DIRTY WEATHER
WANGANELLA DELAYED By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, June 24. Fighting a head-on gale for 40 hours, the Wanganella which left Sydney about midnight on Saturday, had one of the roughest Tasman crossings in its history, and certainly the roughest for some years. Instead of reaching Auckland on Wednesday morning the vessel did not arrive until shortly before noon to-day. Almost throughout the storm the Wanganella did little more than keep her nose to the wind. The greatest speed for that time was scarcely more than five knots. Even at this slow pace the ship was awash forward almost continuously. At one stage part of the deck cargo of oranges stowed forward broke loose.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20763, 25 June 1937, Page 8
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114DIRTY WEATHER Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20763, 25 June 1937, Page 8
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