SHIPPING.
PORT OF PATEA. " HIGH WATER. Morn Even Monday 10-45 ... 11-0 Tuesday 11-15 ... 11-30 Wednesday ... 11-40 ... ,11-50 Thursday ... ... 0-4 ... 0-15 Friday ... ... 0-35 ... 0-50 Saturday ... ... 1-5 ... T25 Sunday ... ... T-43 ... 2-5 TIDE AND PILOT SIGNALS. , Ebb tide—One ball at mast head .Flood, tide —Two balls do. Three quarter flood —Three balls do. Stand on and take the bar—Four balls horizontal Wait for tide—One ball at each yard arm and one, half the length of the yard below tbc.yard ' Bar dangerous—Two balls at one avd-aun and one at the other ■■ Bar safe for steamers outwards —One pennant Bar safe for sailing vessels outwards—Bed flag) half mast Bar dangerous for steamers outwards—Two pennants : The s.s. Napier arrived from Wellington this morning. The weather on the passage up was calm, hut wet and foggy Captain Fisk. reports a h-avy sea on the bar. t ~ The Clansman, - which arrived at Auckland from Lyttelton on Saturday, had a -very ' rough time of i*,- being 23 days on the passage. She; experienced a succession of gales, and had her deck swept by enormous seas., She arrived in a bettered . condition. , In crossing the mud flats at the mouth of the Wairati river on Thursday, the Waihi broke one of,the blades of her propeller and had to anchor off Port Underwood.' Her passengers were taken to Wellington by the Wanaka.
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Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1081, 3 September 1883, Page 2
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221SHIPPING. Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1081, 3 September 1883, Page 2
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