A DENSE FOG.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 38, 10 March 1909, Page 2

A DENSE FOG.

Sllll'IMM; IXTKRFKIIKb WITH. i3y Telegraph.—l'ress Association, (.'hristehureli. Last Night-. Thr mini weather. coupled with the warmth of the pa-t tew days, lias beo»i responsible k»r a. dense fog along tin* '(oast .siwe Saturday Jaiit, ami const;qucn,tly Metwuer* have hevn delayed. Last night there was a thick fog in i LvtU'ltuu harbor. aiul outgoing steam- ' » rs were lost ,t<> view after passing Of- j licer*' Point Tin* frequent y mounding of I their whistles could be heard as the ves- i sels "felt" their way out of port. The Kittaw'a, which arrived yesterday evening from (ireyniontli, met with thick f<h» banks on her way down from Cape Campbell. The turbrao ferry steamer Maori. which left Wellingtoji at 8.5 p.m. .yesterday, the fog about midnight oil' Waipapa. I'oint, an.d was steaming through it right up to Lyttoltou Iflrtubt. The fog required extreme caution, in. navigating the vessel, and she. had to be .slowed down frequently. The .Maori wan two hours behind time, and arrived in port at 8.45 a.m. this morning. She was, oi course, too late to couiK'.ct with the iirsl express, but Vhis was a matter of little moment., whan the difliculties of navigating the vessel am! the rc.spunsibiltieh of the master, -who was on the bridge all the way down, are taken into consideration.