SUNSHINE AGAIN.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20619, 8 August 1932, Page 17

SUNSHINE AGAIN.

* CLEAR DAY AFTER SNOW. CANTERBURY ENJOYS BETTER WEATHER. After three days of boisterous and cold -weather, interspersed with falls of snow and showers of rain and sleet, yesterday dawned bright and clear. The day was fine throughout Canterbury, and the return of the sun revived the hopes of an early spring. Farmers in the districts which experienced rain and snow are well pleased with the visitation and the swift return of good lambing weather. Saturday in the City was cold and . bleak, and showers of rain fell up to the afternoon. There wa? a high southwesterly wind. At midnight the atmosphere had cleared and a frost had set in. There was a dead calm on Sunday morning and a very light north-easterly wind in the afternoon. Last evening was cold, but there was every indication of a fins day to-day. All Canterbury country districts experienced similar weather yesterday. Akaroa had no rain on Saturday, but cold winds and cloudy conditions were by no means promising. Yesterday was fine and prospects last evening were good. After a somewhat similar Saturday at Oxford, Sunday developed into what a resident described as the calmest day for years. There was promise of a heavy frost in the district last night. Mid-Canterbury districts were chilled with a cold wind yesterday, but the sun was shining in a cloudless sky. The rain and snow ceased to fall on the Peninsula early on Saturday evening, and Sunday dawned cool but clear. MORTALITY AMONG LAMBS REPORTED. (FRXSI ASSOCIATIO* TILEGXIIt.) CARTERTON, August 6. A heavy fall of snow was experienced at Carterton last night, continuing this morning. The town is covered to a depth of one inch, while the hills, right down to the flat, have a mantle from six inches to a foot deep. A heavier fall was experienced on the eastorn hills, where snow is a foot deep. Heavy mortality among early lambs i.s reported, one farmer at least giving them away as pets in order to save their lives. Fortunately for the Wairarapa farmers, lambing is not far advanced. DEEP SNOW AT MAKURI. (press association TELEGEAU ) PAHIATUA, August 6. The fall of snow hero is the heaviest for some years, at Makuri being particularly heavy. In places it is several feet deep.