HEAVY WINDS AND RAIN IN GISBORNE AREA
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WELLINGTON, Jan. 15. A cliange in direction . saved the east coast of New Zealand from the impact of the turbulent fringe of a tropical cyclone early this morning although it brought heavy winds and rain in the Gisborne area and tlirough the gap in the ranges winds of gale foree to the New Plymouth and Stratford areas. On its first plotted cour3e the cyclone was due to include the Auckland province in the edge of Jts path between about one o'clock tlii^ morning and noon, but at 6 a.m. it was reported 100 miles off East Cape and moving S.S.E. At noon it was estimated at 200 miles east of East Cape and moving away from New Zealand as its foree dissipated. . * The airliner Kahu from Auckland to itlie south via New Plymouth struck heavy winds which wero a byproduct of the storm in the Taranaki area and reachcd Wellington 40 minutes late, two passengers for Christchurch missing their connections.
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Chronicle (Levin), 16 January 1947, Page 7
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