THE WEATHER.
(fksss association , teleckams.) NEW PLYMOUTH, December 19. Three and a half inches of rain fell during the night, the heaviest fail for over thirty years. Cellars and yards in the centre of the town were flooded, wad * large number of poultry drowned, but no serious damage it yet reported in town or country. A tremen. dous sea. is mining in the roadstead, delay, ing the steamer for th* Smith. PALMERSTjpN NORTH, December 19, A heavy westerly gale with rain passed ever the district last sight. Th* rain was very welcome to paetoraiists.
[SPW3UL TO "THS MUSSB.")
DUNEDIN, December 19,
For the last month Dunedin has experienced the most unseasonable weather known for year*. Hardly a day bos passed within that time without ram falling in torrents. The climax was reached to-d*y, when a thunderstorm broke over the city, accompanied by sheets of lightning. There is no sign of it clearing.
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 11153, 20 December 1901, Page 5
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