SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13938, 20 April 1909, Page 2

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

ARRIVED. Kawhia, April 19.— Arrived : At 3.45 p.m., Rimu, from New Plymouth. Wellington. April 20.— Arrived". At 7.15 a.m., Corinna, from New Plymouth. ' - . Onehunga, .April 20,— Arrived : At 7.30 a.'m., Rimu, from tfew. Ptemouth, via Kawhia-; 4< at 8.30 a.m., Rarawa, from New' Plymouth. Hobarfc, April 20.— Arrived: Helen, from Nap Her arid Norfolk Island ; and Southern X/ross from Auckland. Sydney, April 20.— Arrived : At 5.40 am., Riverin »- SAtLEI) ; Bluff, April 19,-r-Saiied: At 5.40 p.mi, Warrimoo, for Hobart. The Takapuna brought 25 tons of cargo from Onehunga "this morning, in-cludingr-340 bagaofsugar, 150 cases of fruit, 82 bags'oF manure, and a motor car. ' .• As/ the' small- coastal steamer Opawa

wa« crossing the Wairau bar on Friday morning, on^her way to Blenheim, she took the ground/and remained fast. It is stated (says the Wanganui Chrcnicle> that>. : the owners of a liner recently delayed in, the- Waitara roadstead received, £1000 for demurrage, representing ten day* at- £}00 a day. The liner "referred to is no doubt the Buteshire*, wnieh' was delayed owing to rough weather.' r , The Ttlimaroa, 3 i*hich was. recently damaged in' Otago harbour, will probably resume her running in the inter-, colonial service' on the 29th inst. from Wellington.. "It is expected that the Riverinn— at present taking her place —will theil return to the Australian trade. *„ -. ~ t~ •■• : Ofrtbe 700 wooden brijas and Origantines owned in the United States 88 years ago< there are but 11 left at the present tune, and many of these are! nearly -ready, to enter' the breakers' rards. The oldest brig" afloat is the Sullivan, 844 tons gross, built in 1866, and the youngest the Geneva, built in 1892. The total tonnage of the 11 is - but 3756 tons, or not much more than tliat .of one modern -tntadjkinmtav Of the 11 sjx aro-on-t|ie Pacific Coast — the Geneva, Lurlitte,' Galilee. W. G. Irwin, Harriet G., «nd Blakcly. The other fi^e — the Motley, Daisy, Sullivan, Pitcajrn, and Fredericks Schepp — are on the Atlantic! A Hom<? paper relates an, instance where a "man fell overboard from the .steamer .Romanic' whilst crossing the Atlantic at a speed' of 14 knots. The ' alarm was sounded, a boat lowered, and the swimmer, .rescued after a considerable row bapk r pyer the .course. ttf^whoxe be ivas foundering about.. The 'crew had- the rescued individual back to the ship with' the boat in' it's in just 17miri.. which is- regarded as a most creditable performance. There was no ice on' the rope-<lalls«a6 hamper the work, and- everything worked smoothly or the "boat 'would- have" "been, -^ltich lonccr on its* mission. , *,A steamship of 10,000 tons when coins at full speed has momentum to carry her at least two miles after the engines arc stopped, providing* tlui- sea is fairly quiet. Crews, ,©f , Jifofcpats .frequently have hard ,woyk cut out for them while going, to h l-escue before the headway of their vessel has been sharped.