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The Rnoroa sailed this afternoon for Okarito. Mr* W. A. Comport, of Ritnu ha s been advised by (lie Defence Department. Wellington that his son, private Charles Comport, No (5/889 • has» been invalided .home and will arrive in Lyttelton oil or about 30th December. This soldier left with the Main Body.
During, the past few days, the fishing boats at Greyinouth have been unable to cross the Grey bar but it is hoped they will he able to do so to-morrow when supplies of fish would he available in Hokitika. If available a notification will appear in this column to-morrow or on any subsequent day when such is the case.
Captain Wildman, senior, master of tile lvaitoa, which arrived from Nelson at Wellington on Friday mentioned a marine phenomenon which he observed in Cook Strait., All the way through the Strait he noticed an absence of flood tide, the tide ebbing instead all the while. Captain J. Dawson, harbourmaster, stated that this strange variation in the tidal flow is a most remarkable occurrence, but he knew that it happened in rare instances —about once, in five or six years. He knew of no convincing explanation of the cause of this occentricitv.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 December 1917, Page 3
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