SHIPPING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144083, 30 April 1913, Page 6

SHIPPING.

?ORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1913.

At Waitara the tide is 15 minutes earlier than the above figures for Now Plymouth, while at Opunako it is high Water 15 minutes later than at Now Plymouth. PHASES OF THE MOON FOR MAY, 1913. 6th: New Moon, 8.1 p.m. 13th: First Quarter, 11.22 p.m. 20th; Full Moon, 6.65 p.m. 28th: Last Quarter, 11.40 a.m. ( ARRIVED. April 30.—Karamu, s.s., 934 tons, Bold,- from Westport. April 30.—Moa, s.s., 92 tons. Sawyers from Westport. SAILED. April 29.—Rarawa, s.s., 1072 tons, Xotiiery, for Ouehuuga. Passengers: —Misses Connett, Matthews, M ‘Ahum, Turmvald, Wake; Mesdames M'Leod, Morton, Harding, Simpson, Vickers; Messrs. Cowern, Jerral, Hartke, Sutton, Struthors, Harding, Liddell, Halley, Goold, Hamilton, Vickers, Korr, Wylie; 10 steerage. ex pectedTarr IV ALS. Waimea, from South, to-night. Flora, from South, Thursday. Rarawa, from North, Thursday. Rarawa, from North, Saturday.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ARRIVED. Fremantle, April 29. Arrived, Omrah, from London. Loudon, April 29.—Arrived, Matatua, from AVellington-.-Wellington, April 30.—Arrived, at 8 a.m., Manuka, from Sydney. Onehuhga, April 30.—Arrived, at 8.10 a.m., Rar'avva, from New Flymouth. Newcastle, April 30—Arrived, Inga, from New Zealand. SAILED. London, April 29.—Sailed, Crown of Toledo, for New Zealand, Tarakohe, April 30.—Sailed, at 4 a.m., AVaimea, for New Plymouth. THE KARAMU. The Karamu arrived about 6 this morning from Westport’ with about 220 tons of coal. She leaves this afternoon for Onehunga. THE MO A. The Moa arrived early tins morning from AA T cstport with', about 113 tons of coal. At time of writing her movements from here were not available. THE FLORA. The'Flora has been delayed in Wellington on account of rain, but will leave this afternoon. She will liave about 600 tons of cargo to land.

THE WAIMA

The Waimea did not leave Tarakohe for New Plymouth till 4 a.m. to-da.y. She will have 40 tons of cement to discharge here THE MOOLTAN. A cable from Melbourne states that the following are the Mooltau’s New Zealand passengers:—Messrs. Duncan and wife and son, Sir W. Hall-Jones and wife and three daughters, and Miss Johnston. Nine cattle, 320 boxes of and 15 crates of cheese were shipped North by the Rafawa last night. The Wifnmora, Victoria, Maitai, Mooraki, Talune, Fiona, Tongariro and Ruapehu will be within wireless range of Wellington to-night. • The Victoria, Wimmera, Moeraki, Kia Ora, Talune, Ruapehu and Fiona will be within range of Auckland tonight. SAVED BY WIRELESS. A rescue by means of wireless telegraphy was effected in the early'hours of March 9. off the Florida Keys. The British steamer Lugano, bound from Liverpool to - Havana, was driven by a storm out of her course, and went aground on Ajax Key, about forty miles from Key West. It was impossible for the vessel to get oft, as she had pounded a great hole in her bottom, and the storm was too high to make the lowering of the boots a safe operation. Wireless calls were sent, but remained unanswered for some hours, as tho Lugano’s apparatus worked intermittently. Finally, however, her calls were picked np by the Key West station, and a vessel was sent to tier relief. The Lugano had 116 passengers on board, all of whom except two were Spaniards going to Cuba to settle. Tho tug Nome, after two hours’ smart work, took off the whole of the passengers, and brought them to Key West. The captain and his crew stayed by the ship, in the hope of saving tho cargo, but it is feared that this wiE be a total loss, as well as tho vessel. A TITANIC VICTIM. Tho chief officer of the steamer Ilford, which arrived at Newcastle from Magi on April 14, has in his possession a lifebelt irom the lost -liner Titanic. When interviewed, tho chief officer, Mr. W. F. Bassett, said that he was on tho bridge of the Ilford on the way from Galveston (U.S-A.) to Hamburg on June 8 last. Tho vessel was in latitude 49.06 north, longitude 42.51 west, when ho noticed a lifebelt and body of a man in tbt water. The steamer was stopped- and a boat lowered. The chief officer examined tho clothes on tho body and found in the pockets a watch and chain, a hunch of keys, a knife, a silver pencil case, and a packet of postcards and letters. It was discovered from the letters that the laxly was that of W. F. Chiverton, the chief steward of tho Titanic. The body was then sewn up in a canvas sack and weighted with grate bars from the engine room and a burial service was conducted. Tho belongings of the dead man were forwarded to-the relatives in England. It was twelve months ago last week since tho White Star liner Titanic struck an iceberg in mid-ocean and sank a few hours after. Tho body of tlio chief steward was picked up fiftyfour days later. , During that time it had drifted 375 miles. JAPAN’S MERCHANT SHIPPING. During the past twelve months, states Fainplay, a great many British steamers have been sold to Japanese buyers, and it is understood that they are in tho market for further vessels, the tax of £1 per ton forming no deterrent to purchasers. In some instances, Japaa cso who have bought foreign steamers have been able to pay the whole of the purchase price, and some of the marine insurance companies and bankers in Japan have advanced them up to 70 per cent, of the purchase money upon mortgage. These bankers, etc., charge as much as 3.5 sen per 100 yen per day, which is equal to 12.775 per cent, per annum, and all tho ship’s papers, insurance policies, etc., are handed over to them with a view to giving them as much security as possible. The mortgage of the vessel is duly legalised by a notary public nominated by the mortgagees and registered in the Government register office. On a steamer of 'about 5000 tons 'gross, the tax would amount to about £SOOO, registration stamps another £SOO, and repairs to meet the requirements of tho Japanese authorities would amount to anything from £IOOO to £2OOO, so that a Japanese owner who borrows heavily on mortgage has a lot of financial dead weight to carry.

D 1 A R Y. April, High Sun Sun 1913. Water. Kisc. Sot. 26—Saturday .. 12.52 6.45 5.15 27 —Sunday 1.40 6.46 5.14 2b —Monday .... 2.32 6.47 5.13 29—Tuesday 3.31 6.49 5.11 30—Wednesday ... 4.38 6.6^ 5.10 Mav, 1913. 1— Thursday . 2— Friday .... 5.44 6.52 5.8 6.38 b.&3 5.7

OVERSEA SHIPPING. FOR WELLINGTON. From London. Steamer. Loft. Due. Norohana Ruapehu' Mai-ere Athenic Marital ludrapura Paparoa Otaki From Liverpool. Surrey Rimutaka .... Mar. 15 Mav22 Niwaru ±’roin Now York. Briez Izel Courtliold .... Fob. 20 May 12 Baunfels Crown of Toledo ... .... Mar. 31 Juno 28 From St. John Whakatano Kia Ora .... Mar. 3 May 20 Rakaia