THE WEATHER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 195, 7 August 1908, Page 2

THE WEATHER.

.IN. NJiW SOUTH WALK.iI. v ,,„ Sydney, August (i, Miowoiy weather contluuvsf Over da y ID wcek Uf miU Ml " a " iucc MOn * A TJRYIXG TIME. A "WINGIiD" BOAT. At IHK Mli«(j~)F THE ANGUY Received (I, 11,33 p.,,, „„ , , Sydney, Urn .Y^ht. ■ lhe Josefa encountered the ".iiu off Lord Howe Island., ft incrcaWiu fu>y as the coast was approached. A tremendous sea struck the vessel on Jf illday night. The ballast, consisting of pebbles, shifted. The starboard rail went under the keel, while the masts had to be cut away. The crew worked below for fifty hours trying to get the ballast back, but it proved terrible stuff to control. The men had nothing to eat all that time but bread and raw gait pork. When two miles oir the show, the anchors were put off and held tba vessel till rescued. IN WELLINGTON. mjaU'JilUJNC'E~mi SHIPPING. Uy Telegraph.—Press Association. ' Wellington, Last Night. Wellington lias been visited by a viofeut southerly gale for 24 hours ended at 3 0 clock this morning. The gale averaged forty miles an hour, and its violence remains unabated.

The forecast hints at colder wuather. The heavy weather lias somewhat demoralised the ' movements of shipping. The smaller vessels trading in or out of Wellington are either sheltering along the coast Or are snugly tied' up in port. The Maheno, which was due from Sydney to-day, did not appear in the bay till after noon to-dav. Hough seas delayed the speedy turbine steamer. All the way from Sydney she was thrashed by a head wind, and well drenched by the waves. One sea smashed oil' a couple of ventilators on lhe forecastle head, ns if tney weru carrot*! Plenty of water came on board, but the damage was very small.

XN OAXTEIvUUUY. .. Obristchurcb, Last Xght. A strong southerly gale has been blowing along the.coast since early yesterday morning, and nan hud the effect of delaying shipping. The turbinu steamer Maori was un hour lato in reaching Lyttclton this morning, while up till 1 p.m. there was no sign of the Mew Zealand Shipping Company's Riniutaka, which left Wellington at 3 p.m. yesterday. IX GIKBOUXK. . IKSiiik ■ ' Gisborne, Last Night, A heavy gale has raged all day. Tremendous seas are running. Vessels ur« unable to anchor in the bay. The Union Company's Flora and the T.yser liner Norehnna put out to sett. The former probably leaves for Auckland in t'tc morning, if the weather moderates. Thj Mokoia has not yet arrived from Auckland, but is expected at any moment. WAIKOA WUAKVES SUBMERGED. Wairon, Thursday. A heavy southerly gale is blowing With incessant rain. There is a flood in the river and the wharves are submerged.