THE WEATHER.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7451, 26 October 1889, Page 3

THE WEATHER.

A real old-fashioned nor'-wester, raising 'clouds of dust, blew during the early pare of yesterday. In the afternoon tbe wind changed to south-west, and It was very cold. In the evening rain fell, but not to any appreciable extent. Our .correspondent writes that a strong nor'-wester prevailed in the northern districts yesterday for about five hoars in the middle of the day, raising clouds of awtf, A 9&ower of rain wouia be very welcome to the farmers.

Yesterday, says our Malvern correspondent, we were again visited by a fierce dry nor'-wester, which, following on the lines of other storms during the past two months, has done an enormous amount of damage. The rolling of crops has been going on .merrily for the last fortnight, and this gave the wind power, to raise stifling clouds of pulverised eartb. Some crops that escaped former visitations are now blackened as if a fire had gone over them. Early, in the gale a tussock fire was started by some foolish individual on the hills behind Annat, and has spread over a Large area In an incredibly short time, burning a" lot of fencing in its career. About3.3op.rn. the wind suddenly dropped, a dead calm succeeding.