GALE IN WELLINGTON
SPORTS POSTPONED. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, July 17. The weather yesterday and through the night was about Wellington’s roughest this winter, but conditions are now improving. All sports have been postponed except the Rugbv match New Zeaknnd v. The Rest. Even the harriers have abandoned their outings. Neither road nor rail, air or sea services were seriously interrupted and the electric ppwer, which usually suffers in gales, experienced no trouble. \ slip on the Western Hutt road has blocked it, cutting off access to the i Manor Park golf links. < I The worst of the storm was at -about midnight, when there wns_ driving heavy rain from the south with trusts of wind reaching 01 miles an hour. Motor vehicle drivers had a difficult time and there were minor accidents, bid nothing serious. The Kaitoa. iv.it back and d'd not continue her trip to Nelson till the morning. 1 RANGATIR A DELAYED. JVr Press; Association. CHRISTCHURCH. July 17. The Rangatira was 21 hours late in arriving from We'lington to-day. Living experienced the roughest tna yet. Tim fury of the gale and the h'oh seas reduced the meed to 81 knots. The vessel carried 411 pa.wengers and in Cook Strait shinned two big seas. h"t sustained no danm.ge. Seas flooded +'-e cap- , tain’s quarters on the boat deck.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 194, 17 July 1937, Page 2
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219GALE IN WELLINGTON Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 194, 17 July 1937, Page 2
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