STORMY WEATHER.
; 0- — ; ■ SHIPPING DELAYED. FBI TEI.EnKAI'U—srECIAt CORBESrONOKNT.I Auckland, April 0. ' Wintry weathor sot in hero a couplo of days ago, and.-was' again felt', yesterday. Along tho-EastCoast a strong south-easterly galoywiis blowing, ;.and,. a number of tho sriialler. intprfored with in their, movements, whilo several of fho scows up . north; could nqt. eomo .down tho coast. Tho . tugboat Pelican rail through.thn galo sue-, cessfully yesterday, hut she/had to'lot : gp part of'a"raft of log 3 sho had -in tow, andthoy are now, adrift. .-.- ■ . Advico frorii Gisborno states that shipping ; has been delayed thc-ro-by tho gale. The woather, was-,so'bad : tliat tho .passengers, by tho Mpriowaiwero unable to land at Gia- > ,borne,•'/ and had tobp.. .transferred .to the' tendor.Vin; .a.'-bnsket or-, chair.. /.Thei cargo, however, .could-not be landed,-aricl it. will bo brought on to Auckland. Seventeen horses on board'.for Gisborne,, and..these.could not'-be landed;'either.; The' steampr Squall, was yesterday. l, afternoon weatherbound .at. Gisborne. '. HEAVY RAIN .(JIT TELEGRAPH —PBE&S ASSOCIATION'.) V/alroa, April 9. ;'Tlie weather has again broken.-up. •. There were nearly 'three inches .of - rain during, tho last forty-eight hours.. VAll' tho ; coaches, got away. ■ Mapior, April 10. Thbvstearnor arrived from 'Auckland .this morning ,to load slioep for Lyttclton, hut owing to tho heavy- swell .she was unable to berth, and. had to prooecd to, the i'padstead ,to await a fa'vourablo ( to^^)^cf!;i'^ngpde... : '-''!rho. t Si6a-'-is now de- . creasing. 'vriA--'v 1 ; :
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 169, 10 April 1908, Page 9
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226STORMY WEATHER. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 169, 10 April 1908, Page 9
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