SHIPPING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144778, 7 September 1915, Page 6

SHIPPING.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1915. PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH DIARY. High Sun- Sunwater. rise. set. September. 6 Monday 7.8 6.22 5.38 7 Tuesday 7.57 6.21 5.39 8— -Wednesday 8.44 6.20 5.40 9 Thursday 9.23 6.18 , 5.42 PHASES OF THE MOON,SEPTEMBER. 1915. 2—Last Quarter, 2.27 a.m. 9—Now Moon, 10.23 p.m. 16—First Quarter, 6.61 p.m. 23—Full Moon, 9.5 p.m. At Waitara the tide ts 15 minutes earlier than the above figures for New Plymouth, while at Opunako it is high water 15 minutes later than at New Piymoutl*. ARRXVED. Sept. 7. —Corinna, s,s., 1271 tons, Scott, from Wellington. Sept. 7.—Rarawa, s.s., 1072 tons, Bark, from Onehunga. Passengers:— Misses Holmer, Thorter, Cave, Martin, "Tiles and Patterson; Mesdamos Mitchell, Norrie and two children, and Thomas; Messrs. Morris, Hicks, Baldray, M'Callum, Bygato, Ogle (2). Ward, ..lelvern, Burrows, Donaldson, Gilmour, Mitchell, M'Governe and Giles; 16 steerage. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rarawa. from North. Friday. Te Anau, from South, Saturday. OVERSEA SHIPPING FOR WELLINGTON. Steamer. Left, Due. From London. Kumara July 15 Sep. 4 lonic July 8 Sep. 12 Rimutska July 25 Sep. 13 Hawke’s Bay July 11 Sep. 20 Arawa Aug. 6 Sep. 21 Star of Australia .... Aug. 2 Oct. 18 Star of Scotland ... Aug. 12 Oct. 28 From Liverpool. Hurunui July 1 Sep. *7 Kaikoura July 28 Sep. 30 • From New York. Batsford July 17 Sep. 6 Norman Monarch ... July 20 Sep. 2 Navarino Aug. 12 Sep. 12 Suruga Aug. 1 Sep. 12 From St. John. Whakatane June 7 Sep. 10 From Montreal. Matatua June 25 Sep. 17 Karamea Aug. 1 Oct. 20 From Calcutta. IVaitoroo July 30 Sep. 14 ARRIVED. Wellington, Sept. 7.—Arrived, at 1.15 a.ra., Koromiko, from Newcastle. Lyttelton, Septoember 7.—Arrived, at 10 a.m., Perth, from Newcastle. SAILED. Wellington, Sept. 6.—Sailed, at 8.40 p.m., Corinna, for New Plymouth. Auckland, September 7.—Sailed, at 11 a.m., Niagara, for Vancouver, via Suva. THE RARAWA, The Rarawa arrived from Onehunga this morning with 79 tons of general cargo, including 17 tons of soltar. THE CORINNA. 1 The Corinna arrived from Wellington this morning with about 100 tons of general cargo. She sails for Onehunga to-night. PANAMA AND SAILING VESSELS. That no time will be saved by sailing vessels using the Panama Canal is indicated by a letter from Captain Larsen, of the Norwegian barque Birtha to the Norwegian Consul at Portland (U.S.A.). The captain wrote from Colon stating that 66 days were required on the run to Balboa, and he gives

it as his opinion that it will require about 120 clays out from the Columbia Biver to Queenstown or Falmouth. Ho says that his vessel got through the calm belt very well, but head winds and currents were encountered up to Panama Bay. From Cape Mala and up to Balboa required three weeks’ sailing, which distance the skipper said should be negotiated in 24 hours with fair wind. He pays a compliment to the obliging officials at the Canal. AN INTERESTING CHARTER. An interesting charter is referred to in Shipping Illustrated, New York, the vessel concerned being tho French submarine transport Kangaroo. This steamer, which was built specially for the firm of Schneider and Co., Be Creusot, to deliver submarines to oversea destinations, has been chartered by Messrs. Norton, Lilly, and Co. to load general cargo at New York. The Kanguroo has a detachable bow, which allows a submarine to bo floated into her hull. The bow is then riveted. At des■tination the bow is again removed, and the submarine is floated out. There are only two steamers afloat built specially for the transport of submarines, the other being tho Transporter, built originally for Messrs. Vickers, Ltd. The Transporter is designed so as to bo submerged in order to receive tho submarine, somewhat in the fashion of a pontoon dock. The advantage presented by tho construction of the Kanguroo is that when not needed to transport submarines the ship is available as a single-deck freighter. The Kanguroo si puu ‘xnnapjog in gt6l n ! Binq ™av a vessel of 2493 gross and 1720 net tons, with her machinery fitted aft. She is 306.1 ft. long, by 39.2 ft. beam, by 20,7 ft. depth, and 1 is registered at Havre. Triple-expansion engines of 130 n.h.p. are fitted. THE HOLMDALB. The Holmdalo leaves Wellington today for New Plymouth with 3000 cases of oil. THE SYDNEY BOAT. The local office of the Union Company advises that tho WellingtonSvdney boat Manuka has been delayed. She will now leave Wellington on Friday.