FIRST RECORDED
FALL IN FAR NORTH
(Rv I'elegraph I'ifxf- Assentation >
AUCKLAND, July 31.
Without parallel in the memory of the oldest, settlers, or even in the mythology of their Maori predecessors, a fairly heavy lall of snow was experienced at Cape Maria Van Diemen this afternoon.
The most northerly point in New Zealand, the Cape usually enjoys a subtropical winter climate, but for a few hours today there was presented the unique spectacle of a ridge covered for about a mile by an appreciable depth of snow. There was no general fall, and the flakes descended over a sharp-ly-defined patch of ground. The fall lasted for about half an hour.
Though the snow was confined to one area, every centre in the far north reported unusually cold weather.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 27, 1 August 1939, Page 11
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