LATE NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 10, 12 January 1940, Page 3

LATE NEWS.

; r WNKJNG OF DREDGE. Th* Murchison-fViataki Junction dredge. g; Murohison. sail* *t midnight last night in ISft of wa'.er. When a change of shif | wag taking place the dredge listed to ! starboard. The beige pumps were sel I ready for action, "sut '.lie mrus.i of water : caused tho dredge to sink ranidly. The cause of the accident is no; known, arm it is not yet possible to investigate 'he matter. —P.A., Wellington. i ONEHUNGA FIRE Fire broke oik 'his afternoon in the upstairs portion of a 2-sloreyed house in Queen Street, Onehunga, but was quickly suppressed by lh« Onehunga artti Mount ftasMill brigades. Damagt was, confined ©ItisiJ was ewnttJ by Mr». WiggS, ef 9BeW«s«s m<l weepies ijy-Slrt, Saet, FOR CITY AND PROVINCE. The Government Meteorologist issued to the "Auckland Btar" this afternoon the following special weather forecast for the Auckland Province to as far south as Hamilton, Kawhia and Tauranga:— Light to fresh northerly winds predominating. Weather fair to cloudy and warm. Seas slight to moderate. Pressure continues high in the north, while a ds?p . depression is passing in the south. HAUHAKI GULF CONDITIONS, The following report of weather conditions in the Hauraki Gulf was received from Tiritiri Island at noon to-day:— Wind, north-north-east, moderate; sea, smooth; weather, fine and clear; | visibility, good; barometer, steady.