FOGGY AGAIN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 35, 11 February 1935, Page 8

FOGGY AGAIN.

IN COOK STRAIT. SHIPPING STILL RESTRICTED. NO DEPARTURES TO-DAY. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Tjlie fog which stopped shipping movements on Saturday, but lifted yesterday, this morning still remained over Cook Strait, especially near Cape Palliser. This morning a light south-easterly wind again brought the fog up in heavy banks, checking practically all movements of shipping, Several coastal vessels arrived this morning, but no departures were made. After being held up outside Wellington Harbour for 12 hours, the tourist liner Otranto, en route from Auckland, berthed at the Pipitea wharf at 0.30 on Saturday evening. The Maheno, hound for Bluff, worked her way through the fog, and the ferry steamer Wahine also managed to get in. Several coastal vessels, including the Tumallllie for Picton, left during the day and succeeded in working their way out to sea. The Japanese motor ship Brisbane Main, which cleared the wharf at mid-day bound for Auckland, gave up her attempt to set out and anchored well over in the direction of Soames, Island, where from the city she was clearly visible against the grey fog which streamed up the main channel and filed up over the hills above the Wainui Road. The Nelson ferry steamer Matangi was about four houm late, not berthing until about 9.30 a.m.

While the Qtranto was lyinpr at nnchnr, with those on board occasionally hearing the sirens of two other ships fogbound near hr, the FTarhonr Board pilot, launch, followed a little Inter by the Union Coinp-iny's tug 'I'erawhiti. set ont to locate her, but neither was successful. However, in the evening the fo" lifted, p'ul a rnre'f"l entry of t!ie harbour ti-e Otrento berthed at Pipit<*fl wharf. Whe resume) hp r to Svdnev nt 1 n.m. yesterday, six hours behind her programme About 200 who left the shin nt .\iK'!; , ""d for overland sitrhtacc;'"r tours o f the North Island, arrived nt Wellington in the afternoon to rejo'n the Otrant". ami as the liner was s f! ll f o"bo'ind thev were in a n/'nudarv. Rv f'e time it was irenera'lv known Mi« «hio was "'itei'iv the harbo-r nbo''t 1 0 0 had already taken room* in city hotels.