LATE SHIPPING.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 31, 6 February 1908, Page 8

LATE SHIPPING.

DEPARTURES. i Fcrruary 6— Penguin, 8.6. (12.50 p.m.), £24 tons Robeitscn, for Picton, Nelson, New Plymouth, .md Onehuuga. -36 passengers. liNTFRbD OUTWARDS. February 6— Rutomahana, e.s. (8 p.m.), 1777 toiu Collins, for Lj ttelton. — HO passengeis. February 6— To Anau, c.c. (KJ.3O p.m.), 1652 ton.;. Tate, for Nelson. — 25 passengers. l'elm ai.\ 6— Mcei iki.^.s. (10 p.m.), 4352 tons, Wonall, for Southern poits, Ilobait, and Jlelboun.e.—B3 pu£.=eiigers. MOERAKI, FROM SYDNEY. A HOUGH PASSAGE. This week's Sidney boat, (he Union Oompanj'a Moeraki, did not reach Wellington until about 7.30 o'clock 'thi3 morning, after a prolonged passage of 4 duje 7 horns. The delay was accountable to unusually licavj easterly weather on the Australian coast. The Sydney wharf was left at 12.15 a.m. on Sundaj , and it was then la'ning heavily. Port Jackson Heads were cleared ' at 1.40, and the \esscl ftenmer into the teeth of .i very stiong gale with corresponding sta. This waj, accompanied with heavy lam squalls. The. engines wcio going at i educed epced. All day Sunday the wind blew with hurricane foice, and a quantity of watei was shipped. A lot of deck fittings and steam pipes were carried awaj , and some of the deck cajgo was damaged." On the evening of the game day a steerage passenger was injured, as reported elsewhere. On Monday it was ©till blowuig hard, and further seas broko upon the steamer. At 9 a.m. the Maram.i was passed, and she was flying before the gale. The weather began to modcrato on Tuesday, and at noon on that day it was raining and a confused sea was running. The conditions continued to improve, and by yesterday evening tho sea, had calmed down considerably. Tlie Jioeraki had eteemed right through the gale, and weathered the storm in a seaworthy manner. Her departure for southern ports. Hobart, and Melbourne is advertised for 10 o'clock to-night.