STORMY WEATHER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14110, 12 July 1909, Page 5

STORMY WEATHER.

Wgpf i ' ■ ' :■ ; , ROUGH time at sea.

gale OX EAST coast.

I' The rebels that arrived at Auckland brought further reports of the rough weather experienced at sea during the past week- The Victoria, which left. Sydney on |i%c 7th inst., experienced a moderate cm'itherlv crab to the North Cape and strong wmth-east winds to arrival. Nearly all.the rrassengers experienced seasickness at one jtaee or another of the voyage. A wave ||| struck the smokehouse, breaking glass and 5 Joins; other slight-damage. VyvVl, The Invertay, which left San Francisco !|%-.<?n June 12, and which arrived at Auckland yesterday, had rough weather after leaving Apia, with strong winds and high seas all the way. For several days she ran just to- ■ ' • hind a cvclone, which she did not overtake. - - The mora, which arrived from the South, experienced strong easterly wind Si with "rough sea and heavy rain squalls fj'" throughout. , f ','. • • The Squall, "'hicli left Gisbornc on bn- -- dav morning, it-need variable weather 4K I "till passing East Cape, when she came under : th : ? influence of a heavy south-east, wind, •' shifting .it short intervals, with continuous LX-. j, eAT v rain and considerable confused sea.*. P " The weather yesterday turned out surV' prisingly tine, and large, numbers took ad- >'•. wantage of the improved conditions to travel \ by train or boat. The wind was south-east, ' • an d little sea was running. _ !

g; STORM ON THE EAST COAST.

fc v "heavy SEAS and high tides.

[BY TELEGRAPH OWN" CORRESPONDENT.] Gisborxe, Saturday. A storm of exceptional severity struck Gisbonie last night, and continued in a §§> slightly moderated form throughout to-day. If-;. Heavy rain fell at intervals during the night, and the rivers in the district arc all flooded.. A . The East. Cape reported this morning an easterly gale, with squally weather, a tre0' mendous sea on the coast, and the tide very |>; heavy and high. A Tolago Bay message V' States that ail easterly gale with heavy rain was raging all last night, and that the , Tolago River is in high flood. An unusuT ally heavy sea is running in the bay.

HEAVY RAIN AT NAPIER. £bt telegraph.—press association-.] ' Napier. Saturday. Exceptionally heavy rain fell last night. and continued to-day with brief breaks. All outdoor fixtures were abandoned.

MR. WRAGGE'S FORECASTS.

ANOTHER "DISTURBANCE." [BY TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION.] . Gore, Saturday. Mr. Clement Wragge reports:—"The ; umbra of the disturbance 'Findlav,' having 111.4 menaced the Dominion liko the Sword of Damocles, has taken a dive into higher latitudes, and the whole disturbance is. now • passing south from Stewart Island, where - ? shipping will most surely get it. T*.us, . : fine weather with cold nights will continue short time, then another disturbance . : named "Gillan" will come quickly, - and there.is; no doubt but that It will play up , over-New Zealand generally, though it will mainly • affect the North Island. The I,: period ; favourable . for earthquake and volcanic action, chiefly in the northern hemisphere or near to equatorial regions, is ap- ■ proaching. Let the public watch cablegrams between July 16 and 27. noli.*