COASTAL BOATS DELAYED.
BY SHALLOW TIDES. (By 1 Tolegraph.—Spcoial CorrajDondont.) Wangariul, March 31. Owing to the shallowness of the tides,, oonsfcal boats aro experiencing considerable difficulty in negotiating the Patea bar, The Kapnni was fully loaded with olieesa on. Saturday ill order to catcli ,a Homo) boat at Wellington, but when it Was found impossible to get over the bar, with' the depth of water obtaining, , htwf th© shipment was taken off again. Even this did not improve tho position, and tlio vessel was obliged to remain at the ivhnrf* It is expected, however, that the • jug's tide will permit the boats to leave for Wellington. Such a state of affairs is unsatisfactory to shippers, who, as late as Good Friday, paid watersiders no less • than 30s. per day for loading the boats. The cost of working the port is therefore a serious item. At the samp time the value of exports is increasing marvel* lously as a result of the development ol dairying, and during the quarter just ended their value was over .£341,000, cheese contributing J3289,9f0.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1712, 1 April 1913, Page 4
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178COASTAL BOATS DELAYED. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1712, 1 April 1913, Page 4
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