SHIPPING DELAYED.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20296, 4 May 1934, Page 2

SHIPPING DELAYED.

Many Vessels Shelter From Bad Weather. Per Pi ess Association. AUCKLAND, May 3. Numerous delays have occurred to shipping as a result of the weather off the coast and many small vessels are sheltering. Several overseas vessels also have reported delays owing to bad weather. A message was received by radio from the Abel Tasman, which was due to-morrow from Sydney, that she was hove to 187 miles from North Cape. Provided the gale abates she will probably arrive cn Saturday morning. The Texas Oil Company’s tanker, New Zealand, which is on her way from Lyttelton to Auckland, also has been delayed. Work on the waterfront was suspended to-day and several vessels were delayed as a result. The departure of the Monowai, which was to have left at 3 p.m. to-morrow for Sydney, has been postponed until 4 p.m. and the Blue Star Line steamer, Trojan Star, will not now sail until Monday. Advice has been received from the naval minesweeper Wakakura, which was to have carried out full calibre firing practice in the vicinity of Omaha Cove, north of Kakau Island, that she is sheltering in Whangarei Harbour. The vessel has a number of naval reservists on board undergoing training. /She was to have returned to port tomorrow, but is now not expected to arrive until the evening.