SHIPPING HOLD-UP
DENSE FOG AT LYTTELTON FERRY BOAT UNABLE TO SAIL. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION’CHRISTCHURCH, June 8. Tho heavy fog which .prevailed at Lyttelton to-night disorganised shipping departures to a considerable extent. Tho ferry steamer Wahiiio was ready to sail at 8.30 o’clock, but it was impossible from the wharf to see the lights - on the moles, much Ices to pick up the leading lights in the liar, hour. Tho Wahino was, therefore, delayed until the fog should lilt, ot which there was a sign at 11 p.m. Other vessels which could not get away were the Calm, for Wellington; tho Breeze, for Picton; the Houto, for Dunedin; and tho Ngnkuta, for Greymouth. Later. At midnight the fog was still very dense at sea, but seemed to bo lifting slightly' in port. None of tho shipping mentioned in the earlier message had got out by midnight.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10611, 9 June 1920, Page 5
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145SHIPPING HOLD-UP New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10611, 9 June 1920, Page 5
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