TORN SAILS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13929, 12 June 1909, Page 2

TORN SAILS.

AUCKLAND, June 11. Tho Kaiulani, when 900 miles off th» Fr-t Cape, encountered a heavy gale. O,i tho first day a good many sails v.re blown away end during the next <\ •,) a big sea swept over the vessel and < -nibbed the rudder in three places.

Messrs. Webster and M'Kellar, local -■•puts are advised that the New Zea1 "U Shipping Company's Wakanui zti. ■. od at Wellington this morning at 4 "The Morse signalling apparatus is to »>.* .ntroduced at the principal look-out -rations along New South Wales coast fhortly with the object of reporting < h passing at night. An officer r.r il"-» Navigation Department has paid :t \ -it to some of the signal stations '''.r tho purpose of reporting to the fi' pnrtment on the question of arrang- !•>_ .W tho installation. r < !,e Rosamond arrived from Wellingio;i this afternoon with 85 tons of culto. After discharging this she left foi Onchunga. She will arrive back at .Nr ■ Plymouth on Tuesday. ''"be Union Company's collier Kotukn i , / xpected to arrive from Greymouth o-.l Westport aEbut Tuesday or Wed- : , Iny next with 450 tons of coal for t' i, port. ____

Tiains will leavo New Plymouth Fiatinji to connect with vessels at the I<: ak»',ater as follows: MONDAY. ■ ";0 a.m. — Takapuna, from North. - 10 p.m. — Takapuna, for North.