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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 4, 6 January 1937, Page 9

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DAMAGE TO GARDENS. ABUNDANCE OF PASTURES. GOOD PRODUCTION SEASON. Yesterday's nor'-easterly gale spent itself last night, and to-day the wind was from the south-west, with sunny conditions. A survey of ,the damage in the city and suburbs has shown that It was confined mainly to gardens, orchards and small craft in the harbour. Far campers the experience during the gale was even more trying than during last week, but there were some compensations in that the blow quickly passed over. At the more popular camping grounds most of those under canvas endured the conditions with little worse than a wetting. The optimistic are confident that having survived two storms within a fortnight they should have a spell of more seasonable holiday weather ahead. Further afield, in the province, there was occasional trouble from slips on the roads, but the danger of flooding which appeared imminent when the rain was heaviest was fortunately averted. In the farming areas the result of the brief storm was generally beneficial, as the downpour will have the effect of further stimulating the growth of pastures. In all the dairying areas of the Auckland province an abundance of summer feed is now assured and there is every promise of record production for both butter and cheese. The rainfall figures in the city show that the fail up to 9 a.m. to-day was •41in, making the total for the month to'date 1.84 in, which is little more than an inch short of the average for the whole of January. The sun broke through at the end of the day yesterday and 18 minutes of bright sunshine were recorded at Albert Park. Harbour Board officials to-day reported that tllere was only minor damage to small craft anchored off the southern shore of the harbour. Fortunately the tide yesterday was not as high as in the previous heavy northerly gales experienced in February and March of last year, and only for a short time at Kohimaramara were the seas breaking over the embankment on to the waterfront road. Residents living on the seafront were of opinion that the waves were as high as they had seen for many years, but they were sufficiently broken by the sea "\vall to prevent any destruction of the reserve and flooding of nearby shops.