94: . STORMS ON THE COAST OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 
and “cote hard until er arrival in M elbourne on the 9 Oth. Between 
noon a m. of the 8th September, at Adelaide, the wind 
dhnaged suddenly to s. W., and at Portland the same change is 
reported at 3 p.m. At Tasmania it had not taken place at 430 
p-m., but is reported next morning at 7°30, and wind south. 
During ‘the night of the 8th the battle between the two cur- 
rents was going on, and at 9 a.m. of September 9th the polar 
current had made considerable progress. We find on reference to 
map 1 that it was blowing at Adelaide, Portland, Melbourne, 
Wentworth, Balranald, Hay, Deniliquin, Parkes, and Forbes ; 
that is, it had cade its way under the tropical current 4 following 
along the rivers or low lands in Riverina and up the Lachlan 
River ; except the 8.W. corner, all other parts of New South 
Wales were at that time involved in the tropical hot wind. 
Another tongue of the S.W. wind was making its way along the 
coast to the one of the Dividing Range, and reached Eden at 4 
a.m. on the 9th, and by 9 a.m. the whole district from Kiandra to 
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to south,and the w aie looked very te EB. S.wind re thea 
sea followed the “ City of Hobart” all ie and until 5 a.m. of the 
lor to S p.m. of 9t 
The “Gleaner” cacheane, ra Alban ny, New Zealand, ‘ gee 
and about balf-way on her voyage, — continued head win 
, on September 9th, a sudden ch to 8.E. about noon, ‘and 
the wind blew with almost poem violence. The schooner 
“ Louise,” from Newcastle to Warnamboul, met a S.E. gale at 
6 p.m. on the 9th. “ You Yangs,” from m Sydney to Melbourne, 
left at 4 p.m. 6th, hoviberty winds to Gabo 7 p.m. 7th, thence 
to Rain Head fresh N.W. win ds, and then a sudden shift to 
8.E., wind blew with almost hurricane violence for eighteen hours, 
wi TH, 
no 1 t 
Py to sacs and Cirope ly increased to a hea avy gale, ship 
‘Ti is oun: of note here that, at 9 a.m. on i motel ber ios ; 
when as we have seen the §.W. wind was blowing along the low 
Jands from ee wind was pe 
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