MOUNTAINOUS SEAS.
MANAIA TAKES SHELTEII. DAMAGE AT TOKOMARU DAY. (Peb United Press Association.) GISBORNE, June 16. The heaviest seas that old residents have seen were running along the East Coast on Saturday and Sunday. The Manaia, which left Napier on Friday night with 120 passengers, was unable to communicate with the shore, and lay in shelter under Young Nick’s Head lill yesterday afternoon. She then steamed north, and presumably has gone on to Auckland. Sir John Sahnond is a passenger, and in consequence of his non-arrival the Supreme Gourt session fixed for to-clay has been adjourned. At Tokomaru Bay some damage was dene to the wharf, and the passengers landing stage was washed away. AUCKLAND, June 16. The Manaia, which was unable tp call at Gisborne, was sighted in Hauraki Gulf this afternoon, and will arrive about 3.30 p. m. NAPIER, June 16. The heaviest sea on record was running in Hawke’s Bay yesterday. The waves carried an immense quantity of shingle on to the East Coast Railway and Main North road, both of which will be impassable for a day or two. No other material damage was done.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19200, 17 June 1924, Page 8
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