SHIPPING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144085, 2 May 1913, Page 6

SHIPPING.

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. FRIDAY, .MAY 2, 1918. DIARY. April, High Sun Sun 1913. Water. Rise. Set. 26 — Saturday 12.62 i 6.45 5.15 27 — Sunday 1.40. 6.46 5.14 28— Hominy 2.32 6.47 5.13 .29—Tuesday 3.31 6.49 ■’5.11 30 —Wednesday ... 4.38 6.50 5.10 May, 1913. 1— Thursday 5:44 ,6.52 5.8 2 Friday 6.38 6.53, 5.7 At Waitara the tide is 15 minutes earlier than the above liguros for New Plymouth, while at Opunako it is high ivator IS minutes later than at Now Plymouth. PHASES OF THE MOON FOR MAY, 1913. 6th: New Moon, 8.1 p.m. 131 h: First Quarter, 11.22 p.m. 20th; Full Moon, 6.55 p.m. 2Sth; Last Quarter, 11.40 a.m. SAILED. May I—Flora, s.s., 1273 tons, Williams, for Greyraouth. May I—Rarawa, s.s., 1072 tons, Norbury, for Onehunga. Passengers: Misses. Fox, Morey, Hylton (2), Mosdames Thomas, Fox, Williams and family. Messrs. Thomas. .iPGregor, Elkin, Wilson, Fox, Kilbington, Rogers, Simpson, Lewis, 'Williams, Kent, and others; 13 steerage. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rarawa, from North, Saturday. H.nupiri, from North, Sunday. Tavinui, from South, Tuesday. Rarawa, North, Tuesday. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ARRIVED. Auckland, May I—Arrived, at 10.15 p.m., Talune, from Rarotonga. Westport, May 2—Arrived,, at 2 a.m., Moa, from New Plymouth. Onehunga, May 2.—Arrived, at 8.15 а. Rarawa, from New Plymouth. SAILED. Pori Ohalraers, May I.—Sailed, at 4.45 p.m., Waitomo, for Newcastle. / Port Chamlers, May 2.—Sailed, at б. a.m., Kowhia, for Campbell Island. OVERSEA SHIPPING. FOR WELLINGTON. From London. Steamer. Loft. Duo. Nerehana Feb. 24 May 3 Kaipara ‘ Mar. 2 May 4 Marere Mar. 9 May 10 AtKenio Mar. 27 May 13 Muritai Mar. 20 May 21 Wniwera Apr. 4 May 27 Indrapura Apr. 6 Jane 18 Paparoa Apr. 11 May 27 Otaki Apr. 12 Juno 16 From Liverpool. Surrey Fob. 15 May 9 Rimutaka Mar, 15 May 11 Karamea Mar. 29 May 27 Niwaru Apr. 18 June 27 From New York. Briez Izol Feb. 7 May 4 Courtfield Feb. 20 May 12 Baunfcls Mar. 26 Juno 16 Crown of Toledo Mar. 31 Juno 28 Aberlour Apr. 20 July 9 From St. Jonn Kia Ora Mar. 3 May 14 Rakaia .' Apr. 11 June 22 THE FLORA. The Flora sailed yesterday afternoon for Greymouth direct. THE HAUPIRI. The Haupiri is duo here on Sunday next from Onehunga. On Monday she will take cargo offering and sail for "Wellington. THE KOWHAFS MISHAP. The Otago Harbour Board, at thoir meeting on Tuesday, had brought under their notice a letter from the Union Steam Ship Company, who asked for a reduction in the board’s claim of £ISOO in respect of operations in connection with the salvage of tho s.s. Kowhai on March 13 anti 14, consisting of towing, pumping out engine-room and stokehold, and towing the vessel to tho Port Chalmers dock. Mr, Hughes, secretary of the com-

pany, stated in. his letter that, while recognising tho assistance so readily offered, the operations were directed and to a great extent carried out by the company’s own staff, and under the circumstances it was thought that if the company were charged something a. little in excess of actual out-of-pocket expenses that would meet the case. Mr. Hamel moved tiiat tho letter be referred to the Finance Committee for report.—Mr. Hazlett seconded the motion.

Mr. Bullock said he did not know on whatr basis the claim of £ISOO had been made, but his own opinion was that when a vessel got into difficulties within the harbour the board should not look upon it as a case of salvage. Ho thought'that all vessels that came into the harbour .should receive the protection of not only the board’s staff but also that afforded by the board’s plant. In a case like the one before them the claim slwuld not be based on the score of salvage at all. The hoard should receive fair remuneration for work done. Mr. Belcher said that he did not think it altogether right that the Harbour Beard should be at the disposal of any vessel that happened to got into difficulties to go out and assist that vessel and bo left outside the rights of what was known as salvage work. He did not think that the board should go as far as a private firm would go in respect of a salvage claim. It had to be borne in mind, however, that if the board had not had the plant at thendisposal to pump out the Kowhai it was possible that she would have been still aslioro. It seemed to liim that the whole matter was a question as to what was a reasonable sum for the work done. Personally, he was prepared to agree to charging the actual cost of the work done. The motion was carried. AN, UNUSUAL COINCIDENCE.

Although unaltered structurally .and still under the German flag, there are probably few people who will conic into contact with her during the present visit to Australia that will recognise in the steamer Waelsung quite an old Australian trader (says the Sydney Shipping List). She has made two and throe trips a year since her launch in 1894, and in nor day was perhaps as easily recognised as one of tho new P. and O. liners would ho, so well known was she, but a few months ago her owners sold her to buyers of the same nationality, which brought about a change in her name, thus completely blotting out her identity as tho old (LA. liner Sonneberg. The first business the new owners secured for her was. strange to say, of considerable interest to Australia, it being the conveyance from Savannah of rails and railway material to be’used in building the long-wanted Transcontinental railway. The Sonneberg is the second vessel the German-Australian Lino have disposed of in recent years, tho first ueing the old s.s. Flcnslmrg, which became the Waltrauto, and she, by a peculiar coincidence, made her first voyage under her new name to New Zealand from a port in close proximity to Savannah, i.e.. New York. The ’Waelsung is now at .Fremantle discharging railroad material, and is to extend 'to Port Augusta to complete discharge, after which she will ship a cargo of wheat at two South Australian ports for tho United Kingdom or Continent.— ENORMOUS PROFITS. Some idea of tho enormous profits earned by vessels in the present shipping boom may he formed from the fact that tho managers of a steamer of 3700 gross ’ tonnage, owned on the English North-East Const, reports that the profit to shareholders on two voyages lasting 164 days amounts to £9500.