SHIPPING

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144666, 28 April 1915, Page 6

SHIPPING

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2S. 1915. PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH. DIARY.

30—Friday 9.50 6.50 5.U) At Wnitara the tide is 15 minutes earlier than the above figures for-Now Plymouth, while at-Opuuako it>is high water l'i minutes later than at Now Plymouth.

PHASES OF THE MOON. MAY, 1915. G—Last quarter, 4.53 p.m. 14—Now moon, 3.01 p.m. 22—First quarter, 4,30 p.m. 29—Full moon, 9.03 a.m. SAILED. April 27. —Rarawa, r.k,, 1072 tons, Bark, for Ouohungn. Passengers:— Misses Pickering. Jakins, Nunn; Alesdames Penman ami child, May and child, Allsworth. Coehranc, Tole, .Suckling. Cooper, Gilbert. I.iulc, Barker, Orudis and child; Messrs. Wearer, Alexander, Smith, • Butcher, Marsh, M'Quade, Waltham, Horton. Robinson. Upton, Ramsey, Cochrane, Francis, Derrett, Bricked. Clifford ; 7 steerage, April 27.—Flora. s.s., 1283 tons. Williams, for Westport and Groymouth. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Kini, from South, early. Mapourika, from South. Thursday. Rarawa, from North, Friday. Rarawa, from North, Tuesday. SHIPPIN g'tELKG R AMS. ARRIVED. Onehunga, April 28.—Arrived, at 9.50 a.in., Rarawa. from New Plymouth. SAILED. Sydney, April 27. —Sailed, at 5 p.m., Ruapehu, far Auckland. Auckland, April 27.—Sailed, at 2.40 p.m.. Rivcrina, for Sydney, OVERSEA SHIPPING FOR WELLINGTON. From London. Left! Due. Maraarl Mar. 2.7 May 12 Kia Ora Mar. 26 AI ay 28 Indraharah Alar. 29 Juno 7 Paparoa Apr. 14 Juno 12 From New York. Invertay Alar. 20 May 4 From St. John. Ruapehu Jan. 20 Apr. 31 Rangitira Alar. 18 Juno 1() Tongariro Apr. 13 June 29 From San Francisco. Waitemata Apr. 1 Slay 6 From Calcutta. Waihora Apr. 7 May 9

THE FLORA. The Flora completed the discharge of her cargo and got away at 10 o’clock last night lor Westport and Groymouth. THE AIOOLTAN’S PASSENGERS. AIELBOUKNE, April 27. The Mooltnn's New Zealand passon-' gors are:—Messrs. Aioorhouso,■ Shaw, iTincliliffc and Abbott; Alcadames Hold, Smith and Alalet; Alices Smith and Hopewell. NEW STEAAIERS DELAYED. _ It is stated that delivery of the Union Steamship Company's new vessel. Ao-tc-i'oa, which is intended for the Canadian mail services, is indefinitely postponed owing to the war. Tlie Admiralty and the AVar Office have commandeered so many of the great engineering and shipbuilding works in the United Kingdom that many contracts for new merchant ships have he-en '.suspended. The Union Company's new' cargo ships, the Leitrim and Armagh, are also delayed. MESS TABLE GOSSIP. Air. A. J. Holm has relieved Air. A. AUKinnon as mate of the Tlawora for a trip or two. Mr. E. Stewart, third officer of the Westralia. has joined the -Victoria _as second officer, and Air. E. Sinclair, fourth officer, lias been promoted to third. ' Air. K. Henry, late of the R-a-rawa. has joined the Westralia as fourth

[ Mr. Dinsntore, who has been on holi[May leave, has been appointed second bofficer of the Mooraki.

Captain W. D. Cameron, of the Paioena, lias been granted holiday leave, mid Captain 1 J. M. Holmes, late, of the Maponrika, has been appointed to succeed li im. ’ Captain White-Parsons, of R.M.fe. Turakina, who was invalided ashore at Capetown, is reported to bo convales-' cent. Captain W. I’. Collins lias taken charge of the Mooraki, and , has with him the following officers:- —Messrs. It. Vellowneth (chief), F. Dittsniore (second)' and A. J. Cornish (third}. Captain Hay,.of tlio .Vikau, is ashore, and Captain Wildman, senior, Uu-s taken charge of the vessel.

It is announced that the Union Company’s recently-purchased steamer .Wyandotte (to b’o named iho AVaimarino) will m future run the round trip from Vancouver to Sail Francisco, Auckland and Australia.

A message has been received by. the Marine Department at Wellington slating that the Government training ship Amokunv left Pori Chalmers for Aharon, on Monday afternoon, and arrives at the hitter port this afternoon, and-Lyt-telton on Saturday. ft is expected that the vessel will return to. Wellington on May'6, when she will lay up lor the winter for the boys’ schooling.

High SunApril. water. rise. sot. '24—Saturday .... .. 4.8 6.43 5,17 2u—Sunday 6.45 o.Io 26—Mondav .. 6.39 6.4G 5.14 27—Tuesday .. 7.a 0.47 5.13 28—Wednesday . .. 8.31 0.49 5.11 29—Thursday .... .. 9.1o ti.ol) . 5.10