SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 August 1916, Page 2

SHIPPING.

j PORT OF NEW (PLYMOUTH MONDAY, AUGUST 28, lOlt PHASES OF THE MOON' AUGUST, 19W New moon, 29th, 5.1 a.m. THE TIDES. High water at New Plymouth to-day at 0.18 a.m. and 0.33 p.m.; to-morroiv, at 9.49 a.m. and 10.5 p.m. THE SUN. The sun rise,s to-day at 0.32 a.m. and sets at 5.2S p.m.; to-morrow, rises at 6.30 a.m. and sets at 5.30 p.m. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. , ~ Karamu, from Onehunga, to-day. ' Kamona, from Edithburg, Wednesday Rimii, from Onehunga, Tuesday. TELEGRAPHIC. ARRIVED. _ Timaru, August 20.—At 12.15 p.m., Kamona, from Edithburg. Auckland, August 26.—Rakanoa, from Newcastle. Greymouth, August 26.—Regulus, from New Plymouth. ■ 'Lyttelton, August 26. —Koromiko, from 'Cewcasile. Wellington, August 20.—Essex, from 'view York. Auckland, August 27.—At '7.35 a.m., Flora, from eastern Pacific. Greymouth, August 26.—At 8.10 p.m., Ngahere, from New Plymouth. SAILED. Greymouth, August 20,—Waipori, for Sydney. Auckland, August 26.—At 7.10 p.m., Whangape, for Suva. Wellington, August 27.—-At 9.10 .p.m. on the 26th, Paparoa, for London. Wellington, August 26.—At S.IS g.in., Sanno Maru, for Sydney. STANDARDISING SHIPS. Another proposal which should greatly assist to keep Great Britain in the premier position as a carrying country is a scheme for the more economical building of ships, which has just been set on foot in England when the last mail left. A capital of £300.000 had been privately subscribed, the shareholders including leading shipping companies. A site of from 40 to 45 acres 'has been secured on the River Wye, two miles from the Bristol Channel, and near the Chepstow station of the Great Western Railway. The plans which have been prepared provide for the construction, of nine or ten large ships at the same time. Ships of a standard type of about 8500 tons will probably be built at first, but it will be possible t.o build ships up to 12,000 tons. The company has the great initial advantage that coal and steel aTe now obtainable at South Wales at a lower cost than on the East Coast and the Clyde. But it is expected that great economies will be effected by standardising parts of hulls and engines. "To turn out ships like motor-cars" is the ideal aimed at. A garden city is being laid out -for the accommodation of workmen, and it is hoped that the Government, realising the national importance of ships, will allow the work to be carried on as work certified to by the Board of Trade to be munition works.