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STEAMERS RUT RACK. Tlio Anchor Line’s coastal vessel Taupatn. which left Napier at 9.15 p.m. on Monday, returned at 5 p.m. yesterday on account of heavy weather. Ine Taupata reached Capo Tnrnagain on tho trip to Wellington, but was forced to put back. On her arrival she was berthed at Napier breakwater for shelter. She is expected to sail again tonight.—Napier Press Association telegram. Shortly after 10 o’clock this morning the Union Company’s coastal steamer Poolta arrived at Lyttelton. Sho had been blown back to Ranks Peninsula after being 29 miles off Dunedin. Sho ran into what the officers described as tho biggest seas they had ever encountered. At one stage though at full steam, tho vessel actr lly went -10 miles astern in four hours. Sho then turned and came to Lyttelton for fresh supplies.—Christchurch Press Association telegram. ROAD REOPENS FOR MOTOR TRAFFIC. Tho Main North road between Mangaweka and Taihapo is open again for motor traffic. .It is closed to lorries for a further week. —Taihapc Press Association telegram.
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Evening Star, Issue 20863, 5 August 1931, Page 10
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