SHIPPING MOVEMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 25 September 1930, Page 2

SHIPPING MOVEMENTS

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1930. VESSELS IN PORT. / Nil. ; EXPECTED ARRIVALS. COASTAL. Hauturu, from Onehunga, this morning. Totara, front Greyinouth,, to-morrow. Progress, from south, Saturday. Hauturu, from Onehunga, Sunday. Opihi, from smith, Tuesday. ■John, from south.; Wednesday. Himatangi, from south, October 7, . \ OVERSEAS. Port Caroline (8265 tons), due New Plymouth to-morrow from southern and Australian ports to load 8000 boxes of butter and '6OOO crates of cheese. (Collett and Co.). Kaponga (2345 tons), with a cargo from Devonport, Adelaide, Edithburg. and. Melbourne, arrived Saturday at Auckland and. is due later at Portland, and New Plymouth on Sunday and Wellington. (U.S.S. Co.). Fernwood (4900 tons), left Tampico on August 14 for Auckland, Lyttelton, Wellington. Wanganui, New Plymouth and Australia; arrived. Auckland September 141; due New Plymouth Monday with 600 tons. (Newton King, Ltd.) Soloy (4402 tons), from Bunbury with timber for New Plymouth. Due late next week at New Plymouth. (Newton King, Ltd.). , Antiope (4545 /tons), left Casablanca, Morocco on August 14 with phosphates for Auckland, New Plymouth and Wanganui. Due Auckland October 1 and New Plymouth October 6 with 1380 tons of phosphates./ (Newton King, Ltd.). ■Zealandic (8281 tons), due New Plymouth October 10 io load 6000 boxes of butter, 4000 freight carcases of meat and 8000 crates of cheese. (Newton King, Ltd.). ■ - Hertford (10,945 tons), from west eoast ports of United Kingdom, and ffom Liverpool August 16 with cargo for discharge at Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers and New Plymouth, where she is due bn October 20. Loads 7000 boxes of butter at New Plymouth. (U.S.S Co.) Ruahine (10,758 tons), loads meat; 14,000 boxes of; butter and 6000 crates I of cheese at New -Plymouth about October’2o. (U.S.S. Co.). ‘ Port, Brisbane (8315 tons), due New Plymouth October 25 to load 7000 boxes of butter, 12,000 freight carcases of meat and. 5000 crates of cheese. (Collett and Co.). <> Waihemo tons), loads at-Pacific Coast ports, leaving Los Angeles today for New Zealand ports, including New Plymouth, where she is due on November 6. (U.S.S. Co.) Ferndale (9670 tons), left London yesterday; due Lyttelton November 3, Dunedin and New Plymouth November 12. (Newton King, Ltd.) ■ ■■■' . Golden West (5587. tons), loads at Pacific Coast ports for' New Zealand. She clears Los Angeles on October 1, and. is. due at New Plymouth about November 20. (Newton King, Ltd.). Northumberland (11,555 tons), leaves Liverpool November 8 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers and .New-Plymouth. (U.S.S. Co.). Waikawa (5677 tons), leaves Vancouver November 1, San Francisco November 17 and Los Angeles November 20. Due at Napier December 15 and New Plymouth in January; ‘'(U.S.S. 1 Co.) ■ BRITiSH PASSENGER STEAMERS. Rangitata, left Southampton August 29; due Wellington October'l. Tainui, left Southampton September 12; due Auckland October 18. Rangitanc, leaves Southampton September 26; due-Auckland October 29. Tamaroa, leaves Southampton October 10; due Wellington November 11. Rotorua, leaves Southampton October -. ■... 17; due Wellington December 2.. Remuera, leaves. -Southampton October 24; due Wellington December L a PACIFIC MAIL STEAMERS. TO VANCOUVER. Aorangi, left Vancouver September 17 for Auckland and Sydney, due Auckland October 6 and,Sydney October 11. Leaves Sydney October 16 for Vancouver, via Auckland; due Auckland October 21 and Vancouver November 7. Leaves Vancouver November 12 for Auckland and ■Sydney; due Auckland December 1 and Sydney December 6. z Niagara, left' Sydney on Thursday for Auckland and Vancouver; due Auckland on Tuesday and Vancouver October 10. Leaves Vancouver October 15 for Sydney, via Auckland; due Auckland November 3 and Sydney November 8. Leaves Sydney November 13 for Vancouver via Auckland; due Auckland November 18 and Vancouver December 5. TO SAN FRANCISCO. Makura, left Sydney September 5' for Wellington and San Francisco; arrived Wellington September 9; due San Francisco to-morrow. Leaves San Francisco October 1 for Wellington and Syda«y; duo Wellington October 21 and Sydney October 25. Leaves Sydney October 30 for San Francisco, via Wellington. Due Wellington November 4 and San Francisco November 21. INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE., TO SYDNEY. Maunganui, leaves Wellington today for Sydney; due Sydney September 29. Leaves Sydney October 2 for Wellington; due Wellington October 6. Ulimaroa, leaves Sydney to-morrow for Wellington; due Wellington September 30. Leaves Wellington October 3 for Sydney; due Sydney October 7. Leaves Sydney October 10 for Auckland; due Auckland October 14. Marama, leaves Auckland to-morrow for Sydney; due Sydney Tuesday. Leaves Sydney October 3 for Auckland and Wellington; due Auckland October 7 and Wellington October 9. Leaves Wellington October 10 for Sydney; due Sydney October 14. TO MELBOURNE. Maheno, left Melbourne on September 18 for New Zealand ports. Due Lyttelton to-day and Wellington to-morrow. Leaves tyellington Saturday for Melbourne, via Bluff, Leaves Bluff Monday and due Melbourne October 3. COASTAL MOVEMENTS. The John loads at Dunedin on Saturday for New Plymouth, where she is due on October 3 via Tiniaru, Lyttelton and Wellington. She then proceeds to Port Waikato. (Hooker Bros.). The Progress loaded at Dunedin on Monday for New Plymouth, where she is due on Saturday via Timaru, Lyttelton and Wellington. Later she proceeds to Pori, Waikato. (Hooker Bros.). The Opihi loaded at- Dunedin on Tuesday for New Plymouth, via southern ports. She is due at New Plyimuith on Tuesday nsxt and sails tins Jav

