A HEAVY FOG
,y :';-.SHIPPII\G. DELAYED.. ... _ ~ . A shroud of mist' hung low about the' hills and harbour all (lay The intervals were rare when 0110 could see oven Poiut Jerningham from the wharf, and when the Maitui, from 'Frisco, which had been delayed at th" Heads for some hours on account of the gloom, slowly felt her way'uip the harbour.about three o'clock yesterday af ten-con, it was quite impossible to see her until she came to anchor a littlo distance out in , the stream. Some of the smaller coastal ships were also considerably delayed. The fog remained exceptionally heavy well into the. night. Both the Moeraki; which left the wharf shortly after G p.m., and tho Maori, which left a few- minutes before eight for liyltelton, - were unable to pierce tho smother, and were, up to a Into hour last night, anchored in Worser Bay. ''The Tara;vera, inward bound from northern ports, was rejjorted to be standing oIE the heads awaiting an opportunity v to enter.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2776, 20 May 1916, Page 6
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166A HEAVY FOG Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2776, 20 May 1916, Page 6
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