MORE RAIN.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 70, 23 March 1915, Page 4

MORE RAIN.

A SATISFACTORY TOTAL. . : THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH LAST XIGHT. Tba heaviest fall of Tain for any perio'a e>l twenty-four fours during the pist sis : r? yS «M weit was registered at the Albert JMc'CWrrttoy'aa m-orn-ing whence Bhoired that 1.79 inches had felfcn O , c]oek . terday morning. Wihen the sky cleared yesterday manning, tfee seemed to Be every indication that try weather «b agajn about to be* in, K u t later in Mfc .afternoon Lie sky gradually became otct"cast, and shortly befpre/tseyen o'clock a light shower commenced, nuSeasni" m force at; the wind awss. Tjfe downponi ■continued throughout the night and early morning almost without a break. The -total to date for the current mpntih now stands at 5.41 inches, of which amount 434 points fell during t'ae past • six days. Tihiis fall exceeds that of any other month during it>he late eiirnmer, thenearest approach to these figures ben* : lihat foT the month of January, of 3.09 The rafrifadls for. the period of six daysj since March 18 are supplied «c follows by the local meteorological observer, iilr. T. "F. Cfeeseman, curator of the mna^nnii' Olarch 18 Tjin. ■'■■--■ March 19 ' r&fSi March 20 40in. Marelt 21 - !60f£' ■ ;.">,' March 22 .(Join. March 23 ...LTSib. Total for six days *.3*nicnii i The lowest rainfall for itSds Bmnaer ■ vrai that for last month, viieh. fife'" drought.was causing 6o much coneterna|ti'on amongst farmers in all parte of tlii •■ ' >iort3i Island, and especiailv in tia Ha'wke'l3 Bay district. The Tain for tljig ■' period amounted to oifly 85 poenife, S fell in sneh small quairtrtitß as to ibe jii ■no bemeficial -advantage to the trope. !fi4 ftor the ©irmincT ami awtnam, i eluding t'h-oee for the present n»onti,'aw ■ as follows:— " :5 ' Serrtemtier, 1914.'. J.43in : October .1.151n. - " Xovember i-'4lin. r •December .l-77in*. - JanndTy, 1915 i3.o9iii." "' February ...OSBin. March ffate) .!T.%lfii. '~'