SHIPS & THE GALE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1718, 8 April 1913, Page 5

SHIPS & THE GALE.

SEVERE TIME All. ROUND..

ONE BOAT LONG OVERDUE,

OTHERS BADLY BUFFERED,

" • The howling, southerly gnle continues to make itself felt, much to the disgust and annoyance of everybody, not excluding the shipping men. Heavy showers'of rain and hail prevailed , day,/ awl' the city ( is wearing quitof\. a wintry appearance.: 1 All tho vessels which arrived, in poit yesterday, reported : bad time in Cook Strait,-where a heavy sea was running;' Matters in' the harbour wero also very uncomfortable, and vessels experienced t difficulty in berthing. One vessel in par-ticular-the Kamoua-took- an cxception- • w, y lon , g timo to berth at . tho Bailway Wharf last ovening. She arrived in port shortly after .8 p.m.', but it was not until Mlpattat she was finally tied up. . , Xhe Jlangapapa hrrived in Wellington from Karamea yesterday afternoon after encountering the full force of the R aie. When between Farewell Spit and Ste- , pheiis Island, Captain 'Fletcher had a particularly anxious time. Tho Vessel sliip--1?" big seas, but behaved splen<»uly., hho was, however,: six hours late in arriving. ■ - oJ ' the bis Shaw-Savill liner ;rS^. ll:o T' Kapler to Wellington, proved a most uncomfortable one. Thri i ■ i Nn JV e jf shorUy' alter 8 o'clock •\ ' antl "J* the Wl® at •I . midnight.. All ,tho, way, down, sho en- ' ■ cuun tered heavy .seas, several of which ■, came on. board. One carried away all the luies tho. forecasWo ' head. briil^nil l '£ i. 5 1 ?' on tile bridge all night, stated, that the-vessel aP ® '?? Ui w el ' n i. t - about 8 o' olock on-Sundaynight, but it was deemed ad- ■ W°Ar!S'^ It seems • safe to state (on .the remarks mad<vby the .offic'ers'.'of! the Pakeha) that ' ' I which left iNapier two hours-before the Pakeha , "'sW, is getting a severe M t been n£f ,-.^ e -officers of the Pakeha re-' ieis ° f the Baren''l , " ( ' mo °f the shipping- folk ex- * the vessel rai) v l>°,L-ii i IUS a t Cape Kidnappers.' The 1 aKelia. however, did not see her there. - »i. ■ m ' -usually occupies i i l ' u Pi l ntf as tho^vessel, left the fc about S.JO p.m. on Saturdayj she '-about'37•'hours- overdue*■. ■... /Vest Coast packet,-' Mapourika, ar- ■- -— ' lost evening from 7?vwipvrt, and like ;'her..:fellovr-ships, ex- . . perienced a/rough t/nie. ; ; Generally, 'this . -vessel arrives on Saturday night, buc owing to the weather on the West Coast . ;,i wso.ln-the Strait,' she only got in two , Ua y, s . late.,- - She passed. Stephens Island a' 10 a f m. 'yesterday, ' and experienced fair weather until near The Brothers, when she encountered ibig seas and'heavy , rain ■ squalls.The ' described the -gale a3- r terrible" off Terawhiti, and heavy 'Seas' teere. ' also,', running ' at th©i • Heads.. : Passengers bore ample evidence . ol naVing.iexperiehced ■ a rough time as ' . •f. ' as .t evening,' and the expres610ns of-gladness to -bo on land aeain , were unmistakable. ■ Telegraphic advice states ■ that the- ' coastal steamer Ripple left Picton yesterday morning for Wellington; but -returned . later, and sought.Shelter in Tory ChanThe coastal steamer Huia, from Wangunui,, is reported to be sheltering at To itamaru (to tho north of Terawhiti). She is not expected, to put.in, an appearance until the weather moderates. The coastal boats at Patea are bar-bound at that : port. -The 'schoonel: falcon, is reported to bo . still, sheltering; at,-Worser ' Bay. The also sheltering in one of the bays in tho.harbour. ' -•• • • ' - Reports from Blenheim state, that tho bar there is unworkable. . ■ • At an -early hour' this morning the ■weather shov/ed no signs of abating. / Tho steamer Uonowai. . Was unable" to call at Gisborno owing to the bad weathel.: and consequently,she came on to Napier.. ( The "Blue Bird" Company, which is on board the vessel, was to have played at Gisborne, but had to omit that town. ■ ■.

■ . ICE-COLD SCHOOLEOOM. (By Telegraph.—Prcra Association.) T ~ _ ■ • Feildingi April 7. Mr. F. Pirani; chairman of the Wanganni Education Board, to-day received the following telegram from Eaurimu "Snow here to-day. School ohildren nearly frozen." . ■ ■ The explanation is that the Education Department . persistently refused to accede to a reqaest by the board to provide a suitable buildmgj but compels the chiklrcn to meet in a hall built by the Public. Works Department, and totally. Unsuitable as a school. .. ' . GALE .ON THE COAST. i . Gisbornc, .April 7. A heavy south-easterly gale has been, blowing since yesterday morning. , Tho Monowai,. from. Auckland, was unable to communicate, and proceeded on her voyage at 7 this morning.' ■, Welcome rains have fallen throughout the district,, relieving a situation which was causing the, farmers much anxiety.