ROUGH WEATHER
TAUPATA PUTS BACK [ Per Press Association. ] NAPIER, Aug. 5. The Anchor Line’s coastal vessel Taupata, which, left Napier at 9.15 p.m. on Monday, returned at 5 p.m. yesterday on account of heavy weather. The Taupata reached Cape Turnagain on the trip to Wellington, but was forced to put back. On arrival she berthed at Napier breakwater for shelter and is expected to sail again to night. POOLTA BLOWN BACK THE VESSEL AT LYTTELTON [ Per Press Association. ] CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 5. Shortly after ten this morning the Union coastal steamer Poolta arrived at Lyttelton. She had been blown back to Bank’s Peninsula after being 29 miles off Dunedin. Sho ran into what the officers describe as the Jiiggest seas they have ever encountered. At one stage, though* at. full steam, she was actually forty miles astern in four hours. She then turned and came to Lyttelton for fresh supplies.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 184, 6 August 1931, Page 7
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149ROUGH WEATHER Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 184, 6 August 1931, Page 7
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