MOKOIA IN A STORM.
The Hobart Mercury pf October 23 says: — " The Union Company's steamer Mokoia, which, in ordinary circumstances, was due *t Hobart on Thursday evening from New Zealand, did not arrive here . until 7.30 last night. The delay was occasioned by exceptionally stormy weather, in which Oaprfcain Rolls found it expedient to heave the vessel to for 13 hours. The steamer arrived iir port in very light trim. She left Ihmedin on Sunday, and the Bluff at 10.30 p.m. on Monday, and experienced 6tnong west and norfchKwest gales and .heavy sea until Wednesday afternoon. The wind then shifted to the southward, and blew a strong gale. The 6ea assumed such alarming' proportions, and the ship knocked about to such an extent, that she was hove to from 11 p.m. on Wednesday until noon on Thursday, wfoen the weather moderated. Strong southerly winds and sea were experienced* to arrival. A passenger, in conversation with a Mercury reporter, said it was am awful night, and the ©hip rolled and pitched to an alarming extent. The captain, he "said, was on the bridge all night, and must have spent a very anxious time. The cargo, he added, shifted, and all hands were called on to trim *t. The vess%d sustained no damage.
A Genoa firm has purchased the late Australian liner Oroya for £12,000.
The Indradevi, which has arrived at Melbourne from New York, experienced a tempestuous voyage from the Cape, mountainous seas sweeping the decks. A five and a-half horse-power motor boat travelled from Melbourne to Sydney. She is the tiniest craft that ever made the journey. Her orew of two had some exciting experiences, and met with some nasty, rough seas. The Fifeshire, which left Wellington on October 28 for West of England ports, via Monte Video and Madeira, took the following cargo: — Fixjm Auckland — 8 bales rags, 17 sacks peas, 51 casks tallow, 3613 sacks copra, 52,204 ft timber. From Dunedin — 1752 sacks oats, 250 sacks pollard, 388 sacks bran, 1390 sacks ryegrass, 192 sacks barley, 116 quarters beef, 21 sacks beef, 6671 nratoa rabbits, 17 packages casings, 4 packages general cargo. From Bluff — 3750 sacks oate, 1494 sacka ryegrass, 266 sacks bran, 7658 crates rabbits. From Timaru — 7281 sacks oats, 535 sacks bran, 172 sacks peas. 2 packages general. From Lyttelton— 6794 sacks oats, 514 sacks cooksfoot, 305 sacks barley, 440 sacks peas, 658 sacks bran, 2 bales rags, 1 package. From Wellington— Bo sacks oata, 200 casks beef, 15 casks prem. jus., 7 bales rags, 380 bales tow, 1292 casks preserved meats, 77 bags tin clippings, 5 casks taJlow, 81 tons scrap iron.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2905, 17 November 1909, Page 64
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437MOKOIA IN A STORM. Otago Witness, Issue 2905, 17 November 1909, Page 64
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