THE WEATHER.
The severe frost which set in on Thursday continued though the night,, and- iveaterhard, Much of the snow which fell the previous day had not melted* and the frozen articie on the roads and pavements ..was an element of danger to vehicles and pedestrians, beveral accidents, caused by peopte falling on the frozen" ground, are reported but noma. of a very serious nature. A lady fell yesterday in Colombo street, opposite lownencfs chemist's shop. She Lad her Jiead ait slighitly and was attended to at iownend s. The sun soon liad an appreciable effect: on the frozen streets and «oads but those portions in the shade Tvere unaffected llie Port Hills are still clothed- with snow.' lhe minimum temperature recorded at "The Press" thermometer during the twenty-lour hours was 22 degrees. (press association tfxegrams.) WELLINGTON, July 5. temperature in the shade at Wellington during ;the last twentv-faiir hours has been 30deg,, or four degrees less than the lowest of last winter, arid the minimum on the grass *24d«g. ' ' m U ,•■ ,_• NELSON, July 5. liiere lias been bitterly cold weather during the last day or-two.', Last night the minimum temperature was 2ldeff in the fla.f part of the town. THis is believed to.be a wSm' : er * *"* iTozm ev «y-
Ti 7 • , July 5. • J2? " eavie st fall of snow evei- expenenoed iL TOj^"?'t6ok P lace tliis morning. Ihe streets were covered with snow two or three inches "deep. The town, ran S wl f ° r . se Jiqurs it seemed cc though the inhabitants had become bereft + TJ * 6 b J UsineSS f laces were °ot opened till ten, and even then the business done was hardly worth mentioning' • Employers amd employees alike secured .points' of vantage and bombarded all and sund.ry\ Old and respected residents were to ,be seen' ba-re-headed arunning down the streets with' a, score of people pJting them. The Majns-. trate and several others were besieged -for tor an hour in a tinker's shop. The"damage done warn to windows, several being broken ■ . INYERIOAKGILL, Jufy 5 -" ' Ttoe snow has all disiippeared iv this but the we"ather is cold. (SPEOLLL TO "THE PKESS "I '.' DUNEDIN,' July 5. ln,e faU of snow in town, and in some parts of the country, ia the heaviest 4or years. '•
THE WEATHER.
Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 11010, 6 July 1901, Page 5
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