LATE SHIPPING.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11840, 1 May 1909, Page 6

LATE SHIPPING.

The Union S.S. Co's Squall berthet at the wharf this afternoon. Captaii / McKenzic reports having lett Aue..luni on i_.atu-.day afternoon last. 'The steam er arrived at Hick's Bay on Sunday aiu had to put back to Whangaparoa thi following day. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, she made unavailiu. attempts to round East Cape, the weath er being wet and thick) and the sea. mountains high. The weather north o. Whangaparoa was beautiluily line, aut a vast contrast to the storm in the south On Friday the Squall succeeded in bat tling her way tlirough the easterly** galtand arrived at Tolaga at 2.30 p.m. Th. bay was unworkable, and she proceeds-, on to Gisborne at 4 p.m., and arrive., in the roadstead last evening. Uwin k to the thick, dirty weather it Mas deem ed advisable not to attempt to ente. the river until daylight. The Squal - will proceed to Auckland direct to-nioi row morning. The Waikare left Auckland at 12.34 this afternoon for Gisbome.

The Union S.S. Co's Wairuna leave: Picton to-day, and arrives here oi Monday, with a cargo of produce. Or discharging she proneeds to Auckland Captain McKenzie, of- the Squall leaves, that vessel ut Auckland to ente. the Fiji trade, and Captain Ross wil again resume command. The following have booked passagei by the Waikare to-morrow evening :— for Napier: Misses McLean,- Holdsworth, Old, Telford, and Parsons; Mesdames Newson and 2 children, Holdsworth, Callerson, Ferguson, W. H. Dick son, Flood, C. *W. Davis; Messrs Newson, Angus, Holdsworth, C. F. Coops, A. Coops; Paterson Brain, W. D„ Dickson, Ryan, G. Bull, F. IJall, Guthrie Smith (3), C. Morin, Taylor, Smith. Hepburn, Broadfield, Brady, Smith, Jeune, and Veale, For Wellington : Misses Neilson and Loohs, Mesdame, Loohs and Gray; Messrs S. T. Gray, C. Gray Holmsted, H. Pettendreigh. For Lyttelton: Misses Williamson and Orr and Mr Orr. For Dunedin: Mi Bastings 4