FOG DELAYS SHIPPING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 678, 1 December 1909, Page 7

FOG DELAYS SHIPPING.

;■ £:V SOME ,'iWKWARD .;SiyUATlb}fS:i'.: :: '.' '.■'■■ Th* thick fog.'which 'rolled Hhto the harbour ;Pn Monday: afternoon.';and -enveloped the: city l^FiflH 3 to r &P "S- vilthouibXthe : mists •. had partially, lifted ■•• in-: -Hup •■ city;:.yesterday £?»/ tter.bnhg; about 'WellingtoE Iftad s : M p.m : i • ind■; steamers rarrivtag fifito lff,3re . n , t : P or ts : had:; great'-. difficulty,' il; WW up the entrance.-• ■::•,. ■;■:■■■'-■ -. ; ■.. ... •<; i ® aTa l oa^? s ; d ? d:;fr P m ' 'Wei'ton-at.i l&i fd'.not arnve : untU- half-past p%^d^^:^^& to/open ftnearrpw..; Tinding itimpoesibl* to PW?:.?n-.at.B a.m., he,steamed ont' into the strait again and -.was' compelled .to wait -till .tV fog hfted,' about .'2 , o'clock, in the after

. ah: anxious,■• timo '•'■ was' provided ■ frir on:. board ; ft*,; . whioh..was . due. from;/Anokland on -Monday afternoon f She .rounded.Cape Palliser at I 20 ■Fiv r™ day .' W.l I'P.ar , later ran into the fog. it inadvisable to proceed, Cantain. Crosby-Roberts deoided to run to" the ■W;* ,6 ; ™- ntmosphero ...was .clearer; Aboui.6. p.m. the ,fog lifted, and a ' courso Ti?' se k io \ -'ne. entrance,- bnt beforo reachint! there ;_theblaeK cloud Iliad' fallen -again? an§ was :. denser; than., ever. :; f It. -was; a ■-'■ very ;awkward. .-.for!'/a ; ; big. • liner *»»■ •'a ;i.valuable-; cargo-:'and : ' a ; large prew. was;therefore reduced, an extra .loofeout waskept,. and frequent soundings, were talten.-.:Late.at night a eteomor'e whistle'was •heard, ■and-though those on'the lonic 'could see no signi.of .a : steamer,;it: was , reckoned- tho 1 ;Mfteri viaa ;passing.-Right.through the'night thojpg[ hnng ;on.: all eides aike a heavy, pall; Early i this j morning -ik;, was.';discovered by the soundings that the sei-in the : tides had. taken the and-the enqines .were stopped.- .When the mist-lifted for a few mmutes,,the;.lonio i wae lying off Karori Rock, ana she was headed south/again. A,little after midday the : anchor -was dro?ped,'but before verrlong the-sHh began, to'peer: through the •darkness, and by 13 p.m. ;Caiitain Roberts had brought,his vessel softly ! to port. ■'■• ■ -■; ■ v •V- A. more .fortunate- run-befell :the; Monowai [" m^NWJer..,Sho. ran 1 into thefog at 6 a.m., pi' had the land under, objexvation, and CaptamiSmith. managed, to. pick; up. tho entrance and reach port before; 10, a.m. The Nikau, trom Nolson, and the . Gertie/; from Foxton ' sleo.5 leo .' II m ?. d .?---P o «. in ;the L morning.' The Shaw-' Bavill liner Athenic,; which arrived from London yesteraar .evening, saw.:very little of the fog.,; She; did; not pass • Stephen's Island till after-10..- o'clock in the ■■ morning, and "the .weather.-was. quite clear , when she reached the Heads. The run ; from Farewell Spit was made in;-abpnt the /usual .time. -;•;:... .: . : ; ■.-.