NOR'-EASTERLY GALES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 168, 15 July 1916, Page 9

NOR'-EASTERLY GALES.

HEAVY WEATHER ON COAST.

SHIPPING DELAYED.

WHD AT HIGH VELOCITY.

■ The' north-easterly gale which sprang Up yesterday morning increased in violence last night, and in the early hours of this morning was blowing with great force. Eeports from tile East Coast state that very high seas are running, and already the movements of coastal chipping & avo ueen considerably upset. News was received this morning that the' : Ivorthern Steamship Company's Clansman, which was time-tabled to arrive here this morning, is sheltering at Russell, while the Daphne is held up at. Whangaroa. The new steamer Waiapu was to have left on her second trip to Waipu last night, but owing to "the heavy weather her departure has been delayed. It is hoped that she may Iβ able to get away this evening. Although-there is a choppy sea in the harbour the ferry service has been practically uninterrupted. The master of the Kestrel picked up the launch Wolverine, and has handed it over to the care of* the Customs officials. The Har•bour Board's punts, bearing the mud pipes from the dredge to the eastern reclamation works, were somewhat battered, but the damage was not serious. The Craig vessel Saucy Kate, moored off the timber yard cast of the King's wfiarf, dragged her anchor and wa-« .driven against a timber breastwork. She •was secured before she was injured, however, and towed to a sheltered anchorage at the Nelson Street wharf. The meteorological observer reported that for the 24 hours previous to 9 a.m.

.to-day the wind had covered no less than

= 430 miles, indicating the exceptional Ui velocity of the gale. The highest velo- .. city recorded previously in the present " month'was 230 miles per 24 hours, registered up to 0 a.m. on July 11.

DAMAGE AT TE AROHA.

(By- Telegraph— Owi Correspondent.)

TE AROHA, this day.

One of.the most severe gales experienced here for many years raged for .twenty-four hours, and abated at seve,n o'clock this morning. Considerable damage wa3 done, trees being uprooted, gates'and fences uplifted, sheds razed to the ground, and portions of the roofs of iouees bared. The verandahs of the fciness premises of Messrs. Firkin (hairdresser), J. D. Morrison (auctioneer), R. Carrnthers (confectioner), and G. Gilclirist (solicitor), were demolished. The

lorpriga electric lighting and power

system was put out of order by broken — verandahs breaking the wires. A large plate-glaas window on the premises of Mr. H. Lee was blown in, and many windows in other places were broken.