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Taranaki Daily News, 16 October 1930, Page 2

MAIL NOTICES

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16. Air Mail Service. For Great Britain, Ireland and Europe, per Karachi-London air mail service (extra fee 7d for each*half oz.), per Ulimaroa from Auckland, closes here

STEAAIER.’S ROUGH VOYAGE. ' j STORM SOUTH OF CAPE EGMONT. ! RATA BUFFETED-BY HEAVY SEAS.'; A violent storm south of Cape Egmont luu'iuwd the Anchor i washed the ship and caused the fittings -of the after hold Of 260 tons of cmneiH m the after laid - Tim vessel left Tarakohc at tinec o'clock mt Thursday afternoon m threatengirtg Weather; Conditions became wouc Si at seven bi'luck » “ the full force of the stoiim 1 eme 1 dona beam seas swept the vessel ami the wind blew a gale. The storut "“ bnte : l X CnwEsS X'i'he’k the seas moderated, although re shitted the hold. e.™r and the water poured lo o he hold. Fortunately conditions moderated sufli I. lb io Plow the ressd to slow down for repairs. I’lm watch managed to ie Xe the cover. Had this not been possible the Rata’s cement cargo migh have been endangered. Anothei hu sea at about midnight stove m the cover of the starboard life-boat. Water penetrated the cabins and passage wavs ami the steward’s store-room w flooded. In the alleways th« vvater was knee-deep, The cabin shared by the bo’sun, w. Martin, and the do "^ e W Woodside, received the full fence nf the storm. The beam seas smashed flooded the eaMn. The holongings of the two men were soaked. "/he commander of the Rata .Captain W. Wahlstom, never left the bridge Hom the time the vessel sailed froin Taiakohe until she berthed at the wharf He stated that at f”P es was impossible to see the cabins for the great waves which were sweeping over the vessel. Below in the engine room conditions were very unpleasant. Water poured in, and the men working there J er ® ® oa^. d ; The chief engineer, Mr. Blanche sa d that the seas were the roughest he had over known in New Zealand waters However, at no time was the Rata n danger of foundering, bhe was a new s hip S aml ( a splendid sea boat. Despite the storm an average of eight knots was made for the trip. This was probably due to the faet that the segs were following, although had they been .headon the trip would have been infinitely more comfortable. The seas came over the bridge, said the, chief officer, Mr. Powell, in describing the stormBesides her cement cargo, the Hata was carrying about 200 tons of coal. It would have been impossible for a man to have stayed on deck during the njglit, ' He must certainly have been washed overboard. The vessel was due to leave New Plymouth late last night for Wanganui.

Thursday, October 10, at 7.45 a.m. MONDAY, OCTOBER 20. Great Britain, Ireland, Europe, Canada, United States of America, Mexico, West Indies, also Fiji and Hawaiian Islands (per Aorangi from Auckland) at 12.45 p.m. Late fee 1 p.m. Books and newspapers at 7.45 a.m. Monev orders close Saturday, October''lB at 11 a.m. Due London op November 21. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23. Australian States, South Africa, and the East (per Ulimaroa from Auckland) at 7.45 a.m. F. E. Beamish, Chief Postmaster.