SHIPPING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144855, 6 December 1915, Page 6

SHIPPING.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1915. DIARY. High Sun- StmDecemher. water, rise. set. 4 Saturday 11.0 4.39 7.21 5 Sunday 11.38 4.39 7.21 6 Monday 12.15 4.39 7.21 7 Tuesday 12.36 4.39 7.21 , 8 — Wednesday 1.13 4.38 7.22 9 Thursday 1.53 4.38 7.22 10—Friday 2.41 4.38 7.22 j At Waitara the tide is 15 minutes i earlier than the above figures, for Now Plymouth, while at Opunake it is high water 15 minutes later than at New Plymouth. PHASES OF THE MOON. ) DECEMBER, 1915. i 7—New* moon, 6.40 a.m. 13 —First'quarter, 11.15 p.m. 22 —Full moon, 12.29 p.m. 30—Last quarter, 12.30 a.in. SAILED. Deo. 4.—Ngakuta, s.s., 940 tons, Hine, for Wellington. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rarawa, from North, Tuesday, Karu, from Wellington, Tuesday. Kabika, from Lyttelton, Wednesday or Thursday. Rarawa, from North, Friday. Corinna, from South, end of week. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ARRIVED. Wellington, Dec. s.—Arrived, at 3.30 p.m., Ngakuta, from New Plymouth; and, at 6.30 a.m,, Waimarino, from Suva. SAILED. Wellington, Dec. 4.—Sailed, at 7 p.m., Mokoia, for Melbourne; and, at 9.35 p.m., Wairuna, for Melbourne. Sydney newspapers state that the 1 tenuer of Messrs. Poole and Steel for' the construction of three' lighthouse steamers, approximately £50,000 each, was accepted by the Federal Government some months ago. The contract provides for their completion m about 14 months. The vessels are to be used for lighthouse work by the Commonwealth. Although several months have elapsed since the tender was accepted, the construction of the vessels had not begun when the mail left, owing to the plans not having yet been fur-

OVERSEA SHIPPING FOR WELLINGTON. Steamer. Left. Due. From London or Plymouth. 1 Ilia Ora Oct. 8 Dec. C Remuera Oct. 18 Dec. 11 Corinthic Nov. 1 Doc. 16 Nerehana Oct. 17 Jan. 1 From Liverpool. Athenic Oct. 18 Dec. 24 . Paparoa Oct. 20 Doc. 27 j From Montreal. j or St. John. I Ashburton Oct. 7 Dec. 16 1 ' From New York. Baron Cowdor Sept. 18 Dec. 10 Riouw Sept. 21 Dec. 3 Parattah Oct. 16 Dec. 1G Jethou Oct. 23 Dec. 26 J Walton Hall Nov. 1 Jan. 1 j From Southampton, i Maheno Oct- 30 Dec, 20 ! Owing to the extraordinary pressure of work in the Scandinavian shipbuilding yards, the Brusgaard Steamship Company of Dram, Nonvay 2 has ordered three steamers from China. Thus for the first time in history China is a competitor with the European shipbuilders. Two steamers will b© delivered in 1916, and the third in 1917. INVISIBLE~SUBMARINES. Jules Vern© and Mr. H. G, Wells have a practical rival in Mr. Patrick Keenan, of Denver, Colorado, who has i recently made application for a patent which he believes will make submarines completely invisible when on the surface of the water. The inventor's plan is to cover the portion of the submarine which appears above the surface with a mirror which will reflect only the water beneath it, and at a distance of a few yards will give the appearancoof virgin sea. Mr. Keenan applies his invention to the periscope by clothing if in a glass tube, silvered inside, forming a mirror, which renders the whole invisible. If it is desired, the decks can be similarly clad in silvered plate-glass, and the submarine on the surface would be invisible at a far shorter distance than the range of tho modem torpedo LOSS OF THE NORD. FOUNDERS IN DEEP WATER. A cablegram received on November 10 stated that the British Imperial Oil Company’s steamer Nord, bound from Singapore to Hobart with case oil, went on the rocks near Capo Pillar, on tho Tasmanian coast.- The Mocraki, which arrived at Wellington from Sydney last week, took the crew of 35 Chinese from Hobart to Sydney the week before, where they embarked on tho Dutch liner Tasman cn route for Singapore, under the command of Messrs. Waugh and Thomas, third and fourth engineers respectively of the Nord. From details received by the Mocraki it appears that the Nord loft Melbourne at 7 p.m. on the sth ult., and experienced rough weather throughout tho voyage across the Straits and clown the Tasmanian coast. The Ilippolytc Rocks, about ught miles east of the Tasman

Peninsula, wore reached two days later, when a strong gale was blowing from the west-south-wosl. She was passing the rocks on the landward side, when she struck a submerged reef. There was a grinding jar, and heavy streams of water began to pour in through the starboard side. The engine-room speedily began to fill, but prompt and temporarily successful measures vrero immediately taken to cope with tho sud- . den inrush. Seven pumps were at i once cot into action, and for some j time the efforts made appeared to meet | with partial success. Xho gravity of t tho situation was at. first not fully | apparent, and hopes were entertained , of rounding Caps Pillar and bringing 1 tile vessel safely into Carnarvon. Accordingly all steam was crowded on, and J tho ship ran south to within a short j distance of Tasman Island. The captain, I however, found that tho ship was taking so much water aft and so light forward that it was impossible to steer her against the wind, which increased in violence as tho vessel gradually emerged from the shelter offered by Capo Pillar and Tasman Island. He, therefore, resolved to put back into Munro Bight, on Tasman Peninsula, where ho. had observed smooth water, and tolerable shelter on the way down the coast. Meanwhile signals of distress were sent up, and the crew made every preparation in tho event of anything unforeseen happening. A few hours later the vessel dropped anchor in Munro Bight, but despite every attempt at salvage the Nora began to settle down heavily, and went down stem first in 48 fathoms of water. All the officers and crew, however, succeeded in landing on the bench. It is stated in an American Consular report that tho City Council of Konigsberg, East Prussia, has voted 21,000,(XX) marks towards the construction of a now commercial harbour in that port. Work, it is said, is to bo started at once, and the excavation operations are to be undertaken by 2000 Russian prisoners.