SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12440, 18 December 1903, Page 4

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

AKKtXSSD Wellingfcon, Dee, J&~ Takapuna, s.s.,»from New- P^r^outh, at 2 45 a m. . Wellpigton.'Dec. 13 — Rimutaka, 6,8,, frofti Lytteltoa, at 4.30 a.m. , < Onelranga. Dec. 18 •— Rotoiti, s.s., from New Plymouth, at 9 a m. EXPECTED ARRIVALS AT WELkI^GTON. Ocean-goin^ steamers — Everton Graoge, left $ewrYorksQtsi Sept , via Australian ports and Auckland.j due abor.b 20th Dec. • - • • I'okomara left London 28th Oct., via Capetown and Hobart; due about 18th Dec. -, Paparoa, left Plymouth 9th For.', via Capetown and Hobart; duGßbout.sßth Dae. rt&v of Ireland, left New Jpvk 12th Oct . "*ia Australia and Auckland ;'ifue' about 30th T>ec ■ '. •/ -„.'. i Whakatane. left London -2nd Nov., ,-^ia Capetown, Hobarfc, and Auckland; due"aboat 31st Pec A>i Kaikonra, lefc . Loadon Bth Oct., via Australian ports and Auckland; due about; Ibth Deo, ■_- ' i [ .;• Corintbic, left Loadon 19th JToy., via Capetown and Hobart; dne abouf 3rd Jan. Indralema, left London 17th : liov.. via "Australian ports, Auckland, at>d East Goait; due abont 20th Jan v ■ - A message from Kansas City (IL <*. A.") states that in discussing the results of his visit -to .few York. - Here Albert Ballin, director-general of theJHarnburg-Anierican line, has confirmed the reports of arrange-ments-ior an" ocean service in connection with the new Kansas City. Mexico, and Orient- Railway.- *'A contract has been completed between oiu\Ysompahy > an'i the Kansas City, Mexico and Brient V ' r pinpa.ny,'.*.he said^ "bjTK-htcb.Ve yrill establish a passeflger andffeifhc Y lineto the Par Kast and a" liae of freight shfps to ' Australia frm the Pacific terminus, Topolobamoo. Mexico; which is to be naoaed Port m honour of the president .Qf- : the company. We es cct that the,niilroad will be fini-hed in two jeara, and'it and the sfe-amship line will form a community of interest for. quite a long period."" ' '■ The Admiralty has accepted tenrlers f >r the construction of th^ee new arm ,ured cruisers for- the Brifsh ,uavy r each. costing about a million sterling? Jf l hey are to.be entrusted to the FairfieM'~*-hipf>uilding .Company, Glasffow; Messrs^Vi'ckers, jfons&r Maxim. Harrow; and Messrs jftrmptroug, a hitw ith. A; Co . Newcastle^ankTyne. A f - ur'th : will be built at ttj^Rgja^ $6ckyard at -Pembroke All theseiJlpps belong to thib year** programmenf and; with the thwe I baetlesHr^s r (cost(ng £1.6C0,0G0 rach). thfe^ I first-class Cruisers, f ursouts, 15 dss'troy^rs arai'rfOlsnbna'tfrmesi represftnt a total capital exrenditnTe -of- uywards of '^5.5Q0,000. Of ] th|& expenditure only a smaU sum will fall on* ibis, year's ace unt. The fnur new crui ers wiJire>eaibJe,in general features the Duke of \ Edinburgh, now building at Pembroke, and j ihe Black Prince, which « bein^j bailt by thej Thames Ironworks Company. The main j features of the new vessels are:— Length 1 ABQt r.; beam. 73ift.; draught: 27f c; displace- I ment 13.52-J tons; -horse-p-^wer, 24,000 mdi- I cated; speed, 22 1/3 knots; coal capacity, | n«rmal, 1000 t ,ds: armaintnt- *ix 9-2ie. (27 | tofas ' goas, capable'of firing four projectiles, weighing 38Jlb . al mincte ; lv Pia. guns, capable of firing each minute eight projectiles o£ loolb^each;j2f small gnns;. armour -Pet of 6in. cfemehted armour three fifths of the length, and rising to^nrptect the broadside gans; the matn.g..ns will be bebin-i 6in. armour. Pome idea of ,the heavy fire of the-e &hiWmay 'fee formed when' it is stated that unjier favourable condit ; ons they will discharge in each minute 104 projectiles, weighing i 7,120F0. "A novelty in^hasejiew "cruisers is that they will have a, pprti n of th-ir double b:ttQm^ads?»ted tf^se^vc a3 tanks for the recaption of liquid fuel