SHIPPING DELAYED AT PATEA.
; TROUBLES OF A ; BAR HARBOUR. \ [3JT TEI,EOBAPH,— CORRESPONDENT.] ..•..,...'.'■., u r i: : , '■■:■. Patea; ; Monday:' , Owing to the lowness of v the tides, coastal boats are experiencing considerable diffi* i culty in negotiating the Fatea Bar.;Vl'he Kapuni was fully loaded with cheese on Saturday fortranshipment at. Wellington, > and when it was found. impossible to cross . • the bar half the shipment was unloaded. . Even this was not effective, and the-.yesiie.. ■was obliged 1 to remain.:at the wharf. : - ;*« 1 is expected that the evening'tide will o: ' permit the beats. to leave for Wellington, i This state of affairs. is unsatisfactory., to , " shippers,- who -as late as Good FrW, paid wstersidcrs no less than per day • for loading 'the boats. ' The nest of ,W ; ine the port'is therefore a attioua atew, . • besides the disadvantage of mifvng a Heme boat, ■ which may ocessioa -additional loss 'Nevertheless...Ufi^yahw-o^jOTW , ; from the port, i& increasing oiamU«M^«.'',.'a, a result of the development of. daiwftj?.. ~->. <al during -the , quarter just ap-ded, $U . va-we wao over £231,000, the sMjAp&tfctf . , .Cheese alone basing worth £2^,94-9/ j ' '^
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15265, 1 April 1913, Page 7
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176SHIPPING DELAYED AT PATEA. New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15265, 1 April 1913, Page 7
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