THE SOUTHERLY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 847, 20 June 1910, Page 5

THE SOUTHERLY.

DELAYS TO SHIPPING, .-The hard southerly galo that had been taging for soine days round tho coast continued without abatement on Saturday, and heavy rain fell in and round the city.' Testerday morning tho wind was'stfll blowing with great fury, and showers fell throughout tho day, but towards evening there were prospects of improvement, and by midnight it was almost a dead calm atmosphere. Shipping has suffered severely during tho past week, tho continued rain ranking it almost impossible to handle cargo, while the heavy sea on the coast caused serious delays to many of the steamers. On Saturday tho telegraphic reports showed an improvement in all the bar harbours, and with a lull in the gale there is prospect of smoother sea in tho Strait to-day.

; ; It. is rather unusual for the hubine steamer Maori to miss connecting with ..the first express train at Lytfcelton, but she so on Saturday morning, after driving' hard against on© of the stiffost southerly blows she has yet faced. By all accounts she , behaved remarkably •sell in the gale, but it delayed her an hoir and a half. The little steamer Wakatu, bound from Kaikoura to Wellington, which had been sheltering at Capo Campbell since Friday, arrived this morning early. The Waihora and 'somo other steamers were sheltering at Long Island when the Pateena passed there 01 Saturday night, and a steamet was observed near there when the Mapourika passed yesterday. Captain Stringer, of tho Mapourika, reported calm weather vest oi • Stephens Island, but a' violent southerly in the Strait. Captain LidBtdne, of tho Nerehana, reported a veTy rongh passage from Napier to Wellington, ani though the engines were driving full ahead the whole way the journey occupied: 27 hours, so violent was' the wind. The Nerehana also met with rough tveather between Gisborne and Napier. On account of the blow, the Kabu, from Napier, was unable to, work the coast, and came straight on to Wellington, irriving last night. - A number of colliers are due from the coast to-day, and ;he "mosquito" fleet should bo enabled to resume normal running.