SHIPPING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 14344, 24 October 1910, Page 6

SHIPPING.

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. MONDAY, OCTOBER ‘24, 1910. DIARY. October, High Sun Sun 1910. Water. Rise. Set. 22 Saturday ... 11.53 5.22 C. 38 23 Sunday ... 0.15 -5.21 0.39 24 Monday ... 1.2 5.20 0.40 25 Tuesday ... 2.3 5.18 6.42 26 Wednesday 3.9 5.17 6.43 27 Thursday ... 4.25 5.16 0-44 28— Friday ... 5.40 5.14 6.40 At Waitara tho tide is 15 minutes earlier than the above figures for New Piyir.outh, while at Opunake it is high water 15 minutes later than at New Plymouth. Phases of the Moon for October. — New moon, 3rd, 8.9.12 p.ru.; first quarter, 12th, 1.17.12 a.m.; full moon, 19th, 2.1.16 a.m.; last quarter, 25th, 5.24.21 p.m. ARRIVED. Oct. 23.—Rosamond, s.s., 721 tons, Watson, from Onehunga. Oct, 24.—Rarawa, s.s., 1072 tons, Norbury, from Onehunga. Passengers:—Alcsdamos Simmons, Russell, Turgg. Fraser, Faulkner, Hansen, Blair, Lyon; Misses Gray, Wastia, Mnckay, Martin, Gumming; Messrs. 11 ol ford, Hanson, Wilson, Sonthby, Daveny, Spedding, Al'Gnire, Clough, Welch, Alolvon, Warnock, Astley, Cioldwater (2), Moore, Russell, Mutiny, White, Stons, Blair, Russell, AUQuido, Watson, Lyons, Saufcor; 15 steerage. SAILED. Oct. 24.—Rosamond, s.s., 721 tons, Watson, for Wellington. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rarawa, from North, Monday. Rarawa, from North, Thursday. Kotuku, from South, Thursday. Corinna, from South, Friday, Kotuku, from North, Saturday. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ARRIVED. Lyttelton, Oct. 23.—Arrived, at 2 a.m., steamer Strathclyde, bound from Newcastle to South America, disabled. Auckland, Opt. 23.—Arrived, at 2.45 p.m., Alaheno, 1 from Sydney. Auckland, Oct. 23.—Arrived: At 2.45 p.m., Malieno, from Sydney. Melbourne, Oct. 23. —Arrived : Glances, from Kaipara. Mclbc-urno, Oct. 23.—Arrived ; Aloeraki, from New Zealand. Bluff, Oct. 24.—Arrived : At 10,50 a.m., Uliraaroa, from Hobart, with English mail. SAILED. Westport, Oct. 23.—Sailed, at 11.30 a.m., Koonya, for Vila-. Wellington, Oct. 22.—Sailed: At 4.25 p.m., Kent, for Avonmoutli. Westport, Oct. 23.—Sailed: At 11.30 a.m., Koonya, for Vila. Sydney, Oct. 23.—Sailed: At 4 p.m., on Saturday, Warrimoo, for Wellington. Newcastle, Oct. 23.—Sailed : Earl of Garrick, for Auckland. OVERSEA VESSELS FOR WELLINGTON. STEAMERS. Tokoraarn (due about October 28), sailed from Montreal August 19, via 'Australia and Auckland, (N.Z.S. Co.). Indrabarah (due about November 9) sailed from London August 26 via Australia, Auckland and Napier. (Tyscr.) Opawa (duo about October 28), sailed from London September 6 via Auckland. (N.Z.S. Co.) Morayshire (due about October 30), sailed from Liverpool August 20, via Hobart and Auckland. (F.