LITTLE DAMAGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 104, 4 May 1936, Page 9

LITTLE DAMAGE.

DTTNEDIN ESCAPES LIGHTLY. SNOW IN CENTRAL OTAGO. (Br Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, "Sunday. With a high southerly wind bringing heavy hailstorms and sleet and the temperature hovering in the vicinity of 40 degrees, Dunedin had its first real experi- [ once of winter on Saturday, and although little actual damage is reported conditions could hardly have been less pleasant. The barometer commenced to fall sharply on Friday evening, the reading at 11 o'clock being 28.5 Gin, and the strong south-westerly wind, which sprang up soon after dark, increased in violence as the night wore on and brought heavy raia. Although the gale abated somewhat 011 Saturday morning it was still very gusty and bitterly cold and intermittent-hail showers persisted throughout'the day. The storm had blown itself out by midnight and the weather to-day was more pleasant, although the wind was still fresh. Central Otago experienced falls of snow of varying depths. There were two inches 011 the Pigroot and great depths at Clyde. Roxburgh and Cromwell, while at Queenstown nearly five inches fell. With a strong tail wind the Union airliner Katuhu made a record flight from Taieri to Wigram of G5 minutes.