GALE AT LYTTELTON.
CO AST Al*. SHIPPING DELAYED.
!■ A soutli-wo'stor, of full force, prevailed I at Lyttcltoii all day on Saturday, and it moderated' only in the eveni ing. The ferry steamer, Wa-, hine, arrived at 7.5 on Satur-1 day morning, a very good performance I 5n such weather. The Maheno did' not arrive at Lyttelton until 9.25 a.m. yesterday. She had-a vet v rough trip from ' Wellington against a heavy head sea, especially in Cook Strait. Other vessels duo from- the north have been delayed and their arrival is indefinite. The New Zealand Shipping Company's 12,000 "ton linor, llotorua, sailed from Lyttelton on Saturday, afternoon, in the height of the gule ,and withiu 1 one hour of low water. She was" berthed at the Gladstone Pier east, the most I awkward berth- from which-to make a departure at anjr -time,'- but although her huge bulk presented a great' surface to the gale, with, the assistance of the tug, she was swung .around in the inner harbour and" dispatched ' safelv i I down the harbour; |
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20257, 8 June 1931, Page 16
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175GALE AT LYTTELTON. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20257, 8 June 1931, Page 16
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