NAPIER.
This Day. The Hawea left Wellington on Monday, but did not put in an appearance here yesterday. Her agents were expecting she would call today, but as she has not done so as yet, probably she went on. The weather yesterday continued as boisterous as ever, and a very heavy rain fell. Clive was > again flooded about a foot higher than on Sunday. The people, however, having timely warning were housed on high ground, and provisions and blankets were sent out from Napier. Railway communication has not yet been restored beyond Hastings. One telegraph wire was got to work to Wellington throughout yesterday very feebly, and the second wire still more feebly in the evening, but pressure of urgent and ordinary business telegrams are so great as to preclude transmission of Press messages. It is still the same to-day aa yet; but probably towards evening communication will be fully restored. The present condition of the bar is causing much anxiety. The Southern Cross and Go-Ahead are still prisonei-s, and no knowing when they will be released. There is some talk of! launching the Cross unless something is very soon done to clear away the spit of shingle that has formed across the entrance to the harbor; but nothing can be done in that direction until the gale ceases.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1057, 24 March 1880, Page 2
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219NAPIER. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1057, 24 March 1880, Page 2
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