SATURDAY'S STORM

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2182, 22 June 1914, Page 4

SATURDAY'S STORM

. AND A PEACEFUL SUNDAY. The lu.-n.vy southerly gain which raged oil Saturday mado matters generally : jj,iv comfortable, although sliiy>j>ii>s; locally ■ was not, affected to any marked .degree:,. The small coastal, steamer Piitiki left her berth op. Saturday for Wangan'ii. but Oil getting to the entrance her ; master deemed it inadvisable to face tiro elements. The vessel. r.efiiftfed 'is ■jlßrt; .and during the calm of yesterday morning left again for her destination. The ferry steamer Ma.ori left at 11M p.m. 011: 1 Saturday, and .taking the time of her arrival at the. sauthe.ru port- (1.40 p.m. Rviiday) as a. guide, she must' have experienced S, rwigi'tenfr. Members of the mosquito '.Scot which were booked to ■sail on Saturday night held fast to their' hawsers, but several were able to leave early 0.11 Sunday morning. Some packets were due to arrive yesterday, but ns they did not- all turn tip, it, is probable ■ that they were sheltering. . A Press Association message froni Dffliedin states that the Union jollier Kowlmi had .a rough trip of 16. hours. from 'TfflMrit, A. heavy sout'b-west wind n itii high seas prevailed on Sunday at tho southern -port-, and the Monowai . was not ekiieetecl; to arrive frphv ten until 6 o'clock last evening. The passenger steam®: Miifeii, which was expected to arrive on Sunday afternoon, was not in siclit. at nightfall. The Mnitai did not leave Wellington until after 2 p.m, oil so there, is no unuMiil dehv. The Dunetlin message 'also reports that, the Corinna's depar- ! tnfe for Wellington was postponed. uiitil ' owing to tfe bßd;we.a.tT3e;i- ---|. feving with cargo operations on Saturday, The Ens npather yesterday (xvlu'e.K was the shortest day of the year) foiined quite a. pl< nsant. change, and many jSeopjb were seeii at tlie various weekend resorts.