RAIN AND GALES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 599, 30 August 1909, Page 8

RAIN AND GALES.

1 - ■, J SHIPPING BELAYED - (By_Tdld&raiih- i -P , eßs Association 1 Auckland, August 29.' The heavy gale experienced during the last' couple •of dajs has impeded, shipping. Several of the Northern Company's steamers aro sheltering at , various points, while tijo barques 'have bpen detaiued m Auckland Harbour for several dajs past, waiting an opportunity t to ,tako thoir _ The Ngatiawa ]& bar-bound at' Opotiki. . The Apanul was to have proceeded to 'Mercury Bay and Tai'ma on Friday, but , owing to the unfavourable weather did not make the trip. It seen] , ) probable also that thick weather is out at sea. The Tymeric, from San' Francisco, which is fully due, has not yet been sighted,

( ,' 'I Walhi, August 28 A heavy galo is raging Raip. is falling, very heavily. . , . ,"' f ',\V l ". ' Blenheim I , 'August,,,^ Tho heavy rams of the last two dajs havo mado the roads in a fearful state, and the rivers afe all in flood. Thp Nelson coach was iwo hours late in arriving hero last night, and this morning had to return to Blenheim owing to its inability to cross tho ferry ac the Wairau River. Tho new bridge over tho forry mil not bo ready for traffic for several weeks jet. v Invercargill, August 28 After two davs' almost continuous rain the weather has clewed. The rivers are high, and there .has been considerable mortality among young lambs. (By Teleffcapb-Press Amodatlon-Copyrlirtyt I ' . Sydney, lugust 28. The Whangaroa experienced a successron of gales on the voyage to this port from tyanganui ■> Soma damage was done to the , deck httings \ • t j-