BAD WEATHER.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2747, 28 February 1910, Page 4

BAD WEATHER.

COOK STRAIT TROUBLESOME. rp K n Piiess Association.! 1 WELLINGTON, Feb. 26. MM a atmospheric conditions m the vicinity of Cook Strait yesterday anorn;,g .„rovou very troublesome to the master mariner, and tlie dull oooi„m„ f the -fog horn at Wellington Heads ivaructl ships of the presence of land whose outlines were hazy and deceptive. Torrential rain commenced to ]i a t a very early hour, and though the sea was calm .gerat caution had to he, exercised in approaching t.ie harbor entrance. The Maori, from Lyttelton, was nearly an hour anu a ha.l late in reaching her usual at the Queen’s wharf. Captain Aldved reported that as lie approached Cook <trait at dawn the weather became iliic-1' It grew worse as the steamer fined* oil, 60 'muchso_ that at 0 a.m. it ... !8 deemed advisable to stop about midway between Baring Heed and Cape Taurakirae. Inen the el J.,f nc slowly on, arid the v ictona was rii-ditcd also attempting to giope her wav into the harbor. ihe appearance of the land was so deceptive that Capluu' lid well decided to stand to s ea a Main* and Captain Entwisth*, of the Victoria, also Cecideo up<m this course. For a time the ships v/ore enveloped in mist, tog, and rain % Ihen about 8 a.m. this cleared a Urtlm and Palibser was .picked up. Ihe Maori rode up first, and arrived earolv at the wharf at 8.20 and she followed !>v the \ mioria. Captain Entwistle, of the latter steamer, reported having seen no sign of the b.g liner Buteshire, -winch left Auckland lor Wellington on Tuesday afternoon, bhe is orobably hanging off tho coast, awaiting a clearance. H.MJB>. Encounter. bound from Wellingtondo Auckland was sooken by the victoria on Thursday night, with Morse signals. 'l'he cruiser was about six miles off the In ml The Ulimaroa, irom Melbourne and Hobart via southern portc, was also dolaved bv the thick weather. It vas -about 9.40 a.m. before sue was alongside the Queen's wharf, three hours late.