onehunga, Feb. 14.—At 4.15 p.m., Rarawa, for New Plymouth; passed Manukau Heads at 0.20 p.m. Newcastle, FeTirunry 14. —Sailed, Koromiko, for Lyttelton.

THE EAST COAST SERVICES. Several important changes will shortly be made in the running of the Union Company's steamers in the DmiedinEast Coast-Auckland service. It is the intention of the company to convert the old To Anau into a cargo vessel exclusively, while the Tarawera is to have a portion of her second-class accommodation removed in order to provide additional cargo space. The passenger service will be maintained by the llonowai and one of the Huddart-Parker steamers, leaving Lyttelton every Wednesday for Auckland, via. East Coast ports. In connection with the service from yu-klanrl to Gisborne and Napier, the 1/isaniond is to be withdrawn from that service, and will be replaced by the Arahura. The Arahura will leave Auckland on Saturdays for Gisborne and Napier, and return to Auckland on Friday. The new itinerary will bo inaugurated in the near future, and will of eouse necessitate further alterations. These, however, have not yet been announced. AN EX-GERMAN STEAMER, Formerly known as the German steamer Wotan, but now sailing under the British flag, the turret steamer Tulawa, under charter to the American-Austra-lian Line, arrived at Auckland last week from New Y'ork, after a passage, of So days. She left New York on November 14, and called at St. Vincent on November 30, Durban on December 26, and Albany on January 22 for bunkers. Fine weather was experienced for the greater part of the trip. The vessel is of the turret class, being 3534 tons gross and 2403 tons net, with a length of 350 ft, beam 49ft and moulded depth 20ft Gin;, carrying a crew of forty-two all told. After discharging the Auckland cargo, of which there is about 2500 tons, she proceeds to Wellington, Hobart and Melbourne to discharge the remainder. It will be remembered that the Wotan was chartered in England prior to the war to bring fertilisers to New Plymouth on behalf of Mr. Newton King, but she was replaced at the last moment by the Walkure, which has had such an eventful career since leaving New Plymouth.