A LONG WAIT.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17287, 30 September 1916, Page 8

A LONG WAIT.

[Pen Press Association-.] WELLINGTON. September 29. Wellington’s new ferry berth is a difficult place for mooring when a strong southerly brecae prevails, as wa 1 - tho case to-day, when a large crowd assembled to await the arrival of the Mararoa from the south with Wellington men who'retifi'iied by the Willcebia from England. At ten o’clock tho Mara roa was seen coining up the harbsMi, and those assembled began ,to get ready to meet tlioir friends and > relatives. They were, however, doomed to disappointment. For nearly two hours Captain Manning manoeuvred the Mararoa round about the ferry wharf, but the wjnu prevented tho vessel from renclung her berth. ‘ Bv this time the patience of those on the wharf was well nigh exhausted. It was bitterly cold standing t’”- hours* on tho wet, sloppy u hail', with hardly any. shelter, and with the rain pouring down. ' At noon Captain Manning decided to abandon the attempt at berthing at the ferry wharf, and the Mararoa was tied up at the Queen’s Wharf instead