STEAMERS DELAYED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20626, 26 July 1930, Page 14

STEAMERS DELAYED.

ROUGH CONDITIONS AT SEA.

MANY VESSELS AFFECTED.

KIWITEA'S ROUGH PASSAGE

Stormy weather at sea and on (lie coast continues to delay shipping. ! lie steamers City of Khartoum, Kiwitea and the motor-ship Clydebank, which readied Auckland yesterday, all reported having experienced stormy weather. The Kiwitea wii.'i from Melbourne, and experienced continuous stormy weather in the Tasman Sea. Last Tuesday she had to be hove-to for 24 hours. During the last 10 days of the City of Khartoum's voyage from New York she was beset by a succession of south-west gales and high head seas, which delayed her arrival by two days. The Clydebank is from Texas, and she avoided a considerable amount of bad weather by taking the northern route across the Pacific. Sho encountered stormy conditions only during the last three days of the voyage. Stormy weather is delaying the Roval Mail liner Tahiti, which was scheduled to reach Wellington from San Francisco on Monday morning. According to her wire less advice she will not arrive until Tuesday morning.

Tho American steamer Golden Coast was scheduled to reach Auckland from Los Angeles to-morrow, but she is being delayed by storms, and reports by wireless that sho cannot arrive before Monday or Tuesday. A south-east gale and rough seas at Gisboruc yesterday prevented the American steamer Golden West loading at that port, and she had to shelter under Young Nick's Head. Owing to the strong southerly winds on the west coast the Northern Company's motor-slup Ronaki has been barbouud at Waikato Heads since Tuesday, and the lvaituna has been barbouud at Ureymouth for two days.

COOK STRAIT SERVICE.

FERRY STEAMER LATE.

POUNDED BY HEAVY SEAS

[HY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] CHItISTCHURCII, Friday.

After a trip lasting over 13 hours, during which sln> received u severe pound ing by heavy seas, the ferry steamer Maori arrived at Lyttelton this morning at 9.40 o'clock, three hours late. The trip was as bad as that experienced by the steamer during tho storm of June 12, but no damage was done to the tittings or cargo.

The vessel received a pounding in Cook Strait, which made matters very miserable for the passengers, but no big seas were shipped, although the decks were occasionally swept by spray. It was very cold at sea and at midnight ice lay thick on the navigating bridge. Tho Maori left Wellington at 7.50 o'clock last evening and halfway down the harbour ran into a south-west gale with a moderate head sea. Usually tho ferry steamer gets to Cape Campbell at 10.20 o'clock, but she did not reach this point until 11.47.