IN GALE-SWEPT SEAS
Steamer’s Trying Ordeal RETURN FOR SUPPLIES By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, August 6. Shortly after 10 o'clock this morning the Union Company's coastal steamer Poolta arrived at Lyttelton. She had been blown back to Banks Peninsula after being 29 miles off Dunedin, She ran into what the officers describe as the biggest seas they have ever encountered. At one stage, though at full steam, the Poolta was actually 40 miles astern In four hours. She turned and came to Lyttelton for fresh supplies. * FORCED TO PUT BACK By Telegraph—Press Association. Napier, August 5. The Anchor Company’s coastal vessel Taupata, which left Napier at 9.15 p.m. on Monday, returned at 5 p.m. yesterday "on account of heavy weather. The Taupata reached Cape Turnagain, but was forced to put back. On her arrival she berthed at the Napier breakwater for shelter. She is expected to sail again to-night. SHIP’S LONG VOYAGE By Telegraph—Press Association Auckland, August 5. The motor-ship Alexander arrived at Onehunga this afternoon after an 88 hours’ trip from Nelson.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 266, 6 August 1931, Page 8
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