-H.-S. Line.’' Arawa (duo about October 31), sailed from Plymouth September 17, via Capetown aiid H.obart. (Shaw, Savill.) Delphic (due about November 4), sailed from Liverpool September 8 via Sydney and Auckland. (Slinw, Savill.) Niwaru (duo about Nov. 7), sailed from New York August 20 via Australia and Auckland. (A. and A. Lino.) Nercbana (duo about November 8), sailed from London September 6 via Australia, Auckland and Napier. (Tyscr.) Vermont (duo about November 13), sailed from New York August 23 via Auckland. (Vacuum Oil Co.) Ruapehu (duo about November 15), sailed from Plymouth October 1 via Capetown and Hobart. (N.Z.S. Co.) Mimiro (duo about November 20), sailed from London September 21 via Australia, Auckland and Napier. (Tyscr.) Drayton Grange (due about November 2ti), sailed from Liverpool September 17 via Australia. (F.-H.-S. Line.) Hawke’s Bay (duo about November 2G), sailed from Liverpool October 1 via Auckland. (Tyscr.) Turkistau (duo about December 2), sailed from Montreal September 13, via Australia apd Auckland. (N.Z.S. Co.) Star of Canada (duo about December 10), sailed from London October G, via Australia, Auckland, and Napier. (Tyscr.), Sussex (duo about Dooemiicr 16), sailed from Livornool October 15 via Sydney. (F.-H.-S. Line.) SAILER. King Malcolm, barque, sailed from Marseilles June 23. (Briscoe and Co.) ITouto, schooner, sailed from Brisbane September 17. RARAWA'S CARGO. From Onehunga this morning the Rarawa brought 200 tons of cargo, including 23 tons of cement, 20 tons of flour. I t tons of sugar, and 400 cases of fruit. THE ROSAMOND. The Rosamond arrived from Onolniiiga yesterday morning, and left this morning for Wellington, taking about 30 tons of general cargo. The Kotuku, which takes up the Rosamond's running during the latter’s withdrawal this week for overhaul etc., left Oneliunga at 4 p.m. on Saturday for Wellington direct, and leaves Wellington to-day for New Plymouth, via Pieton ami Nelson. SOME BIG CHAIN CABLES. .Some of the biggest, if not the highest, chain cables in the world are those made' in South Wales for certain new quadruple-screw turbine Atlantic liners. The iron bar used in making the links is :l'|in in diameter at the smallest part. Each link is about 22,(iu long and weighs about 160 pounds. When tested for strength the breaking stress of 2G5.7 tons required by law, instead of fracturing these gigantic links, simply elongated them about one inch. With the highest stress that the testing machine could give, about 371) tons, the links showed no signs of cracks.

