A ROUGH VOYAGE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12609, 25 June 1904, Page 5

A ROUGH VOYAGE.

r; . n' / I ... ■' \f\f< , ~|, " / H „ . fiKf-fSOTIKO EH'EKIENCM OF A BARQUE. • , : TJBbarqu© Zealateur, awoodeffl vessel of 657 tons register, arrived impart yesterday from : ',. Maiden Island after /stormy voyage of 32 s^t ,; in a leaky co/dition. The barque, .-!;wh is in charge of Captain Molvig, is owned at Fiji, and proceeded from Melbourne to Maiden ■ Island to load a cargo c { guano fof Auckland, for Messrs. Re»pthorne, Pro«ei, and Co. After the last of trie t»rgo *" got.on board the barque sailed |n r ' for Auckland On May 25. tight variable winds and weather were experienced until Juno 10, tie vessel at that time being about half-way *»tw*en the Friendly Islands and the Kettt&dcc?. A heavy gal© front th© north-we* was then encountered, veering into the westward, accompanied by a very ! V'-'. heavy act. During the gale, which lasted for thro days, the vessel laboured and strained riolently in the heavy sea, and begin to cake a great deal of water. The pumps vera set to work, and ware able to keep thevessel clear. The weather moderating, aft« Thursday, the vessel oame on her course !*gaiii, and made in towards the New Zealand coast, but the weather set In thick arid stormy, and a gale from the eastward was falls in with, causing the vessel to work and stain again, and the laak to increase. Off Cap» Brett last Monday the weather was very bsd, the wind blowing a gale from the eastward, with a very high sett. The weather | then moderated; and strong westerly winds J prevailed until the vessel made port. The barque Will berth at the Railway Wharf today, and will be surveyed by Captain M. T. Clayton, surveyor to Lloyd's Register, prior to discharging.