GREYMOUTH BAR

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21714, 22 February 1936, Page 19

GREYMOUTH BAR

SHOALING ALMOST DISAPPEARED VESSELS SAIL AFTER DELAY OF A WEEK (shcial to m pun.) , GREYMOUTH, February 21. As suddenly as it formed, the enoaling on the Greymouth bar has almost disappeared to-day, the increase in the depth of water at high tide being three feet compared - with yesterday. To-day's depth of 18 feet allowed the ■£L b< ? und vessels to depart. The Poolta, which had been held up w* a week, and the Kaimiro, which naa been delayed for several days, both sailed. Soundings taken to-day indicated Pj)'' 3 , constant improvement was taklniL p e and * witn the spring tides "«King it was unlikely that there "Mny further trouble. WOOLSTON BAND — — HAVING TO-NIGHT FOR N.Z. CONTEST n& *y°° lston Band will leave tochlnL* CO JPPete in the New Zealand gampionship at New Plymouth. The S J**** ands in New Zealand will tie £~ ?ent . ed - and Australia will also f represented by the Cairns Band. Pioiwhi« reSent^holders of the c ha mSISS are St - Kilda . as Woolston having * com ? e ] e last vear owin 8 t 0 Sit W?, ted in the Centenary m&k? Bal ] a r a t. in which the band ■ wSS/tS2J d 4f. m $ e aggregate. The »lciffy o, l the Nevf Zealand cham*tßKS than nine times. '' "ftuare »t d ™ wi , u lea ve Cathedral