HEAVY GALE

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 100, 30 April 1927, Page 11

HEAVY GALE

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SHIPPING DELAYED

lIOUOH SKAS OK COAST

With but - slight nioderjitvon, tiie lonth^rly gale continues to eonsldt.u%ftbly^htimuci 1 shlpjuHg around the voast. Hull and rain ao/ialls, accompnnUut by high wind and tervlitc ?ess, nuiko tho conditions fof shipping far from favourable, but thote i>\ as. yet. no serious damage reported. The Maori, which received v severe bnffeUnjj on her trip South the night before last, had a stood run from Lyt> tcUon last, nlijlit, arriv'mg at Wolllug. lon ri«ht on time. High following sens antl the strong suuth"ei-l,v wind, ho\v» ever, were moro ot: an advantaije. than a disadvantage. The Oplhi and tho Wlngntui, which also arrivedj from JiyttoUoa this morning, both rl>portcd similar conditions as the. Maori, and van right «i> to schedule time. The \W hiwe, whWi left hero on Um<> Inst night, arrived «t liyttetton an hour late. The ;Vvah«vti uvrtvetl hero on time, but the Ngaio, after hey ,saillu« time had been alterwi last, night to midnight, did not get away from Wellington" for Nelson xmtll >l o'clock this morning, as slu> was waiting for the weathor to abate. !*hc \>aswtl thy; Arahuva nt 5 oVUicU, and was due at Kelson about o'eku'k tlii,* afternoon, ■ The Kauri, with coal from Jseweastle, did not avrivo at Wollingtou until this morning, although she fussed the Mara\n«, which left Wellington at !i p,m. yesterday for Sydney, just ore Stephens Island, Very bad conditions. prevailed in Cook Strait, resulting In th,« vessel lmvhig lo considerably reduce speed. DAMAtm TO RAILINGS. Vessels shaping a sontherlv course nmt the f«U force of tho gale. The llunnehu left Wanganui at midnight; on Thursday-In the height, of the Mtorm, ha,ving to leave several lighters of cay» go hv the roadstead. She also had to bring several stevedores down to ■Wellington, «s ihoy eonld not be landed at t,ho northern; (tort. Very blgh sea» «nd a tervltW wind were oncouutered on tbtt way down tho coast, and considerable, dainauo was don\> to tho rail- . lugs of tho forward promeuado deck, Hhe did not arrive at Wellington until well aftAe midday yesterday." : The. Tnalia, after leaving* Wangauul tU 7 o'clock,on Wednesday night, had » good trip lo Kftpiti Jslaiul, where she ran Into tho gale Tho little ship ny celved a bad tossiug about, and dUV not make Wellington until n quafter pant 7 last night, tluV trip having taken 84 hours instead of tlvo usual 12. * Th«j Mawera. is hove-t« In Tttalil Bay waltluß for the woathev to modorate, lind the Totara, on wnlti from N«w rlymouth to Wellington, «ut Into 1M«. U>n shortly aft*r S o'o.lock this morning. She stood on her court* asaln, however, at linlf-past t>, and should avvivo hey« lat« thin- afternoon. HUaVNUI BBI.AYIID. Tho Huriinul rcaehoil here at S.uHt o'clock this morning, titter a very rough trlji from Olnborno. Hhe left, thoto at .1.13 \>,m. «« Thursday, and n\ot; ll»o full force of tlio galo all the. way down the coast. She htul to slow up considerably between Cnfttlepolut, and t'apo I.'alliser, Damage was threatened at one point to this forward hatch, bat prompt action soon wado things safe and sound, Whoreas the trip from Gl«» borne should hux'e taken from twenty in twenty-two hours, it took close on to thirly • hours. The Port, Cavoline, with passenger* ami cßigo for London, via Montevideo, left. J^pilea, W.hijrf yesterday affernoon but it'wAH not considered• iidvlsiible to put to sen, so tho vessel anchored in tho stream overnight, anil >Mlod this morning. : Hevernl of the smaller coasslnl boats *i>i h<>ld up at, Welllugton, wallliijt for the ■wenth'cr to modernte.