PLENTY OF WIND

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 33, 8 February 1940, Page 13

PLENTY OF WIND

SOME STRONG GUSTS

UNPLEASANT NOR'-WESTER |

In common with most other part* of New Zealand, Wellington has had plenty of wind 4n,,the past .twenty-four hours. During the night the northwesterly wind increased in force, and at about 2 a.m., there was a gust''of 63 miles an hour.- Another gust of 59 miles per hour was recorded at about 7 a.m. Little damage has been reported, though a window in. a house in Newtown was blown in. With the exception of a few broken branches, no damage was reported by the Reserves Department. The Telegraph Division, of the G.P.O. stated this morning that a heavy storm was being experienced on ,the West Coast, and that all lines between Greymouth and' Blenheim V were giving trouble, though no prolonged hold-up was expected. ; EFFECT ON SHIPPING. , Shipping has not been- interrupted to any great extent. The Matangi, from Nelson, arrived on time, 5.30 a.m., but the Wahine on arrival had difficulty in reaching the Lytfelton Wharf and berthed instead at Queen's Wharf No. 1 north. . The South Taranakt Shipping Company's coastal motor-ship Inaha, which left Wellington yesterday afternoon put back early this morning, but she was the only vessel to do so, and that was mainly attributable t» the fact that she was only lightly loaded and it was .difficult to keep her into the weather. ' „ 1:,