ALL-DAY FOG.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 184, 6 August 1934, Page 3

ALL-DAY FOG.

BLANKET OVER CITY.

AN EXCEPTIONAL SUNDAY.

SCENE FROM! MOUNT EDEN,

One of the heaviest and most persistent fogs experienced for years settled over the city and suburbs on Saturday night. Yesterday morning it was thick everywhere, but early in the afternoon, in some localities, the sun broke through. In other places the fog hung low all day, becoming thicker again towards dark. It began to clear about 0 p.m., and the stars became visible. On the North Shore, many residents whose houses overlook the sea saw neither sun nor sea all day. '

Fog sirens could be heard at intervals all the afternoon, from the ferries in the harbour and also from the motor ship Hauraki and the tug which was seeking her. The steamer Tairoa anchored in the Hauraki Gulf, and her arrival in port was delayed. The coastal vessels Claymore and Taniwha left for Whangarei and Paeroa, respectively, feeling their way through the fog, last evening. The ferry services, as usual, were maintained without mishap or serious delay. Motorists experienced considerable difficulty in finding their way home on Saturday evening, and motoring generally was restricted yesterday. Residents in some outer districts, such as Papakura, could see distinctly the heavy blanket of fog hanging over the city, and found it strange to hear over the- air of the. conditions in Auckland while they were enjoying the sunshine a few miles away. This morning dawned fairly clear, the fog remaining only in patches over the harbour and city, and the sun broke through during the morning.

An unusually largo number of people yesterday took an afternoon walk to the top of Mount Eden, there to be rewarded by a remarkable panoramic view, in which the mist played strange tricks. Masses of white vapour, apparently as dense as driven snow, had covered every point of the Waitemata and Mariukau harbours, and even the triple-coned summit of Rangitoto was hidden. Early in the afternoon, the. sun broke through the clouds with almost dramatic suddenness. Eangitoto and the city's lesser volcanic eminences wero revealed in a few minutes, but fully an hour elapsed ere the mist cleared from the surface of the sea. From three o'clock until half past four it was a. perfect, springlike afternoon ashore, though the mist had lowered again on the water, and groups of people could bo seen enjoying the sunshine on Ono Tree Hill, Mount-Hobson, Mount Albert and Mount St. John. As the sun sank, the mist suddenly reappeared, and by half past five the blanket was denser than during the morning with the ecria sound of the fog signal on the eastern tide deflector echoing through it.