"IT WAS VILE."
COOK STRAIT GALE
RANGATIRA DELAYED
OVER THREE HOURS LATE. high: seas encountered. ■(By Telegraph.—Press'Association.) CHRISTGHXTRCH, this day. As' the result of a fierce gale the inter-island steamer Kangatira, carrying 230 passengers, was three hours and a half late in arriving this morning. "I will not admit that it was tlie roughest ever, but I will say it was ! vile," said Captain George' Morgan, i The vessel's speed was reduced on passing Worser ;Bay, and she was able to make only six knots in Cook Strait. A strong south-west gale was at its iheiglit when the Rangatira left last evening. There was an exceptionally high sea running in the strait, and hail and rain squalls prevailed during the trip. * It was 1.30 a.m. instead of 10.20 p.m. when the Rangatira passed Cape Campbell. The vessel did not increase her speed to normal until 3.30 a.m. Fine sunny weather prevailed at Lyttelton as she nosed her way into the inner harbour at 10.20 a.m. There was only a small passenger list, and the Railway Department ran an extra express to Dunedin conveying some of the passengers south.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 138, 14 June 1938, Page 8
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