for Wellington. (U.S.S. Co.). The Totara, with 350 tons of eoal from Westport, ami Greyinouth, is due at New Plymouth to-morrow. (U.S.S. Co.). The Hauturu, with 100 lons of cargo from Onehunga, left the northern port, at 3 p.m. yesterday and was expected to arrive early this morning. (Northern Co.). The Himatangi leaves J.ytlellon nc.vt Thursday for New Plymouth, where she is due on October 7 via Wellington and Wanganui. (Hooker Bros.). SOLOY NEXT WEEK. The Norwegian motor ship Soloy. with timber from Bunlmry, Australia, is expected at New Plymouth towards the end of next week. FORT CAROLINE TO LOAD. The Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer Port Caroline (8205 tons) was to leave Lyttelton last evening and is due at; New Plymouth to-morrow morning. She is to load SOt'G boxes of butter and 6000. crates of cheese to the. agency of Collett and Co, KAPONGA ON SUNDAY. The Kaponga, with South Australian cargo, is now due at New Plymouth on Sunday from Portland and Auckland. She later proceeds to Wellington. ' lONIC'S MOVEMENTS. The Shaw, Savill liner lonic was scheduled to leave ‘Wellington at daybreak this morning for Southampton and London, via the Panama Canal. CORINTHIC LEAVES COLON. The Shaw, Savill Company has received cabled news that the liner Corinthic cleared Colon last Friday. She left Auckland on August 27 for Southampton and London. FORT BRISBANE REPORTS. The ‘Wellington office of the C, and D. Line has been advised by wireless that the Port Brisbane, en route from New York, expected to reach Auckland next Wednesday morning. After completing, discharge at southern ports she will arrive at New Plymouth on October 20 to.load 12,000 freight carcases of meat, . 7000 boxes of butter and 5000 rates of cheese.. ■ ■ • ‘ BATTLESHIP BUILDERS. Few firms in Britain possess such a’ record of naval work as Messrs. Palmers. The first. war vessel built was H.M.S. Terror, described as .a floating battery, which was constructed in 1856 in the, short period of three months. For the first time rolled armour plates were used on this vessel.. Palmers have built 107 war vessels of all classes, among which may be mentioned the battle-cruiser Queen ‘ Mary, which was lost at the Battle of Jutland, the battleships Hercules and. .Resolution, and the cruisers Dauntless and York, also 50 destroyers. During the Great War, besides new work, 200 warships and 147 merchantmen were docked and repaired, anil in the. steelworks 200,000 tons of steel were produced for the making of shells. Palmers shipyards and works now IcdVer an area of about 140 acres, with a river frontage of about a mile. Palmers have also taken a leading part ip thnker design and construction, and the British Inventor, the first braeketless ship, was •built by them,- while some months ago they the Tuscan Star, the largest refrigerated ship; in the world. During the 79 years Palmers have been established no less than 2,325,271 tons gross of shipping has been launched by them. . It is interesting to observe that the average gross tonnage of the first 500 vessels was 1175, the average of the vessels frdm 501 to 750 Was 2576 tons, and the average of the last 250 vessels was '4369 tons. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Sydney, Sept. 24'.—Sailed: Katoa, for Auckland. Wellington, Sept.‘24.—Arrived: Storm, 8.50 a.m.; and Middlesex, 9 a.m., from Wanganui; Waimarino, 11 a.m., from Lyttelton. * London, Sept. 23.—Sailed: From Colon, Corinthic; from Panama, Canadian Commander, Canadian Highlander, and Port Nicholson. . Lyttelton, Sept. 24.—Arrived: Maori, 6.40 a.m., from Wellington; Port Caroline, 7.35 a.m., from Tiniaru. Sailed: ■ Himatangi, 3.25 a.m., for Dunedin. Suva, Sept. 24.—Sailed: Tofua, 1| a.m., for Auckland. Lyttelton, Sept. 24.—Sailed: Port Caroline, 6.5 p.m., for New Plymouth. TIDES, SUN, PHASES OF MOON.

September 30.—First quarter, 2.28 a.m. October 8. —Full moon, 6.26 a.m. October 15.—Last quarter, 4.42 p.m. ■ \ October 22.—New moon, 9.18 a.m..

High water. Suna.m. p.m. rise. set. Sept. 25 .. 10.55 11.16 5.40 5.52 Sept, 26 H.39 5.39 5.53 Sept. 27 12.00 12.23 5.36 5.54 Sept. 28 12.44 1.10 5.35 5.54 Sept. 20 1.33 2.04 5.33 5.56 Sept. 30 2.34 3.15 5.31. 5.57 Oct. 1 ... 4.02 4,52 5.30 5.58 Oct. 2 .. 5.44 6.12 5.29 5.59