BRITAIN’S MARITIME SUPREMACY Forty-eight years’ progress in merchant sliipping in the United Kingdom and the principal maritime countries is presented by statistics in a Board of Trade Blue Book issued in August. The gigantic extent of Great Britain’s maritime supremacy is shown ill the following comparison of the tonnage of Brit-

ish and foreign vessels entered and cleared in tho years 1860 and 190 S, the latter being the latest year dealt with: 1860. 1908. Increase. Tons, Tons. Tons. Foreign 10.774.369 53,576.424 42.802,055 British 13,914,923 77,869,772 63,954,849 The proportion per cent, of British to total tonnage in 1860 was 56,4 ; in 1908 it was 59.2. The most important of tho British ports in order of tonnage are;— London, with a tonnage entered of 11,194,073; Liverpool, with 7,973,123; Cardiff, 0,027,897; the Tyne ports, 5,554,724. NOVEL CHIMNEYLESS BOILER. Tho chimneylcss steam boiler and furnace now in operation on a Russian torpedo boat, the invention of a Russian naval engineer named Schmidt, disposes of its combustion gases by passing them into the steam of the engine’s cylinders. Liquid fuel, easily yielding combustion without smoke, is essential. The combustion gases are cooled from about 3600 degrees to 1800 degrees F., mi leaving the heating furnaces of the boiler ,and they arc thou passed into a tube into which a fine spray of cold water is injected under pressure. This cools the gases to between 650 degrees and 900 degrees F., converting tho water into superheated steam of tho same temperature. Tho mixed jet of steam and combustion gases is led to the upper part of the boiler, whore it is mingled with the Imiler’s ordinary supply of steam, and is sent into the cylinders. The boiler, besides requiring no chimney, is claimed to have the further advantage of very high efficiency, utilising 90 and oven as high as 97 per cent, of the heat of the fuck A NEW ARGENTINE PORT. For some time past negotiations have been in progress with the Argentine Government with a view of making another harbour in the River Plato estuary. It is now stated that tho Government lias approved of a contract with the Port Argentine Groat Central Railway Co., by which tho latter agree to construct within the next five years a deop-soa harbour, with a depth of 30 ft. at ordinary low water, on an estate called Rincon do Lopoz, near Punta do las Picdras, and in Samborombon Bay. Hie capital will all bo raised in Franco. The Paris banking firm which is now building the Lotschberg tunnel is supplying all tho necessary money to complete the first section of the port, and a French banking syndicate has contracted to build the port works, and is sending dredges to Samborombon Bay to start operations. The decks are intended to bo built 1640 ft. apart, 3215 ft in length, and 1050 ft in width. There will be a long entrance channel, with 33ft along the walls. The moles will bo constructed of Australian jarrah, which has already lieon contracted for. Thirteen wood and galvanised iron sheds are to be built, with an approximate storage capacity of 100,000 tons. Throe lilies of rails will bo laid iii front of the sheds. Movable electric cranes will be placed along the docks and channel for handling of cargo. The Government lias stipulated that tbo duos to bo charged must not exceed those of Buenos Aires. The company is to have tbo exclusive use of all land situated within nine miles around’the port, but land necessary for customs houses and other Government buildings, coal deposits, streets, and barks, and other public purposes is reserved for tbo Government. Tho 'President of the Republic is to approve of plans in connection with the now port, and a model city is to be built by tho company around it. The name fixed on is “Puerto Argentine,” and it will, according to the contract, become thc_ property of Argentina at the expiration of 99 years. Land in the. vicinity is rapidly rising in value. The new bort will lie situated directly opposite Monte Video, at a distance of about 60 miles, and about 30 miles from Rocaladn light ship, which marks the entrance to the buoyed channel between tbo Cuirassier and Magdalena banks leading to Buenos Aires, which will be about 90 miles from Puerto Argentine. ABANDONED AT SEA. Tliero aro several cases on record of sailing vessels being abandoned and afterwards recovered undamaged, notably the Marie Celeste, Uiincow, Pinmore, Port Patrick, and lately the In-verness-shire; and the cause'of these vessels being left to their fate has in some cases never been satisfactorily cleared up, owing to no tidings ever being received ol the crew, who for some unexplained reason hurriedly left the ship and were never beard of again. But the most extraordinary case ever chronicled of a ship being abandoned was that of the Norwegian barque Alexandra, formerly the Russian ship Hellas, and originally the Britisli barque Cairnbulg, one of the most beautiful and best-known clippers that over traded to Australia—and the lacts are worth recording; The Alexandra sailed from Newcastle (N.S.VV.) on November 26, 1906, bound for Panama with a full cargo of coal, and iu the month of April, 1907, the vessel was removed from the overdue market, underwriters refusing to insure even at 90 guineas per cent. In Juno tbo first mate and boat’s crew wore picked up oil the South American coast and taken to Guayaquil. That oliicer reported that provisions bad run out, and on May 8 tho captain abandoned the ship. The mate was given one boat, with half tho crew, while the captain took the rest in his boat. The position was then 500 miles from tbo coast of South America. Tbo mate stated that when the Alexandra was abandoned she was in perfect order alow and aloft, shortage of provisions alone - accounting for her abandonment. A search expedition was sent out after the barque; but was uiißuecessltil; and it was afterwards ascertained that she had drifted ashore on the rocks at [guana Cove, Albemarle island, and become a total loss, having broken in two. Her insurances, including cargo, amounted to £3U,O(X). Here was a splendid iron ship on which no /expense bad been spared in building abandoned in calm weather and allowed to drift to her doom owing to (lie gross negligence of those concerned not allowing lor sufficient provisions to last for at least a seven months’ voyage. This seems to point to the lactllm many ships sailing under foreign Hags are not, to say tho least of it, ns well found as could be desired by the officers and crows manning them.

Captain J. Stewart, who for some time has had charge of the Kaituna and other vessels of the Union Steam Ship Company's fleet, liar, accepted, a shore position as one of the company’s pilots of Alelbourno, whore he will settle down. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company lias made an alteration in its timetable. The Knramea will take the Waiwera's running, sailing from Alontrnal on November, for Dunedin and Lyttelton.