THE WEATHER.
Throughout the North Canterbury district rain, with dull weather, continued from Friday evening up to yesterday, with every appearance of further showers. To the present the rain has failed to percolate into
sr-: — —— —— —, ~ " k the soil sufficiently i to. aid cultivation opera* tions, but grass" and turnips have been benefited.
Our Ashburton correspondent writes:—• A long looked for and badly needed rain set in at Ashburton on Saturday. Light showerfell in the morning, followed by a steady downpour in the afternoon.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 10043, 23 May 1898, Page 6
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