NINE INCHES OF SNOW.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 167, 18 July 1927, Page 17

NINE INCHES OF SNOW.

MUCH DAMAGE AT RAETIHI.

UOXT AND POWER RESTORED

buffering among stock

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

RAETIHI, Friday.

Bnow showers fell again yesterday •fttrnoon *nd evening, which were followed by a very severe frost last night. To-day has been fine, but it is still totting hard, and the snow is still lying th» ground at a depth of about nine iiehei.

to the telegraph system and borough elctrical system are proptwing satisfactorily, the main area ? town having been cleared of waken wires that were strewn about ftwsts. Poles are down and wires y*. , 1B confusion in many parts of the "•Wwtial area of the town. Electrical lighting and power were *j»tor«d at 4.30 this afternoon on the street only. The lines on the . v*?* 1 * Road an( i a t Ruatiti aro in • M state. *agineer reports that it will take y ' month to put the electrical in proper order. telegraphic service was re7**d this afternoon. The extent of damage outside is not known, as is cut off from most centres. Otreral minor motor accidents have caused through tho bad state of the

Coontry residents, who have managed !•* to town, report that stock is •™»g badly through the intense cold l 0"* °' r *rly lambs is reOJ one farmer. Hheep are beon hay to keep them alive. A yj to d*y said that he was using hay a day for his flock, has suffered more damage than Jito of the district through