COLD, DRY NIGHT

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 173, 24 July 1922, Page 7

COLD, DRY NIGHT

BAROMETER RISES AGAIN.

iLast night was the coldest experienced In Auckland for some time, and in the marine districts and the surrounding 6nbur.b3 this morning a white frost was seen on the grass. The temperature at Albert Park declined to a minimum of 33 degrees, which is one of the lowest readings recorded there this year by Mr. Burnett, the Government observer. The 'barometer was higher this morning than during last week; Ibut, though the eky was quite clear for the early part of the morning, it became overcast at noon and slight rain fell. At noon the mercury was 30.35 inches in height, which exceeds all readings since Monday, July 10, when it was temporarily above 30.5 inches. Conditions at sea have scarcely returned to normal, for with the south to Bouth-easterly wind that has been experienced during the cold weather, a considerable swell is reported from outside. The Makura, which arrived this morning from Sydney, experienced moderate southerly winds all the way across the Tasman Sea, and the Moera'ki is also apparently meeting with adverse -weather, as she passed the North Cape at 4.30 p.m. yesterday and expected to arrive at Auckland at 5 p.m. tcnday, but a later radio message states that she will not arrive until 6.30 p.m.